In 2003, Liu Kun received an acceptance letter from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, in order to support his son to study abroad, Liu Weidong and his wife took out half a life's savings and sent their son to the United Kingdom.
And Liu Kun also lived up to his parents' expectations, after graduating from the University of Manchester, he was admitted to the Royal College london and became a doctoral student in medical statistics, and in 2012, Liu Kun graduated from the Royal College of London, and at the same time joined the British nationality, and also obtained the qualification to buy real estate in the United Kingdom.
That year, Liu Kun and his parents said he wanted to buy a house in The UK and live there for a long time. In the view of Liu Weidong and his wife, it is a good thing for their children to settle in Britain, and they are also proud that their sons can take root in Britain.
So, when they learned that their son was optimistic about a house with a price tag of 430,000 pounds (about 3.5 million yuan) in South Croydon, they gritted their teeth and said to their son: Mom and Dad still have some savings and will support you as much as possible!
Although Liu Kun told his parents that he was not in a hurry, as long as he could make up enough down payment, the rest could be loaned, and he would slowly repay it later, but Liu Weidong and his wife were always worried that their son was carrying a mortgage and that life in the UK would be very difficult.
Therefore, they not only transferred their savings to their son's bank card, but also borrowed a lot of money from relatives and friends one after another, just so that their son could pay off the mortgage as soon as possible.
However, in 2013, Liu Kun was on the other end of the phone and solemnly introduced a woman named Wu Xuan to them, saying that it was his girlfriend!
Although Liu Kun is twenty-nine years old, Liu Weidong and his wife still feel that the news of their son's love came too suddenly, because when they sent Liu Kun to study abroad, they had a tacit agreement - not to fall in love during school.
First, they are worried that falling in love during their studies will delay Liu Kun's studies, and the second is that they are worried that Liu Kun will find a woman who is abroad, and his parents will have conflicts with Liu Weidong's future partner because of living habits and concepts.
Strictly speaking, in 2013, Liu Kun has graduated, and it is not a violation of the agreement to point out the relationship to his parents, not to mention that Wu Xuan is also Chinese, starting from habits and concepts, and there will not be too many conflicts with his parents.
But Liu Kun's mother, Kang Yali, still expressed her dislike for Wu Xuan, and she stubbornly believed that Wu Xuan was three years older than Liu Kun and was not worthy of her excellent and handsome son.
"Don't be in a hurry, the child is in love, whether it can be done or not is not certain!" Kang Yali's wife comforted her in this way, and later, although Kang Liya did not like Wu Xuan, she reluctantly accepted Wu Xuan's existence.
What makes Kang Liya uneasy in her heart is that after April 2015, their call with Liu Kun has been hindered, and every time they call the phone, they hear Wu Xuan's voice, and when asked about Liu Kun, Wu Xuan does not say that Liu Kun is not around or that he is still busy and cannot talk to Liu Weidong and his wife.
At that time, Liu Weidong and his wife comforted themselves: their son is far away in Britain, and naturally he has to be busy for life and career! After talking to Wu Xuan for a few words, they would tell Wu Xuan what they had told their son and ask her to help convey it.
They thought that after their sons were busy for a while, they would naturally call them and then find a way to arrange for them to live together in Britain.
But Liu Weidong's parents did not expect that after more than half a year, what they received was not the invitation of their son to receive them to live together in Britain, but the news that his son had decided to marry Wu Xuan.
Liu Weidong and his wife could not sit still at the moment, and their son's self-made arrangement of the wedding only gave them a "notice", which they could not accept at all.
They couldn't understand why Liu Kun, who had always been filial and obedient, would choose to hold a wedding on his own, even if they didn't like Wu Xuan, would they force the two to break up, and even didn't want to handle the wedding for Liu Kun?
Liu Weidong and his wife went through all the formalities with their complaints about their son's "filial piety" and flew to Britain, but when they really saw their son, they were no longer able to pursue the "filial piety" of their son's unauthorized marriage.
Because they suddenly learned that Liu Kun had been lying in a hospital bed for a long time because of cancer, and their handsome and tall son had been tortured by the disease to be inhuman.
