[{"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-190":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},1733851,2218,"Chapter 190: 190 Admitting He Likes Her","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-190",190,"\u003Cp>Chapter 190: Chapter 190 Admitting He Likes Her\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao’s eyes were red, and she wanted to go to Lu Hualiang to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, she gave up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The divorce was imminent; she shouldn’t have any involvement with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let him think she was a fickle woman, then, when the contract expired, he could let her go cleanly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind her, Lu Hualiang stood behind a large tree, staring at the woman who gradually vanished into the woods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fists clenched tighter and tighter, fresh blood dripping down his pale fingertips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like his heart, bleeding profusely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao, do you even have a heart!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were bloodshot, filled with veins as he stared long at the direction she had disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he closed his eyes wearily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tight grip loosened, revealing the mottled wounds on his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned against the tree, head hanging down, somewhat powerless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had conceded defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with self-deception, at this moment, the feeling of a heart riddled with a thousand cuts forced him to admit it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had fallen for Xia Weibao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fallen for this heartless woman, fallen for this woman who didn’t have him in her heart, fallen for this woman who made him… both love and hate her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned around to glance at the little cabin behind him, his heart sharply aching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forcing himself to look away, he walked forward with resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t matter; these were her past. As a mature man, he shouldn’t dwell on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was normal for her to be playful without him in her heart now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as she would only have him in the future, he could… accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to losing her, what were these in comparison?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Li saw a refugee walk into the CEO’s office and almost had the bodyguard throw the person out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he had just taken out his phone when a look full of murderous intent from Lu Hualiang made him tremble, and the phone fell straight to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mas… Master?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master, did you go to Africa to become a refugee, or did you experience the hardships of a beggar by the roadside?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did you end up like this!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang didn’t say a word and turned to enter his office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He went into the resting room, took some clothes, and freshened up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he lay in the bed of the resting room, staring blankly at the wardrobe beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clearly had a home, clearly had a wife; why did he have to live alone in the company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rested for a while, then held two meetings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he finished work, it was already evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang made a phone call home; Housekeeper Fu said that Xia Weibao had come back, but as usual, she was snacking and playing games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for him, to her, he was just a stranger, without a word of concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu felt, it hit him right in the heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept consoling himself that it didn’t matter, she didn’t have him in her heart now, he couldn’t ask for too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least she would come home, rather than leaving with a guy surnamed Fang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that she valued him more than Fang Ye, at least in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cough cough, not to be rude to Director Lu, but the reason the Empress came back is that she had nowhere to go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Lu is someone who cares about face, even when wooing his wife, it can’t be too obvious, or else he would feel too embarrassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like now, he wanted to move back home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he felt going back eagerly would be too disgraceful and make him seem desperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To maintain a bit of self-respect, he needed a legitimate reason to go back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he thought of a method he believed was excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was to have his subordinates go to Lu Garden and steal something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there was a theft at home, as the head of the household, it would be perfectly normal for him to return to deal with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Lu felt compelled to applaud his own intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about going home tonight, he felt a bit excited.\u003C\u002Fp>",702,"2026-06-06T16:21:59.440Z",1,"novelbin.me","defd0972a557194fb6fe8f307ff922eb5777ef325cb09bbd035131fe573d1584","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-191","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-189",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]