Eight years of marriage, and my wife had threatened divorce 99 times.
I thought she was just throwing tantrums to test me.
Until I discovered that for eight consecutive years, she had been transferring $520,000 annually to another man.
Note: In Chinese, 520 sounds similar to “I love you,” making this amount symbolically significant.
When she threatened divorce for the 100th time, I signed the divorce papers and withdrew my investment from her company.
I shifted my business focus overseas and vanished from her world like I had evaporated into thin air.
But she went crazy, searching for me all over the world.
For eight years, I had quietly invested in my wife’s wedding planning company, providing her with financial support.
With the contract expiring in two days, I sat with my fists clenched, contemplating whether to continue investing.
My wife had already threatened divorce 99 times.
I had always thought it was because I was too busy with work and didn’t spend enough time with her, which made her angry.
But today I found the reason: for the past eight years, she had been transferring $520,000 annually to a man named Ethan.
Ethan was a new employee at my company, and this information was discovered during his background check.
My chest felt tight and congested. I gave my wife $600,000 every year for her to spend as she pleased.
But I never imagined she would give $520,000 of it to another man.
My assistant gave me a video recording. When the investigator asked Ethan about the person transferring the money, Ethan smiled shyly and bashfully:
“A female friend.”
The investigator immediately understood, his face full of envy, and eagerly asked:
“Is she pursuing you? Will you accept her advances? Will you marry her?”
Ethan avoided answering this question directly, instead smiling faintly and talking about something else:
“For the past few years, I’ve been studying and living abroad. She comes to spend a month with me every July and December.”
“She also prepares many surprises and small gifts for me, like a designer watch, a tie, or a bottle of cologne…”
My heart felt like it was blocked by a huge stone, oppressed and suffocating.
Every July and December, my wife would go on overseas trips, not allowing me to go with her or contact her, saying she needed to clear her mind.
I thought it was because her work pressure was too high, so I silently endured the pain of missing her.
Now it seems she was going abroad to be with another man.
Looking at the watch Ethan wore in the video, wasn’t it the one I had lost?
Over these eight years, every time my wife went on a trip, I would lose something.
Sometimes it was a suit, sometimes a tie, sometimes cologne…
I always thought I was just too preoccupied with missing my wife, leading me to be absent-minded and careless after she left.
Because of this, I specially wrote her a handwritten letter every day expressing my longing, personally made the chocolate she loved, and even learned to cook, just to get through that long and unbearable month.
But I never imagined it wasn’t that I was careless, but that she was giving my things away to someone else.
Soon after, I received a text message from my wife:
“Let’s get divorced. My wedding planning company is growing bigger, and I’m really busy every day. I don’t want to waste time on relationships anymore.”
This was the 100th time she had mentioned divorce to me.
