"Marriage? What's the point of getting married now, only to end up losing both money and love, and then spending years behind bars?"
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Because this case had such a significant social impact, the court had to publicly disclose the entire sequence of events.
The suspect, Mr. Cao, 27 years old, works as a contract worker at a public institution.
Through a marriage agency, he met 24-year-old Mr. Fan, who had just graduated from junior college and was unemployed, with a gentle personality and pleasant appearance. Before long, they fell in love.
After just under two months, their relationship quickly heated up, and soon they were discussing marriage.
Mother Cao first took out her savings to purchase a commercial property in full locally.
She also agreed to add Mr. Fan's name to the property deed, with a dowry of 200,000, to be paid in two parts: 100,000 before the engagement and 100,000 upon marriage.
