Sang Tian finished speaking and, with some difficulty, freed one hand to take out her phone.
Suddenly, an apple was about to roll off the floor. Jiang Yu caught it with quick eyes and nimble hands, let out a sigh of relief, and smiled at Sang Tian.
“Sister Sang Tian, it’s inconvenient for you to hold the phone like this. Why don’t you give all the apples to me? I’ll hold them for you.”
“Okay, thanks for the trouble.”
Sang Tian didn’t stand on ceremony with Jiang Yu and gave a gentle smile.
So Jiang Yu took the remaining two apples.
Sang Tian held the phone more easily and opened a demonstration video, then said:
“Look, just like this!”
In the video, a sweet-looking girl was juggling three apples like a circus act. As she tossed them, she would catch an apple, take a bite, then toss it again, landing in her other hand. The process of tossing and eating the apples was incredibly smooth. It looked like a professional performance.
“Holy crap, that’s really impressive!”
Xie Zhuran’s eyes widened.
“Can any of us actually do that?”
Lin An shook his head in denial.
Theoretically, probably not. The difficulty was too high.
But…
He looked at Jiang Xiao, whose hands-on ability and learning ability were always beyond ordinary, and frowned.
“Lao Jiang, can you do it?”
Jiang Xiao thought for a moment. “Just saying I can give it a try.”
He had played the role of a circus performer before; juggling a few balls was no problem at all. But now he also had to eat the apples at the same time, which multiplied the difficulty by several times.
If this was the challenge Xi’er had set for him, then he had to go all out to pass it.
Their live broadcast was still ongoing.
The comment section remained very lively.
“This is the first time I’ve seen such a high-difficulty fetching-the-bride game. Others just go through the motions at best. This is interesting.”
“Pfft, a bunch of gods. Fetching the bride and making it so troublesome.”
“Don’t interrupt the live broadcast! I still want to see the groom carry the bride back the same way later!”
“Is the road still blocked? That’s life.”
Amidst a bunch of teasing bullet comments, a troubling post suddenly appeared.
“Is it really worth it? The groom and best men ran all the way here. Can’t they just let the bride come out? That’s why women are troublesome. If you ask me, is this marriage even necessary?”
‘Women are troublesome?’
Seeing that comment, Song Qiuyu was startled and habitually began to look for her own fault. Although the challenges were real, these challenges were just for fun.
But being put that way by that netizen suddenly made everything serious.
It made it seem like all of them were ganging up to bully the groom and best men.
Thinking of this, she pursed her lips and began to wonder if it really was their fault. Or perhaps, having been a girl for over four years now, she had turned into the kind of woman she once hated most.
Even though she truly had no intention of making things difficult for Jiang Xiao and the others.
“Don’t worry, I believe my brother can do it!”
Jiang Li’s firm voice sounded beside her.
“My brother is amazing. There’s nothing he can’t do!”
Professional Jiang Li, the brother-booster, patted her rather ample chest and said.
“He can do anything…”
Song Qiuyu thought for a moment.
“Huh? Sister Qiuyu, don’t you trust my brother?”
“Of course not!”
Song Qiuyu refuted in a firm tone.
Jiang Li sensed her sister-in-law’s trust in her brother and smiled in satisfaction. “Let that guy keep stirring things up. Anyway, my brother will definitely succeed in this challenge and open this door soon.”
“That’s true.”
Song Qiuyu agreed.
The bridesmaid group beside her also laughed as they watched the comment section full of people joining in the mockery.
Unquestionably, ninety percent, if not a hundred percent, of these people were haters!
If they weren’t haters, then they were paid trolls from clickbait marketing accounts about to take things out of context!
But facts speak louder than words. The more they hate, when the truth comes out, the rhythm the haters are setting now will become wings that lift them up instead!
Outside, the experienced Movie Emperor Lu Junrong also saw through at a glance that someone was deliberately stirring up trouble during Song Qiuyu and Jiang Xiao’s wedding. He immediately stepped forward and quietly told the others his thoughts.
