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

was given to him by his relatives. But now he was holding it in his hand. This phone belonged to him. It was given

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decade.

next day

morning run, Isabelle changed her clothes and called Ethan

late last night?” Noticing Ethan’s dark

responded somewhat

he was so excited

into his pocket as if it was a treasure, pretending not to care too much. Isabelle didn’t

and asked, “You said you were going to take me shopping yesterday. What are we

you guys doing? Did mom give you money?” Layla, with her sharp

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

bear

her and headed to the yard

Layla would tattle to their parents, Ethan thought

eyes and couldn’t be bothered by them, thinking that they

money.

breakfast, then brought him to the

hesitated at the entrance of the mall. Seeing Isabelle striding

time Ethan had

over the past six 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 nervous. He wanted to call out to Isabelle several times but

store and told the

was shocked

up a casual outfit nearby, and shoved it into Ethan’s hand.

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

in her

2,800 dollars, please enter your password. The shop assistant handed

Payment Successful.

eyes widened

on and go.” She then

Ethan followed Isabelle in a daze. His old clothes were discarded by the sales

“Pick whichever style you

the shock of spending thousands of dollars, Isabelle had already led him to the shoe section.

now and then. He didn’t recognize the brands and wasn’t interested in them, but his

his class wore shoes that cost dozens of dollars. Only he wore shoc that cost less

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

can do it myself,” Ethan

and sat down on

then at the beautiful, expensive new shoes in the sales assistant’s hands, he felt his face heat

out his shoes, Ethan subtly turned his body, not wanting anyone