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

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 mother for being useless for over

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decade.

day was the

Isabelle changed her clothes and called Ethan to go shopping with

you study late last night?” Noticing

somewhat

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

was a treasure, pretending not to care too much. Isabelle didn’t expose

to take me shopping yesterday. What

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

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

bear to

headed to the

Layla would tattle to their parents, Ethan thought

couldn’t be bothered by them, thinking that they

money.

a casual breakfast, then brought him to the largest mall

the entrance of the mall. Seeing Isabelle striding in, he

had ever

was wearing clothes that he had bought 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

wasn’t until Isabelle led him into the men’s department store and told

to his senses and was shocked that his sister was buying

Isabelle reached out, picked up a casual outfit nearby, and shoved it

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saw Isabelle standing at the cash register, flashing a card he was not unfamiliar with. She said, “Swipe this

looked in her direction

please enter your password. The shop

Payment Successful.

widened

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

daze. His old clothes were discarded by the sales assistant at Isabelle’s

whichever style you

had already led him to

of his classmates wore designer shoes, changing them every now and then. He didn’t recognize the brands and

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

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

I can do

refused the assistant and sat down on

at his own worn-out shoes, then at the beautiful, expensive new shoes in the sales assistant’s hands, he

his