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

age and Eddy being quite old, Eddy’s respect for Ashley

Shirley, thinking, ‘My student is far too

“This is rude!

enough to make me want to dismiss

eme

taking my disrespect to heart. However, although Mr. Moore respects you, according to the show’s rules, it’s your turn

really want to see how

believe she will play better

a fool about to meet her doom and was

her hand to stop him, smiling faintly, “Your student is amusingly foolish. But according to the rules, I shall

thought she must have

wondered, ‘Amusingly foolish?”

about to

is unworthy of playing Ash’s

be an insult to both Ash

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

hand, an innate classical elegance emanated from

captivated by her serene and steady demeanor.

Ashley began to pluck the

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the first note.

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

himself, ‘It’s just

when my mentor Ash

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

only felt this soul-resonating sensation when listening to

Ashley play, he found himself experiencing that same

thought, ‘What’s going on?”

audience had their eyes fixed on Ashley, who was

if it transported people from the noisy and flashy modern city to a

graceful as if they had come to a

rhythm quicken, adding a sense of loneliness, like countless men parting from their families, about to head to the

desolate and profound. The rhythm became increasingly faster, unfolding a scene of strife and conflict before their eyes, which made them

unblinkingly at Ashley’s

most difficult part of

intricate techniques, with fluid grace and precision, without a hint of

the harp was its tranquility. You needed to