A Graduation Gift

Cold sweats were running down Cassandra's forehead. She didn't know what to do considering that she was the center of attraction and everyone was staring at her. She stood awkwardly alone on the rostrum with her face as pale as the bare walls. Obviously, there was something wrong with her.

Arthur knitted his eyebrows in confusion and anxiously leaned back in his chair.

"What's going on with her?" he tilted his head to his assistant and asked.

His assistant, however, just shrugged his shoulder because he had no idea what was happening. Judging from their previous experiences in doing businesses with the Tang Group, they had witnessed what Cassandra was capable of and they dared not to underestimate her.

They had come and prepared for whatever Cassandra had in store for them, but now it seemed that it was the other way around. Something wrong was happening to her.

Rufus sensed the oddity in the way Cassandra held the flash disk on her clenched fist. He stood up without any hesitation, walked to the organizers and whispered something to them.

He was planning to ask them to give Cassandra another thirty minutes. That would buy Leo some time to go back and fetch a backup copy. He was surprised when Cassandra had braced herself and snapped back right away.

She waved up the flash disk for everyone to see and slowly explained her tight spot.

"It seemed that my flash disk has decided to leave me hanging alone, and it's not good timing," she spoke in no hurry as she shrugged her shoulders with a helpless expression on her face.

Everyone present in the room smiled at her frankness.

"The reason I bought this flash disk was that it got the coolest, most attractive, and had the most unique appearance amongst all the products of the same brand, but it turned out that it didn't serve its purpose. It has a nice appearance but of little use," she continued.

The room was filled with laughter.

Rufus straightened his back and fixed his eyes on Cassandra interestingly.

He was curious about what she would say next.

Then, she changed the topic.

"When I was a little girl, I thought that the most important thing in a certain design was an attractive appearance, but the longer I worked in this industry and the more I learned, the better I understand that the final purpose of design is practicality. The utility should not be sacrificed on behalf of beauty," she narrated emotionally.

The audience she was speaking to was a group of experts when it came to design and architecture. Thus everyone seemed to get the implication of her statement as they nodded their heads in approval.

They had seen the designs of both Tang Group and Dawn Star Group in the past. The former was conservative and practical while the latter focused on the novel appearance. To cover up the unexpected emergency brought about by her broken flash disk, Cassandra compared and contrasted the two design plans taking the example of her own experience.

In the next few minutes, she briefly introduced her design and the reasons behind such a proposal.

her vivid introductions and the small incident earlier, all the attendees were absorbed in the

company gave Leo another flash disk and he handed it to Cassandra immediately. Finally, all the attendees

had been impressed by her

that there was no need for him to help her out. Cassandra's wit saved her and perfectly solved the crisis. Her misfortune turned out to be an actual blessing. Rufus was surprised

smiled cracked on his face when he thought about the promise she made to him yesterday. He felt elated and the

several days later. However, judging from the way they commended Cassandra, it was no doubt that Tang Group would win the

to Cassandra and gave her a bear hug after she stepped down from the rostrum.

Great job, Cassandra! You're the best!" she exclaimed excitedly.

her on the back while

help but notice the myriad expressions in his eyes, and it was

her plan, but she was hit by a sudden inspiration when her eyes met Rufus'. Then she gathered up all her strength and started from her broken flash disk, changed the topic

be perfect. Almost everyone in the room recognized her

disk. It was made from a brand known for quality, but she wondered how

slowly averted his eyes away from Cassandra and fixed them on Cloris. He looked at her quizzically.

looked tense and was gripping something in her hands. Moreover, he heard a weird tinkling of something metal colliding with the lavatory. Cloris was

little sister stole her flash disk

of her sister and reached out her

Rufus would give her a hug just like Cloris did in front of so

Rufus knew her plan the moment she reached out her hand, and he just went with the flow and

blushed red as Rufus gave her hand a

it to the engineers to see if they can restore the data in it," he asked

a voice loud enough for Cloris to hear. He did

in, and interrupted, "I was the one who recommended the flash disk to Cassandra the other day, and I feel so guilty that it almost ruined such a big occasion. So to make it up with what I have done, a good friend of mine is skilled at data restoring. Please give

away and replaced it with another disk that was not working. She was scared that Rufus would learn the truth and

placed her hand over her

important for our company and it's improper for you to just take it to some friends of yours!" she scolded

turned to face

I have saved other copies, it doesn't matter whether it can be restored or not. I'll just keep the disk as a souvenir, and this will serve as an important lesson for me. It'll remind me not to make the

he had already confirmed what he

till he noticed that Cloris took a deep breath of relief after hearing that

was as bright as before. She had no idea that a storm was on its way to shake her

interrupted when Arthur stopped in front of Cassandra with his hand extended to

thrilling and impressive, and I want to show you my appreciation. Congratulations!" he exclaimed with a