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

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 by his sister, who had been scolded by their

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decade.

next day

Isabelle changed her clothes and called Ethan

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

somewhat

that he was so

it was a

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

sharp cars, heard

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

bear to

her and headed

their parents, Ethan

her eyes and couldn’t be bothered by them,

money.

casual breakfast, then brought him to the largest mall in Norward

of the

first time Ethan had ever been to

from the bazaar 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

until Isabelle led him into the men’s department store

senses and was shocked that his

casual outfit nearby, and shoved it into Ethan’s

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saw Isabelle standing at the cash register, flashing a

looked in her direction in

total is 2,800 dollars, please enter your password. The

Payment Successful.

widened

Ethan. “Just put this outfit on and go.” She then told the shop assistant. “Help him cut

clothes and carrying two bags in his hand, Ethan followed Isabelle in a daze. His old clothes were discarded

said, “Pick whichever

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

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

in his class wore shoes that cost dozens of dollars. Only he wore shoc that cost less than ten dollars. It

sharply brought two pairs of shoes to him and enthusiastically offered

do it

refused the assistant and sat down on the

the beautiful, expensive new shoes in the

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