[{"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-224":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},1734035,2218,"Chapter 224 - 224 224 The game is precious but integrity is","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-224",224,"\u003Cp>Chapter 224: Chapter 224: The game is precious, but integrity is worth even more, Your Highness Chapter 224: Chapter 224: The game is precious, but integrity is worth even more, Your Highness A bright yet blurry face, looking at him with a mischievously narrowed gaze…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang’s heart suddenly throbbed, then fiercely tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he tried to make out the face, the vision disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the feeling of heartache was exceptionally clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With slightly furrowed brows, whose face had he just thought of?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He absentmindedly replayed Xia Weibao’s song, but that feeling did not re-emerge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the end of work approached, Lu Hualiang, with a stoic face, downloaded the online music video onto his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression grew colder, a surge of emotions churning in his chest. He saw the astonishing number of downloads and a bunch of comments coveting his wife’s beauty below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he felt like hacking Allure’s drama crew’s official Weibo…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xia Weibao arrived home, Lu Hualiang was already there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was sitting on the living room sofa with his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she stepped through the door, Xia Weibao had an odd illusion that this man was waiting for her to come back…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it, he just slammed the door on her yesterday, how could he possibly be waiting for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She really wanted to ignore the man and go upstairs, but then she remembered what Yang Li had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Lu Hualiang who had helped her, and he had gone to great lengths to dig up the dirt on Qian Guoan and Lin Siqian, leaving Xia Weibao somewhat overwhelmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hated owing favors the most!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially favors that were utterly unnecessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, she had no choice but to brace herself and walk over, sitting down on the sofa opposite Lu Hualiang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From beginning to end, Lu Hualiang did not look at her directly, instead, he was engrossed in his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere was a bit awkward. Xia Weibao chuckled nervously, “Director Lu, what are you up to?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Playing games.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao’s eyes immediately lit up. She had been too busy preparing for the singing competition these past few days to play any games!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she eagerly moved closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit! Another penta kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had the words left her mouth than Her Majesty the Empress immediately covered it, darn!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She cursed again, so damaging to her image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wondered if it was because she’d been getting too heated in trash-talking while gaming recently that her image had become increasingly tomboyish, with curses coming readily to her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was bad, she needed to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was obviously a cute girl, how could she be so crude!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Xia Weibao said cheerily, “Director Lu, you didn’t hear anything just now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t hear what?” Lu Hualiang did not even look up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You didn’t hear me say ‘holy shit.’Lu Hualiang, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao twisted her body a bit and awkwardly scratched the back of her neck, “Um, about the thing with Lin Siqian… thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corners of Lu Hualiang’s mouth curved ever so slightly, “It was nothing, don’t worry about it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said not to worry about it, but his expression seemed to suggest, I’ve helped you, remember this favor, and be obedient in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Majesty the Empress was close to exploding with frustration, what a suffocating situation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A matter she could have resolved by herself had its credit completely hijacked by someone else, and yet she still had to thank them with a smiling face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So infuriating, but still, she maintained a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Want to play?” Lu Hualiang’s smile turned into a charming arc, clearly in a good mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sure!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress cast aside all her frustrations at the prospect of someone to play games with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blurted out in excitement, she felt she might have seemed too eager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearing her throat, she feigned indifference, “As it happens, I have some time, let’s play a couple of rounds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang’s mouth twitched slightly. This woman, all principles abandoned at the mention of games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How adorable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really wanted to hold her in his arms and give her a squeeze.\u003C\u002Fp>",688,"2026-06-06T16:21:59.440Z",1,"novelbin.me","e95e51105c7f24db7a9c346d0f3898218f3ca9cfa3476bd33d0dfa84693a5a4b","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-225","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-223",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]