Hangzhou woman complains 2 million yuan breakup fee is too little, leaves boyfriend's suitcase of cash at bar

At midnight today (May 7), the Cuiyuan Police Station in Xihu District, Hangzhou, received a report that a customer had left a suitcase behind at a bar. Officer Zhou Xu was dispatched immediately. Upon arriving at the scene, he found it was a small suitcase. The suitcase was not locked, and when opened on site, it turned out not to contain everyday luggage, but a suitcase packed full of cash!

Unable to verify whether the money was genuine, Zhou Xu took the suitcase back to the police station. He counted it: a full 2 million yuan! Who on earth was the owner? Had the suitcase been lost by accident or deliberately abandoned? If this was the owner's emergency money, what would happen then? Because there was no surveillance footage at the scene, it was temporarily impossible to find information on the person who lost it, which left Zhou Xu stumped.

The 2 million yuan in cash packed in the suitcase

Next, Zhou Xu kept watch over the 2 million yuan. In the silent night, he watched time slip away bit by bit. He desperately hoped the police hotline would ring, thinking it might just be the owner! Two hours passed. At 2 a.m., the bar owner showed up at the Cuiyuan Police Station with a young man. The owner pointed at the young man and said, "Here, this is the owner, come to collect the suitcase."

The owner (first from left) arrives at the police station to retrieve the cash

The young man was just over 20 years old, and at such a young age, it really was hard to connect him with 2 million yuan in cash. When questioned by the police, the young man told them that the 2 million yuan in cash in the suitcase was the breakup fee he had given his ex-girlfriend. "She asked me for a 5 million yuan breakup fee. I brought 2 million yuan in cash in a suitcase and arranged to meet her at the bar. I told her I had only brought 2 million, and then I left."

The owner (first from left) arrives at the police station to retrieve the cash

Perhaps because she thought the 2 million yuan breakup fee was too little, the ex-girlfriend called and told him that she had not taken the money and that the young man should go get it back himself. "She said she didn't take it, so I went back to the bar to get it. When I got there, the bar owner said he had called the police and the suitcase had already been handed over to the police station, so the owner accompanied me here to collect it," the young man said with a helpless look on his face.

The owner (first from left) arrives at the police station to retrieve the cash

Hearing this account, Officer Zhou Xu was truly left speechless. After some verification and confirming again with the bar owner, the Cuiyuan Police Station returned the 2 million yuan in cash in the suitcase to the young man exactly as it was. After thanking the police, the young man carried the suitcase and left the police station in the night.