At that moment, she heard Mrs. Taylor speak with an approving expression:

"If only our daughter could be as frugal as Laura. She spends all day fooling around outside, doesn’t know how to manage a household. Which boy would ever want to marry you in the future?"

Hannah Taylor was used to her mother mocking her, so she just wrinkled her nose without arguing back.

Although Mrs. Taylor’s words seemed to criticize Hannah, they effectively blocked Emma Williams from trying to show off to Laura Jones.

If she were to tell Laura that for wealthy girls like them, this amount of pocket money wasn’t a big deal.

But once Mrs. Taylor said that, if she insisted on saying it, she’d clearly be contradicting Mrs. Taylor.

Emma felt a bit frustrated, thinking everyone was siding with Laura Jones.

At that moment, a servant came to announce that dinner was ready.

Emma had originally sought various excuses to insist on coming to Hannah’s house, hoping to win the favor of the Taylor family elders to make her future path smoother.

But things didn’t go as planned.

She not only gained nothing but also ended up feeling full of resentment because of Laura Jones.

This made the dinner taste rather bland.

During dinner, she tried several times to cozy up to William Wilson but was met with his cold attitude each time.

On the contrary, she saw William initiate conversations with Laura Jones several times.

After dinner, Laura and Emma felt embarrassed to stay longer at the Taylor house, so they decided to leave.

Before leaving, Emma tried to have a few words with William Wilson, but William was called to the study by Mr. Taylor.

Feeling ungratified, Emma had no choice but to leave reluctantly.

Hannah walked them to the entrance of the neighborhood. Emma was about to call for a ride, but noticed Laura had no intention of calling one.

She looked at Laura, unable to maintain her previous facade of friendliness, and asked:

"Where do you live? Won so much money, yet can’t even afford a taxi fare?"

All day, Laura had sensed Emma’s intention to mock her.

She wasn’t interested in arguing with someone so competitive, so she hadn’t said much.

Now seeing Emma not bothering to pretend, she chuckled:

"I live right across, no need to call a cab."

Emma instinctively wanted to mock her but froze when she saw the name of the opposite complex Laura mentioned.

"You live in Cloud Thunder?"

"Yes."

Emma’s expression visibly changed.

However, since it was late, it didn’t show too obviously.

After a while, she sneered sarcastically:

"You’re quite vain, daring to rent a place in Cloud Thunder. The rent here isn’t cheap, right?"

Emma absolutely didn’t believe Laura could afford to buy a place there.

Or rather, that Laura’s family could afford such a place.

After all, in Alaska, both the Cloud Thunder and Cloudy Splendor complexes were nearly filled with the city’s top-tier wealthy.

If Laura Jones’s family really had that kind of money, how could they be so low-key that she’d never heard of them?

Even her uncle, with assets worth billions, couldn’t easily buy a place there.

Is this somewhere ordinary wealthy people could afford to live?

If before, Emma’s hostility was just due to the class president liking Laura more than her, today it became even more intense.