[{"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-773":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},1734634,2218,"Chapter 773: 773 Director Lu is Too Ruthless","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-773",773,"\u003Cp>Chapter 773: Chapter 773 Director Lu is Too Ruthless\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly suffocating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought back to yesterday when she had invited Lu Huashan but had been rejected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, Lu Huashan was practically begging Xia Weibao to go out for a birthday celebration, and Yan Weiyang wasn’t just feeling suffocated; her lungs were tight with frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao was about to say that she had plans with her husband today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before she could speak up, Lu Hualiang had already come downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was dressed in a suit of beige homewear, descending the white staircase with the elegance and grace of a descendant of the British nobility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression was cold, and his presence was as commanding as an emperor’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such an outstanding man, even a mere glance could make one fall deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching him coming down step by step, Yan Weiyang couldn’t help but stand up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hands placed in front of her, she stood quietly and politely, her cheeks slightly flushed, her heartbeat nearly out of control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Lu,” she said in a tender, soft voice, genteel and mild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the demeanor of a young lady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang glanced at her standing in the host’s spot and then at Xia Weibao and Lu Huashan, sitting on the side sofa; his expression remained unreadable, but his brows furrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him come down, Yan Weiyang knew it wouldn’t be good to keep occupying the host’s seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she hurriedly pushed the food box in front of her forward, “Director Lu, this is from my mom. She asked me to bring it for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, she moved to the sofa on the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, expressionless, sat down next to Xia Weibao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The host’s seat was now vacant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Weiyang’s face stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao turned her head, her smile growing even brighter, “Hubby~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her coquettish voice softened Lu Hualiang’s otherwise stern face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Weiyang, feeling overlooked, had her smile freeze on her face once again, utterly awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the living room, five people were present: Lu Hualiang, Lu Huashan, and Xia Weibao were seated, with Housekeeper Fu standing to one side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she also stood, feeling just like a servant alongside Housekeeper Fu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Weiyang could only sit down, trying to hide her discomfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother, Baby said she would go out with me today and not bring you along,” spoke Lu Huashan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beauty, I don’t recall saying that, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang’s eyes narrowed, the air around him instantly growing cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Housekeeper Fu, who let her in?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Housekeeper Fu instinctively glanced at Yan Weiyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Weiyang felt a sudden pang of panic in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you take my words for wind?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stringent coldness in his tone made Housekeeper Fu’s heart quiver, and he decisively pushed Yan Weiyang out to face the consequences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sir, I had locked the door to prevent the Second Miss from entering, but Miss Yan…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you in the service of the Presidential Mansion?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It implied, How could you listen to an outsider!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Housekeeper Fu wiped his sweat, daring not to speak anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Yan Weiyang, her face turned pale with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling timid, although she liked Lu Hualiang, she was also terrified of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His presence was too overpowering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet it was precisely this regal aura, so powerful, that drew her in deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear mingled with a sense of humiliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang’s words clearly indicated she had no right to order around in Lu Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her current position, her presumptuous self-importance was simply embarrassing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Lu, I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Housekeeper Fu, change the cushion on the primary seat, and remember clearly who your master is,” Lu Hualiang interrupted her in a cold voice without an ounce of mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ruthless words turned Yan Weiyang’s face deathly pale, her tightly clenched body trembling, as if she had been bullied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Housekeeper Fu quickly agreed, cursing Yan Weiyang in his heart for countless times over!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Really, acting like the daughter of the President, but not knowing the first thing about manners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never had he seen a guest take the host’s seat in someone else’s home and behave so arrogantly, as if she owned the place. Do you really think the whole world belongs to you?\u003C\u002Fp>",702,"2026-06-06T16:22:10.633Z",1,"novelbin.me","dc71806636a44704ef7e9bcd24b0665f8cf388dd4a04bac89e5ac241de79564a","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-774","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-772",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]