[{"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-1495":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},1735422,2218,"Chapter 1494: It Really Was Lu Hualiang!","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1495",1495,"\u003Cp>The two of them were pressed together without a sliver of space between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smirked without fully smiling, \"Wife, being so proactive?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao chuckled, then pulled open his shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No bruises, no signs of being beaten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it really be that she was overthinking?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She reached out to feel around, then poked a couple of times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly no unusual signs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang’s voice was low and hoarse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if he were suppressing something, \"Wife, can you stop playing with fire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew well that it wasn’t the right time for him, so she shouldn’t provoke him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bringing trouble on oneself is asking for trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had known it’d be like this, I would have held back my temper from the start!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao withdrew her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mind was in turmoil, feeling something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, she thought this idea was too far-fetched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, such a busy man, where would he find time for such an idle thing as taking someone else’s place?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there was no necessity for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honey, I have a kissing scene and a bed scene tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang raised an eyebrow, \"Hmm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director Xu said the effects of filming at an angle weren’t convincing enough, we need to do real kisses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao, \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haha!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She grabbed his collar with both hands, glaring fiercely at him, \"Speak up, was it you pretending to be Han Luoqi today!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I pretended to be Han Luoqi?\" Lu Hualiang retorted, flicking her forehead with a finger, \"Wife, have you lost your mind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would you agree to me filming a kiss scene with someone else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s your profession, of course, I respect you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Majesty the Empress responded with just a \"haha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not willing to admit it, huh? Alright, the scene is going to be filmed tomorrow, let’s see how long he can keep it a secret!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing up, about to leave, she suddenly caught the smell of durian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is there a durian smell?\" She searched around the study and found a durian in the safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao, \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang’s eye twitched hard. Even hiding it in the safe, she managed to find it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is she part dog!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao silently turned her head, \"Honey, why is there a durian locked in your safe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Lu rarely showed a bit of embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why hide a durian? Isn’t it because she’s not calmed down yet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was considering kneeling on the durian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such an unmanly thing, he just couldn’t bring himself to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pondered for half a second and said, \"I was afraid Shanshan would fight you for it, so I specially hid it for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao, \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s a phrase she’s starting to use more and more, her image is in peril!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>mdzz!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, they’re filming the wedding night scene, Xia Weibao believed Lu Hualiang definitely wouldn’t be so generous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He definitely disguised himself as Han Luoqi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she didn’t know how he did it, or where the real Han Luoqi went.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s a way to expose him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pondered over it the whole night and then laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning before leaving, Her Majesty the Empress was grinning with slyness, lunging to give Lu Hualiang a goodbye kiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she bit his lip, leaving a wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bruises can be hidden, but she didn’t believe he could erase this wound!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her triumphant expression, Lu Hualiang smiled helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pinched her cheek, \"How did you guess?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, it really was you! Hey, what’s your deal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re asking the obvious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao rolled her eyes, \"I say, Lu Hualiang, your jealousy is way too over the top, aren’t you afraid you’ll drown in it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I didn’t care, then you’d be the one crying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tch.\" Xia Weibao ignored him and headed out to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, she didn’t object to what Lu Hualiang did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this drama held different significance for them; it was their past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They say scenes bring up old feelings, what if it feels familiar and he remembers it?\u003C\u002Fp>",675,"2026-06-06T16:22:23.467Z",1,"novelbin.me","135cf5ed2afb8d9cebb283e95cddd356e2c63c55e2352b7cf25d3fcd55391b99","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1496","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1494",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]