[{"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-1400":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},1735211,2218,"Chapter 1399 - 1349: Stop Beating Around the Bush—Are You a Man or Not?","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1400",1400,"\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang was silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, she could leave at any moment, because the person in her heart wasn’t him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her carefree nature, if there’s no love, how could he keep her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why do you keep fixating on Long Xuanye, I’ve already said I’m not close to him, we’ve only met a few times, not even enough to be called friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That time by the river dancing was just a chance encounter; it could have been anyone, and I would have danced just the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What makes you think I like Long Xuanye; saying I like Leng Yan or Xu Jiayang would be more believable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least she worked with Leng Yan and Xu Jiayang and saw them often.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Xuanye was just too ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s different.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang’s tone was even. Xu Jiayang was her mentor, Leng Yan was someone she’d beaten up, the way she looked at those two men was very clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the way she looked at Long Xuanye...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling the day by the river, when the two of them were full of passion, playing the flute and dancing, Lu Hualiang clenched his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost unable to suppress his anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s different.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao was speechless, to her, it was all the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s the way you look at him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao frowned, \"What do you mean.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The way you look at him is full of admiration.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao, \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Admire your ass!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Xuanye to her was just a passerby, would she look at him with admiration?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he did look good, he still couldn’t compare to her husband.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lu Hualiang, are you blind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang’s face was tense, how could he mistake such a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe, even you haven’t realized it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao furrowed her brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t realized?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could that be!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there’s no love, how could there be a look of admiration?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who she loves in her heart, does she not even know this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, maybe she’s a bit slow in feelings, and that’s why she only understood after dying once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now she knows, certainly and definitely, the person she loves is only him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of the inexplicable feeling when she saw Long Xuanye, could it really be she’s attracted to beauty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s very sure of her feelings, looking at Long Xuanye’s good looks, is like looking at Zhong Shixia’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first time she saw Zhong Shixia’s true face, she even had the impulse to empty the Imperial Harem for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Long Xuanye, she only felt he was handsome, that’s all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The person I love is you, believe it or not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao felt a bit helpless, she’s explained this many times before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he doesn’t believe, there’s nothing she can do about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long time, Lu Hualiang embraced her from behind, burying his face in her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His breath, warm on the skin of her nape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the night, his voice was vulnerable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as you don’t leave me, nothing else matters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao’s heart felt like it was wrapped in countless ropes, chaotic and painful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man, he’s so stubborn she could kill him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don’t you believe the person I love is you, if I had someone else in my heart, I would’ve eloped long ago, would I let you bully me every night like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man behind her stiffened, saying nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Majesty the Empress couldn’t hold her temper any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak up, are you a man or not!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Am I a man, don’t you know that best?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does he need to prove it right now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak up, stop being so coy like a woman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This provocation was too much!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you treating me as someone’s substitute?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",626,"2026-06-06T16:22:22.333Z",1,"novelbin.me","330bbf388dc6c1838228686d92f6405aad9fbdc1afaca3be2ac7d499d1f561da","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1551","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1399",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]