[{"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-850":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},1734611,2218,"Chapter 850: I Accept No Bribes Except for Beauty","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-850",850,"\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang smiled faintly, \"You bribe me, and I’ll sort this out for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell me, how much do you want?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Majesty the Empress waved her hand grandly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gesture was like she was keeping a pretty boy and could name any price she wished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang chuckled, \"Do you think I lack money?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao, \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face slightly reddened; her little bit of money was probably not even equal to one of Lu Hualiang’s leg hairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glared, \"Then why do you want me to bribe you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang smiled ambiguously, leaned close to her ear and breathed out, \"Other than Madame’s beauty, I won’t accept any other bribe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao’s face blushed again, and then she leaned in to give him a quick kiss on the cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, she sat up straight, with a look that said, ’I’ve already bribed you.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wife, am I that cheap?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A kiss on the face counted as a bribe; could there be any labor more cheap than him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, facing Xia Weibao’s bright eyes, what else could he say?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tapped a few keys on the keyboard, searched for pictures of Xia Weibao in casual clothes today, and deleted them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There weren’t many photos; she changed into a dress for the event, so there were only a few shots taken secretly when she got off the nanny car and went to the backstage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The photos were taken from a distance, not clear, and you could only vaguely see a cream-colored casual outfit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shouldn’t be dug up as a couple’s outfit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be safe, Lu Hualiang set permissions to prevent today’s photos and the few of Xia Weibao’s from being uploaded online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao looked on in amazement; is this modern hacker technology? Very impressive-looking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hubby, I want to learn hacker technology too, could you teach me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang’s temple twitched, thinking of her increasingly poor gaming skills and her capabilities limited to using a phone for browsing, selfies, listening to music, texting, and calling — even basic computer skills were awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This level of intellect trying to learn hacker technology was truly challenging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wife, I think you’d be better off learning dancing and medicine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This quirky wife of his could master ancient things without learning, but when it came to modern stuff...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intuition, let’s all rely on intuition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying it out loud would get him beaten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao pulled a face; she just wanted to learn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once she mastered hacker technology, she could play her way to the top in games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang thought for a moment, then handed her a book on hacking techniques, \"This is a basic entry, once you’ve got this down, I’ll teach you more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao glanced through it; it was excellently written but read like a heavenly book — she could understand each word individually, but together, not a bit of it made sense hahaha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She laughed dryly, \"I think I’ll go learn dancing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang pinched her cheek lovingly, not too hard, with affection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The couple’s outfit issue was resolved, Xia Weibao breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, why did you suddenly open a Weibo account?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just felt like it,\" Lu Hualiang said lightly, showing no sign it was opened for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao pursed her lips, suddenly wrapped her arms around his neck, and pressed her soft lips against his cool ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang was startled, but then his hand tightened around her waist, pulling her into his embrace, deepening the kiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rarely did Xia Weibao respond so cooperatively, which made him quite excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the kiss, Xia Weibao snuggled softly in his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t speak, but her mouth curled up involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew, he did it for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang suddenly thought, Yang Li’s presence might not be entirely useless.\u003C\u002Fp>",637,"2026-06-06T16:22:11.764Z",1,"novelbin.me","565a5249d4f73668ccaa2fbe73e5920f8edbd277af3028a65817b40c9e567ce7","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-751","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-849",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]