Chinese businesswoman falls for younger employee, gifts him US$420,000 to settle divorce
According to reports, the sum was intended as compensation for his wife and to support their child’s upbringing
An entrepreneur in China, captivated by her young married subordinate, gave him three million yuan (US$420,000) to facilitate his divorce and compensate his wife.
However, after living with her lover for a year, she demanded he and his ex-wife return the money, realising they were incompatible.
In the first trial at a court in Chongqing, southwestern China, the ruling mandated that the man and his ex-wife return the funds. Yet, the second trial overturned this original verdict, as reported by the Huashang Daily.
The businesswoman, surnamed Zhu, operates a company in Chongqing, although details about her business remain undisclosed in the report.
When a man, known as He, who was younger than Zhu, joined her company, she became interested in him. Both were married at the time, but they soon began an affair.
They planned to divorce their respective spouses before starting a new life together.