[{"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-1542":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},1735353,2218,"Chapter 1541: Director Lu, Shot Yourself in the Foot Again","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1542",1542,"\u003Cp>Ignoring him, she continued to scroll through Weibo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Weibo followers had surpassed a hundred million, and Zhuang Xuejun suggested she post a selfie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consider it a fan benefit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rarely updated her Weibo, and selfies were even more scarce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking it over, she found Zhuang Xuejun made a good point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why not do a Weibo giveaway while at it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last time she went to jail, fans signed in support of her, and she hadn’t thanked them yet; it had been a busy period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contacted Zhuang Xuejun to have her draft a plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she picked up her phone for a selfie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at her bathrobe, which was very conservative, she decided it was okay for a photo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally, girls liked to take selfies when playing with their phones, but she rarely did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spent her free time gaming, finding taking photos quite boring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, her posing was especially stiff. To appear more natural, she even searched online for selfie techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s when she discovered that her phone had a beauty filter feature!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Majesty the Empress seemed like she discovered a new continent, giving up gaming to study the beauty filter on her phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she found that the beautified version wasn’t even as good-looking as her real self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had a classic charm with an oval face, big eyes, a delicate nose, and small cherry lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the beauty filter made her eyes shockingly large, her face like a cone, resembling a snake spirit face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not attractive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her real self was better; more unique, more stylish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lu Hualiang emerged from his shower again, he saw her hugging a pillow, pouting, and blinking cutely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was holding her phone, thoroughly self-absorbed in taking selfies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang raised an eyebrow, a rare sight—she was taking selfies instead of gaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had she changed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer a gaming addict?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him come out, Xia Weibao put down her phone, \"Hubby, come here, help me pick the nice ones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang walked over, took her phone, and earnestly flipped through a few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked great; she was beautiful, flawless from every angle, naturally photogenic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But quite pretentious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The poses were overly deliberate, her mouth pouted to the sky, and the blinking—sure it wasn’t because sand got in her eyes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tongue-sticking photo—those in the know would think she was taking pictures, those who didn’t might believe she was being choked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How are they? Do they look good?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, \"...Good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think they look good too, just a bit odd, not as comfortable as others’ photos.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you taking these photos?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, to post...\" Xia Weibao almost blurted out ’on Weibo.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, she stopped herself in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing Lu Hualiang’s jealousy, if he found out she posted selfies, he definitely wouldn’t agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better not to mention it, anyway, he doesn’t follow entertainment news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she didn’t say, he wouldn’t find out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She changed her words mid-sentence, \"It’s just that I realized my phone lacks photos, everyone else has lots of selfies, and I don’t have any.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s all?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What else could it be? It would be a waste not to take photos when I look so pretty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang had been about to say she was being silly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then he thought that he didn’t have many photos of her either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since she was wearing a bathrobe now, taking a few shots to save on his phone to look at later wouldn’t be bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do a few poses, and I’ll take pictures for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao’s eyes lit up; having someone take photos for her was naturally better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of poses?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao tilted her head, \"Anything, huh, alright then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She first glanced in Lu Hualiang’s direction, giving a slight smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then hugged the pillow and nuzzled her face against it a few times.\u003C\u002Fp>",639,"2026-06-06T16:22:23.763Z",1,"novelbin.me","4d6bb41c8e266b4b41e924ecc40d38984d191670155ed8deb63134e596b608a2","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1543","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-1541",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]