It may be winter in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, but this guy's love still burns hot for his girl. 。

The lovestruck college undergrad laid out a ring of candles and petals in the shape of a heart, at the dormitory yard of the Zhengzhou University of Finance. 。

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Unfortunately, security personnel didn't seem to vibe with his public declaration of love, and showed up only to extinguish his flames in a big spectacle of smoke.。

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His love interest hadn't even arrived yet to witness his romantic gesture, according to people at the scene, who started circulating pictures of the event live on Monday night. 。

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Some Weibo users (China's version of Twitter) were sympathetic to the unnamed student. 。

A user called Astro 7, said: "I wonder what sort of heartbreak those teachers who extinguished the flames went through in their youth, to have forgotten how young love feels."。

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Credit: wechat。Others enjoyed the schadenfreude of the moment. "Haha, the girl may have been thankful for the intervention," said Aaron.。"It was a corny gesture anyway!" said Min Gao.。