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 favonovel.com hand and showed another phone.
Hearing that, Ethan’s eyes widened.
Each of these phones costs nearly 1,500 dollars! It’s not something affordable for ordinary wage earners. My sister is a poor student, yet favonovel.com has bought two phones at once?!
3,000 dollars is a sum our family can’t save, even by scrimping and saving for a year!
“Hey! Where did you get the money?” He wondered if favonovel.com took or robbed it from others like a gangster.
But those gangsters only rob students. A few hundred a day is considered good income. How could favonovel.com 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 clamor etched on Isabelle’s face or favonovel.com drastic changes. Or perhaps favonovel.com was fully convinced that Isabelle’s previous naivety and incompetence had been an act.
“Okay…”
Ethan’s reaction over the phone was too dramatic, after all. If Isabelle’s brother knew about favonovel.com assets, favonovel.com would faint from shock!
Not to mention favonovel.com assets, just showing favonovel.com the remaining 147,000 dollars in favonovel.com account would probably make his jaw drop.
“I’ll take you shopping tomorrow.” After saying this, Isabelle grabbed favonovel.com new phone and went back to favonovel.com 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 favonovel.com turned on the phone, Ethan’s heartbeat accelerated, and his breathing became heavier. He felt like favonovel.com was dreaming.
Such an expensive item was something favonovel.com could never hope for. He wouldn’t dare accept it, even if it was given to favonovel.com by his relatives. But now favonovel.com was holding it in his hand.
This phone belonged to him. It was given to favonovel.com by his sister, who had been scolded by their mother for being useless for over a decade.
***
The next day was the weekend.
After favonovel.com morning run, Isabelle changed favonovel.com clothes and called Ethan to go shopping with her.
“Did you study late last night?” Noticing Ethan’s dark circles, Isabelle casually asked.
Ethan responded somewhat evasively, “Y-Yes…”
He didn’t want Isabelle to know that favonovel.com was so excited that favonovel.com couldn’t sleep all night.
Ethan carefully put his new phone into his pocket as if it was a treasure, pretending not to care too much. Isabelle didn’t expose him.
Ethan followed Isabelle out and asked, “You said you were going to take me shopping yesterday. What are we buying? Do you still have money?”
“What are you guys doing? Did mom give you money?” Layla, with favonovel.com sharp ears, heard Ethan’s words from favonovel.com room and immediately ran out to ask.
Ever since Isabelle fell and came back from the hospital, favonovel.com had changed into a different person. Inexplicably, Isabelle’s relationship with Ethan had improved. Layla could not bear to see this.
Isabelle ignored favonovel.com and headed to the yard without stopping.
Afraid that Layla would tattle to their parents, Ethan thought for a moment and replied, “No…”
“Hmph!” Layla rolled favonovel.com eyes and couldn’t be bothered by them, thinking that they couldn’t have any money.
Isabelle took Ethan to have a casual breakfast, then brought favonovel.com to the largest mall in Norward City.
Ethan hesitated at the entrance of the mall. Seeing Isabelle striding in, favonovel.com followed.
This was the first time favonovel.com had ever been to such a place. He was wearing clothes that favonovel.com had bought from the bazaar over the past six months, and with his limping left foot, favonovel.com felt out of place here.
Ethan followed behind Isabelle with his head bowed. He tried not to look around to make himself seem less nervous. He wanted to call out to Isabelle several times but chose to follow favonovel.com trustingly.
It wasn’t until Isabelle led favonovel.com into the men’s department store and told the well-dressed shop assistant, “Find favonovel.com some clothes…”
Ethan came back to his senses and was shocked that his sister was buying clothes for him.
“This one is not bad.” Isabelle reached out, picked up a casual outfit nearby, and shoved it into Ethan’s hand.
She instructed, “Try it on…”
Ethan went into the fitting room in a daze.
When favonovel.com came out wearing the third outfit and wanted to ask something, favonovel.com saw Isabelle standing at the cash register, flashing a card favonovel.com was not unfamiliar with. She said, “Swipe this card.”
