A married man is considering suing a pharmacy after it contacted his wife over a failed e-payment for contraceptive medicine and ended up revealing his extramarital affair.

The scorned man, whose name has not been revealed by the media, visited the Pinggang branch of Dashenlin Pharmacy in Yangjiang, Guangdong province, where he attempted to pay 15.8 yuan ($2.2) for birth control pills using his mobile app. Due to “system problems,” the transaction did not go through, but the pharmacy staff only noticed after he had left the branch, so they tried texting the phone number listed on his membership card. However, the number was his wife’s, and when she asked about the nature of the purchase, the pharmacy employee explicitly confirmed that it was for contraceptive pills. The husband claims that by disclosing this vital piece of information, the pharmacy ruined his marriage and that of his mistress.