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"We thought that since you've bought so many things for our family one after another before,we should lighten your burden a bit when it comes to getting married?"
"The house you bought must cost at least six or seven million,right?Emily won't ask for half of it.Then,Jack,you add a bit to the betrothal gift."
"1.66 million,it sounds grand and auspicious.We'll have face when we talk about it with our relatives.Isn't this good for everyone?"
Fortunately,I didn't drink today,otherwise I might not have been able to figure this out.
The new house I bought cost a total of 7.4 million,and it was expected to be handed over in another month.
If I didn't add Emily's name,the house would belong to me alone.
According to my mother-in-law's statement,I was using 780,000 in betrothal gift to exchange for a house worth 3.7 million.
It seemed to make sense.
But the problem was that neither Emily nor her family had contributed a single cent to this 7.4 million!
Moreover,that house was originally a new house bought for the purpose of getting married.Whether Emily's name was added or not,as long as I married Emily,she would be the mistress of the house and would live in it.
To put it bluntly,as long as Emily and I didn't divorce,adding her name to the house had no impact on me at all.
But who the hell got married thinking about divorce?
Now,just by saying not to add the name,I not only had to add another 780,000 in betrothal gift,but also seemed to have made a great profit.
Seeing that I didn't speak,my mother-in-law then asked,"Jack,do you think what Aunt said makes sense?"
"If there's no problem,let's settle it like this?"
I still didn't speak.
Tom,who had been burying his head in his food since I entered the door,finally spoke.
"Jack,what the hell do you mean?Are we giving you too much leeway?"
"You keep saying that you'll be good to my sister,but this is how you treat her?"
"Yes,it might have been a bit unreasonable for me to ask you for a car,but my sister is your wife.You're not even willing to spend a little money on her?"
"My sister has taken the initiative to say that the house doesn't need to have her name added and will belong to you alone.She just wants to have a grand and glorious wedding.But you,you can't even satisfy this."
"I can see it now.Your excuses for not buying the car before were all lies.You just don't want to spend money on our family."
Tom roared at me with a ferocious face.
But these words completely woke me up.
I finally realized what this family was up to!
I'm afraid that 780,000 wasn't for Emily at all.In the end,it was probably going to end up in Tom's pocket.
Perhaps the previous incident made them think that I didn't buy Tom a good car because I didn't want to spend money on this brother-in-law.
But if it was asking for money in the name of Emily,then I wouldn't refuse and there would be no reason to refuse.
And it was indeed the case.If it was just an increase of one or two hundred thousand,maybe I really would have agreed.
It could only be said that this family was not only too greedy but also too impatient.
"Emily,come with me."
I said as I pulled Emily up from her seat.
Seeing that I was going to take Emily away,Tom also panicked.
