[{"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-63":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},1297877,1723,"Chapter 63: Murderous Intent Fully Revealed. Jiang Ci's eyes lit up.","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-63",63,"\u003Cp>In the rehearsal hall, Xia Meng was being supported by two female classmates, her body still trembling uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes were hollow, her gaze vacant and lost as she stared at the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From beginning to end, she did not look at Jiang Ci again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several girls escorted her, their steps hurried as they left the rehearsal hall. The stifled sobs were only completely cut off once the heavy door was closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, that's... enough for today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong's voice rang out as he announced the rehearsal was ending early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students felt as if granted a reprieve, yet each one was as quiet as a cicada in winter, their movements while packing up so unnervingly gentle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong did not leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked step by step to stand before Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had pushed through all opposition back then, precisely to let this beast, Jiang Ci, ram into Xia Meng's icy, precision instrument.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the instrument lay scattered in pieces, and he felt a tremor of apprehension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he... gone too far?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, Liu Guodong raised his hand and slapped it heavily onto Jiang Ci's shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You kid...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lips moved, a thousand words ultimately condensing into just three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're a lunatic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he turned and left, his retreating back carrying an indescribable desolation and... a hidden worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Liu Guodong was gone, the students in the rehearsal hall practically fled, speeding up their departure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they passed by Jiang Ci, as if by prior agreement, they wordlessly gave him a body's width of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the vast rehearsal hall held only Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci's gaze fell upon the ethereal panel only he could see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That line of cold system notification was crystal clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Lifespan increased by 15 days!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The anticipated ecstasy did not arrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, his mind conjured the image of Xia Meng's back, curled up on the floor during her breakdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had dissected her, exposing her most painful soul before everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci clicked his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling like he was PUA-ing her... wasn't that something only scumbags did?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, \"The power of this 'Heartbreak Value' is even greater than I imagined.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the blood-red countdown on the system panel ruthlessly occupied his entire field of vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Remaining Lifespan: 122 days, 8 hours]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corner of Jiang Ci's mouth twisted into a self-mocking arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foolish compassion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a laughable term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What right did a dying man counting his life in days have to pity others?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Meng had her \"Ming Ming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had his too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His \"Ming Ming\" was to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At any cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, that bit of discomfort instantly dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Meng was absent from rehearsal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news spread like wildfire through the entire acting department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you hear? Xia Meng had a mental breakdown yesterday because of a few words from Jiang Ci!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She couldn't stop crying, was sent straight home! I think the female lead for the graduation play is going to change!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the rehearsal hall, the atmosphere was unprecedentedly strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was whispering, their eyes glancing, as if avoiding a plague carrier, towards Jiang Ci warming up alone in the corner from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci paid no heed to any of this, calculating his Heartbreak Value balance and planning to see what new skills he could exchange for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a teaching assistant quickly walked over to him, his voice extremely low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jiang Ci, Teacher Liu wants you to go to his office.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci nodded and stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he walked through the crowd, all the murmuring ceased abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Acting Department Head's office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci pushed open the door, and a wave of heavy smoke so thick it could choke a person hit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered the first time he came here, Old Liu's office was full of the fragrance of books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong sat alone behind his desk, his eyes sunken and bloodshot. The ashtray on the desk was piled high with cigarette butts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong's voice was even hoarser than yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed to the chair opposite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci pulled out the chair and sat down without a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong silently finished his last drag, crushed the butt fiercely into the ashtray, and then slowly spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How much do you know about Xia Meng's background?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her grandfather is Xia Zongguo, a living fossil in the theater world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her parents are also top domestic theater theorists.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And Xia Meng's performance style is deeply influenced by her parents.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong's tone was flat, so flat it was unsettling. \"They treat acting as a science that can be precisely calculated and deconstructed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In their eyes, an actor's emotions are impurities, uncontrollable variables. Only absolute rationality and technique can create the most perfect character.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xia Meng,\" Liu Guodong paused, \"is their most perfect creation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze pierced through the smoke, fixed intently on Jiang Ci. That look held excitement, approval, but more than that, a fear that was almost overflowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... personally smashed that machine yesterday.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that's precisely why I arranged for you two to partner up in the first place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong's breathing was somewhat rapid, a flash of fanaticism in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm both happy, and afraid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In you,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see real art! Something we old folks can never find in theory books! Art needs lunatics, and I've seen a real one!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that fanaticism lasted only a moment before being replaced by deeper fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned forward, his voice dropping even lower, carrying a tremor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I'm more afraid... you'll destroy her!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Xia family's status in the industry is beyond your imagination! If they find out that the 'perfect creation' they spent twenty years meticulously crafting was driven to a mental breakdown by just a few words from you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong stared at Jiang Ci, asking word by word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you think... they'll do to you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong's words were less of a warning and more of a naked threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci's mind raced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately understood Liu Guodong's meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Liu wanted both things, and also wanted him to rein it in a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Jiang Ci's train of thought once again veered off the normal track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't thinking about retaliation from Xia Meng's parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This character background... sounds like it would be *really* easy to make someone cry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he \"communicated\" a bit more deeply, wouldn't the Heartbreak Value just come pouring in?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, the lingering feeling of being a \"scumbag\" in Jiang Ci's mind was completely cleared away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes also uncontrollably lit up for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong caught that fleeting glint in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What on earth is this kid thinking about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong felt his blood pressure starting to spike again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he pulled a new rehearsal schedule from his drawer and slapped it on the desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not only will this afternoon's rehearsal proceed as normal, it will be doubled!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice had regained its usual severity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've already notified Xia Meng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong stood up, walked over to Jiang Ci, and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kid, I don't care what kind of unorthodox methods you're using.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you opened Pandora's box, you have to see it through to the end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1219,"2026-06-05T18:00:08.556Z",1,"novelbin.me","b8a83d95a17164c4bf8632b78a45bbba754eb3a3402d5851c519a80d69c34283","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-64","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-62",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-cover.jpg"]