[{"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-65":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},1297879,1723,"Chapter 65: It's Over! The Money Tree Only Drops Pennies Now","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-65",65,"\u003Cp>Liu Guodong rushed in front of Xia Meng, but slammed on the brakes just a step away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face wore a look of disbelief bordering on madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Student Xia Meng... how are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding classmates also crowded around, their eyes filled with concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Meng did not answer immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just stood there, letting the tears continue to fall, washing away the dust of the past twenty years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long time, she slowly raised her head, meeting everyone's concerned gazes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corners of her mouth actually lifted slightly, forming an extremely faint, yet incredibly genuine curve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher,\" her voice was hoarse from crying, \"I'm fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's continue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These four words were spoken lightly, yet they exploded like thunderclaps in everyone's ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continue?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her current state, she could still continue?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong was dumbfounded, and the classmates were equally stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Jiang Ci, standing to the side, looking at her face glowing with vitality, felt his heart drop with a heavy *thud*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An extremely ominous premonition instantly enveloped his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good! Good! Good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After snapping back to reality, Liu Guodong roared three \"goods\" in a row, overcome with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waved his large hand and bellowed with booming energy, \"What are you all standing around for! Continue! The 'Rainy Day Argument' scene! Give me the best performance of your lives!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The performance began again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same open space, the same two people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the atmosphere was completely transformed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci was still that obsessive, crazy Ma Lu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xia Meng was no longer the \"Ming Ming\" who would only retreat in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her technique was still there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every turn, every blocking movement, carried a sense of dance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But everything was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Jiang Ci, as Ma Lu, roared the pleading question \"Do you love me?\", Xia Meng's body executed the script-required, wide-arc dodging movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clean, sharp, flawless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, at the very moment she completed the technical movement, her back turned to Jiang Ci...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her shoulders, imperceptibly, slumped ever so slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn't the reaction of the character \"Ming Ming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a sliver of vulnerability belonging to Xia Meng herself, revealed after her hard shell had been torn open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vulnerability existed for only a fraction of a second, so fast it was almost impossible to catch with the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Ci saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brain instinctively captured this detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the script, he should immediately pursue her, pressing the question with even more explosive intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet at that moment, as if guided by some ghostly whim, he stopped in his tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hand about to reach out and grab her shoulder froze in mid-air for an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This tiny pause disrupted the original performance rhythm, but injected a heart-wrenching sense of realism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if Ma Lu had truly been struck by Ming Ming's vulnerability in that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That obsessive love became tinged with pity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And captivating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A suffocating chemical reaction formed between the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was precisely in that second of Jiang Ci's hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A notification box that made his heart and lungs stop popped up before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Heartbreak Value +1 detected from Xia Meng!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci's pupils contracted violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus... one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's it?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While he was still experiencing an earth-shattering internal tsunami, Xia Meng across from him had already perfectly transformed that sliver of vulnerability into power for her character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spun around abruptly, tear tracks on her face, but delivered Ming Ming's lines in a completely new way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're crazy! I'm crazy too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no longer simple fear, but a fierce counterattack after being pushed to the brink!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire scene was exhilarating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the final movement froze, the entire Rehearsal Hall fell into a deathly silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was so shocked by this god-tier performance that they were left speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, Liu Guodong was the first to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't call cut, just stared dumbly at the two people in the center, his eyes turning murky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's done...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered to himself, his voice choked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's really... done...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunderous applause erupted in the Rehearsal Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The classmates spontaneously clapped, their gazes at Xia Meng and Jiang Ci filled with awe and fervor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had witnessed the birth of art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had witnessed the emergence of a genius from its cocoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Meng stood amidst the applause, somewhat at a loss, but her face displayed a vividness never seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at Jiang Ci, her expression complex, carrying a trace of... dependence that even she hadn't noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The focus of everyone's attention, the architect of this miracle—Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was standing with his head lowered, expressionlessly staring at the system panel before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During that nearly perfect performance just now, Xia Meng, due to being overly immersed and emotionally stirred, had contributed a few more scattered points of Heartbreak Value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Heartbreak Value +2!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ding! Heartbreak Value +1!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci's face turned ashen, inch by inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at that radiant Xia Meng, who seemed to be glowing from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched her discussing the details of the performance with her classmates, a smile he had never seen before blooming on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An absurd and desolate thought exploded in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This money tree... I cured it with my own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From now on, it only drops pennies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rehearsal ended early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The results were astonishingly good. Liu Guodong, in a rare show of mercy, let everyone go back early to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the other classmates had left, Liu Guodong's voice came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jiang Ci, stay for a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci walked over to him with heavy steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kid, I have to thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wild joy and lingering fear were still interwoven on Liu Guodong's face. \"You have no idea what an incredibly awesome thing you did today!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He calmed his excitement slightly, his expression turning serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jiang Ci, I also need to tell you something else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Graduation Play isn't just a graduation performance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci lifted his eyelids, waiting for him to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides the school leadership, the school has pulled quite a few strings this time, inviting several heavyweight figures from the industry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong's voice was very low, each word carrying weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The programming directors from top-tier TV stations, the golden producers from leading film and television companies... they'll all be here to watch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, staring intently into Jiang Ci's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among them, the most important one,\" Liu Guodong's tone grew grave, \"is the Artistic Director of Huaxing Pictures, Director Wei Song.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's currently looking for the male lead for his next big-budget production, a historical costume drama with an investment exceeding five hundred million.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words were like a heavyweight bomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any acting student hearing this would probably faint from excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It meant leaping straight to the top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It meant going from an unknown student to a highly-anticipated movie star with just one film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing, Liu Guodong stared tightly at Jiang Ci, expecting the reaction he should have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci listened quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just looked at Liu Guodong very calmly, his mind rapidly calculating another account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curing one Xia Meng had directly slashed Heartbreak Value production by 99%!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even a random lifespan reward was triggered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where in this world were there so many broken \"Xia Mengs\" waiting for him to cure?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Old Liu across from him, spraying saliva with shining eyes, Jiang Ci suddenly felt as if there was a thick wall separating him from this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Guodong stared at his utterly unperturbed expression, dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kid... why isn't he reacting at all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doesn't he understand what \"Huaxing Pictures\" and \"five hundred million\" mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Liu Guodong thought he was scared stiff, Jiang Ci finally moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those eyes, which had been lifeless just moments before, suddenly erupted with a terrifying, sharp light!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly raised his hand. Under Liu Guodong's expectant gaze, he leaned forward slightly and asked urgently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That five-hundred-million historical drama... is it... tragic?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are there many female characters in it?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1349,"2026-06-05T18:00:08.556Z",1,"novelbin.me","7bdde6403b13a464685fb6c20fd80414b6d8ac0936d7eb3cf0731f5d8b2fad93","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-66","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-64",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-cover.jpg"]