The man who collected 9 individual dolls said: This is not what you think.

In the southwestern part of China, a 60-year-old man collected nine silicon-based dolls. He insisted that he did not care about being labeled as “perverted” because he regarded them as his acting daughter.

“My love for dolls is like fatherly love,” said Mr. Yu, a resident of Huishui County, Guizhou Province.

This eye-catching hobby has made him a hot topic in the town, especially since he has created a social media account that shows him and his “daughters” visiting local attractions or shopping out photos and videos.

Mr. Yu’s wife divorced him more than a decade ago. So far, Mr. Yu has spent more than 100,000 yuan to buy costumes and musical instruments for dolls.

In order to avoid giving the wrong impression, he said that he only used the doll to take pictures, and his family had no opinion on his pastime.

He said that he never took pictures of his doll when he was not wearing clothes, and he was not allowed to do so.

Five years ago, when he saw a silicone doll sold in Beijing, his curiosity was first provoked.

Initially, he delayed the purchase because of the price of 80,000 yuan, but a few months later, he decided to take the risk of ordering one online.

He named his first sex doll “Xiaoxue”. Since then, he celebrated her birthday on the day Xiaoxue came to his house and gave her a cake.

Since then, he has held a similar celebration for himself to buy eight dolls – four of which were donated by his friends after their marriage, and their wife asked to dispose of them – but he told the portal. He still likes snow very much.

Mr. Yu lives alone in a three-story house. He said that he is very happy to have this company because his 19-year-old son works far away from home.

He insisted that his family had no problem with his hobbies, saying that his son regarded the doll as his sister. He said that his nieces often go to his house to play with dolls, and his neighbors think he lives in his own world.

To illustrate his point of view, he told a story. Once he and his son were holding a doll on the street, a man walked towards them and squeezed the chest of the doll.

He said that this angered his son, who accused the man of being “impolite to my young sister.”

Mr. Yu said that he had a clear conscience about his collection. Just like other people’s hobbies, such as computer games. Hobbies are equal. “Proverbs and curses cannot defeat me.”