Save Myself from Desperation by Cara Agnes

Chapter 61

Eddy looked at Shirley with a mixture of melancholy and helplessness. “You do have some talent for the harp, but it’s rather limited. Yet, you’re so confident in yourself. As your mentor, it’s hard for me to constantly discourage you, so I haven’t told you that you played badly.”

Shirley couldn’t believe this was the truth.

Looking gloomy, Shirley gritted her teeth and retorted defiantly, “Mr. Moore, you speak so poorly of me. Are you implying that Ashley plays well? Is she even better than you?”

Eddy’s expression immediately turned stern. He firmly held his cane to thud on the ground and declared, “Of course, she’s better than me! Otherwise, why else would I treat her with such respect?

“How dare you address Ms. Ramos by her name? That’s disrespectful! Apologize to her now!”

In an instant, Shirley’s eyes widened in disbelief. She thought, ‘Apologize to Ashley?

Refer to her as Ms. Ramos?’

Bryce couldn’t help but let out a snort of laughter.

He had been worried that Ashley would be bullied, but now, with Eddy’s arrival, Shirley was utterly humiliated.

Among them, Ashley seemed to hold the highest status in the harp circle

there.

Eddy urged Shirley to apologize.

Raising her hand to stop him, Ashley said indifferently, “No need. I won’t stoop to her level.”

Eddy frowned at Shirley, clearly displeased. “Ms. Ramos is being generous by not holding your rudeness against you. Now, you should thank Ms. Ramos!”

Shirley’s eyes widened in disbelief again.

She thought, ‘Not only do I have to apologize to her, but I also have to

thank her?’

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The livestream audience, witnessing this unexpected turn only one thought.

events, had

Ashley’s young age and Eddy being

Shirley, thinking, ‘My student is far too disrespectful

“This is rude!

enough to make me

eme

my disrespect to heart.

thought, ‘I really want to see how well

will

behavior, looked at her as if she was a fool about to meet her doom and was about to reprimand

student is amusingly foolish.

she must have

‘Amusingly

about to play The Land, was disdainful.

thought, “This jinx is unworthy of playing Ash’s The

poor performance will be an insult to both Ash and

present, Ashley calmly took her seat in front. of the harp, gently pressing the strings with her left hand.

and slightly raised her hand, an innate classical elegance emanated from her, as if she had

captivated by her serene and steady

eyes as Ashley began to pluck the

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first note.

fifth and sixth notes, Matthew’s eyes were brimming with surprise, his

thought to himself, ‘It’s

when my mentor Ash personally played

not played for the sake of learning or competing, but played to

had only felt this soul-resonating

he found

thought, ‘What’s going

and the online livestream audience had their eyes fixed on Ashley, who was seated before

harp music was distant and prolonged as if it transported people from the noisy and flashy modern city to a poetic and

the harp sounded tranquil and graceful as if they had come to a quiet country lane, looking at smoke curling up from

sense of loneliness, like countless men

unfolding a scene of strife and conflict before their eyes, which made them

Ashley’s fingers on

was the most difficult part

with nimble and intricate techniques, with fluid grace and precision,

harp was its tranquility. You needed to