"Mom and Dad, I'm sorry..." Listening to his son's weak voice, Liu Weidong and his wife's heart was like a knife, and his son came to England to study when he was an adult, and for more than ten years, he gathered less with them, but even if he met less, the excellent Liu Kun was still the pride in their hearts, but now, the son even smiled at them.
About half a month after his parents arrived, Liu Kun passed away, leaving the grief-stricken old couple and his new wife Wu Xuan, who jointly handled the aftermath for Liu Kun.
After the memorial service was completed, Liu Weidong and his wife thought that they would go to their son's home to see, collect relics for their son, and also go to see the house they had spent a lot of savings to buy, and the place full of traces of their son's life.
But just when they wanted to enter their son's home, their new daughter-in-law, Wu Xuan, stopped in front of them, and Wu Xuan said, "This is my house, you can't go in!" ”
Liu Weidong and his wife are confused, they are Liu Kun's biological parents, is it that Liu Kun died, they did not have the qualifications to enter the property of their son's life?
If they who have provided for Liu Kun for nearly thirty years are not qualified, then what qualifications does Wu Xuan, who has only been married to her son for only three weeks, have to say that this house is hers?
Faced with the old man's questioning, Wu Xuan asked the lawyer to take out Liu Kun's will, in which Liu Kun gave the house worth 430,000 pounds to Wu Xuan. The moment he read the will, the old man's first reaction was: Impossible!
Liu Kun has always been a filial child, and he has also had the will to take them to live in England, and this house is prepared by his son to live with them. How could Liu Kun leave the property to Wu Xuan?
Moreover, when he first bought this house, the old couple made a lot of money, and Liu Kun also knew that in order to raise money for him, the old couple also borrowed a lot of money from relatives.
Therefore, Liu Kun could not leave any property to the old couple when he knew that his time was short, and he wasted his old age.
Most importantly, how long did the son and Wu Xuan know each other? It has only been three weeks since they were married, and Liu Xuan has not left Liu Kun a son and a half daughter, how deep can their feelings be?
They can even say that for the Liu family, Wu Xuan is about equal to an outsider, how could Liu Kun leave this house worth more than three million yuan to such an outsider?
Therefore, the old couple doubted the authenticity of the will, because the date of the will was quite close to the date of Liu Kun's death, when Liu Kun was in a coma more than the time he woke up, and it was still unknown whether his consciousness was clear.
Moreover, during that time, Wu Xuan refused Liu Weidong's husband and wife's request for escort of their son on the grounds of inconvenient communication and other reasons, so they did not recognize the legal effect of this will.
But Wu Xuan didn't care so much, she and Liu Kun's parents were not familiar with each other, and she also knew from Liu Kun's mouth that Kang Liya had always disliked herself, and now that Liu Kun was dead, she didn't want to be vain with Liu Weidong and his wife, so as not to quarrel with Liu Weidong, so she would block Liu Weidong and his wife when they wanted to enter the house to live.
But Wu Xuan's obstruction completely angered Liu Weidong and his wife, and the old couple said that we could not care about this property of several million yuan, but we could not let our son's inheritance fall into the hands of Wu Xuan, a liar, so inexplicably.
Therefore, when Liu Kun's bones were not cold, the old couple filed a lawsuit against their daughter-in-law for this "inheritance", and they demanded that the validity of the will be revoked and the ownership of the house be taken back!
In court, Liu Weidong's parents said that their efforts to support Liu Kun's reading are actually equivalent to investing in their sons, so Liu Kun's achievements are also related to their efforts, so Liu Kun's legacy must be related to them!
Moreover, from 2012 to 2014, they provided their son with as much as £320,000 in funding, which is also their investment in their son Liu Kun, which can also be called a soft loan.
When they paid this money, they were happy in their hearts, because this money could make Liu Kun live a better life, and Liu Kun was also a filial son, but also a person who was good at learning.
Therefore, they believe that when their sons are young and successful, they will inevitably take them to their side, give back to their efforts, and at the same time, take care of their old age.
