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

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 by his sister, who

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decade.

day was the

Isabelle changed her clothes and called Ethan to go shopping

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

responded somewhat

to know that he was so excited that

it was a treasure, pretending not to

to take me shopping yesterday. What are

are you guys doing? Did mom give you money?” Layla, with her sharp cars, heard Ethan’s words from her room and immediately ran out to

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

cannot bear to

and headed to

Layla would tattle to their parents,

couldn’t be bothered by them,

money.

took Ethan to have a casual breakfast, then brought him to the largest mall in Norward

hesitated at the entrance of the mall. Seeing

had ever been to

followed behind Isabelle with his head bowed. He tried not to look around

him into the men’s department store and

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

Isabelle reached out, picked up a casual outfit

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

her direction

password. The shop assistant handed over the

Payment Successful.

widened

put this outfit on and go.” She

bags in his hand, Ethan followed Isabelle in a daze. His old clothes were discarded by the sales assistant

said, “Pick whichever

of spending thousands of dollars, Isabelle had already led him to the shoe section. Upon hearing this, Ethan looked

recognize the brands and wasn’t interested in them, but his classmates would

dozens of dollars. Only he wore shoc that cost less than ten dollars. It was cheap, but

carrying bags and wearing designer clothes, the sales assistant sharply brought two pairs of shoes to him and enthusiastically offered

I can do it

the assistant and sat down

down at his own worn-out shoes, then at the beautiful, expensive new shoes in the

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