[{"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-420":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},1733931,2218,"Chapter 420 - 420 420 Director Lu You Will Regret This","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-420",420,"\u003Cp>Chapter 420: Chapter 420 Director Lu, You Will Regret This Chapter 420: Chapter 420 Director Lu, You Will Regret This Xia Weibao was startled, “Director Lu, you’re having a nosebleed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang reached up to touch it and his hand came away bloody.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face turned a magnificent shade of black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Lu, you’re not overheated, are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a face turning from black to red and eyes that seemed to flicker with flames, he indeed looked like he had symptoms of overheating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang looked down at his proudly standing little brother, then back at the innocent-faced Xia Weibao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He silently turned around and walked towards the bathroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was indeed overheated, with a fire of desire threatening to consume him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a cold shower, upon coming out, Xia Weibao was still taking selfies with her phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she saw him emerge, she flashed a grin and then pointed at the coffee table, “Director Lu, I brewed you a bowl of herbal tea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang’s eyes and brows furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My kind of fire can’t be extinguished by herbal tea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who says? These are herbs I grew myself; you don’t know how effective they are.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang closed his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she really clueless, or just pretending?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her carefree demeanor was both lovable and vexing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget it, she was the wife he chose, what more could he do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you taking so many photos?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been snapping pictures all night long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looking for the right angle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was sleepwear, after all; she couldn’t just casually snap a couple of shots and use them for a video, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would risk a wardrobe malfunction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, she had to find a good angle, one that was sexy and tempting but not revealing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m asking what you need the photos for.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao thought it over, better keep it a secret for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she said with a smile, “Just for fun. By the way, Director Lu, do you know how to take a photo that looks very sexy and enticing but doesn’t show ‘these’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pointed at her shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To modern people, showing a bit of shoulder and back was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for someone from ancient times like her, it was still somewhat unacceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang raised an eyebrow; his wife voluntarily asking him to take photos was naturally something he was more than willing to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he picked up the camera again, showing her how to pose in a way that was alluring and provocative, sure to get the blood racing yet revealing nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Lu’s thought process was simple: Since they were just for fun and no one else would see them, it didn’t hurt to make them a bit more enticing, and he’d keep a copy to enjoy at his leisure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cough cough, if only Director Lu knew that Her Majesty the Empress was making these videos for sharing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once everyone saw her seductive side, who knows whether he’d be filled with regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, at this moment, he was destined not to know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xia Weibao was getting into the swing of the photo shoot, her phone rang. It was a call from Xia Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello, Sister Xia Shi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baby, I’ve arranged an interview for you on a TV program tomorrow morning at ten. Don’t be late.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister Xia Shi, didn’t you say we weren’t taking any bookings recently?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was planning on making videos tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We need to increase your exposure a bit. ‘My Star Journey’ has always been a popular interview program with a high authenticity factor. You can talk about your journey to fame; prepare well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay, I got it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao hung up and remembered ‘My Star Journey.’It was a hit show on Channel X, with consistently high ratings, and they only invited celebrities who were both famous and professional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her current status, she shouldn’t be in the sights of ‘My Star Journey,’ should she?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also wondered how Xia Shi had managed to arrange it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Ying had been busy with the promotion of ‘Deep Palace’ and only got a chance to scroll through Weibo late at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was when she discovered that her fans and Xia Weibao’s fans had started a conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And her side was losing!\u003C\u002Fp>",714,"2026-06-06T16:21:59.440Z",1,"novelbin.me","de2cc5259528189433ad1c28389c13fd247adfde12ca07bdc8a9c4cc0d005876","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-421","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-419",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]