I'm not sure that Crystal stands to gain anything by dragging Lazlo along. If anything, that seems to indicate that she really does like (if not love) him, since she'd probably be better off if she found someone more suited suited to her social climbing aspiration. Like Ajay Loner, for instance. (Man, there are a lot of characters out to get rich in this extended neighbourhood now...)

Crystal Vu seems to be fairly universally disliked by simmers. I don't see many Lazlos ending up with her, and it might have something to do with the fact that they don't have very good chemistry. Fortune and knowledge sims don't really mix well. But since they start as a couple, I'm going to play it out in the story. We'll see how it goes.