[{"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-229":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},1734040,2218,"Chapter 229 - 229 229 The Empress is Starting to Select","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-229",229,"\u003Cp>Chapter 229: Chapter 229: The Empress is Starting to Select Concubines Chapter 229: Chapter 229: The Empress is Starting to Select Concubines Xu Jiayang, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly felt like his heart had been pricked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He darkened his face, “I’m only twenty-eight this year, and you actually say I’m old!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao’s mouth gaped slightly, “No way, Director Xu, you’re only twenty-eight? My goodness, you can’t tell at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turns out he was only a year older than her husband.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jiayang, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waved his hand weakly, “You can go, I just want to be alone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Leng Yan came out of the resting room, he actually witnessed Xu Jiayang looking at himself in the mirror with his phone, dead serious!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost saw a ghost!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Xu, when did you become so narcissistic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he was quite handsome, there was no need to keep taking selfies with his phone, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jiayang put down his phone, his face grave, “Leng Yan, do you think I look old?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yan, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did his brain short-circuit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not even thirty, old what.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jiayang thought for a moment, “Compared to Xia Weibao, am I too old?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yan took a step back, his hands half-clenched into fists held up to his mouth, looking at Xu Jiayang as if he were looking at a monster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xu Jiayang, you couldn’t possibly have fallen for Xia Weibao, could you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How masochistic must one be to fall for a nutcase like Xia Weibao!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to not fear being domestically abused!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jiayang scowled and gritted his teeth, “Who told you I like her!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said it word by word, almost squeezing it through his teeth; he was still struggling in Bronze. Would he fall for the very source of his misery?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Xia Weibao’s kind of beauty was too risky; men who aren’t extremely good-looking wouldn’t dare to marry her, otherwise, how could they keep their eyes only on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then why are you asking about this?” Leng Yan was puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On mentioning this, Xu Jiayang exploded with fury, “That woman called me old!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yan, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the soft and young online addict Xia Weibao, you indeed seem a bit old…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Xia Weibao ran past them in a flurry, “Director Xu, boss, time to eat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Xia Weibao run to fetch her boxed meal, Leng Yan frowned, “Why is she getting the meal herself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jiayang glanced at him, “Her agent is absent, there’s no personal assistant, if she doesn’t get it herself, should she just wait to starve to death?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m saying, Leng Yan, you’re too stingy. No matter what, Xia Weibao is the Top Sister of Hongtu; even if you don’t provide a car, at least she should have a personal assistant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, Xia Weibao doesn’t sweat the small stuff (aside from games and snacks), or she would have defected long ago, you know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yan felt embarrassed; he really hadn’t considered that before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, his damned father had gone bankrupt trying to promote her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where else would he find spare cash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll ask Sister Tong to arrange one for her later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the afternoon, just before wrap-up time, Sister Tong arrived at the set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baby, the company decided to get you a personal assistant. Do you have any preferences?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao blinked, trying to recall what exactly a personal assistant does.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shook her head, “No need, I can manage just fine on my own.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was simply finding someone to run errands; she didn’t need that. After all, with another person watching, there would be no time to play games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sister Tong, with a stern face, “That won’t do. You’re the one the company is pushing now; it’s unbecoming for you to be without an assistant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao thought about it, recalling how, at the height of her fame, she had three assistants and a dedicated manager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The discrepancy in status was indeed quite large now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright then, as long as they’re good-looking and have a nice figure, I have no other requirements.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sister Tong, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you choosing a personal assistant or selecting a concubine?\u003C\u002Fp>",688,"2026-06-06T16:21:59.440Z",1,"novelbin.me","b201187993df2bbf609a33c157dbdc4142be09c19414aeac61bcb8be4c7e0e30","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-230","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-228",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]