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

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 mother for being useless for

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decade.

day

Isabelle changed her clothes and called

study late last night?” Noticing Ethan’s dark circles,

responded somewhat

he was so excited that he

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

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

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

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

bear to see

and headed

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

couldn’t be bothered

money.

casual breakfast, then brought him to

at the entrance of the mall.

had ever been to

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 bowed. He tried not to look around to make himself seem less

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

senses and was shocked that his sister was buying clothes for

outfit nearby, and shoved it into Ethan’s hand.

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

in her direction

enter your password. The

Payment Successful.

widened

outfit on and go.”

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

whichever style

him to the shoe section. Upon hearing this, Ethan looked up to see a

every now and then. He didn’t recognize

less well-off students in his class wore shoes that cost dozens of dollars. Only he wore shoc that cost less

clothes, the sales assistant sharply brought two pairs of

do it myself,” Ethan

the assistant and sat

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

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