[{"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-788":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},1734649,2218,"Chapter 788: Things Couples Do","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-788",788,"\u003Cp>Hepburn’s face was flushed with a slight redness, clearly embarrassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know, there are so many homophones in Chinese...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t his fault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Chu kept complaining, \"Also yesterday, when I visited a classmate’s house, he found out my friend studied Chinese medicine too and insisted on tagging along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, halfway through, my friend said he needed to ’excuse himself.’ Hepburn asked me what ’instant noodles’ meant. I told him it meant going to the bathroom, and he just said ’oh’ and didn’t ask anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When we were leaving, my friend walked us out and mentioned he would ’take the opportunity to buy some instant noodles’ at the supermarket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this idiot suddenly blurted out, ’Are you eating noodles made from shit?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My friend’s face turned green!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mentioning this made Xiang Chu feel like hitting someone; he had never been so embarrassed in his life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swore, he would never go out with this fool again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hepburn’s face was so red it looked like it was about to burst. Could he be blamed for this, could he?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Xia Weibao couldn’t stop laughing, almost jabbing the needle in the wrong acupuncture point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Wanshu couldn’t help but smile as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was dying of laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a weirdo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That evening, Lu Hualiang had planned to take Xia Weibao out for dinner for some couple time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Zhong Wanshu insisted on keeping them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also gave her son a stern look, saying it’s not easy for them to visit, yet they wouldn’t even stay for a meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the meal, Lu Hualiang quickly left with his wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Huashan was so angry she went on a rampage— they hadn’t even eaten the cake!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, look at brother, he’s way out of line!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had made that cake by herself, ah ah ah ah ah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhong Wanshu scorned her, \"Whose fault is it if you’re not capable? You had him here and still let him get away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Huashan’s face was instantly flushed with embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, alright, I’ll be able to get out of bed and walk in a few days, and then we’ll move to Lu Garden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Huashan’s eyes lit up—that was a great idea! With her mother present, she didn’t believe her brother would dare to refuse her entry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are we in such a hurry to leave? Where are we going?\" Xia Weibao asked somewhat speechlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had rarely visited the Lishan Side Courtyard and had wanted to spend some more time playing with Hua Shan, but to her surprise, she was whisked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To the supermarket.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang hit the brakes, stopping at the traffic light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he took her chin in his hands, leaned over, and pecked her lips with a kiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are going to buy ingredients to make a cake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally planned to take her out to celebrate, and the cake had been ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing how diligently Lu Huashan had baked a cake that day, he felt they should make their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be more meaningful that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao was at a loss for words, \"Hua Shan also made me a cake, and I haven’t even eaten it yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s because I won’t let you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he wouldn’t say that out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The couple went to the supermarket; Lu Hualiang went to get a shopping cart while Xia Weibao, like the wind, headed straight for the snack aisle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lu Hualiang arrived with the cart, he saw she already had her arms full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, he had married a foodie wife—what more could he say?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The groceries at home were always procured by Housekeeper Fu, and Lu Hualiang didn’t know what was in the fridge, so he bought all the ingredients himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Xia Weibao darting around, snatching up anything that caught her eye, he quickly filled up a whole shopping cart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Utterly speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wife, these things have no nutritional value and aren’t healthy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, I know how to live healthily,\" she replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang thought about it; if she could expel hormones from her body, then these processed foods probably wouldn’t be an issue. He decided not to interfere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They switched to another cart, and then he saw a young couple nearby, sweetly in love. The girl sat inside the cart while the boy pushed it, both laughing and talking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing back at himself, his wife was ahead on a shopping spree, and he followed behind with the cart, feeling rather lonely.\u003C\u002Fp>",749,"2026-06-06T16:22:10.633Z",1,"novelbin.me","2197dd78373db17c62ce3ba59bae0d8b610b8d852450d5263d7b0fa2a46e20cd","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-789","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-787",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]