[{"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-24":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},1734094,2218,"Chapter 24 - 24 Gas Explosion","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-24",24,"\u003Cp>Chapter 24: Chapter 24 Gas Explosion\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a wave of frustration, Her Majesty the Empress disdainfully flipped her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Objects are inanimate, people are living, she couldn’t possibly starve to death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t matter if she didn’t know how to use them, she would cook using the most primitive method!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang had just finished a video conference and glanced at the time—it was after ten, and Xia Weibao still hadn’t returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t think too much about it; such a grown person couldn’t get lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he took some clothes and went to take a shower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While showering, there was a click, and everything went dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who turned off the circuit breaker!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, Xia Weibao was the first to come to mind…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This woman, she was never normal, always so flighty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wrapped himself in his bathrobe and went downstairs, only to see a glow of fire coming from the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked in, and the smoke was billowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was choking so badly that he could hardly breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took out his phone and turned on the flashlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw clearly what was happening inside, Lu Hualiang almost couldn’t help but strangle the initiator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xia Weibao, what are you doing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough cough cough…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao was fanning the flames with a few sheets of paper in one hand while coughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m… cooking noodles.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang’s eye twitched fiercely—cooking noodles?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never seen anyone use a rice cooker on a gas stove before!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Burning wood…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She even burned through the electrical wires, how could the power not go out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang clenched his teeth, “Why didn’t you get electrocuted!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Burning the rice cooker was one thing, but why hadn’t she unplugged the wires first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao wiped her face and managed to leave a black streak across it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had only been in this strange world for two days, still unfamiliar with how to use electricity, how would she know to unplug it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang felt like he was about to have a heart attack from anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he sensed something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did you get that paper to light the fire?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze darkened, and he snatched the few sheets of paper from Xia Weibao’s hand. Illuminated by the phone’s light, Lu Hualiang almost coughed up blood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the contracts he had brought back from his business trip, contracts worth over a billion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xia Weibao! Who gave you the audacity to burn contracts!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao was startled and shrank back, “I found them in the living room…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She mumbled to herself, if it was something so important, then it should have been put away properly. Why leave it out in such an obvious place?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And besides, they were just a few contracts. In the past, she had even burned documents in His Majesty’s Imperial Study Room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Burning Memorials to the Throne was common practice for her, and she had never been scolded for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang desperately tried to suppress the urge to strangle her—marrying her was a mistake!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to explode, he caught a whiff of a refreshing fragrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s that smell?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze leisurely shifted towards the burning sticks, and weren’t they the high-quality agarwood that had just been airfreighted today?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xia, Weibao!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He articulated each syllable with grinding teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of Director Lu’s patience had been exhausted in this moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao felt a little uneasy, “In the winters before, you used to bestow agarwood on me for warmth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just burning a few pieces of agarwood, she didn’t see anything wrong with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Imperial Harem, she was pampered by His Majesty; she had even used millennia-old ganoderma for warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sir, what has happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Housekeeper Fu rushed over with the security guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flashlight shone inside, and they were instantly shocked by the sight of the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fire?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang was about to order Xia Weibao to be locked up. This woman was a psycho, both in her actions and her words—she had to be confined!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before he could say anything, a pungent smell reached his nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang’s expression changed, and he turned around swiftly, only to see a gas leak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scent of the agarwood was so strong that it had masked the smell of gas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gas leak with an open flame nearby…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everybody out, now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone turned and headed outside. Lu Hualiang took a couple of steps then noticed Xia Weibao had twisted her ankle at the critical moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grinding his teeth in irritation, he quickly approached her and grabbed her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you not leaving, are you waiting to die…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could finish, there was a loud explosion from the gas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Majesty!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao exclaimed in shock, instinctively hugging Lu Hualiang, flipping her body to use her back to shield against the towering flames…\u003C\u002Fp>",818,"2026-06-06T16:21:59.127Z",1,"novelbin.me","a11cd28716e1e531f1ee84f3754a7659cfbf0e93d980ed2919f38ad11b935411","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-360","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-359",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]