Dying Chinese man, 61, leaves US$43 million fortune to young wife, enrages ex-wife’s family
A terminally ill Chinese man bequeathed his US$43 million fortune to his wife, who is 28 years his junior, causing outrage among his ex-wife’s family.
Photo: Douyin A terminally ill Chinese man left 300 million yuan (US$43 million) to his wife who is 28 years younger than him, causing a dispute with his ex-wife’s family.
The 61-year-old from the southern Chinese island of Hainan, surnamed Hou, reportedly left all his fortune to his young wife, Liyuan, who is 33.
Liyuan said she had been with him since she was 21.
They married 10 years ago and have a five-year-old son.
Terminally ill Hou and his wife, Liyuan, who is almost three decades his junior.
Photo: Weibo In November, the couple announced on their social media account, which has 44,000 followers, that Hou had been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
Liyuan said she grew up overnight, from a little girl wanting to be looked after, to a cancer patient’s carer.
She received many comments speculating that she would run away when her husband was ill.
But she said his illness and her reaction to it were a test that they are destined to overcome together.
Hou shows off a necklace that he bought for Liyuan as a gift.
Photo: Weibo “People said our marriage is a sand castle, but they did not know my husband raised me up in my journey from naivety to maturity.
He gave me the best love a man can give to a woman,” she said in a video.
She stayed with him while he went through five rounds of chemotherapy and other treatments.
Liyuan met Hou while working at his logistics company.
He was single and pursued her with expensive gifts and meals.
As a migrant worker from an ordinary family with a gambling father, she said she was shocked by his lifestyle and once hesitated to date him because of his age.
A smiling Liyuan makes a thumbs-up gesture as Hou dances beside her.
Photo: Weibo She said he supported her by giving her broader horizons and his networks.
Liyuan started off as an accounting assistant at his company and later the boss of a clubhouse in Beijing.
When they got married, Hou asked Liyuan to sign a prenuptial agreement, because his two children he had with his ex-wife worried about their inheritance of his property.
After his diagnosis, Hou reportedly transferred all his fortune, worth 300 million yuan in total, to Liyuan.
Hou said his Liyuan became his spiritual anchor while he battled his illness.
His biggest worry will be his wife and young son when he dies, so he made the decisio
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