[{"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-617":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},1734428,2218,"Chapter 617: 617: He Watched Over Her All Night","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-617",617,"\u003Cp>Chapter 617: Chapter 617: He Watched Over Her All Night\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao cleared her throat with two dry coughs, then found her voice again, “Director Lu, I have some things to take care of tonight and may be busy until very late. You should go to sleep first, don’t wait up for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where are you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the phone, the man’s voice brooked no argument, and Xia Weibao could even hear the sound of him picking up his car keys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I still have things to do, I’m hanging up now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hung up in a bit of a panic, afraid that he would come looking for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as soon as she had hung up the call, his call came in again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time she didn’t answer but turned off the phone instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A break not made when it’s due, will bring chaos anew!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She threw her phone onto the passenger seat, got out of the car, and leaned against the door, staring blankly at the great river before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was almost October, and the evening breeze by the river was a bit chilly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind was strong, and it tousled her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Moat was wide, with ferries cruising on it, stirring ripples that spread out in concentric circles, shattering the fireworks of both shores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twinkling lights were like golden scales, shining brilliantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the night deepened, the city’s clamor slowly settled down, like an old man in his twilight years walking through the worldly dust, savoring the life he had lived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The later it got, the more flavor it had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nights in the Imperial City were truly beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such beauty did not seem to belong to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing by the bustling riverside with people coming and going, she seemed to exist outside the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surroundings bustled and flowed endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only she, behind an invisible screen, could not blend in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a lone soul from Another World a thousand years ago, floating aimlessly, without a place to call home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao closed her eyes, and tears fell quietly like stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your Majesty, where are you, why don’t you come to find your concubine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your concubine feels so lonely, truly so lonely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t know how long she stood there until her legs went numb before she returned to her car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She reclined the seat and went to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space inside the car was very small, and sleeping was extremely uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, she found herself missing the large bed in Lu Hualiang’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so endearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, it was not hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither that person nor that bed belonged to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the night wore on, the streetlights slowly went out, leaving only a few lonely yellow lights to illuminate the dark road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the End of Darkness, Lu Hualiang sat inside his car, staring at the red sports car ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unclear whether he was looking at the car or the person he wanted to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night was dark, and no lights were on inside the car, so his expression was not visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that was known was that he sat rigidly, without moving for a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slept in the car all night, and he sat there watching all night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, as the first light of dawn broke, Xia Weibao clumsily got up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She moved her stiff neck and hissed…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cramped space in the car made it impossible to stretch out, leaving her with a sore back and stiff limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Climbing out of the car, she took in a breath of fresh air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air by the river in the morning was especially good, and there were already elderly people doing their morning exercises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao smiled faintly into the river breeze and stretched languidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of a silver sports car at the end of the road, waiting at a red light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned. Why did that car look so familiar?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed just like the one Lu Hualiang had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Imperial City was a gathering place for the wealthy; it wasn’t strange for someone to have the same luxury car, so she didn’t think much of it and was just about to find a place for breakfast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a little girl with a paper box came running over towards her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister, Sister, please have breakfast.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao was startled, then smiled politely, “Little sister, why do you want to invite me to breakfast?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl furrowed her delicate brows, “I want to invite Sister to eat.”\u003C\u002Fp>",767,"2026-06-06T16:22:09.235Z",1,"novelbin.me","c76060da774145af2312ca350e014f3ee26db4221c4528d6838845c42d3c17e0","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-618","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-616",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]