Therefore, the property inherited by Liu Xuan actually belongs to them, and the people who provide funds for Liu Kun's purchase of the house should also be the actual owners of the property, so it is not legal for the son to leave all the property to Wu Xuan.
In addition, Liu Weidong and his wife also claimed in court that Wu Xuan was a liar, and she cheated Liu Kun's trust on the condition of marriage, and prevented them from communicating with their son by various means, so that they did not even know that their son was seriously ill and would soon die.
Later, Liu Xuan also tricked Liu Kun into making such a will under the condition that Liu Kun was unconscious, and his heart was reprehensible.
Liu Weidong and his wife believe that if it were not for Wu Xuan who seduced Liu Kun, then just by virtue of Wu Xuan's relationship with Liu Kun for just two years, Liu Kun could not have cared for his parents and left the house he bought with his parents' life savings to Wu Xuan!
In the face of Liu Kun's parents' accusations, Wu Xuan was not in a hurry, and she first came up with evidence that her parents paid 200,000 pounds when they bought the house, to prove that Liu Weidong and his wife said that they had provided them with 320,000 pounds of house purchase money was exaggerated.
At the same time, it also proves that the house was jointly funded by him and Liu Kun, so after Liu Kun's death, the property should be inherited by her.
In addition, she also said that the more than 300,000 pounds that Liu Weidong and his wife gave liu Kun were not "loans", but "gifts", and according to Chinese marriage customs, these 320,000 pounds were "dowry gifts" given to her by Liu Weidong and his wife.
The 200,000 yuan funded by the family is the dowry when marrying the daughter, which belongs to the gift of the elderly to their newborn family, so they are not obliged to repay.
Secondly, Liu Kun did move the idea of taking her parents to life in britain, but Kang Liya was not compatible with herself, so Liu Kun promised her that even if Liu Weidong and his wife were brought to britain, they would not live together, so as not to cause disputes between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and affect the quality of life.
Moreover, according to the personal situation of Liu Weidong and his wife, whether they can get a visa and come to live in the UK is a problem, and Liu Kun, after realizing the visa problem, has also considered the possibility of arranging his parents to live in a domestic nursing home.
Therefore, Liu Kun's plan to buy a house and a plan to live are actually separate, so the claim that Liu Weidong and his wife are the actual owners of the property is not established.
Third, Wu Xuan did not take the initiative to isolate Liu Kun from communicating with Liu Weidong and his wife, and Liu Kun did think about taking over his parents to take care of his life after being diagnosed with cancer.
But he also feared that his parents would not be able to withstand such a blow, and that it would be more difficult for his parents to live in England because of their lack of language, so he concealed his illness and asked himself to be an intermediary in communication with his parents.
As for Kang Liya's accusation, in Liu Kun's last days, refusing to let them accompany Liu Kun for various reasons is the speculation of Kang Liya and others, the two old people are not familiar with life in the UK, and there are difficulties in communicating with medical staff, and it is impossible to take good care of Liu Kun, who is seriously ill and comatose, so the person who accompanies Liu Kun is her.
Fourth, the speculation that he used marriage to Liu Kun as a means to deceive Liu Kun's trust and trick Liu Kun into signing a will is not a fact, the will was drafted with the help of his lawyer when Liu Kun's consciousness was clear, and before signing the only heir to the property was Wu Xuan, the lawyer had also drawn up another will for him, but the will was rejected by Liu Kun.
Finally, Liu Weidong and his wife said that they and Liu Kun only determined the relationship between men and women in 2013, which is also wrong, as early as 2005, she and Liu Kun met at the University of Manchester.
Soon after the acquaintance, the 24-year-old established a relationship with the 21-year-old Liu Kun, when Liu Kun, like many international students, rented a house off campus, and not long after she and Liu Kun confirmed the relationship, she lived in Liu Kun's rental house and began to live with Liu Kun.
At that time, the behavior of small couples living together and also sharing the amount of housing lease was very common in the circle of international students, but Liu Kun was hindered by his parents' expectations for him and the requirements of not being able to fall in love during his studies, so he did not tell his parents the fact that the two had established a love relationship, but chose to hide it.
