Getting their comeuppance
Weng believes she is helping vulnerable wives. In many cases she has dealt with, the husbands were "human scum" that needed to be punished, Weng said.
They denied they had extramarital relations and demanded proof of their infidelity. Some husbands responded by suing for divorce, listing a number of their wives' defects but never mentioning their own faults. "One husband even said that she was at fault because their child failed to pass the college entrance exams. Ridiculous!" Weng said.
She cited a client who caught her husband sleeping with a woman in their home. The husband confessed his misdeed to his wife and promised not to do it again. But several days later, the husband denied it ever happened.
Not all the wives were motivated by money, some of them just want to meet the mistress or to teach their husbands a lesson, Weng said. The clients are always from relatively wealthy families, some are successful executives, some are housewives.
Directly after Spring Festival and the start of the new school year are the busiest times for Weng's business, she explained.
Before each job, Afeng and Weng will first check the client's identity and their marriage certificate, and then meet with them to raise a series of questions.
"Will you live with him or not [after revealing his adultery]? If you divorce, will you want the custody of the child? How much money [compensation] do you think is acceptable?" Weng asked a client named Xiaoxin (pseudonym). This process forces clients to consider the possible consequences of what they are about to do.
Xiaoxin caught her husband sleeping with another woman with the help of Weng's team. Her husband, a bank's vice president, immediately agreed to pay her 1.5 million yuan.
Occasionally, the client changes their mind. One time, after a successful job, the client reconciled with her husband. At a meeting with Weng, the husband scolded Weng for undermining their family and threatened to teach her a lesson. Weng doesn't fear these threats, saying the profession can't be well maintained without "both white and black" connections.
