Liam didn't just buy a laptop—he bought a range of electronic accessories as well: a headset, a power bank, a smartwatch, and even another phone, a Samsung model identical to the one Luna had chosen.
With his current activities, one iPhone simply wasn't enough, and his old phone was far too outdated.
After thinking it over, he decided to go further—buying another iPhone and a MacBook for his mother, knowing she often wrote articles.
Altogether, it cost him nearly 30,000 dollars.
Fortunately, he had his car—there was no way he could carry all that otherwise.
He didn't open anything immediately. Only Luna eagerly unboxed her new phone, already using it to take photos inside the car.
When they returned to their neighborhood, it was bustling with activity.
People were out exercising, and many fishermen from other areas had come by.
It was Sunday—everyone was out enjoying their day.
Liam stopped the car in front of Luna's house first, letting her get out under the curious gazes of the neighbors.
But she walked inside indifferently, completely unconcerned about what anyone might say.
Liam was the same.
He parked the car and began unloading all the electronics.
His mother came out as soon as she heard the car, only to freeze when she saw everything he had bought.
"Liam…?" she said, stunned.
Just from the brands on the boxes, she knew they weren't cheap.
She stepped closer, noticing the iPhone and MacBook—the very kind Linda had been asking for.
"W-why are you spending so much?" she asked.
"Mom, these are for you," Liam said casually, handing her the iPhone and MacBook.
She froze again.
"Liam, you'll run out of money if you keep doing this," she said.
"No. My money keeps increasing," Liam replied calmly.
Seeing she was still stunned, he simply carried the rest of the items inside and placed them on the table.
"Mom, let's unbox them and test everything. If anything's wrong, we can exchange them," he said as she followed him in.
He started by unboxing his Samsung phone—it worked perfectly—then moved on to his gaming laptop, which came with a bonus mouse and joystick.
Diana rubbed the side of her head, completely bewildered.
Liam's relaxed attitude made her wonder if his money really was growing the way he claimed.
Without realizing it, she picked up the MacBook box.
She had never used one before—but she knew it would be perfect for her work.
In the end, she opened it.
"Mom, you should keep those," Liam said.
He then carried his own devices into his room, arranging them neatly on his desk.
Sitting down, he powered up his laptop and opened his Wallet, Exchange, Forex, and DEX.
The best part—he could view all four simultaneously on one screen, monitoring everything at once.
The market looked good today.
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others were all slightly green—up around 0.10%.
Within five minutes, Liam spotted at least seven coins that would rise by around 1%.
He split 200,000 dollars across them.
With leverage between 50 and 70, he could make around 60% profit in just five minutes—far more than what he had spent since last night.
"Wow… what the hell…"
He had just secured his profits when something caught his eye.
Solana.
It was about to rise 5% within five minutes.
Liam grew restless.
A move like that was massive—especially in such a short time.
Was the Solana team doing a buyback?
It wasn't impossible. They earned massive fees from meme coins running on their network.
Without hesitation, Liam entered with 200,000 dollars at 100x leverage.
Fortunately, Solana was large enough to support that level of leverage.
He noticed others were going long as well.
Perhaps even the developers themselves.
For the first two minutes, the price didn't move much—if anything, it dipped slightly.
But after the third minute, Solana suddenly surged in the spot market.
Large market orders flooded in, quickly wiping out sell positions.
1%!
2%!
3%!
The candles stretched into long green lines.
4%… then 5%.
The buy volume was overwhelming—even in the futures market.
Liam watched as his massive take-profit order was instantly filled within seconds.
Unfortunately, 5% seemed to be the ceiling.
Too many people began taking profits.
The buy volume remained strong—but the sell pressure matched it.
(Bro, what time are we going to the gym?)
A message from Linda suddenly popped up on Instagram.
Only now had she followed all his social media accounts.
She must have taken some time to find them—Liam hadn't followed hers.
(Around noon, maybe later. I'll let you know.) Liam replied.
He could already feel his physical strength increasing.
This wasn't something he could ignore.
The more money he had, the more important it became to build his physical power as well.
He continued watching the market.
Anything that offered decent profit—he took it, even if it wasn't huge.
At the very least, he could still earn around 30,000 dollars in five minutes thanks to his capital.
"Ahh…"
He stretched his body.
Then his brows furrowed slightly when he saw a message from one of his lecturers.
(To all third- and fourth-year economics students, please come to campus at 10 AM to visit our faculty head at the hospital.)
Liam didn't know how to react.
The head of the Economics Faculty…
Professor Jhon.
He was hospitalized?
It wasn't entirely surprising—he was already old, just unwilling to retire.
Liam wondered if he should go.
(Liam, are you going to campus?) Jack messaged.
(What about you?) Liam replied.
(I think I will. All the lecturers will be there. If we don't show up, it'll look bad. Probably done by noon.)
(Well, if you're going, I'll go too.)
Liam figured he could make time for it before heading to the gym.