Moreover, in the process of communication, she has also heard Liu Kun complain many times about his parents' intervention in his love, but Liu Kun knows that his parents are for his own good, so whenever his parents knock on the side and ask Liu Kun if he has a girlfriend, he chooses to deny it, in order to reassure his parents' heart.
And Liu Kun's parents have long known that Liu Kun has such a person around her, sometimes when they talk to Liu Kun, they are next to Liu Kun, Liu Weidong and his wife have also asked her, but Liu Kun has been "just a friend" perfunctory past. Wu Xuan said that she did not expect that Liu Kun's concealment and perfunctory had become the reason for Liu Weidong and his wife to attack themselves.
In addition, as early as 2012, Liu Kun, who had walked through the seven-year itch with Wu Xuan, knelt on one knee and proposed to her, and she also solemnly agreed to Liu Kun's marriage proposal and decided to spend a lifetime with him.
It was also at that time that Liu Kuncai planned to buy a property in South Croydon, London, strictly speaking, this house was a prerequisite for Liu Kun's life plan to marry her as a wife, leaving the house to himself, and liu Kun left a guarantee for himself.
From beginning to end, she and Liu Kun are truly in love with each other, entering the palace of marriage, but also their common decision, because Liu Kun has always regretted not being able to give her a wedding, so she will choose to accept the priest's blessing with Liu Kun in the hospital ward and get married, she just wants Liu Kun to walk without regrets.
But Liu Weidong and his wife, who had suffered the loss of their son, could not accept Liu Xuan's statement, and they frequently traveled between China and Britain in order to win their son's inheritance lawsuit, and Wu Xuan also submitted relevant materials in more than three years.
In March 2019, British Judge Nicholas Parfit pronounced judgment on this transnational inheritance dispute case – based on the testimony and evidence provided by both parties and British law, the court found Liu Kun's will valid and Wu Xuan won!
Judge Nicholas held that Liu Kun's will was made by Wu Xuan first, and when making the will, Liu Kun personally did not think that he needed to repay his parents for "funding", and at the same time, Liu Kun also believed that his responsibility and obligation to his wife were greater than those of his parents.
Therefore, regardless of whether Liu Kun had the idea of taking his parents to live in the UK before his death, in the face of the will, it did not have much effect, and from the will, Liu Kun did not express the intention of the parents to be the beneficial owners of the property.
In addition, when Liu Kun made the will, there was a lawyer present, and the premise of the lawyer's preparation of the will was that the consciousness of determining the testator was clear.
Therefore, when making a will, the lawyer will make certain consideration of Liu Kun's mental and physical condition, and when it is determined that the testator is a person with full capacity, he will agree to let him sign the will.
According to the evidence received, the lawyer drafted two wills for Liu Kun in total, and Liu Kun drew an "x" in the first will, proving that he did not agree with the first will, so the will he signed and left the estate to his wife Wu Xuan was legal and valid.
At the same time, Judge Nicholas also believed that perhaps they could take certain remedial measures for such special cases, but they could not award a part of the property to Liu Weidong and his wife against the will of the testator Liu Kun.
For such a result, Liu Weidong and his wife are naturally dissatisfied, so after the court pronounced the verdict, they decided to file an appeal, from 2019 to the present, they have been collecting various evidence, hoping to get back part of the ownership of the property they bought with their life savings, but because of the global epidemic, their appeal journey is extremely difficult.
When the inheritance dispute between Liu Xuan and Liu Weidong was reported by the media from all walks of life, an anonymous netizen who claimed to be an insider broke the news, in fact, all this was Wu Xuan's conspiracy.
The anonymous person said: When Liu Kun learned that he was suffering from cancer, he thought of notifying his parents and taking his parents to the United Kingdom, but Wu Xuan chose to obstruct liu kun's inheritance in order to inherit Liu Kun's inheritance reasonably and legally, and refused to let Liu Kun talk directly with his parents for various reasons.
