[{"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-260":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},1734271,2218,"Chapter 260 - 260 260 Director Lu Shoots Himself in the Foot","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-260",260,"\u003Cp>Chapter 260: Chapter 260: Director Lu Shoots Himself in the Foot Again Chapter 260: Chapter 260: Director Lu Shoots Himself in the Foot Again He had just finished roaring when he suddenly felt that something wasn’t quite right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up, he happened to see Xia Weibao’s little head retracting back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face changed, and he suddenly stood up and quickly chased after her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m wrong, my wife!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xia Weibao being scolded and walking out, the five beautiful secretaries were very pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were thinking of rushing to the forefront to join forces in smearing their boss and topple the Main Wife!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before they could even step out of the secretarial office, they saw Lu Hualiang coming out in a hurry and then pulling Xia Weibao back in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The secretaries, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, they were slow in their steps, or they would’ve been caught red-handed, and their secret affair would be exposed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wife, did you come looking for me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pulling Xia Weibao back in, Lu Hualiang turned around and pinned her against the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao was frightened, her face blushed, and her heart raced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of her was him, and behind her was the door; their bodies were almost pressed together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This gesture was too intimate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, she placed both her small hands against his chest and gently pushed him away a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re busy, I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not busy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was rare for her to come looking for him; even the most important matters could wait!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then why were you just now…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang inwardly regretted it, a misstep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought it was that suicidal Yang Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had known it was her, he wouldn’t even have had enough time to welcome her personally, let alone have the heart to roar at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked a bit unnatural, “I thought it was Yang Li just now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh,” Xia Weibao replied, her eyes darting around as she thought about how to begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asking for money was something she had never done in her two lifetimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you need my help with something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That hesitant expression clearly indicated she had encountered a big problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang’s masculinity instantly swelled with pride; it wasn’t easy, his wife finally needed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao nodded with embarrassment, “Director Lu, I want to borrow some money from you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang frowned; hadn’t he given her the Crystal Vice Card, with no limit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she not realize this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instinctively wanted to tell her that the card represented not only a status but was also an Infinity Card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on second thought, what came to his lips was, “How much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had intended to give it outright, but if he said it was a loan, wouldn’t that mean she owed him a favor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This way, their relationship would get complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao held up one finger, “Ten million, is that okay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang looked troubled, “Wife, the company has recently encountered financial issues…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His intention was to make Xia Weibao feel like he was lending the money with great difficulty, so she would be extremely grateful to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, no sooner had the words left his mouth than Xia Weibao turned and walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then forget it, I’ll borrow from someone else.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was already feeling too embarrassed to ask, and now that he mentioned the difficulty, it was better to let it go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would think of another way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He caught her in one motion, “The financial crisis is over; you can have as much as you want.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wife’s emotional intelligence is just too low to even joke around with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Xia Weibao insisted on leaving, “No need, no need, don’t make it difficult for yourself, I can think of other ways.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not difficult!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here it came again, that feeling of shooting himself in the foot…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really, it’s not necessary, I didn’t realize you were so poor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thwack, a tiny arrow of heartache hit his pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So in his wife’s eyes, he was that poor…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huaxia’s richest man, and yet she called him poor…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sorrow flowed backward into a river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To salvage his image, Lu Hualiang casually tossed out a pile of Black Gold Cards, “All for you, spend them as you like.”\u003C\u002Fp>",712,"2026-06-06T16:21:59.440Z",1,"novelbin.me","e2a1b50e331aa6e35a8dbbb1afe03deb9dde7b1b851aa2c5c0e8135ff86c122b","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-261","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-259",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]