Ethan looked in favonovel.com direction in shock.
“The total is 2,800 dollars, please enter your password.” The shop assistant handed over the card machine with both hands.
Payment Successful.
Hearing that, again, Ethan’s eyes widened in shock.
Isabelle put away favonovel.com card and looked at Ethan. “Just put this outfit on and go.”
She then told the shop assistant, “Help favonovel.com out off the tags.”
Dressed in new clothes and carrying two bags in his hand, Ethan followed Isabelle in a daze. His old clothes were discarded by the sales assistant at Isabelle’s request. Initially, favonovel.com had planned to wear them until next year.
Isabelle said, “Pick whichever style you like.”
Before Ethan could recover from the shock of spending thousands of dollars, Isabelle had already led favonovel.com to the shoe section.
Upon hearing this, Ethan looked up to see a dazzling array of designer shoes.
More 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 talk about them in his presence. Even the less well-off students in his class wore shoes that cost dozens of dollars.
Only favonovel.com wore shoes that cost less than ten dollars. It was cheap, but favonovel.com couldn’t afford to replace them, even if his feet had outgrown them.
Seeing Ethan carrying bags and wearing designer clothes, the sales assistant sharply brought two pairs of shoes to favonovel.com and enthusiastically offered to help favonovel.com try them on.
“I… I-I can do it myself,” Ethan said. He refused the assistant and sat down on the sofa.
Looking down at his own worn-out shoes, then at the beautiful, expensive new shoes in the sales assistant’s hands, favonovel.com felt his face heat up.
While changing out his shoes, Ethan subtly turned his body, not wanting anyone to see his left foot.
Ethan quickly finished trying on the shoes. Before favonovel.com could refuse or say anything else, Isabelle had already taken out favonovel.com card.
The two pairs of shoes cost approximately 4,000 dollars, even more expensive than the clothes.
Upon hearing the words ‘Payment Successful’ again, Ethan’s heart thumped ferociously and favonovel.com lost control of his expression.
After shopping for Ethan, Isabelle went on to purchase some clothes and shoes for herself, all of which favonovel.com had Ethan carry.
The items in his hands amounted to nearly 15,000 dollars. Holding them, Ethan felt as if favonovel.com were clutching 15,000 dollars in cash. He gripped them tightly for fear of being robbed.
After leaving the store, Isabelle bought a laptop. Only then did favonovel.com leave the mall, accompanied by Ethan. Compared with the time favonovel.com entered and exited the mall, Ethan had been through two contrasting emotions.
Instead of heading straight home, Isabelle took favonovel.com to the most luxurious five-star hotel in Norward City.
“Why are we here?” Ethan looked at the glided words that wrote ‘Glorious International Hotel’, and favonovel.com quickly halted Isabelle, who was about to enter.
“We’re here to dine,” Isabelle said, walking straight in.
“But…” In the end, favonovel.com could only follow.
Isabelle directly requested a private room on the top floor. She said, “Order whatever you like.”
Taking the menu from the waiter, Ethan’s face turned serious and conflicted as favonovel.com opened it.
It was all in Fleoburgian, a language favonovel.com didn’t understand. The only thing favonovel.com recognized was the price.
Although favonovel.com was usually oblivious to the world outside, as a resident of Norward City, favonovel.com was aware of this hotel. Whenever a classmate came here for a family gathering, it would be the talk of the class for days.
He had heard that the food here was exorbitantly priced, with even a simple vegetable dish costing hundreds. The meat and seafood were even more expensive, with a few dishes easily costing as much as his family’s monthly income. Even the menu was gold-plated, with a design and materials that were far from simple.
Ethan never imagined that favonovel.com would be able to dine here one day.
Quietly closing the menu, Ethan wanted to say something to Isabelle but saw favonovel.com flipping through the menu, ordering in fluent Fleoburgian.
Ethan was stunned to hear Isabelle casually speak in Fleoburgian.
How do I not know my sister can speak Fleoburgian?
And what are all these things favonovel.com is ordering? Foie gras, caviar, black truffle? What are they?
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