India, June 11 -- A 35-year-old Chinese man has decided that work and marriage are meaningless, choosing instead to live in a cave. Min Hengcai, from southwestern China's Sichuan province, said he found both redundant and has lived in a cave for the past four years, according to a report by the South China Morning Post.

Min previously worked as a ride-hailing cab driver until 2021, earning 10,000 yuan ($1,400) a month. However, after long workdays of over 10 hours just to repay loans, he began to see his job as meaningless.

When he chose to abandon the material world, he still owed $42,000 but gave up hopes of ever repaying the debt. His relatives eventually sold his properties to settle the arrears.

Min then exchanged his land with a ...