"Then you must educate her well. Activities are fine, but try to focus on those that don’t emphasize material enjoyment. Otherwise, she’ll find it hard to adapt to society in the future."
If not for the evidence Shelly Cole showed her today—of Franklin Yates passionately kissing another woman and secretly transferring most of the Cole Family’s assets—Nora Cole might have thought Franklin Yates was a genuinely concerned father worried about his daughter’s ability to adapt to societal life just from hearing those words.
But upon knowing his true colors, hearing these words only made her feel that he was pained by every penny Shelly spent.
In his eyes, those money must all belong to him, and spending it on Shelly would be a waste.
"Understood, I’ll pass those messages on for you. Alright, it’s late, let’s go to sleep."
Franklin Yates didn’t suspect anything, and Nora Cole secretly sighed in relief.
"Okay." Franklin Yates probably exhausted himself from fooling around, he didn’t even bother to change his clothes before falling into a deep sleep.
Unbeknownst to him, while he was asleep, Shelly had already contacted her best friend, setting an enormous trap for Franklin Yates...
The next morning, July Quinn made a rare appearance at school.
As soon as she sat down in class, many students from other classes gathered at their classroom door to secretly observe her.
Among them were several of her seniors, along with a few students from other schools.
Indeed, July Quinn made a name for herself during her large lecture at Meridia.
Now, her "Julian Quinn" title isn’t only praised on campus; even students and teachers from other schools come to visit her.
Moreover, many people from the high society circle of Esteria have begun to reach out to the school to recruit July Quinn.
However, in face of these olive branches and accolades, July Quinn showed no signs of being moved.
She appeared at school today solely out of concern for Shelly Cole’s family.
As soon as she saw Shelly Cole, July Quinn handed her a cup of warm grain drink.
Drinking the warm grain drink, Shelly Cole truly understood why her grandfather so liked July Quinn, and insisted that she should follow July Quinn closely.
It turns out, despite July Quinn appearing quite cold on the surface, she’s really exceptional in the way she treats her friends.
Look at this: after everything that happened yesterday, Shelly truly had no appetite or mood to eat breakfast at home.
Yet, July Quinn, being so busy, just happened to be at school to give her a warm drink.
"How’s Aunt?" July Quinn asked casually as if unaware she had just warmed someone’s heart.
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This was the only solace Shelly Cole had.
"Does Aunt have any other plans?" July Quinn was most concerned about their family’s current predicament.
If Franklin Yates were to take all the assets under the Cole Family’s name, their family of three would be left on the streets.
"My mom says she won’t let it slide, but exactly what she plans to do, I’m not sure."
Shelly Cole recalled something, quickly grabbing July Quinn’s sleeve to ask, "Do you think my mom might do something rash? Like just stabbing my dad to death?"
Though killing her dad would allow her to perfectly inherit all of his assets, resolving things perfectly.
But Shelly Cole wished her mother wouldn’t endanger herself over these scumbags.
"I’ll have someone secretly protect her now."
July Quinn also worried that Nora might take such an extreme route, so she immediately instructed Susan Carter to hurry to Nora’s side...