[{"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-41":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},1297755,1723,"Chapter 41: One Move, \"Telekinesis Pick-Up,\" She Had a Mental Breakdown!","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-41",41,"\u003Cp>From then on, Qiao Xinran’s offensives became intensely aggressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was no longer content with verbal probing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to play for real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today’s scene called for Chu Wuchen to lead the newly initiated Su Nian along a perilous cliffside plank path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the immortal Chu Wuchen, this path was like walking on flat ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for the mortal Su Nian, every step was heart-stopping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a perfect opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xinran’s mental abacus was clicking away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Action!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xinran followed behind, wearing a thoroughly frightened expression, cautiously shifting her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci felt nothing stir inside him; he even felt like smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plank path was wide enough to gallop a horse, and sturdy wirework protections hung on both sides, so falling was far less likely than hitting the lottery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Qiao Xinran, right behind him, suddenly let out a short cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately afterward, Jiang Ci sensed a fragrant breeze from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A professional cling-on was in play!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even need to turn to picture Qiao Xinran’s current move: a “mistaken” misstep, her whole body feigning weakness as she toppled toward his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn’t in the script.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she managed to cling to him, would it count as Qiao Xinran’s move or Jiang Ci’s?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the cameras caught it, a trending headline like “Jiang Ci and Qiao Xinran Fall In Love Through Acting, Intimate Embrace on Set” would be guaranteed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How would he explain it then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claim she fell on her own? Who would believe that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claim he failed to steady her? Even worse—the label of unrefined and ungentlemanly would stick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a flash, Jiang Ci reacted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dodging would look calculated, too awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the instant Qiao Xinran was about to press against his back, Jiang Ci’s body underwent an extremely subtle change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His forward step didn’t stop; only the way he pushed off the ground changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire body felt like a weightless feather, drifting forward half a step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That half-step precisely made Qiao Xinran miss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, his wide white sleeve brushed backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It steadily supported Qiao Xinran’s leaning waist and righted her posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From start to finish Jiang Ci never looked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even break his walking rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply continued forward, and after a moment a line drifted over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Settle your heart, gather your spirit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xinran froze completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her imagined warm embrace and soft, fragrant hold?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His strong arms and warm chest?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of it was there!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tidal wave of humiliation and frustration instantly swept away her reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cut!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The director leapt up from behind the monitors, ecstatic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great! Fantastic!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Ci! That handling was perfect! An immortal should be like this: untangled by worldly feelings, saving someone with a single thought!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And Xinran! That expression! The shock and disbelief after being steadied! Perfect! You’ve finally broken through!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xinran was snapped back to reality by the director’s shout; her face flushed red and white in turns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Broken through?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What breakthrough are you talking about!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was genuinely stunned!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced at Jiang Ci’s retreating back; that white robe no longer looked ethereal to her, it looked like an impenetrable wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding! Detected heartbreak from 'Qiao Xinran'! Heartbreak Value +25!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system chime put Jiang Ci in a good mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good, keep it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One tactic failed, but Qiao Xinran didn’t give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the morning shoot they broke for lunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci had just sat down when Qiao Xinran came over holding a bottle of mineral water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wore a sweet smile and offered the bottle to Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Jiang Ci, you’ve worked hard, have some water.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her motion looked natural, but the angle she handed it from was tricky, designed so that as Jiang Ci took it, their fingertips would “accidentally” brush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci rolled his eyes inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady, have you acted in so many romance dramas you really think you’re the center of the universe now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without changing his posture, he merely lifted his sleeve and gave the bottle a light flick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, the unbelievable happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xinran felt the bottle lighten in her hand as it slipped free, traced a steady arc through the air, and landed precisely on the small table beside Jiang Ci, not askew, steady as a rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This trick, “telekinesis pick-up,” was an acting technique he’d learned from staying up late watching cultivation movies the night before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t expect to use it today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effect was outstanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xinran’s hand stayed frozen in midair, her smile completely congealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared at the water on the table, then at the composed man, feeling her worldview shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crew around them were stunned too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy—did you see that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I saw it... the water flew over by itself...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is Brother Ci still in character? He brought Chu Wuchen’s ‘divine technique’ off-set?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Amazing! Now that’s a real actor! Respect!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci ignored the surrounding chatter, picked up the bottle, opened it, and took a sip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, looking at the still-stunned Qiao Xinran, he calmly said two words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thanks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xinran’s face flushed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She snatched her hand back and walked away without another word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding! Detected heartbreak from 'Qiao Xinran'! Heartbreak Value +30!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Congratulations, host! Triggered consecutive critical hits, Heartbreak Value continues steady output! Reward: Remaining life increased by ten days!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Current Heartbreak Value: 706 points\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remaining life: 105 days 11 hours 23 minutes\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci nearly laughed out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, would you look at that—this woman is practically my exclusive life-restoration pill!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stimulate her and the life bar soars!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the afternoon, Qiao Xinran found another opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She held the script and, wearing a face of “modest eagerness to learn,” sidled up next to Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Jiang Ci, I don’t quite get this scene, could you explain it to me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke she edged closer, her shoulder almost touching his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deliberate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absolutely deliberate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci calmly shifted half a foot away and used his folding fan to draw a clear dividing line between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he tapped a line in the script with the tip of the fan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This line.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your emotion is not a question, it is despair.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cut to the core—cold and precise, purely businesslike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of Qiao Xinran’s flirtatious scheming was shut down by that sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A string of setbacks finally made Qiao Xinran realize one fact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any physical approach was useless against this man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He existed inside an invisible barrier of his own making.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he didn’t want to be touched, no one would even graze his finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man was impervious and unmoved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If hard tactics failed, she’d try soft ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If physical attacks couldn’t work, she’d switch to psychological warfare!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xinran clenched the script until her nails nearly tore the pages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next major scene would be Su Nian’s inner demons erupting as she confronts Chu Wuchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would launch her final all-out assault there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci, just wait!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Qiao Xinran stride off with renewed determination, Jiang Ci sighed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this was seen by assistant Sun Zhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned in, lowering his voice, his face full of admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Ci, you’re simply divine!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now the whole crew is saying you’re madly devoted to the role, you’ve carved Chu Wuchen into your DNA! Twenty-four-seven, never off-duty!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci turned and regarded the distance with a look of worldly pity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He breathed out one line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Zhou instantly inhaled sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh no, Brother Ci has gone madly possessed!\u003C\u002Fp>",1253,"2026-06-05T18:00:08.278Z",1,"novelbin.me","58df126bb8a1604ddf6d1deebf118e05d82a47472dc1e1d9315282c4b7e78743","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-42","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-40",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-cover.jpg"]