Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 489

Humility is the only way to testify true love.

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After the episode of the "Sunny Day" necklace, the charity auction continued. Since the auction of "Sunny Day" resulted in a rather unexpected price, which seemed to stimulate the excitement of the audience, the succeeding goods offered brought fierce competitions. Then came the most awaited part of the event, the finale, where a Stradivari violin donated by Russell was presented to the crowd.

All the lights at the venue were turned off except for the projection lamps around the auctioneer, who was very excited to present the final auction for the event. He said, "The Stradivari has never appeared in public since it was kept in the possession of Mr. Russell ten years ago. Now, Mr. Russell is donating the violin for two reasons. First, he wants to help raise fund for the foundation and second, he also hopes that the violin can find its destined owner. Everybody here who is into music knows that the Stradivari is a miraculous violin. Its tone, needless to say, is impeccable, which everybody knows clearly. But its unique feature lies in the fact that not everybody can have the ability to control it. If one is not capable enough to play it, he/she is likely to enter a state of demonic madness…"

As the auctioneer gushed over the Stradivari, the people sitting under the platform started to grow restless. One reason why the charity concert was able to gather so many well-known musicians in one event was because they all wanted to see this legendary violin with their own eyes.

"Now let's welcome and enjoy the presentation of Mr. Russell himself!"

As soon as the auctioneer finished saying the introduction, a spotlight was turned on in the center of the platform, where Russell was standing with a seemingly ordinary violin in the crook of his arm. Afterwards, he made a slight gentle bow to the audience, and then placed the violin under his cheek and set the bow on the string. He then began playing the violin.

As the bow swayed onto the string, a melodious music spilled over the violin. In the beginning, the audience were led into their own thoughts, but later, everyone, including those who didn't even understand instrumental music or music composition, were brought into Russell's world, feeling what he wanted them to feel. Until the last note was played, his music continued to resonate deep inside, and nobody had been able to get out of his music right away.

It was said that Spark was a living miracle created by God. If it were true, Russell would be an absolute miracle of miracles created by God, who could never be surpassed.

"The starting price for the violin is at ten million," said Russell slowly. "With one million increase for each offer!"

As soon as he finished saying that, the people started raising the price one by one, as if they had a shot in the arm. However, none of them noticed that Russell glanced at Spark seemingly unintentionally with his eyes full of mixed feelings, including helplessness, sadness, and disappointment, but the overwhelming feeling was regret amongst them.

Not everybody could have the privilege to play the Stradivari. It was a somewhat unique and mysterious violin. It could not be controlled unless the person playing it had the capability to command it and have it surrender to its master. In Russell's view, it could not be commanded by anybody else present except for Spark.