Chapter 58 The Uing Talent Show

Meanwhile, Zayden was in his thoughts.

I had never known before that Naomi actually didn’t like Eliza.

I only knew that Naomi always protected Eliza and would tell me things about Eliza. I had always doted on Naomi like a neighbor’s younger sister.

But I had no idea that Naomi had been hurting Eliza all along with me as an aplice.

bHe /btook bout /bbhis /bphone, intending to call Elizab. /bBut after ncing at the sparse bconversation /bhistory between them, his hand froze mid–bdial/b.

In Eliza’s heart. Did she see me as the same kind of person as Naomi

That must be why Eliza had sent me the screenshots without saying a word.

By Monday, Nn was able bto /bbwalk /bnormally again, though he still couldn’t leave the hotel to rest.

Eliza didn’t want to fall behind in her studies, so she went to school as usual. The schoolmates looked at her with strange eyes, their gazes balmost /btant.

“Stop staring!” Henry suddenly stepped out from the side, shielding Eliza behind him and frowning as he said, “If you keep looking. I’ll gouge your eyes out!”

Eliza was taken aback..

Henry had never been so bfierce /bin ss before.

But the other students seemed to know how formidable he could be, and no one dared to look at Eliza anymore..

After the other students in the hallway bhad /bleft, Henry turned to Eliza and asked, “Eliza, how are you? Were you really sick bthese /bpast few days? Are byou /bfeeling better?”

“Thank you for protecting me like this,” Eliza bsaid/b.

Seeing Eliza’s usual expression. Henry seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said, “We’re all friends. It’s only natural to look out for each other.”

Seeing Eliza smile, Henry hesitated and then said, “Nn…”

“You bsaw /bit too?

Of course. The study group chat was almost entirely filled with discussions about me and Nn. It would have been bhard /bbnot /bto see

Henry frowned band /bbsaid/b. “They’re all bjust /bspreading rumors. One day, I’ll expose them all and give them a good beating!”

Seeing Henry’s indignant expression, Eliza actually wanted to tell Henry the btruth/b, but bthinking /babout the reason Nn was injured, she suppressed the thought.

It would be better if Nn told them himself.

Eliza patted Henry on the shoulder in ba /bfriendly manner and said, “bAlright/b, bsince /bwe know it’s just rumors, let’s not worry about it. By the bway/b, the teacher mentioned on Friday that there’s going to be a New Year’s Eve party. Do you bhave /bba /bperformance? If not, there’s no need to sign up.”

“A New Year’s Eve party?”

Elza fell silent for a moment.

I remembered that in my previous life, a big shot hade to the New Year’s Eve party at Westbrook High School

Naomi, who had been proficient in music and the arts since childhood, had yed a piano piece in the auditorium during the school’s New Year’s Eve party and became famous overnight.

She had also won the appreciation of that big shot, and afterward, Naomi had be a prominent figure in Westbrook

It was also because of this that Naomi had decisively ended her rtionship with Zayden when the Holt family went bankrupt in her senior

In my previous life, I had always been shy and timid, too afraid to perform on stage, so I hadn’t gone that day.

Naturally, iI /ididn’t know which big shot had appreciated Naomi

But if in this life, I can prepare a performance to outshine bNaomi/b, then I can take Naomi’s ce and leap into the upper–ss circle.

Henry called out twice before Eliza finally snapped back to reality.

“Huh? What?”

Seeing that Eliza was finally responding, Henry let out a breath he hadn’t realized he was holding and said, “I was asking if you have any performances for the New Year’s Eve party. If you do, I’ll sign you up.”

“yes”

Henry was a bit surprised and basked/b, “What are you going to perform?”

“The piano.

Upon hearing this, Henry was taken aback.

ne!

In the months that I had known Eliza, I had never heard that she could y the piano..

Eliza’s ability to y the piano was unknown to others. That was because in her previous life, after Zayden had fallen for Naomi because of her piano ying, Eliza had learned piano pieces specifically to win Zayden’s favor after their marriage

Butter. Eliza realized that no matter how well she yed, Zayden wouldn’t pay her any more attention.

Because she and Naomi were just not the same person.

Unexpectedly, the skill I had learned in my previous life to please a man woulde in handy in this life. Thinking about it this way, it didn’t seem like ba /bwaste after all.

bIn /bthe afternoon, when the bsign/b–up list for the New bYear’s /bEve party bwas /bposted, Eliza’s eyes immediately fell on Naomi’s name. bAs /bexpected, just like in her previous life, Naomi had signed up to y her best piece, the Moonlight Sonata

Eliza’s eyes darkened..

This piece wasn’t particrly difficult for a high school student. It had only won the favor of the big shot behind the scenes because of Naomi’s good looks and the bcontrast /bwith otherpetitors.

The bpiece /bEliza had signed up for was the Crimson bRhapsody/b. She had submitted the list in the morning, band /bby the afternoon, she was called to the music teacher’s office. The bmusic /bteacher bsaid /bearnestly. “Eliza, bI /bbknow /byour ss didn’t bhave /bbany /bacts, bbut /byou can’t just fill in banything/b.

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