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

thought, ‘Despite Ashley’s young age and Eddy being quite

thinking, ‘My student is far too disrespectful

“This is rude!

make me want

eme

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

really want to see how well Ashley can play.

will play

as if she was a fool about to meet her doom and was about

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

must have

‘Amusingly foolish?”

about to play The

is unworthy

performance will be an insult to both Ash and The

took her seat in front. of the harp, gently pressing

hand, an innate classical elegance emanated

immediately captivated by her serene and

Ashley began

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first

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

thought to himself, ‘It’s

Ash

of learning or competing, but

Matthew had only felt this soul-resonating sensation when listening to

Ashley play, he found himself experiencing

‘What’s

the venue and the online livestream audience had their eyes fixed on

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

if they had come to a quiet country lane, looking at smoke curling

of loneliness, like countless men parting from

became increasingly faster, unfolding a scene of strife and conflict before their eyes,

unblinkingly at Ashley’s fingers on the harp.

difficult part of

intricate techniques, with fluid grace and precision,

greatest characteristic of the harp was its tranquility. You needed