Resurrecting the Genius Within

Chapter 10 Luxury Spending

Ethan hesitated to touch such an expensive item. He carefully examined it to confirm that it was a genuine phone, not a dummy. He asked, “Where did you get it?”

“I bought it.”

“Where did you get so much money?”

“I have more.” Isabelle raised her hand and showed another phone.

Ethan’s eyes widened.

Each of these phones costs nearly 1,500 dollars. It’s not something affordable for ordinary wage carners. His sister was a poor student, yet she had bought two phones at once.

3.000 dollars was a sum their family couldn’t save, even by scrimping and saving for a year.

“Where did you get the money?”

He wondered did she steal or rob it from others like a gangster?

But those gangsters only rob students. A few hundred a day was considered good income. How could she make so much money from robbing others?

Isabelle explained, “I didn’t steal or rob. It’s all legitimate. Use it without worry. If it breaks, I’ll buy you

another one.”

Ethan gazed at Isabelle. Her face was both familiar and strangely different to him. A sense of trust welled up inside him, possibly sparked by the clamour etched on Isabelle’s face or her drastic changes. Or perhaps he was fully convinced that Isabelle’s previous naivety and incompetence had been an act.

“Okay.”

Ethan’s reaction over the phone was too dramatic, right?

If Isabelle’s brother knew about her assets, wouldn’t he faint from shock? Not to mention her assets, just showing him the remaining 147,000 dollars in her account would probably make his jaw drop.

“I’ll take you shopping tomorrow.” After saying this, Isabelle grabbed her new phone and went back to

her room.

Ethan carefully took the phone out of the box and held it in his hand for a while. He was so excited that his hands were somewhat stiff. He then remembered to take the SIM card out of his old phone and carefully put it into the new one.

The moment he turned on the phone, Ethan’s heartbeat accelerated, and his breathing became heavier. He felt like he was dreamin

item was something he could never hope for. He wouldn’t dare accept it, even if it was given to him by his relatives. But now he was holding it in his hand. This phone belonged to him. It was given to him

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decade.

day was the

her clothes

you study late last night?” Noticing Ethan’s dark circles, Isabelle

somewhat

he was so excited that he couldn’t sleep all

was a treasure, pretending not to

going to take me shopping yesterday. What are we buying? Do you still have

mom give you money?” Layla, with her sharp cars, heard Ethan’s words from her room

and came back from the hospital, she had changed into a different person.

cannot bear to see

headed

to their parents, Ethan thought for a

her eyes and couldn’t be bothered by them, thinking

money.

took Ethan to have a casual breakfast, then brought him to the

entrance of the mall.

the first time Ethan had ever

months, and with his limping left foot, he felt out of place here. Ethan followed behind Isabelle with his head bowed. He tried not to look around to make himself seem less

wasn’t until Isabelle led him into the men’s department store and told the well-dressed shop assistant, “Find

back to his senses and was shocked that his sister was buying clothes

one is not bad.” Isabelle reached out, picked up a casual outfit nearby, and shoved it into Ethan’s hand. She instructed,

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something, he saw Isabelle standing at the cash register, flashing a card

her direction in

your password. The shop assistant handed over the card machine with

Payment Successful.

eyes widened

put away her card and looked at Ethan. “Just put this outfit on and

daze. His old clothes were discarded by the sales assistant at Isabelle’s request. Initially, he had planned

“Pick whichever style you

him to the shoe section. Upon

than half of his classmates wore designer shoes, changing them every now and then. He didn’t recognize the brands and wasn’t interested in them, but his classmates would often talk about

wore shoc that cost less than

the sales assistant sharply brought two pairs of shoes to him and enthusiastically offered to

I can do it

refused the assistant and

down at his own worn-out shoes, then at the beautiful, expensive new shoes in the sales assistant’s hands, he felt

shoes, Ethan subtly turned his body, not wanting anyone to see his left