Dad said, "When do you plan to marry Lingyue? Many people want to pursue Lingyue."

Jingze took a sip of wine: "I remember Lingyue's brother is not married. The custom here is to marry from the oldest to the youngest. You should be concerned about Lingyue's brother's marriage first."

My brother said, "I have a girlfriend and we can get married soon. Then you and Lingyue can get married sooner too."

Jingze said: "What I am most concerned about now is my grandmother's illness. I am not in the mood to talk about these things for the time being." At that time, Jingze's grandmother had already completed the operation, and the test results showed that she was not cancer, but some indicators also showed criticality. She needed to pay attention and take medicine and go for follow-up visits regularly.

My mother said with a smile on her face: "Jingze, your marriage can bring good luck and also help your grandmother's illness."

Jingze looked at my face steadily and said, "Lingyue and I have only known each other for a few months, there is no rush."

Hearing this, I was disappointed, and so were my parents and brother. He didn't even want to marry me, so how could I ask for a betrothal gift? My mother still said shamelessly, "Jingze, Lingyue's brother ran a fitness center and lost a lot of money. He can't delay the bank loan. Can you help him? After all, we will be family in the future."

Jingze lowered his eyes, frowned slightly, then looked up and asked, "How much do you owe the bank?"

Dad said, "One million." I was stunned. Didn't they owe the bank over 300,000 yuan? Did they really want Jingze to pay for my brother's betrothal gift and the house? 300,000 yuan would be enough for a down payment on a 100-square-meter house in town. Should I be grateful that they didn't let Jingze pay the full amount?

A colleague of mine got married last month and received a betrothal gift of 38,000 yuan. Her husband runs a factory, and betrothal gifts in our area aren't that high to begin with. I'm a little nervous about whether Jingze will agree to this request. I want him to agree, because it means he loves me, but I also don't want him to agree because I'm afraid he'll think I'm not close to my parents and don't like me.