And skillfully used a few sentences to help defuse the situation.
“This isn’t a simple fetching-the-bride game.”
“Everyone present is a drama queen.”
“So, Jiang Xiao, can you handle this performance show that Song Qiuyu designed for you?”
At those words, the direction of the comments began to change.
First, some people couldn’t help but delete their comments.
Second, more and more people started looking forward to Jiang Xiao’s performance.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiao looked at this benefactor and expressed his gratitude with his eyes. Then he took the three apples from Jiang Yu.
After watching the demonstration video a few more times, he took a deep breath and immediately started juggling the apples.
Everyone held their breath.
Then, Jiang Xiao caught an apple and took a bite.
Before anyone’s eyes could follow, that apple landed in Jiang Xiao’s other large hand. At the same time, Jiang Xiao grabbed the second apple and brought it to his mouth to take a bite.
Each movement couldn’t be said to be very similar to the demonstration video; it was a one-to-one replica.
“Lao Jiang, did you suddenly awaken the Sharingan?”
Xie Zhuran leaned back tactically.
Just like in the video, Jiang Xiao could still find time to joke around and answer Xie Zhuran’s question. “Yeah, sorry for hiding it from you for so long. I do have the Sharingan.”
As Jiang Xiao slowly finished eating all three apples, the best men and the two bridesmaids outside widened their eyes and couldn’t help but let out exclamations of amazement.
They knew Jiang Xiao was very good at learning. Imitation might not be a difficult task for a scholar like him.
As long as he found the trick, he might even surpass the original.
Was this the gap between people?
The Movie Emperor was also shocked. He had indeed suggested that Jiang Xiao put on a performance, but he didn’t say to go all out like this.
Maybe Jiang Xiao didn’t even need his help at all; a direct performance from Jiang Xiao would be enough to shut those people up.
Truly awe-inspiring.
Inside the room, the bridesmaid group was equally excited, each more than the last. Jiang Li’s eyes were full of admiration for her brother.
“See? My brother really did it.”
Song Qiuyu didn’t reply. She just stared at Jiang Xiao’s special performance, lost in thought, her heartbeat unconsciously quickening.
Jiang Xiao was especially handsome today…
After a while, the comment section was flooded with praise. Jiang Xiao chewed and swallowed the remaining apple in his mouth, then led the best men toward the door.
“Xi’er, can I come in?”
Jiang Xiao said with a smile.
“Yeah, come in!”
Song Qiuyu adjusted her dress, completely covering her feet, then pulled the red veil that was half-hanging over her head forward, temporarily hiding her face.
With a creak, Jiang Xiao pushed the door open.
“Huh?”
Jiang Xiao looked up and saw a dozen or so bridesmaids smiling as they gathered around the sofa. In the center of the sofa, Song Qiuyu sat obediently, dressed in a red Chinese-style wedding gown, a red veil covering her head, her hands folded on her knees.
Seeing his newlywed wife looking so dignified and obedient, Jiang Xiao couldn’t help but curl his lips slightly.
“Groom, time to find the bride’s shoes!”
All the bridesmaids said in unison.
“According to the rules, if you can’t find the bride’s shoes, you can’t take the bride away.”
The second half of that sentence was clearly directed at the groom and all the best men.
“Yosh, the last hurdle! Don’t worry, it’s just one room. Where can they be hidden? We’ll find them soon!” Wang Quan put his hands together with his fingers on his forehead, surveying the room.
“Combining the wisdom of more than a dozen of us, plus the brothers in the livestream, this will be a piece of cake!”
The best man group busily searched, while users in the livestream started giving all kinds of directions.
Jiang Xiao walked over to Song Qiuyu and stopped.
“Could they be somewhere that close?”
Xie Zhuran, holding a flowerpot, looked back in Jiang Xiao’s direction and asked doubtfully.
“Don’t know, but that’s an absolute forbidden zone that only Lao Jiang can approach.”
Lin An squinted his eyes, adjusted his glasses, and said thoughtfully.