[{"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-1248":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},1735109,2218,"Chapter 1248 - 1247: Past and Present Lives 5","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1248",1248,"\u003Cp>Xia Weibao chuckled charmingly, \"How do you know how to style a girl’s bun?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After she delivered her line, Han Luoqi’s expression stiffened, revealing awkwardness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cut.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jiayang called for a stop, and the stylist immediately came up to help Xia Weibao switch styles, fixing her hair into a bun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, there would conveniently be a scene of Emperor Xia Liang recalling practicing hairstyling with the Hidden Guard inserted, ensuring the editing wouldn’t be disjointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the styling was done, and Han Luoqi stood behind her again. As filming resumed, the scene showed him helping her finish the bun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a warm scene, and as long as the gazes were right, it would pass easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Luoqi breathed a sigh of relief, fearful that Lu Hualiang would again attempt to kill him with his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, it passed on the first take.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the scene ended, Han Luoqi turned to find that Lu Hualiang wasn’t looking at him at all, but was instead staring intently at Xia Weibao, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Luoqi raised an eyebrow, wondering if Lu Hualiang wasn’t worried others might grow suspicious about such blatant staring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao noticed it too; Lu Hualiang was looking at her constantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That gaze was very complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the afternoon, they shot two scenes, and Xu Jiayang arranged for them to shoot other parts, leaving Xia Weibao’s storyline for another day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The big boss announced he was taking his wife home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting inside the car, Lu Hualiang seemed a bit out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao waved a hand in front of his eyes, \"Come back to earth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" Lu Hualiang turned his head, his usually sharp gaze uncharacteristically confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What were you thinking about? Are you thinking about another woman!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang averted his gaze, slightly flustered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao had only been teasing, but why did he look so guilty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lu Hualiang! You really are thinking about another woman!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You answered so quickly, are you feeling guilty!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang hesitated for three seconds, \"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You took so long to consider, isn’t that proof there’s something on your mind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So should he consider, or not consider?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being unreasonable is indeed a woman’s prerogative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was thinking about you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really was thinking about her, although it was about the her in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, situations like this would occasionally occur, where certain images would cross his mind inadvertently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like seeing a woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, it was just a fleeting image, followed by a blank mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the blankness, he remembered nothing at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just now, when he saw the scene of Emperor Xia Liang styling Empress Bao’s hair, those once forgotten images suddenly all came back clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What shocked him most was that the once indistinct face had become exceptionally clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Xia Weibao!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He once feared he might be emotionally unfaithful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he discovered that the woman looked exactly like Xia Weibao!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only dressed in ancient palace attire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was very strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a modern person, how could she be wearing ancient palace attire outside of filming!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was absolutely certain these images were not illusions, that he had truly seen them before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost as if... they had known each other in a past life...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang shook his head, suddenly feeling a bit absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Past lives and present lives were mere tropes in movies and novels, and yet a 21st-century man like himself actually believed in them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night when he returned to the room, he saw Xia Weibao brushing her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang felt a moment of haze; he suddenly walked over, took the peach wood comb from her hand, and picked up a small lock of long hair, gently brushing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His elegant long fingers threaded through her strands, agile yet familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was somewhat lost, and when he came back to his senses, he found to his surprise that he had styled Xia Weibao’s hair into Empress Bao’s young girl bun!\u003C\u002Fp>",668,"2026-06-06T16:22:19.333Z",1,"novelbin.me","f7c33f811e3df0744aae1920190f0fcb83f0054be5bd2cb14522381b0bc7dcf4","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1249","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1247",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]