[{"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-143":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},1734204,2218,"Chapter 143: 143: Stabbed in the Back","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-143",143,"\u003Cp>Chapter 143: Chapter 143: Stabbed in the Back\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, there was gossip spreading again, but it was yet another scandal; Xia Weibao was insulted to the point where not a single good thing was said about her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the spittle flying all over Weibo, Xia Weibao’s face remained expressionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This morning, when she arrived at the set, the props from the neighboring crew suddenly collapsed, and she reflexively steadied them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a male celebrity ran up to thank her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing wrong with that, but this male celebrity knew the original Xia Weibao, so they chatted for a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just in that brief moment, they were caught by reporters and the pictures were uploaded to Weibo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A perfectly ordinary incident, except, this Jiang Ming had a somewhat complicated relationship with the former Xia Weibao and now he has a beloved girlfriend, Lin Siqian, the budding Diva of the music scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, things were getting interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ming was quite good-looking back in the day, but he had no status or background, not even enough to make his debut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having trained at the Shaolin Temple for a few years, he ended up being a stunt double.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He met Xia Weibao exactly because he was her stunt double.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The diligent and eager-to-learn Xia Weibao saw that Jiang Ming had a martial arts foundation and often sought his advice on martial arts moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thing led to another and they grew familiar with each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xia Weibao’s popularity, Jiang Ming started rumors that she admired his martial arts talents and took the opportunity to create a couple persona with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would often make ambiguous moves that led people to suspect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, Xia Weibao was naive and didn’t think much of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time rumors started swirling, her explanations were no longer believed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when she tried to clarify, Jiang Ming would post seemingly exonerative but in fact equivocating statements on Weibo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During that period, Xia Weibao was very annoyed; too many explanations seemed to confirm the suspicions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she stopped bothering with it, since without solid proof, such matters wouldn’t cause a big stir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The couple hype indeed didn’t cause a stir and soon died down, not even amounting to a scandal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Ming, riding on her coattails, became known by countless people and gained significant attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leveraging his martial arts skills and impressive appearance, he quickly signed with an agency and made his debut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And through Xia Weibao, he met Lin Siqian, Xia Weibao’s good friend in the industry at that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Siqian, who was a newly debuted singer herself, joined forces with him for some promotional hype, and they quickly became hot topics!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, when Xia Weibao was embroiled in scandal, both of them immediately distanced themselves from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just that, Jiang Ming revealed that he and Lin Siqian had actually been together for a long time, and Xia Weibao, coveting her friend’s boyfriend, tried to seduce him at every turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he firmly rejected her advances, unmoved, with only Lin Siqian in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even claimed that although Lin Siqian wasn’t as famous as Xia Weibao, she was the best girl he had ever met, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In essence, he climbed the ladder of success by stepping on Xia Weibao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, Xia Weibao’s reputation was tarnished, and any words degrading her were believed by the public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, Jiang Ming and Lin Siqian soared to new heights with the help of those favorable winds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nowadays, both of their careers were doing incredibly well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was a top-tier, popular young actor, and the other a budding Diva of the music world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were also recognized as the golden couple of the entertainment industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling the past, Xia Weibao sneered repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that her fall from grace had indeed benefited quite a few people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many had risen to success by stepping on her, Lin Mier, Jiang Ming, Lin Siqian, and a whole queue waiting behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao’s eyes held a ruthless determination; if Lin Mier was an ungrateful wretch, then Jiang Ming and Lin Siqian were backstabbers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been so close with Lin Siqian, who would have thought, for fame and fortune, the so-called best friend would tarnish her reputation and steal her man!\u003C\u002Fp>",720,"2026-06-06T16:21:59.440Z",1,"novelbin.me","07322702e89e3043ef15ddfba47110c6aed9fb01577e638001a705022df49af1","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-144","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-142",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]