(Ecns.cn)--A father posting humorous stories online about his autistic son has recently drawn attention on the Internet.
In an online letter to his son, the father said: "Chaihe, my dear, I know you would tear apart this letter if I wrote it on paper, and you would then swallow it. Maybe it's because you are angry, or maybe it's just because you enjoy tearing paper because you have autism. Which one is it?" The post was quickly forwarded by thousands of web users and people soon got to know "Daddy loves Chaihe," a father and a blogger.
Daddy loves Chaihe
More than 40,000 users on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, including lots of celebrities, have become the father's loyal fans in the past month. Many of the deeply moved online readers claimed that the concerned father made them "laugh with tears." Yet, with regards to the spotlight, the once famous talk show host, and now famous dad blogger, feels surprised.
"Before the diagnosis of my son's autism, I used to tell dirty jokes and read funny stories online. Those were the easy days," wrote Cai Chaohui, the real name of the father who once made a living with his online fiction.
When he first posted his son's stories online this February, many of his friends thought they were his latest works of literature. "No," explained Cai, "it's are our daily life now." He teased his friends that "his good days are gone now."
Cai has been labeled by his fans as an inspirational model of the new age. The blogger admits his stories are easy to read, but painful to write because his son, Chaihe, the 2-year-old who suffers from autism, hasn't even once called him daddy.
"The boy likes buses and trains, and he calls me whatever he is into. There was a time when he liked dogs, so he just called me dog," said Cai.
A man used to joking around
In his "good days" before having a son, Cai was an online celebrity a couple of years ago with the funny fictional stories he wrote under the pen name "spring pig." After the diagnosis of his son, he decided to "tell jokes about his son," making him famous online for the second time.
On June 1, Children's Day, Cai posted："Son, what do you want for the holiday? How about a new mommy?"
Nevertheless, there are many who accuse Cai of being nuts. In response, Cai admitted that he intended to, as the online accusations state, reap fame from the series of funny stories about his son. "Chaihe may never be able to make a living by himself with his autism. I want to sell my book and save some money for him," smiled the loving father.
