Shen Weilong was forty-five that year and owned a small model manufacturing company in Yu County.
His company was doing fairly well, earning around two million yuan a year.
In a small county town like Yu County, Shen Weilong's income was quite respectable, and his career was going smoothly.
However...
As he grew older, and with all the business entertaining he had done over the years, he spent his days eating and drinking.
Shen Weilong had gone from a skinny guy to the portly figure he was now.
In terms of his living standards and material possessions, Shen Weilong was comfortably well-off.
He had a car, a house, no loans, savings, both a son and a daughter, and healthy parents.
His material life was quite fulfilling.
But on the emotional side, something was lacking.
That was especially apparent in his sex life.
Shen Weilong felt increasingly powerless and found it harder and harder to satisfy his wife Chen Haijing's needs.
At first, taking a little medication had helped him manage.
But as he took more of it, he developed greater resistance, the effects diminished, and the pills also caused him quite a few health problems.
For the sake of his health, he began seeking traditional Chinese medicine treatments to address the root of the problem.
He had consumed plenty of deer antler velvet, sea cucumbers, American ginseng, and the like, but the results were unsatisfactory.
The couple had sex less and less often, sometimes going a whole month without him fulfilling his marital duties even once.
Even after saving up for a month or so, he lasted only a minute or two, leaving them disappointed every time.
Today marked fifty-five days since he had last fulfilled his marital duties.
Shen Weilong had brought Chen Haijing out today partly to help