Rona Langdon immediately started shouting, "You little spendthrift! Do you just spend every penny you get your hands on? Where did you buy this dress and these shoes? There's no way they're worth a hundred yuan! Take them all back! And another thing, from now on, any money you have, you give it all to me! Looking as foolish as you do, you're bound to get scammed if you hold onto any cash!"
Zachary Preston couldn't stand it anymore. "Vera's a grown woman now. What's wrong with her having a little spending money? Mrs. Xavier gave it to her, it's not like she spent any of yours!"
He looked at Vera and said, "You keep that dress and those shoes on. Dad will back you up, you don't have to return them! You're a young lady, eighteen years old already. It's time you started dressing up a bit."
The father and daughter exchanged a look, a silent understanding passing between them.
