[{"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-28":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},1734101,2218,"Chapter 28: Switching Careers, Becoming Madam Lu","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-28",28,"\u003Cp>Chapter 28: Chapter 28: Switching Careers, Becoming Madam Lu\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Editor: Atlas Studios\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For an artist, disfigurement can mean the ruin of an entire career.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hadn’t the once Hollywood-famous actress Zhong Shixia disappeared from the entertainment industry after someone splashed acid on her face and disfigured her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Xia Weibao hung up the phone, Lu Hualiang walked over and sat down by the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched her intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did you do that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it wasn’t to gain his favor, then why take the danger for him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao was somewhat confused, couldn’t he speak less abstractly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being from the ancient times, she had some difficulties understanding modern language.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Last night, why didn’t you run away by yourself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao was startled for a moment, then quietly turned her head away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bringing up that incident was really too much to bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How was she to know that a gas explosion would be so powerful! There were no such things in the Great Xia Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In ancient times, the biggest explosions came from firecrackers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would have thought that things from the twenty-first century could be so outrageous?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she had known, she definitely would have…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that thought, Xia Weibao felt dejected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had instinctively protected Lu Hualiang last night, acting purely on reflex. Even if she had known about the explosive power of a gas explosion, she probably still would have saved him instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, it showed just how deep-rooted those feudal ideas were; she had already died once, but she couldn’t forget the supremacy of the emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether the real reason was loyalty to the emperor, that remained unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, self-deception is a thing some people cherish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xia Weibao’s embarrassment, Lu Hualiang assumed she was just shy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mood improved inexplicably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the scars on Xia Weibao’s face seemed especially pleasing to his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knows what kind of taste Director Lu has, to mistake Xia Weibao’s speechlessness for shyness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the blindness of straight men can be terrifying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you really like being an artist?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I do, it’s my career after all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao replied as if it was the most natural thing in the world; it was the original owner’s career, and now hers as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, as a person from ancient times, she was completely clueless about modern society’s skills and only knew ancient talents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With such a wealth of talents, it would be such a waste not to enter showbiz and blind everyone with my brilliance!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, she really liked acting, being able to experience different lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreso, you have to pick yourself up right where you fell down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entertainment industry was the dream of this body’s original owner, and since she had taken over her body, it was only natural to fulfill that dream for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang didn’t understand her determination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like he didn’t understand why that woman was so hell-bent on pursuing a career in the entertainment industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was as stubborn as an ox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Careers can be changed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Change to what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For instance,” Lu Hualiang paused, “becoming Madam Lu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, Xia Weibao staggered in shock and squeezed her phone so hard it shattered…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please don’t say such terrifying things, they nearly scared her soul out of her body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang looked down, his gaze fell upon the now shattered phone screen, and the corner of his eye twitched intensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crushing a phone screen with bare hands, what on earth do you feed on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Destroying a computer yesterday and a phone today, impressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao’s face turned slightly red; well, someone who practices martial arts naturally has a bit more strength… right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She possessed Inner Strength; forget about a phone, even a human head would burst if she wanted it to—believe it or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Majesty the Empress silently chanted in her heart, I’m not a tomboy, I’m not a tomboy, I’m a cute girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After repeating the hypnotic phrase to herself, she finally managed to deceive herself into believing she was indeed a cute girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when she looked up, she met Lu Hualiang’s eyes, which bore the stunned expression of someone looking at The Hulk…\u003C\u002Fp>",704,"2026-06-06T16:21:59.127Z",1,"novelbin.me","14150fe61a221021288f0b56944efea771cc0c9bff508c5a8cf9004751cb67e3","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-363","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-27",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]