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

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

clothes and called

night?” Noticing Ethan’s dark

responded somewhat

want Isabelle to know that he was so excited that he couldn’t

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

“You said you were going to take me

her sharp cars,

had changed into a

bear to see

her and headed

parents,

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

money.

to have a casual breakfast, then brought him to the largest mall

the mall. Seeing Isabelle striding in,

had

and with his limping left foot, he felt out of place here. Ethan followed behind Isabelle with his head bowed. He tried

the men’s department store and told the well-dressed shop assistant,

his senses and was shocked that

reached out, picked up a casual outfit nearby, and shoved it into Ethan’s hand. She instructed, “Try

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Isabelle standing at the cash register, flashing a card he was not unfamiliar with.

looked in her direction

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

Payment Successful.

eyes widened in

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

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

said, “Pick whichever style

to the shoe section. Upon hearing this, Ethan

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

of dollars. Only he wore shoc that cost less than ten dollars. It was cheap, but he couldn’t

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

do it myself,”

and

expensive new shoes in

turned his body, not