Switched Life:I Went Viral on a Family Variety Show-Chapter 85: Back to Back with Hands Tied

Qin Jiaxiang told Song Shiye to draw a card. As a result, after reading the card, Song Shiye got so mad that he threw it directly to the ground.

"Director Sun, come here, I promise I’ll beat you to death!"

After shouting, Song Shiye actually charged forward. Seeing this, Director Sun quickly squeezed into the crowd and had the staff shield him.

[Could it be that the unlucky draw of the "Two-Person Three-Legged Task" is really Song Shiye?]

[Xiao Ye is always so polite. For him to lose his cool like this, it must be really bad.]

Song Shiye locked his gaze on Director Sun’s hiding spot, pushed his way in, grabbed both of Director Sun’s arms, and started shaking him furiously.

"Director Sun, you were the one who said earlier that my grandma would join the logistics team and wouldn’t have to go through the bumpy ride with us. Why are you going back on your word now?"

At this moment, Sang Chuan stepped forward, picked up the card that Song Shiye had thrown onto the ground, and read its contents aloud: "Please partner up to carry Grandma Song up the mountain using a bamboo palanquin."

After reading, Sang Chuan turned to look at Song Shiye. "Bro, Director Sun wasn’t lying. The ones dealing with the bumps are you and Director Qin, not Grandma Song."

[Sang Chuan is definitely Director Sun’s mouthpiece. This method of climbing the mountain really has no flaws—Grandma Song is clearly going to enjoy being carried.]

[This show’s production team seriously doesn’t care if the guests survive. This is just as outrageous as making Shen Yi carry Hu Zhi up the mountain.]

Song Shiye, apart from scaring Director Sun, didn’t dare do anything else. Qin Jiaxiang, however, actively comforted him. "Xiao Ye, it’s okay, I can handle it!"

Two more teams were left to draw cards. Seeing Sang Ning and Li Sulan standing still with no intention of stepping forward, Qin Kai, who originally wanted to give the ladies the chance, had no choice but to go ahead and draw.

"Oh my God!"

The moment he got the card, the normally composed Qin Kai couldn’t help but exclaim.

"Uncle Sang, we’re doomed! The two-person three-legged task fell to us!"

Qin Kai turned around with a bitter face, looking at Sang Youming.

Sang Youming looked as if he’d been struck by lightning, frozen like a statue.

Binding legs on flat ground is manageable, but this—climbing a mountain?!

[What a surprise! I thought Sang Ning would be the one to get the unlucky two-person three-legged draw.]

[Looks like even the Crow Spirit gets lucky sometimes.]

When Qin Kai drew the two-person three-legged card, Sang Ning quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Judging from Director Sun’s earlier introduction, there shouldn’t be any worse ways to climb than this.

Li Sulan, too, finally relaxed a bit. It seemed their team wouldn’t be too unlucky.

At the same time, she began silently envying Mr. Shen. What kind of dumb luck was that? He got paired with her lucky daughter Chu Xi and ended up benefiting immensely.

Only one card was left, and neither Sang Ning nor Li Sulan wanted to take the initiative to check its contents.

In the end, Director Sun had to personally fetch the card and announce it to the two: "The climbing method for Mrs. Chu and Sang Ning’s team is to have their hands tied together and go up the mountain back-to-back."

Sang Ning: "..."

Li Sulan: "..."

[I thought Sang Ning had finally escaped being the unluckiest one, but this is even worse than the two-person three-legged task.]

[No matter what, one of them is destined to become the "woman behind" the other.]

Director Sun pretended not to see the guests’ reactions and called over staff to prepare the props.

Sang Chuan originally thought their group’s flip-flops would be regular PVC ones. Who knew they were actually wooden clog-style flip-flops!

"I’m not changing. If I wear these, there’s no way I’ll be able to walk!" Sang Chuan protested fiercely, adamantly refusing to change shoes.

With just one look from Director Sun, three men in black appeared immediately: two to restrain Sang Chuan and one to remove his shoes and socks.

Amid Sang Chuan’s cries of anguish, the men in black had already finished stripping his feet bare before disappearing back into the staff crowd.

The guests were all stunned—what’s with the production team’s rough methods this time?

Director Sun smugly scoffed, "To prevent guests from violently resisting the production team’s rules, we specially invited national-level martial arts athletes to serve as bodyguards this time. I’d advise those thinking of resisting to save your energy."

[Sang Ning: I’m the one maliciously resisting the production team’s rules. Why don’t you just announce my ID number?]

[You live, you learn—Director Sun really leveled up in slyness.]

Having witnessed Sang Chuan’s humiliating experience of being forcibly stripped of his shoes and socks, Chu Wei chickened out. Getting stripped in public—how could she even face anyone afterward?

"Mom, let’s just change our shoes ourselves." Chu Wei nudged Chuyun with her elbow and whispered in her ear, "Mom, let’s put on the clogs first, then quietly take our shoes away. We can switch back later when we climb the mountain."

Chuyun nodded. "That sounds like a solid plan."

And so, the mother-daughter duo voluntarily changed into the wooden clogs. Seeing their cooperation, Director Sun momentarily forgot to have the staff confiscate their shoes and socks.

Sang Youming now had PTSD about martial arts. Dealing with his daughter at home was one thing, but being manhandled outside was just too humiliating.

He stepped forward with his right leg while signaling Qin Kai to extend his left leg, his expression a tragic mix of despair as if heading to his doom. He shouted, "Come on, I’m ready! Tie me up!" freeweɓnøvel.com

Qin Kai: "..."

Sang Youming’s theatrics made the staff hesitate to approach him.

[Sang Youming: Hey, what’s the holdup? I’m ready—why isn’t anyone coming to tie me up?]

[Honestly, Sang Youming’s fierce look doesn’t say "heading to his doom"—it’s more like "sending someone else to their doom."]

Eventually, under Director Sun’s urging, the staff cautiously tied the two of them together.

Meanwhile, bamboo palanquins were delivered to Qin Jiaxiang and Song Shiye’s group.

Hu Zhi, Shen Yi, Mr. Shen, and Chu Xi’s group didn’t require any props, leaving only Sang Ning and Li Sulan.

Director Sun had expected Sang Ning to put up a fight, but this time, she was surprisingly calm.

"Stop dawdling. Just bring the props already."

Sang Ning wasn’t afraid of the martial arts athletes; she simply felt it wasn’t worth fighting over something as trivial as not wanting to be tied to Li Sulan.

She agreed, but Li Sulan stirred up trouble instead.

"I don’t agree! If you dare tie me up, I’ll fight you!"

Li Sulan wasn’t intimidated by Director Sun’s threats. So what if he invited martial arts athletes? Would he really dare lay a hand on her?

She had delicate skin and tender flesh—what if the tying bruised her arms later?

This time, Director Sun was truly stumped. He could use force against Sang Chuan, but with Li Sulan, he didn’t dare.

Director Sun tried reasoning with her: "Mrs. Chu, it’s for the show. Please cooperate a little."

Li Sulan simply folded her arms and looked up at the sky, unmoved.

[Who would’ve thought the hardest to deal with wasn’t Sang Ning but Li Sulan.]

[Sang Ning is always easier to negotiate with than Li Sulan, isn’t she?]

[Sang Ning has never outright rebelled against the show’s rules. She merely excels at exploiting loopholes, unlike Li Sulan, who brings filming to a halt outright.]