In November 2015, Wu Xuan took advantage of Liu Kun's unconsciousness due to illness to trick Liu Kun into marrying her, and deliberately notified Liu Weidong and his wife on the eve of the wedding, and then pretended that Liu Weidong and his wife did not understand the language in the UK and were not familiar with this point, blocking the old couple's escort to their sons and indirectly restricting Liu Kun's freedom.
Because she knew that Liu Kun's mother Kang Liya was dissatisfied with her, therefore, when Liu Kun was sober, Wu Xuan always repeatedly mentioned that Kang Liya did not want to see her, but she was unwilling to leave Liu Kun, hoping to accompany Liu Kun on the last journey of her life.
Therefore, out of concern and guilt for the second half of Wu Xuan's life, Liu Kun married Wu Xuan before his death and gave the property to Wu Xuan as a legacy.
The remarks of this unnamed person are difficult to verify, because in addition to publishing this news, he did not publish actual evidence, so we cannot conclude that Wu Xuan is a woman with a deep heart, let alone that Liu Kun's will was made under the circumstances of being seduced.
However, when Wu Xuan had just finished handling Liu Kun's affairs, he used the excuse of "this is my home" to drive Liu Weidong and his wife out of the house, but it seemed particularly unkind.
Perhaps, this is also one of the important reasons why Liu Weidong and his wife suspect that she has seduced her son and usurped the inheritance that should belong to them, because Liu Weidong and Kang Liya have repeatedly stated that what they are fighting for is not their son's inheritance, but wants a truth.
As outsiders, it is difficult for us to understand the truth of this inheritance dispute case, but in terms of the British judge's judgment, Liu Kun's inheritance to Wu Xuan is real and effective.
Perhaps, Liu Kun is really as Wu Xuan said, because she is grateful for her years of companionship and worry about the second half of her life, which chose to leave the property to her, but this can not be denied that Liu Kun's decision is too cruel for her parents.
First of all, his parents gave everything for his future, perhaps there was a meaning of investment and return, but he who enjoyed his parents' efforts should also shoulder the responsibility of being a son of man, while Liu Kun chose to leave the inheritance to his wife in the case of taking away his parents' life savings and knowing that he could not take care of his parents in his old age, leaving the old two lonely and lonely.
Secondly, he knew that Kang Liya and Wu Xuan were not in harmony, but he did not think about how to help Wu Xuan win her mother's approval, but instead "isolated" the two in order to avoid contradictions between her mother and wife, and left all the real estate to her wife, which undoubtedly intensified the contradiction between Kang Liya and Wu Xuan, and at the same time, she also cruelly "abandoned" her parents.
Finally, if what Liu Weidong and Wu Xuan said about Liu Kun's love affair are true, then Liu Kun is even more of a person who is not responsible enough - he did not fall in love during his studies as agreed with his parents, which in itself betrayed his parents' trust in him.
He carefully conceals his love affair with Wu Xuan, which is also a kind of harm to Wu Xuan, which makes Wu Xuan lack a sense of security, and during the relationship, he obtains a kind of recognition that Liu Kun's parents are not willing to accept her.
Later, he told Wu Xuan bluntly that his mother did not like her and her family, which naturally made the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law that could have been eased more deadlocked. Perhaps, this is also one of the reasons why Wu Xuan "drove" Liu Weidong and his wife out of his home after Liu Kun's death.
In addition, we also need to pay attention to the fact that Chinese parents' "investment" in their children, hoping to become a dragon and being willing to pay everything for their children is a willing choice of many parents, but Liu Kun's parents are also using this kind of payment to intervene in their children's growth and people while paying everything for their children.
In fact, in this inheritance contest case, everyone has their faults, Liu Weidong and his wife are wrong in not knowing how to "let go" of their son, Liu Kun is wrong in not knowing how to become a bridge between parents and his wife, and Wu Xuan is wrong in determining that she is only married to Liu Kun, and Liu Weidong and his wife should not have too many entanglements...
Perhaps, the fundamental condition for such a case to no longer happen is that parents learn to let go of their children, if Liu Weidong and his wife did not fund their son to buy a house, but chose to let their son fight on his own, all this would not become so embarrassing!