[{"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-247":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},1297861,1723,"Chapter 247: A Night Where Joy and Sorrow Don’t Intersect","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-247",247,"\u003Cp>The host, holding cue cards, quickly walked onto the stage, trying to regain control of the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you to all the creators for bringing us such a wonderful performance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to make his voice sound cheerful, but the waves of sobbing from the audience below made this cheerfulness seem particularly thin and hollow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, let's give a warm round of applause and welcome the main creative team of 'Three Lifetimes Tribulation' onto the stage!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his words fell, there was no thunderous applause as expected from the audience below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main creators sitting in the guest seats exchanged awkward glances, the atmosphere becoming somewhat uncomfortable for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Huai was the first to stand up. He straightened his suit and strode towards the stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other lead actors also followed one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when Jiang Ci stood up, he found that Qiao Xinran beside him was still slumped in her seat, her body trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci hesitated for half a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the media captured him being \"cold and heartless,\" it might affect his future KPIs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out and, using a posture that deliberately maintained distance, supported Qiao Xinran's arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ms. Qiao, it's time to go on stage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xinran looked up. Her face, tear-streaked like pear blossoms after rain, appeared especially fragile under the bright stage lights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took the opportunity to lean most of her body weight onto Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci had no choice but to support her, step by step, slowly making their way towards the stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene was clearly recorded by countless cameras and phones from the audience below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The area occupied by the CP fans instantly exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahhhh! It's Master! Master came back to support his Nian Nian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I knew it! He couldn't bear to leave her!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sounds of camera shutters clicked continuously, forever freezing this image of \"the Master's spirit returning to support his beloved.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main creative team finally stood in a row on the stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was still no applause from below, only wave after wave of choked sobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The host felt his professional career was facing a huge challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gritting his teeth, he tried to liven up the atmosphere and handed the microphone towards the audience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was the movie good?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This question became a drop of water tossed into a pot of boiling oil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman's voice, thick with tears, roared a response from a corner of the audience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was too tragic! Pay up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This shout seemed to open a curtain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah! Pay for my tears! Pay for my tissues!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Chu Wuchen! Screenwriter, you have no heart!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd was incensed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Huai, as the male lead, looked at the scene below and revealed a complicated, bitter smile on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took the microphone from the host.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems everyone has a lot they want to say about our film.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, shaking his head self-deprecatingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I feel like I, the Demon Lord, was quite superfluous. It feels like everyone came to reminisce about the Immortal Lord, Chu Wuchen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as his words fell, a fan in the audience holding a light-up sign that said \"Gu Huai I Love You\" shouted through her tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Huai, you acted really well too! It's just... you acted too late!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Huai: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The host's gaze finally landed on the center of the storm, Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jiang Ci, seeing such an intense reaction from everyone, what would you like to say to the audience?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci took the microphone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the faces below, makeup smeared by tears, the hundreds of pairs of red, swollen eyes, his mind racing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to speak in the lightest, most soothing tone possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, please don't cry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm still alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This blunt truth not only failed to provide any comfort, but instead became a new tear-inducing bomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young girl in the audience cried even harder, pointing at him and shouting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're lying! Your smile is so forced, you're just trying to comfort us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smile on Jiang Ci's face froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instinctively went expressionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another voice immediately rang out: \"Look! He's not smiling anymore! His heart is in pain too! There is no sorrow greater than a heart that has died!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci felt things were developing in a direction he couldn't control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lightly frowned, thinking about how to salvage the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bespectacled guy in the front row immediately cried out in anguish: \"He frowned! He must be recalling the pain of being pierced by the heavenly lightning! Lingering pain!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He discovered that no matter what expression he made, the audience would automatically overlay it with a thick layer of a \"broken filter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave up the struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interactive segment ended in an extremely heavy and bizarre atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main creators retreated to the backstage rest area to prepare for the media group interview.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci had just sat down, not even having time to take a sip of water, when his phone vibrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a WeChat message from Zhao Zhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ci-ge! Amazing! The big brother next to me cried so hard his fake eyelashes fell off! Gu Huai acted well, sure, but you were absolutely lethal!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Jiang Ci's fingertip could touch the screen, a second message followed closely behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was from Chen Mo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Data analysis shows that although your screen time in the latter half of the film was only 15%, all the audience's emotional peaks were concentrated on you. In performance studies, this is called 'effective scene-stealing.']\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at these two messages, Jiang Ci's mood was somewhat complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just put his phone back in his pocket when the door to the restroom was pushed open from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Wan stood with her arms crossed, leaning against the doorframe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze passed over the artists who were touching up their makeup and going over the schedule, landing precisely on Jiang Ci in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes were filled with a boss's satisfaction with an employee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The media group interview began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci was once again pushed into the spotlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the event, the organizers arranged a grand celebratory banquet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the banquet began and everyone raised their glasses to celebrate, they found that the person who most deserved to be celebrated was missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Zhou fended off all the toasts and inquiries on his behalf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry everyone, Ci-ge got too immersed in the role, his emotions haven't settled yet. He needs some time alone to quiet down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reason once again ignited the media circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#Chu Wuchen Unresolved Injustice#\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#Jiang Ci Bad Ending Aesthetics Ceiling#\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#Three Lifetimes Tribulation Whole Crew Heartbroken#\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>#Jiang Ci Too Deeply Immersed in Role Misses Celebration Banquet#\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several hashtags, with a domineering attitude, rapidly occupied the top ten spots on the trending chart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci's personal Weibo follower count began to skyrocket at a terrifying rate of tens of thousands per minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the entourage van back to the hotel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci leaned back in his seat, quietly scrolling through his Weibo private messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the tens of thousands of wailing, grief-stricken messages from fans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also saw a long post sent from an account called \"Su Nian Herself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Qiao Xinran's alternate account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content was all incoherent ramblings about how she couldn't break free from the role of Su Nian, how her heart shattered every time she saw Chu Wuchen's smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci swiped past it expressionlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a message from Lin Wan popped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Come to the company tomorrow at 10 AM. There are still details to discuss regarding 'The Lurker' contract. Also, there's some not-so-good news, you'd better take a look.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the message was attached a news link.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci clicked it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his phone screen, a female leader from an island country, who resembled a giant from a certain anime,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was giving a speech to countless cameras in an extremely arrogant tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci held his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly understood what Lin Wan meant by \"not-so-good news,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and he understood more deeply the weight borne by the story of 'The Lurker' and the character Shen Qingyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>",1361,"2026-06-05T18:00:08.556Z",1,"novelbin.me","2ea62bc8542f0686327a15074c6a3d48489c7259bde76f1cae4ad8ec0a68a660","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-248","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-246",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-cover.jpg"]