Therefore, when speaking to Laura Jones, there was no need for formalities like before.

"Normally, you don’t show it, but you’re quite vain, spending so much to rent such an expensive place. Can your family afford it?"

Laura Jones grew up surrounded by people from a similar background as hers.

She almost never heard anyone bring money into discussions.

Thus, Emma Williams’ constant money talk seemed utterly inexplicable to her.

Living here constitutes vanity?

Originally, her brother bought the place purely because it was close to school, with a good and convenient surrounding environment, without considering other factors.

So, is this why Emma Williams is displeased?

Laura Jones looked at Emma with curiosity, which only fueled Emma’s already simmering anger.

"We should be able to afford it, otherwise, I wouldn’t be living here."

Laura said truthfully, with a casual and matter-of-fact tone that nearly made Emma faint from anger.

She stared at Laura Jones’ indifferent eyes and, after holding back for a while, chuckled and said:

"No matter how vain you are, some kind of nobility can’t simply be faked with material things. And don’t think that living close to Hannah Taylor will actually help you snag William Wilson."

Laura Jones: "???"

How did the conversation turn back to her husband?

Weren’t they talking about the apartment?

Besides, if she really wanted to snag William Wilson, she wouldn’t need to live any closer to Hannah Taylor, wouldn’t living closer to William have sufficed?

Laura looked at Emma’s face, barely containing her anger, and thought to herself, if she told Emma that she and William Wilson lived opposite each other, would Emma pass out from rage?

After contemplating, she decided she ought to be kind.

Emma saw Laura not speaking, but her eyes still, instead of anger, seemed to look at her with sympathy.

Damn it, why is Laura using a sympathetic gaze on her?

Does Emma Williams need sympathy?

"Laura Jones, why are you looking at me like that?"

She gritted her teeth and glared at Laura, questioning her.

Laura calmly withdrew her gaze, "Oh, just thinking you are strange, the topics jump around, I am having a hard time keeping up."

Emma: "..."

She never knew that Laura Jones, who seemed like a pushover, could be even more lethal than the obviously arrogant heiress like Hannah Taylor.

How could she, someone with nothing noteworthy, be so brazen?

She stared at Laura for a long time, taking a deep breath, and said:

"Laura Jones, have I wronged you somehow? Why are you always competing with me?"

Laura Jones: "???"

Why did the topic change again?

Weren’t they just talking about William Wilson?

Why is it now about the grievances between the two of them?

Laura furrowed her brow, clearly confused.

Emma was once more incensed by Laura’s demeanor, and without caring, bluntly said:

"I like the class monitor, and you compete for him with me. I’m closer to Professor Tang, and you go to flirt with actor Tang. Are you naturally starved for men?"

Young lady, do you have many questions?

At this moment, Laura Jones had a ton of questions swirling around in her mind.

If before, Emma’s words were so sarcastic that Laura felt disdain to argue, that one sentence "Are you naturally starved for men" could unquestionably be considered an insult.