[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress":3,"chapter-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1182":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Plagued by bad reviews, but the top actress!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1735043,2218,"Chapter 1182: Self-Defense, Self-Defense","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1182",1182,"\u003Cp>The assassin inside the car, \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell, this is unbelievable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, wouldn’t someone brake hard in a situation like this? How come this woman isn’t playing by the rules?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stepping on the gas pedal like that—does she want us to go down together?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two cars collided, and Xia Weibao knew she hit someone, so she quickly got out of the car to check.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, four or five vehicles simultaneously surrounded her, trapping her in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, about a dozen menacing-looking people stepped out of the cars one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All dressed in black, wearing masks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the two cars she just hit, four people with bloody heads crawled out, looking quite miserable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this setup, Xia Weibao knew she had run into assassins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She counted the number of people—there were a total of twenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How generous!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time Yan Weiyang only sent five sandbags—I mean, five people, and this time Lu Changcheng sent twenty at once, really generous!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Her Majesty the Empress wasn’t polite either, and before those guys could react, she charged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a bang, bang, bang, she knocked down five people. She barely needed to defend herself, and she was so excited just thinking about it, but these people weren’t very durable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One punch for each of them did the trick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those assassins clearly didn’t expect such a change; they came to kill, but ended up being beaten instead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the first one to react, a man in black, swiftly drew a gun from his waist and aimed at Xia Weibao’s head, pulling the trigger with a bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They expected to blow her head off with one shot, but right at the moment the bullet was about to pierce Xia Weibao’s skull—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She suddenly turned around, extending two fingers to catch the bullet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After catching it, she played with it in her hand, glancing around at the crowd with a half-smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She... she caught it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the assassins were scared out of their wits, and they fired several more shots in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nobody saw how Xia Weibao moved; they only knew that when the bullets ran out, she still stood there nonchalantly, holding several bullet heads between her raised fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fair, jade-like hand gave a gentle flick, and the bullets scattered sharply, shooting directly at the assassins!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not good, dodge!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assassins dodged in panic, yet three weren’t quick enough and got shot in the legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before they could react, Xia Weibao flashed, and she was on the move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Self-defense, self-defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mind you, it’s self-defense, not fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of fists meeting flesh rang out, accompanied by countless howls, which were quite miserable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assassins were in agony, cursing whoever said they were just to kill a weak woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, does this look like a weak woman? Unbelievable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After self-defense, Her Majesty the Empress placed her foot on one of the assassins’ chests, pressing down just enough to hear a crack, breaking two ribs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spare... spare me, lady hero, spare me.\" The assassin’s face was pale, almost about to cough up blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao leaned on her knee, leisurely asking, \"I ask you, since you took the task to kill me, is this a fight to the death?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In principle, yes, but lady hero, show mercy, we’ll immediately drop this business and definitely won’t trouble you again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scared to death, we’ve never seen such a fierce woman who can take on twenty men alone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we can’t provoke her, maybe we can avoid her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Majesty the Empress was not pleased, \"Goods once sold are non-refundable. Since you’ve taken this business, how can you just quit like that? Where’s your integrity?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What????\" The assassin was baffled on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>",626,"2026-06-06T16:22:17.477Z",1,"novelbin.me","a77edecf32c4fefa6cf7b3a254740634346093ddb95a2262f63c2aa135bd3561","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1183","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1181",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]