[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-am-not-the-god-of-drama":3,"chapter-i-am-not-the-god-of-drama-i-am-not-the-god-of-drama-chapter-1596":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Am Not the God of Drama",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},541878,792,"Chapter 1618: He Has Always Been Waiting For You","i-am-not-the-god-of-drama-chapter-1596",1596,"\u003Cp>He Has Always Been Waiting For You\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Celestial Star Positions were the ceiling of humanity's younger generation, then Chen Ling was the demon dancing wildly above the ceiling while stepping on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Qingshan heard that the other owners of the Celestial Star Positions had been completely crushed and toyed with by Chen Ling, he didn't feel the slightest bit angry for his companions, but rather almost laughed out loud... As expected of Brother Lin, even after leaving the Red Dust Domain, he was still an existence that dominated a region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you should know that my real name isn't Lin Yan.\" Chen Ling smiled helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether it's Chen Ling or Lin Yan, anyway, it's just a codename.\" Li Qingshan also laughed. \"Not afraid of Brother Lin... no, not afraid of Brother Chen laughing, but when I first came out to travel, I even used the alias 'Li Huangshan', hahahahaha...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reuniting with an old friend, both Chen Ling and Li Qingshan were in a very good mood. Their light laughter echoed on the silent street, their thoughts seemingly drifting back to the time when they were still in the Red Dust Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, I've always been paying attention to your news later on, Brother Chen. I was very worried when I heard you were forced to leave the South Sea Domain... I originally planned to look for you, but unfortunately, with my strength, it wasn't enough to cross the Gray World to the Ghost Mockery Abyss... By the time I heard news of you again, the war had already begun.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you been in the Hidden Clouds Domain the whole time since then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not really, I only came a few months ago.\" Li Qingshan's gaze swept over the surroundings, and he sighed lightly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With all this back and forth, the Hidden Clouds Domain turned into what it is today... Viruses running rampant, food shortages, the collapse of public sentiment, a living hell on earth is nothing more than this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder everyone was scrambling for food everywhere. So the food shortage here was caused by the Bitter Flesh Forest?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ling was deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But speaking of which, what exactly do the date and performance written on the Invitation Card you gave me mean? If you just wanted to see me, wouldn't it have been enough to just send a message?\" Chen Ling asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qingshan shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Chen, you misunderstood... I did indeed deliver that Invitation Card to the door of your contact point, but... the person who truly wrote this Invitation Card and wanted to see you wasn't me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ling froze. \"Not you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, Chen Ling seemed to have thought of something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it Kong Baosheng??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they were speaking, Li Qingshan had already pushed Chen Ling to the entrance of a Theater House.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ling looked up and saw a familiar wooden Theater House standing silently at the edge of the street. The instant he saw it, the Jinghong Theater in his mind immediately overlapped with it. The two were almost exactly identical in both structure and appearance, only the area was slightly smaller than the one in the Red Dust Domain, but the building was newer and the decorations were finer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And above this Theater House, a familiar plaque filled with the aura of time instantly attracted all of Chen Ling's attention:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—[Jinghong Theater].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ling was stunned. At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten that he was still in the Hidden Clouds Domain, his thoughts returning once again to the Red Dust Domain period... All the numerous things he had experienced since then felt like a great dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too similar, it was simply like moving the Jinghong Theater from the Red Dust Domain over here. Moreover, Chen Ling was almost certain that the plaque with the words [Jinghong Theater] written on it had been dismantled from the original site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are these... all done by Baosheng?\" Chen Ling stared blankly for a long time before asking in a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\" Li Qingshan spoke with emotion. \"When I first saw it back then, I was also shocked... This kid arrived even earlier than I did.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"During the preparation period of the Human Domains previously, all surviving residents of the Red Dust Domain were evacuated and sent to the Hidden Clouds, Heavenly Pivot, and South Sea Domains respectively. Baosheng originally didn't want to leave at the time, but he still couldn't resist the officials. In the end, he could only carry the plaque of the Jinghong Theater and come to the Hidden Clouds Domain alone...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Later, he took the money you left him, plus borrowing a bit everywhere himself, and opened another Jinghong Theater in the Hidden Clouds Domain. He even really invited Thespians over to perform. When I first came here back then, the business here was still very good, basically filled with people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Chen, you can't imagine how shocked I was when I saw this scene at that time...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qingshan seemed to recall the prosperous and lively scene here again, adding with emotion and guilt:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the two of us weren't here... Baosheng really managed the Jinghong Theater very well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ling looked at the Theater House towering before him, unable to speak for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's right, he was the master of the Ghost Mockery Abyss, the Red King of the Dusk Society, the overlord stirring up wind and clouds outside; although Li Qingshan was a rising star, he was now also the owner of a Celestial Star Position, one of humanity's youngest geniuses...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the Jinghong Theater in the Red Dust Domain was merely a waystation for the two of them to rest their feet on the journey of life. After resting for a moment, they continued to hurry forward...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Kong Baosheng, this ordinary youth who was only a teenager, had tried his utmost to pass down this memory they once shared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ling couldn't imagine what kind of mood this youth was in when he carried the plaque alone and left his hometown. Pain, helplessness, longing, having no one to rely on... During those nights when he first arrived in the Hidden Clouds Domain, did he hug his knees, curl up into a ball, and cry? Did he anticipate that he or Li Qingshan would be able to return to his side when he was most helpless?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a youth's growth is always lonely and tormenting. He didn't wait for himself or Li Qingshan to come, but rather worked hard silently alone, stumbling to rebuild the Jinghong Theater... Perhaps from the moment he truly finished building the Jinghong Theater, he had been looking forward to the scene when he and Li Qingshan would return and see it one day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the Theater House before him, a sense of guilt welled up in Chen Ling's heart. His hands beneath his sleeves silently clenched into fists as he asked softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where... is Baosheng?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Qingshan closed his eyes and let out a long sigh...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked around to the front of the wheelchair and pushed open the main doors of the Jinghong Theater amidst a creaking sound:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He has always been waiting for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inside of the Theater House was very clean. Just like during the Red Dust Domain period, almost no dust could be seen, as if someone carefully cleaned it every day. The empty Stage was deathly still and depressing, and the audience seating below looked like it hadn't been moved in a long time. Everything here was completely quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ling pushed the wheelchair, slowly entering the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze swept over every corner here. From the placement of the tables and chairs, to the decoration of the Stage, it was almost exactly the same as during the Red Dust Domain period... He made a full round of the entire first floor, and then pushed open a side door in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Jinghong Theater of the Red Dust Domain, behind this side door should have been a small courtyard full of vitality...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what Chen Ling saw after pushing open this door was a small, cramped room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A frail and pale figure, while coughing violently, struggled to get up from the bed in the room...\u003C\u002Fp>",1386,"2026-05-30T14:16:50.346Z","2026-06-01T04:31:26.536Z",1,"novelbin.me","ef819377c7c3ef42359b3faeb0f46ab2fe416015691203b19c01416a3c3a5839","i-am-not-the-god-of-drama-chapter-1597","i-am-not-the-god-of-drama-chapter-1595",1902,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-am-not-the-god-of-drama-cover.jpg"]