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

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

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decade.

next day was the

run, Isabelle changed her clothes and called

you study late last night?” Noticing Ethan’s

responded somewhat

want Isabelle to know that he was so excited

carefully put his new phone into his pocket as if it was a treasure, pretending

out and asked, “You said you were going to take me shopping yesterday. What are we buying? Do you still have

Layla, with her sharp cars, heard Ethan’s words from her room and immediately ran out

hospital, she had changed into a different person. Inexplicably, Isabelle’s

bear to

headed to the yard without

Layla would tattle to their parents, Ethan thought for a moment and

and couldn’t be bothered by them, thinking

money.

breakfast, then brought him to the largest

at the entrance of the mall.

had ever been to such a

behind Isabelle with his head bowed. He tried not to look around to make himself seem less

Isabelle led him into the men’s department store and told

was shocked that his sister was buying clothes

is not bad.” Isabelle reached out, picked up a casual outfit nearby, and shoved

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register, flashing a card he was not unfamiliar with. She said, “Swipe

looked in her

The shop assistant handed

Payment Successful.

eyes widened in

looked at Ethan. “Just put this outfit on and go.” She then told

his hand, Ethan followed Isabelle in a daze. His old clothes were discarded by the sales assistant at Isabelle’s request. Initially, he had planned to wear them until

said, “Pick whichever style

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

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

that cost less than ten dollars. It

wearing designer clothes, the sales assistant sharply brought two

I can do it myself,” Ethan

the assistant and sat down on

at the beautiful, expensive new shoes in the sales assistant’s hands, he

his shoes, Ethan subtly turned his body,