[{"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-1483":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},1735410,2218,"Chapter 1482: She Is His Wife","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1483",1483,"\u003Cp>\"Meirui said you haven’t gotten married yet? Why not find a partner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Life is so long; it’s too lonely; you always need someone to accompany you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, marriage isn’t because of love, but because you’ve been lonely for too long and need someone to be there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This way, you won’t feel too desolate when the night is deep and quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yongming stiffened a bit, his tone somewhat melancholic, \"I don’t want to...settle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Wanshu broke down, suddenly stood up, turning around with her mouth covered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need to use the restroom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, she ran off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the window, Xia Weibao and the other two watched Zhong Wanshu’s retreating figure, all stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What on earth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two...have a story!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao thought of Pei Yongming’s deceased lover and suddenly widened her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that the person Pei Yongming likes is Zhong Wanshu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, Lu Huashan also thought of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Zhong Wanshu had a boyfriend she loved deeply; they were almost talking about marriage. If she hadn’t been drugged by Lu Changcheng and lost herself, then got pregnant, they wouldn’t have separated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And over these years, externally, Zhong Wanshu was considered dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it seems, everything clicks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Huashan took a few more glances at Pei Yongming; he was quite handsome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A handsome uncle worthy of her mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also very capable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Pei Yongming and Zhong Wanshu were together when he was just an ordinary poor kid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t expect so many years have passed, and he climbed to his current status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just for this reason, he’s countless times better than Lu Changcheng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What else does Lu Changcheng know other than deceiving women?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, waiting for her mother for so many years, he’s a devoted soul!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Huashan thought, her mother had suffered enough over these twenty years; if now she could have someone with her, it wouldn’t be bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t mind having an extra stepdad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhong Wanshu went to the restroom, she never came out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yongming waited for an hour, knowing she did not want to see him, he could only leave despondently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lingyi and Lu Hualiang returned home later than usual today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon arrival, they sensed something wasn’t quite right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After asking Xia Weibao, they learned the reason behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Wanshu stayed locked in her room, standing on the balcony letting the wind blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s already May.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the royal city, May’s weather has started to heat up; the night’s wind isn’t cold, but comfortably cool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An knocks on the door from outside, she turns to open it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yan Lingyi standing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Wanshu is a bit surprised, not expecting her to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two sit on the balcony’s sun lounge chairs and brew a cup of light tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Wanshu remains silent, while Yan Lingyi takes a sip of tea, looking up at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Baby said there was a guest at the house today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Wanshu’s expression turns a bit lonesome, \"It’s Pei Yongming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s your former boyfriend, isn’t he?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Wanshu nods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the night, her expression is tinted with solitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The breeze passes, but can’t disperse the melancholy between her brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Lingyi says, \"I have some acquaintance with Pei Yongming. When I asked him why he didn’t marry, he said he was already married.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, I heard from others that he had loved a woman, but she died, and he always guards her gravestone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once, I was a guest at his house, and the servant was cleaning his room. While moving things out, I saw a memorial tablet inside, inscribed with ’Grave of beloved wife Madam Zhong.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she met Zhong Wanshu, Zhong Wanshu had already given birth to Lu Huashan, so she didn’t know Pei Yongming was her former boyfriend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Zhong Wanshu felt a sour sensation in her nose, her vision instantly blurring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turns her head, letting the tears quietly fall.\u003C\u002Fp>",656,"2026-06-06T16:22:23.467Z",1,"novelbin.me","71ee4ad7c67326eaa0015200bae1f0f91e191d551ccbd4351369ac99a73b0510","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1484","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1482",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]