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

young age and Eddy being quite old,

at Shirley, thinking, ‘My student is far too disrespectful to

“This is rude!

make me want to

eme

looked at Ashley, saying with reluctance, “Ms. Ramos, thank you for not taking my disrespect to heart. However, although Mr. Moore respects you, according to the show’s rules, it’s

thought, ‘I really want to see how well Ashley can

will play

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

she must have

wondered, ‘Amusingly foolish?”

to play The Land, was

jinx is unworthy

performance will be an insult to

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

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

livestream audience was immediately captivated by her

suddenly widened his eyes as Ashley began to

Ciapter 61

the first

time Ashley played the fifth and sixth notes, Matthew’s eyes were

thought to himself, ‘It’s

when my mentor Ash personally

harp sound not played for the sake of learning or

had only felt this soul-resonating sensation when

Ashley play, he found himself

thought, ‘What’s going

online livestream audience had their

was distant and prolonged as if it transported people from the noisy and flashy modern

they thought the harp sounded tranquil and graceful as if they had come to a quiet country lane,

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

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

stared unblinkingly at Ashley’s

most difficult part of playing The Land.

incredibly fast, with nimble and intricate techniques, with fluid grace and precision, without a hint

harp was its