[{"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-518":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},1734379,2218,"Chapter 518 - 518 518 Director Lu Has Arrived","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-518",518,"\u003Cp>Chapter 518: Chapter 518 Director Lu Has Arrived Chapter 518: Chapter 518 Director Lu Has Arrived Sitting on the bed, she hugged her shoulders tightly, trying to give herself a little warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sense of loneliness surged in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unprecedented loneliness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this Another World, she was alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no passionate Jianghu, no Deep Palace Courtyard, and no… her him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the door of the room was kicked open with a bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao turned her head and saw Lu Hualiang appear at the door, his face flushed with panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at that face, identical to Emperor Xia Liang’s, her emotions suddenly churned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her vision went dark, and she fainted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the hospital, Lu Hualiang watched the pale woman on the bed, tears still hanging on the corners of her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brows were tightly knit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her schedule was to return today, but it was so late and she had not yet come home, so he called Xia Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Shi said she had arrived at eight o’clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At eight o’clock she reached the Imperial City, but she did not return home, which spoke volumes without words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had run away again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he had Yang Li check all the hotel records, and they found where she was staying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just arrived when he heard faint crying sounds coming from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hotel had soundproofing, yet the sounds reached the outside, indicating how heartbreakingly she was crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, he panicked, pressed the doorbell with no response, so he kicked the door and entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just thinking about her despairing expression as she cried, his heart twisted painfully, knotting up right where his heart was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt oppressively uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time he had seen her cry so sorrowfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was always cheerful and carefree, as if nothing in this world could affect her mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was she crying so sorrowfully this time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her emotions had completely collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doctor said it was excessive grief and an improper flow of qi and blood that caused a lack of oxygen to the head, which is why she fainted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How grief-stricken must she have been to suffer from a lack of oxygen in the brain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it because… she wanted a divorce?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought of that possibility pierced Director Lu’s heart like a sledgehammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she really want to divorce him that much?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it really so painful for her to stay by his side?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand, gently wiping away the tears that leaked from the corners of her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the clear droplets on his hand, she was crying even while unconscious; how much heartache must she have endured?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang stared at her for a long time, so long that his body had gone numb, yet he did not move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If… if she really wanted a divorce that badly, if staying by his side was truly that painful for her,he thought… he could let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His pain was preferable to hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao was unconscious for the whole night, and when she woke up the next day, the sky was already slightly lit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The edge of the sky was just beginning to lighten, the sun had not risen, and it was somewhat gloomy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened her eyes to see Lu Hualiang sitting by the bedside, propping his forehead with one hand, his elbow resting on the nightstand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having seen her and Emperor Xia Liang’s joint Imperial Mausoleum last night, she was again moved to tears by the face that was identical to his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took a deep breath and turned her head to look out the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart still felt as if it were being cut by a knife, grinding bit by bit, a pain that couldn’t be grasped or scratched, very uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the quiet morning outside the window, so tranquil and harmonious, she felt somewhat dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears silently slid down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, when she woke up early, Emperor Xia Liang would hold her, letting her rest on his arm as they watched the morning together outside the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Six Palaces were touched by beauty, with her alone being the cherished one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just thinking of those moments was heart-shattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every bit of their past interactions had now become her torture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sniffed and then exhaled heavily, easing the compression in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>",727,"2026-06-06T16:22:08.371Z",1,"novelbin.me","89b02cf41858303bf4d2d9e24706d56d5e40a99d5c7913e8c4de8680d0f5eccc","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-519","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-517",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]