India, Aug. 23 -- A man in southern China inadvertently exposed his extramarital affair when a failed electronic payment for contraceptive pills led pharmacy staff to contact his wife.

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The incident took place at the Pinggang branch of Dashenlin Pharmacy in Yangjiang, Guangdong province. According to a report by South China Morning Post (SCMP), the man whose identity has not been revealed attempted to pay 15.8 yuan (US$2.2) for birth control pills using his mobile payment code.

However, due to what he described as a "system problem," the transaction did not go through.

SCMP reported that staff members, attempting to recover the unpaid ...