[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans":3,"chapter-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-179":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The More Tragic I Act, the Stronger I Get — My Fans Beg Me to Stop Killing Off My Roles",{"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},1297793,1723,"Chapter 179: Destiny and Companionship","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-179",179,"\u003Cp>That declaration of \"I'll take it,\" landed with decisive weight in the elegant private dining room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere of the dinner reached a certain peak at that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hint of relaxation finally appeared on Zhang Mouyi's serious face, the satisfaction of finding a kindred spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Huai's expression was complex, containing both worry for Su Qingying choosing a path of hellish difficulty,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and a faint, underlying anticipation for the birth of a top-tier, insane performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dinner concluded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A server pulled open the wooden door. Zhang Mouyi walked out first but stopped in the doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a thick folder from his assistant and handed it to Su Qingying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't an ordinary script. The cover was plastered with colorful sticky notes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the homework I pulled several all-nighters to complete. It's yours now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Zhang Mouyi glanced at Jiang Ci once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The two of you are the 'eyes' of this drama.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't let me down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ride back to the hotel, it was still Gu Huai's black entourage van.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Zhou had already been arranged to return in another car earlier. At the moment, only the driver, Gu Huai, and Jiang Ci were in the vehicle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car remained quiet for a long time before Gu Huai finally couldn't hold back and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is too difficult for Qingying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers tapped unconsciously on his knee, as if organizing his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Switching between Ling Xi and A Li forcibly within one drama will be immensely draining for the actor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Huai turned to Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you're acting opposite her, cooperate with her more, give her more reactions. Help her find the 'switch' between the two characters as quickly as possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Huai's concern stirred something in Jiang Ci's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Su Qingying's performance collapsed, wouldn't his Heartbreak Value KPI plummet into the green across the board?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this perspective, this Film Emperor was actually on the same front line as him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qingying *had* to perform well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci nodded, his attitude utterly sincere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry, Teacher Gu. I will cooperate fully.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in his hotel room, Jiang Ci walked straight into the bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was preparing to enter a state of deep meditation, his phone screen lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a WeChat message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Su Qingying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content was brief, fitting her usual style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Friday afternoon, 3 PM. Do you have time? To discuss the script.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci looked at that line of text, not surprised in the least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This problem was too hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Portraying two roles, two characters with completely opposing personalities, emotional logic, and behavioral patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As one of the country's top-tier actors, Su Qingying would inevitably seek the most direct and effective way to break through this impasse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was to establish the deepest possible character connection with her acting counterpart before filming began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to become her \"anchor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To give her a clear, unchanging reference point when switching between Ling Xi's destructive personality and A Li's healing personality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have time. I'll arrange the location.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed an absolutely private environment, free from any external disturbances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't want to conduct this \"academic discussion,\" which concerned his future life-extension efficiency, in a cafe or restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately sent a WeChat message to Lin Wan, outlining his requirements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Wan's efficiency was astonishingly high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten minutes later, an address came through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the top floor of an old Western-style house in the former concession area. It had once been the private study of a writer who lived in France,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and was now converted into a members-only reading space not open to the public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excellent soundproofing. Tight security.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Friday afternoon, 2:45 PM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci arrived early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The study was large, with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves on three walls. The air held the quiet scent of old paper mingled with wooden furniture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't prepare tea and snacks as one might conventionally do when waiting for someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he walked over to the massive redwood desk and spread out a pre-prepared, one-meter-square sheet of white paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he took out a marker and drew two timelines on it, starting from different points and ultimately intersecting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He labeled two names at their respective starting points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ling Xi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Li.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At exactly 3 PM, Su Qingying arrived on time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was still wearing a plain-colored long dress. Pushing open the slightly ajar door, her gaze immediately fell on the focused figure at the desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When her eyes landed on the large sheet of white paper on the desk, covered in lines and notations, her forward steps subconsciously paused for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless CP fans had been imagining all sorts of heart-wrenching, unrequited love scenarios about their rumored affair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet here were the two protagonists, in the same place, about to conduct a character dissection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought we would start with the lines.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qingying's voice broke the quiet of the study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked closer slowly, her gaze fixed on the complex analytical diagram.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci didn't look up. His pen tapped on a node he had just drawn on the white paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The lines are the result. The emotions are the driving cause.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to first align with you on what the 'anchor point' of the character 'Ye Chen' is in the hearts of each of these two women.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qingying listened quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci picked up the pen and wrote two words heavily directly below the timeline belonging to \"Ling Xi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Destiny.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ling Xi's love is passionate, destructive, intolerant of flaws.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What she fell in love with was Ye Chen, the half-demon, that powerful and perfect Ye Chen. It's a love based on worship and possession.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, when she discovers this perfection contains variables she cannot control, her love instantly collapses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Destroying him, sealing him, turning him into a specimen that belongs to her forever becomes the only way for her to maintain this 'perfection.'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, he moved to the other timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Directly below \"A Li,\" he wrote two different words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Companionship.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What A Li encountered was a Ye Chen who had slept for a thousand years, accidentally awakened, weak, lonely, and tsundere.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What she fell in love with was his imperfections and the gentleness hidden beneath his tsundere shell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So her love is about acceptance, about healing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qingying was completely drawn into his rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the two clearly distinct emotional paths on that white paper, she realized for the first time that performance could be deconstructed in such a \"rational\" way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The immense difficulty that had troubled her these past days—how to switch between the two characters—seemed to have found a clear problem-solving approach at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Jiang Ci's profile, overly focused in the afternoon sunlight, she suddenly felt the person before her didn't seem like an actor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More like an... emotional engineer, skilled at calculation, capable of quantifying all emotional feelings into data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Jiang Ci's profile, overly focused in the afternoon sunlight, she suddenly spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You seem to have an... unusual obsession with 'tragedy.'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1180,"2026-06-05T18:00:08.557Z",1,"novelbin.me","3058a2706c0f207525f402044ec4362fcb10bfc8ca5cf621f18edbf9e067daeb","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-180","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-178",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-cover.jpg"]