[{"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-254":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},1734265,2218,"Chapter 254 - 254 254 Rubbing Alcohol on the Body Director","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-254",254,"\u003Cp>Chapter 254: Chapter 254: Rubbing Alcohol on the Body, Director Lu’s Benefit Has Arrived Chapter 254: Chapter 254: Rubbing Alcohol on the Body, Director Lu’s Benefit Has Arrived Lu Hualiang’s heart tightened, and he rushed over immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao weakly opened her eyes, then shut them again without strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang checked her forehead, which was burning hot to an astonishing degree!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hurriedly picked her up and ran towards the hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the doctor said she had a fever of forty degrees, his complexion changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could it be so serious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doctor was scared by the fierce aura emanating from him. Cold sweat seeped on his forehead, “Director Lu, the young madam must have caught a chill last night.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang pursed his lips tightly, sitting in front of the hospital bed, holding Xia Weibao’s hand, his face was frighteningly somber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao lifted her heavy eyelids slightly, then closed them again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This act of pretending to be sick was exceedingly successful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, she felt a delicate hand gently grasp her other hand, then rub alcohol on the back of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Majesty the Empress was someone who had experienced the Imperial Harem, and she instantly guessed that the person holding her hand was a beauty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Struggling to lift her heavy eyelids, wanting to catch a glimpse of the beauty’s charming face, she discovered…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was another beauty on the side fiddling with a needle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress was so terrified that she almost rolled off the bed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face filled with panic as she clutched Lu Hualiang’s arm, “No injections, no injections!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had experienced firsthand the power of these modern needles, inserted directly into the veins, painfully exhilarating!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang felt distressed, and hurriedly pushed her back onto the bed, “No injections, it’s just an IV.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao was even more terrified, trembling to her core. Was there a difference, was there really a difference!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she had known the cost of faking sick was so severe, she wouldn’t have pretended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cough cough, the Empress seemed to have forgotten about the last time when Lu Hualiang had a fever and she forced him to get an injection…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young madam, I’ll be gentle, it won’t hurt.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beautiful nurse smiled at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her allure was too powerful, causing Xia Weibao to be a bit distracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seizing the moment, the nurse swiftly inserted the needle with a ‘pop’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain made Xia Weibao burst into tears right there and then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand reflexively jerked, causing the blood to flow backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang roared in anger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chilling aura emanated from him, terrifying the pretty young nurses, making them tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly held down Xia Weibao’s hand, “Young madam, don’t move, put your hand down, relax.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao’s eyes brimmed with tears. She also wanted to relax, but she just couldn’t do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, she wasn’t someone who feared pain. In her previous life in the Jianghu, she wouldn’t even blink getting slashed by a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this needle, it truly was her nemesis, perhaps it was a psychological shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take it out, take it out quickly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the blood still flowing backward, Lu Hualiang was furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nurse realized the situation was dire and quickly removed the IV.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood spurted out from where the needle had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao nearly passed out from the pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a chaotic flurry, they finally managed to stop the bleeding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress lay on the bed as if she had lost half her life, weak and listless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cost of pretending to be sick was too much to bear, and she decided she wouldn’t try it again so lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was most tragic was that, after all the commotion, the fever hadn’t subsided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doctors were worried sick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A forty-degree fever, and she wouldn’t agree to an IV or get an injection, taking medicine alone wouldn’t suffice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fever had to be brought down quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, after Xia Weibao took her medicine, the nurse brought some water and alcohol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diluting it with water, they wiped down her body to physically cool her down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the nurse come in, Xia Weibao was somewhat baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a feeble voice, she said, “What are you trying to do now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t torture her anymore, she was at death’s door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pretty nurse smiled gently at her, “Young madam, I’ll help you wipe down your body with alcohol to reduce your temperature.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang looked up, a glint in his eyes, wiping down the body…\u003C\u002Fp>",755,"2026-06-06T16:21:59.440Z",1,"novelbin.me","bd89f5effc14aa327ae776cd9035738ae1d755c3ae0a1c59a8a6e927344b42c8","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-255","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-253",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]