Switched Life:I Went Viral on a Family Variety Show
Chapter 165: Triple Slap of Love

Chapter 165: Chapter 165: Triple Slap of Love

After the old man stepped out of the crowd, a middle-aged man holding a suona also followed suit.

The piercing sound just now was blown by him as a signal for the Great Witch to enter the scene, and for the entire crowd to maintain silence.

Following closely behind the two was a gong and drum troupe. Once the suona sounded again, the drum troupe synchronized their rhythm, collectively accompanying the Great Witch toward the wooden tower platform.

When the Great Witch reached the platform, he held up a wooden plaque and circled clockwise and counterclockwise several times beneath the platform, muttering a language Sang Ning couldn’t understand.

After completing the chant, the Great Witch handed the wooden plaque to the man beside him, then proceeded to climb, step by step, up to the highest point of the Wooden Tower.

Sang Ning followed with her gaze, seeing the Great Witch standing atop the platform, wildly swinging his arms and moving his head in motions she didn’t understand.

At first, it felt intriguing, but soon Sang Ning rested her chin in her hands, looking thoroughly bored.

She was so close to dozing off when a sudden fireball flashed before her eyes, snapping her back to attention.

!!! What just happened?

Upon fixing her gaze again, she saw the Great Witch raise his hand high and toss it into the air, where countless dazzling fireballs burst forth, disappearing without a trace upon reaching the ground.

In an instant, Sang Ning shook off her sleepiness. What kind of magical sorcery was this?

The fireballs lasted for nearly two minutes. When the final fireball completely vanished into the ground, the Great Witch finally held onto the platform’s edge, preparing to descend.

The ceremony seemed to have concluded, and everything should have gone smoothly. However, as the Great Witch descended halfway down, Sang Ning suddenly noticed something amiss.

She wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but the entire platform appeared to tilt slightly to the right, giving her an unsettling feeling that it might collapse.

Sang Ning still trusted the ancient mortise and tenon craftsmanship of the wooden structure; the wooden platform shouldn’t fall apart so easily.

Yet, against her expectations, when the Great Witch was just four meters from the ground, the platform visibly began to sway.

Before anyone else could notice the anomaly, Sang Ning was the first to charge forward: "Careful!"

Even before Sang Ning could speak, the Great Witch had already sensed the platform’s instability.

"Ahhhhhh! Save me!" His previously unapproachable, dignified image instantly shattered as he flailed mid-air, his voice trembling with panic.

"Great Witch, hold onto the platform!" Sang Ning had rushed forward, grasping the platform’s edge, attempting to stabilize it.

The watching crowd finally reacted, quickly surrounding the base and collectively holding the platform steady.

They looked anxiously upward at the Great Witch, hearts easing slightly but still urging him nervously: "Great Witch, don’t be afraid, we’ve steadied the platform! Please, hurry and come down!"

The master atop the platform glanced downward, fear evident in his pale face, muttering under his breath: "Scared me to death, scared me to death!"

After repeating the phrase several times, he slowly grasped the platform’s edge again, descending step by cautious step.

After successfully descending several levels, the Great Witch finally relaxed a bit. With so many people holding the platform steady below, it seemed unlikely anything would go wrong.

Just two meters from the ground, he looked down at the crowd below and cheerfully waved his left hand, dismissing them: "Thank you all, you can leave now. It should be——"

Before finishing "fine," his expression suddenly changed as his right foot’s support vanished in an instant. Reacting instinctively, he tried to find footing with his right foot but ended up losing the support of his left!

The unlucky Sang Ning standing beneath him narrowly dodged a wooden plank that nearly struck her head, avoiding it with swift reflexes.

Just as the second wooden plank came hurtling down, she dodged it as well. But the next item bearing down on her wasn’t wood—it was the slightly rotund body of the Great Witch.

Sang Ning: "..." I should’ve checked the almanac before leaving the house today.

Panic-stricken cries erupted one after another as the crowd scattered, trying to avoid the danger, for the platform was collapsing from bottom to top.

Everything happened so quickly, the entire episode lasting only about one second.

Though everyone else fled, Sang Ning did not move. If she had dodged, given the Great Witch’s frail limbs, he would surely have been done for.

"Uhh—" A muffled groan escaped Sang Ning’s lips.

The crowd turned in unison, seeing Sang Ning’s pain-stricken expression as she maintained a posture of holding up the Great Witch.

She had bizarrely caught the Great Witch in a position resembling a princess carry...

Holy crap! Her arms are going to snap!

Sang Ning wasn’t made of steel; though the Great Witch was unharmed, her arms were probably finished!

[I’m utterly speechless. Sang Ning just redefined the concept of rescuing a damsel in distress in modern times. This scene, though straight out of a drama, feels incredibly surreal right now.]

[Apologies, but I can’t hold back anymore—I truly want to laugh. The Great Witch himself must be completely muddled.]

[Am I the only one who feels for Sang Ning? Her arms look so thin. How could they possibly bear the weight of someone falling from above? Wait, I mean the weight of a heavy *person*.]

As soon as their gazes met, the Great Witch’s face filled with panic.

What could have ended peacefully took a turn as he strenuously struggled, escaping Sang Ning’s hold.

Sang Ning’s arms were close to losing feeling at this point, leaving her with no extra strength to attempt a second rescue.

She could only watch as he awkwardly twisted mid-air, rolling half a turn before slamming his right side onto the platform.

This time, the partially collapsed platform, impacted by the Great Witch’s weight, completely fell apart.

Sang Ning rolled her eyes toward the heavens in exasperation. After all her effort to save him, he had to go and wreck it himself.

Before the wooden beams above him could fall completely, the Great Witch gritted his teeth and crawled out, while Sang Ning quickly moved away from the epicenter of the collapse.

Circles of dust spiraled into the air; before it could settle, Hu Zhi and Sang Youming rushed forward.

Afraid to touch Sang Ning’s arms, they hovered anxiously like ants on a hot pan and asked, "Xiao Ning, are your arms okay? Are you hurt?"

"My arms—my arms—" A voice filled with painful sobs interrupted, but it wasn’t Sang Ning’s.

The three members of the Sang Family turned simultaneously, seeing the Great Witch sitting on the ground, clutching his right hand with his left, his face twisted in agony.

At this moment, a young man squeezed through the crowd, rushing up and kneeling beside the Great Witch.

"Father, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?"

Although his tone was filled with concern, upon seeing the young man, the Great Witch clenched his jaw and abruptly slapped the man sharply across the face with his left hand.

One slap wasn’t enough. While the man was still dazed, the Great Witch delivered two more consecutive blows.

"..."

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