A CHINESE MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO PRISON AFTER MANAGING TO MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH FIVE WOMEN, ALL LIVING IN THE SAME APARTMENT COMPLEX. (PHOTO).

 In a bizarre turn of events, a man in China has been sentenced to prison after managing to maintain relationships with five women, all living in the same apartment complex. For over four years, the man, identified by the pseudonym Xiaojun, successfully concealed his multiple romantic entanglements, keeping his deceit hidden until it was ultimately exposed.

Xiaojun, originally from Jilin province in northeastern China, built his life around a web of lies. Raised in a financially struggling family, he dropped out of secondary school and took on low-paying jobs. Despite his modest background, he portrayed himself as the wealthy heir of a “rich second-generation” family—a façade he maintained to win over his future wife, Xiaojia.

To uphold this false image, Xiaojun gave Xiaojia counterfeit luxury gifts and fabricated stories about his affluent parents. In reality, his mother worked as a bathhouse attendant, and his father took on odd construction jobs, as reported by the ‘South China Morning Post’. After discovering the truth about his finances while pregnant, Xiaojia chose not to divorce him. Instead, she took on the responsibility of raising their child and eventually forced Xiaojun to leave their home.

However, Xiaojun’s double life continued even after he moved out. Just a week later, he met Xiaohong through an online game and quickly gained her trust with the same fabricated story of wealth. Claiming they were preparing a “future home,” he persuaded her to lend him 140,000 yuan (approximately Rs 16 lakh), which he used to sustain his false persona of affluence.

Yet, his deception did not end there. Xiaojun continued his relationships with three other women: university students Xiaomin and Xiaoxin, and nurse Xiaolan. Xiaoxin’s suspicions eventually led her to report him to the police, which ultimately exposed his years of deceit.