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 quite old, Eddy’s respect for Ashley is

student is far

“This is rude!

me want

eme

her fist and 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

see how well Ashley can

can’t believe she will

if she was a fool about to

“Your student is amusingly foolish. But according to the rules, I

must have misheard.

wondered, ‘Amusingly foolish?”

to play The Land,

jinx is unworthy of playing

be an insult

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

elegance emanated from her, as if she had been one with

was immediately captivated by her serene and steady demeanor.

eyes as Ashley began to pluck the strings.

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the first note.

sixth notes, Matthew’s eyes were brimming with surprise,

himself,

when my mentor Ash personally played The

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

soul-resonating sensation when

play, he found himself experiencing that

‘What’s

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

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

harp sounded tranquil and graceful as if they had come to

felt the harp’s rhythm quicken, adding a sense of loneliness, like countless men parting

and profound. The rhythm became increasingly faster, unfolding a scene of strife

stared unblinkingly at Ashley’s fingers on

difficult part of playing The

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

of the harp was its