[{"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-791":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},1734652,2218,"Chapter 791: 791: Director Lu Wants a Mandarin Duck Bath","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-791",791,"\u003Cp>Chapter 791: Chapter 791: Director Lu Wants a Mandarin Duck Bath\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small white porcelain bottle had no patterns and looked a bit like the sort of bottle used to hold elixirs in ancient times, stopped with a wooden cork.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon opening it, a strong scent of Chinese herbs wafted out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang glanced at it and noted that it contained several black pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao felt somewhat guilty, yet her face betrayed nothing, remaining calm and undisturbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I made these pills myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you sick?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just a little dizzy, and I took them as a precaution against a cold.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang reached out to feel her forehead, which was very normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao, worried he would probe further, quickly pulled his hand down, “It’s just dizziness, no fever. I’m hungry—let’s go eat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing she was hungry, Lu Hualiang didn’t suspect anything, set the bottle down, and then took her downstairs to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having slept the whole day, she was indeed hungry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she left, Xia Weibao locked the door and glanced toward the bedside table, relieved that she’d managed to bluff her way through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d have to be more careful when taking the medicine next time, so as not to be caught again, or it would definitely arouse suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being tormented so much last night, Xia Weibao was sore all over and decided to take a bath after eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang wanted to join her for a romantic bath, but she kicked him out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This lady is already overworked, and you still want a romantic bath! Damn it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been unceremoniously shut out, Director Lu found it somewhat amusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed he really went too far last night and had made his wife mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, he would let her rest well tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he passed by the bed, he hesitated, his gaze turning toward Xia Weibao’s bedside table, where the bottle was now missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned, then went to look in the bottom drawer and found three bottles just like it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why so many?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked them up and saw that one bottle was empty, one was full, and the other was only half full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not versed in traditional Chinese medicine, so he didn’t know what it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because of Zhong Wanshu and Lu Huashan, he used to come into contact with Chinese herbs often, so he could tell that these three bottles contained the same medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does someone taking precautions against a cold need so many bottles?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, having consumed one and a half bottles, how could she, with her robust health and no history of illness, need so many?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hualiang’s brow furrowed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at the bathroom door, from within came the sound of running water and the girl’s cheerful humming of a tune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was she up to?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After contemplating, he took out a pill, placed it on his phone, put the bottle back in its place, and then stood up to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xia Weibao emerged from the bathroom with her hair in a towel, the room was empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t mind, dried her hair, then climbed into bed and started playing with her phone while lying down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Totally exhausted, even sitting was tiring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She checked Weibo first and discovered that today’s top news was about Yan Weiyang’s birthday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked through some of the industry people she followed and noticed that nearly all of them had posted birthday wishes for Yan Weiyang yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao pursed her lips. She had long heard that Yan Weiyang’s friends dominated the entertainment industry, and it wasn’t an exaggeration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, checking the list of top beauties in showbiz, Xia Weibao saw that Yan Weiyang had left her far behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rumors of her and Lu Hualiang had brought frightening popularity to Yan Weiyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The foundation of popularity Xia Weibao had built was completely overturned by a single rumor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also indirectly indicated that, even without mingling in showbiz, Lu Hualiang’s popularity was terrifying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day when Xia Weibao went to work, Top Sister, who had nothing to do, was wandering around the company, likely a first in history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which other top actress wasn’t busy with one engagement after another? Yet she had cleared her entire schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At lunch, Xia Shi and she went downstairs to eat and, unexpectedly, saw Yan Lingyi waiting for her.\u003C\u002Fp>",721,"2026-06-06T16:22:10.633Z",1,"novelbin.me","5f01d80c834d2a41a89350bf433b244eeb0edf75b1def44104dc9fca7dc18fda","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-792","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-790",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]