The South China Morning Post (SCMP) in Hong Kong reported on the 27th that a Chinese man in his 40s said he was swindled out of 50 million won by the woman he married four hours after a blind date, just a month later.
According to the report, Huang Zhongcheng, from Hengyang in Hunan province in southern China, went on a blind date on the morning of Aug. 21. During the blind date process, nine matchmakers introduced to him a woman who works at a hair salon.
In an interview with Hunan Broadcasting, Huang said, "On the way to the blind date venue, eight matchmakers suddenly showed up," and added, "Including people from our village, a total of nine people recommended the same woman."
The two met in person and registered their marriage four hours later. Huang said, "She insisted that everything had to be finished that day," and added, "So we went to register the marriage at around 5 p.m." He continued, "Everything moved too fast, and I was dazed all day."
He said, "We stayed at a hotel the night we registered our marriage, and that was the only time we were intimate," adding, "After that, even when I tried to hold her, she pushed me away."
Huang claimed, "When we had been together for only two days, she began urging me to go to Guangdong province to make money," and added, "She also asked for financial support under various pretexts, saying I needed to borrow money."
In the end, in just a month after the wedding, the 240,000 yuan he had—about 50 million won—was completely gone.
Huang said, "Usually she wouldn't reply even if I contacted her, but whenever a message came from her, it was always about money. For example, she asked for Qixi Festival (China's Valentine's Day) money, and on Sept. 6 she asked me to buy her a computer."
Huang said, "She spent the entire 240,000 yuan by herself. We met on a blind date on Aug. 21, and by Sept. 8—less than a month later—it was already all gone."
On Chinese social media (SNS), reactions included, "He should file a lawsuit and the nine matchmakers should also be prosecuted," and "This is essentially a joint fraud."