Chapter 84 Why the Fuss?
Bryan had no particular feelings for Liana at the beginning. Or, to put it more accurately, he had the same indifferent attitude toward all the girls in Class 8.
The reason why he hated Liana eventually was because Liana did not show respect to Catherine.
Catherine was Bryan’s idol. Naturally, he disliked everyone who disrespected Catherine.
But Bryan had to admit that Liana’s gift got inside his head. He loved it.
Any game developed by Storm was popular globally.
Before this new game officially went online, its trailer had already attracted a lot of eager players raring to try it out.
Storm had just begun to recruit trial players. The candidates they were looking for must be capable instead of those who spent only a lot on the in-game accessories.
The candidates must rank top three in their country to get the chance to try the demo.
Liana got her hands on the game card even before the top players tried it, which showed how precious it was.
Bryan took it and thanked Liana sincerely, “Thank you!”
Liana smiled lightly and acted elegantly. “I hope you liked my gift for you.”
The others envied Bryan for receiving such a gift and Liana for being able to prepare such a gift.
One of their classmates could not help but ask Liana, “Liana, this is an amazing gift. How did you get this game card? The game hasn’t launched the demo domestically, right? I’m so jealous!”
“So am I! I wish I could have it too! You’re amazing, Liana!”
Liana was comforted and satisfied by people’s jealousness. She knew she would be the one who slayed it at Bryan’s birthday party.
She pretended to be nonchalant and said with a calm expression on her face, “It’s nothing. My family’s company happened to have a project with Storm. Their product manager thought I liked playing video games and gave it to me as a gift. But you know, my favorites are ballet and piano. I don’t know anything about video games so it’ll show its true value in Bryan’s hands
instead.”
The more casually Liana talked about it, the more envious the people around her became.
Liana could get the thing people craved without effort and give it away as a gift. Of course,
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people begrudged her.
Liana wore a faint smile while her heart raced with joy. Her eyes fell on Catherine, who was eating quietly at the side.
Liana secretly rolled her eyes at Catherine, thinking that Catherine was indeed a bumpkin from the countryside. No one would keep eating non-stop at a party. She was hoping to have a chance to crush Catherine, and now she got it.
She looked at Catherine jubilantly. She feigned curiosity and asked, “Catherine, everyone here has given Bryan their gifts. You have such a good relationship with Bryan. I assume your gift for him must be awesome.”
Her words drew people’s attention to Catherine, including Bryan. He had his expectations and wondered if Catherine had prepared anything for his birthday.
Catherine was enjoying the beef enchiladas, taking one bite after another, when Liana asked her the question.
The enchiladas were covered in a spicy sauce with beef, vegetables, and cheese stuffed inside them, which were quite tasty.
Catherine was still holding on to her fork when everyone fixed their eyes on her.
The inquisitive gazes ruined Catherine’s good mood. She lost her appetite and put the fork down.
Bryan noticed Catherine’s sulky look. He thought she was embarrassed for not preparing a gift, so he quickly opened his mouth to smooth things over.
“Guys, aren’t you hungry? Does the food today suit your taste? Tell me if you want anything else.”
It killed Liana to see Bryan defending Catherine. She did not understand what was wrong with those boys. Why do they always stand up for Catherine?
She knew Catherine must not have prepared a gift and wanted to put Catherine down.
“Catherine, why don’t you take it out? Have you forgotten to bring it here?”
Catherine raised her eyebrows and stared at Liana with confusion. “What should I take it out?”
“She’s playing dumb,” Liana thought. She decided not to drop this topic. She wanted to put Catherine to shame tonight. She felt that even if Catherine had prepared a gift for Bryan, it would not be as precious as her game card, so Catherine would still be humiliated.
“Catherine, don’t joke with us. I’m talking about your gift for Bryan. You brought it with have you?”
you,
“Oh, that,” Catherine responded drily without expression on her face. She reached into her jacket pocket, whipped out a small envelope, and threw it to Bryan.
“Here. Happy birthday!”
Bryan grabbed it. He did not expect Catherine to prepare a birthday gift for him and even wished him a happy birthday. He beamed radiantly and thanked Catherine gleefully like a child. “Boss, thank you for the gift. It’s the best birthday I’ve ever had.”
Everyone saw Bryan holding an envelope in his hand. They had no idea what was inside the crude envelope and were staring at it with interest.
Even David and Bryan’s other friends were curious, let alone Liana.
“Bryan, open it! Let us see what’s inside.”
Bryan also could not wait to know what Catherine gave him, but he did not dare to make his own decision. So, he raised his head to ask Catherine for her permission.
“Boss, may I open it now?”
“Whatever,” Catherine replied, not caring much about this matter.
Since Catherine did not reject, and the rest were urging him on, Bryan opened the envelope.
It turned out that there was only a disk in it. More precisely, it was a flash drive.
The moment Liana saw it, she laughed out loud. “Catherine, you gave Bryan a flash drive as his gift. You didn’t record a Happy Birthday song or something and save it in, did you?”
Catherine cast her a stern look.
As Catherine’s sarcastic eyes swept over her, Liana felt as if someone had poured a bucket of
cold water over her head.
Bryan did not mind. He would be pleased no matter what Catherine gave him.
Under the curious looks of David and the others, Bryan got his servant to send in a laptop and inserted the flash drive into it.
When the files in the flash drive were made public, the few onlookers erupted in astonished
cries.
“Damn it!”
“Oh, gosh!”
“I can’t believe it!”
A burst of screams grabbed the full attention of others further away.
Holding the laptop in his arms, Bryan went to Catherine with a shocked face. “Boss, is this really for me? How did you collect so many Storm games? Many of them are not available for sale anymore. Some games have only been released for trial servers. This is a precious gift!”
Everyone now looked at Bryan with jealousy and at Catherine with admiration.
Liana’s gift was only a demo game card of Storm, and people were envious of that. Catherine’s gift was the complete collection of Storm games! That was incredible!
Catherine did not understand why the others were so excited. She thought with a frown, “Why the fuss? That’s weird.”
Those were just some games she wrote to kill time. Why were these people so thrilled?
While the guests were still recovering from their astonishment, Bryan gave another startling cry. “My gosh! This…
