[{"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-73":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},1297887,1723,"Chapter 73: The Emptied Fish Pond","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-73",73,"\u003Cp>The next day, on the film set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere was unprecedentedly heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, they were filming one of the most emotionally intense scenes in the entire series, arguably one of its climaxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The death of Chu Wuchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All departments were in position. Staff moved about, but their footsteps were light, and even the voices on the walkie-talkies were lowered by an octave, as if afraid of disturbing something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cameras, lighting, wirework—everything had undergone final checks and was ready, standing by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci sat alone on a chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already in costume, dressed in ethereal, pristine white robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An aura of utter loneliness and desolation emanated from his entire being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assistant Sun Zhou, holding a cup of warm water, tried to approach him several times, but each time he was forced to stop about three meters away, repelled by that intangible low-pressure field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only watch from afar, feeling anxious and helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Ci's state was downright terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not far away, Qiao Xinran was also ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wore Su Nian's pale cyan disciple robes, her face devoid of any color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced at Jiang Ci in the corner, took a deep breath of the chilly air, and then walked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to run through the lines with him one last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her feet made soft sounds on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stopped in front of Jiang Ci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had just opened her mouth, preparing to slip into Su Nian's mindset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Jiang Ci slowly opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't look at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside his mind, a storm no one else knew about was raging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, when Qiao Xinran entered the fifty-meter radius around him, the system notification he had expected did not sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The familiar [Player Identification Aura], which had become part of his daily work routine on the *Three Lifetimes Tribulation* set, was completely silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was going on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday at the hotel room door, when she came to deliver milk... it seemed it didn't trigger then either?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci's brain worked at lightning speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shouldn't be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the system's definition, the aura triggers when someone maintains abnormal intimate relationships with three or more members of the opposite sex simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xinran's fish pond had at least five, six, seven, or eight fish in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those male university students with great stamina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rich second-generation heirs with family mines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that somewhat famous band lead singer...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci could even clearly recall the brief annotations on the system panel for those \"victims.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was there no reaction?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she delete all their contacts overnight?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blocked all her backup options and immediately achieved enlightenment?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't logical!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This didn't align with the behavioral logic of a \"Beginner Fisherwoman\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be... the system had a bug?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci's brow twitched almost imperceptibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xinran looked at the man before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had merely opened his eyes and was sitting there quietly, doing nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she felt an immense sorrow radiating from him, enveloping her completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She almost instantly slipped into the emotional state of Su Nian facing her master's imminent soul dispersion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She called out again, her voice already trembling uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci finally lifted his head to look at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to run a test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A test to verify if the system's other functions were still operational.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the harvesting function for [Heartbreak Value] was still working, then the problem wasn't major.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the harvesting function was also broken...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the problem was serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Qiao Xinran's gaze, brimming with tears, Jiang Ci parted his thin lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He activated the [Quick Mastery of Line Delivery (Beginner)] skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A simple, ordinary line, spoken from his mouth, carried an extreme, suppressed pain and tenderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nian'er, don't be afraid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These four words instantly opened the floodgates of Qiao Xinran's emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body trembled violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tears that had long been gathering in her beautiful eyes could no longer be contained, breaking through the dam and streaming down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crisp notification sound rang in Jiang Ci's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Heartbreak Value +50 from Qiao Xinran!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations, Host! Lifespan extension obtained: 7 days!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heartbreak Value and lifespan extension arrived, indicating the \"ATM machine\" itself wasn't broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That left only one problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ATM functioned normally, but the [Player Identification Aura] didn't alarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xinran no longer fit the definition of a \"Player.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fish pond...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci's brain stalled for half a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An absurd, yet currently the only logical conclusion surfaced in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had she reformed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the monitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Wu and Gu Huai saw all of this clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw Qiao Xinran approach, saw Jiang Ci open his eyes, and even heard that line delivered through the on-set audio equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Huai shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is no longer acting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was low, filled with emotion. \"This is one-sided psychological domination.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Wu didn't speak, just stared intently at the face on the monitor that had instantly crumbled because of one sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This 'madman' Jiang Ci used his own state to forcibly 'remold' Qiao Xinran.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Director Wu listened to Gu Huai's analysis, he felt a chill run down his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the tear-streaked Qiao Xinran on the monitor, then at Jiang Ci, who simply sat there quietly yet seemed to bear the sorrows of the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was thrilled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt these two actors' states were absolutely explosive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today's scene would definitely become a classic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the same time, he felt a faint worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his voice and gave an extremely serious instruction to the assistant director beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Make a note.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right after filming this scene, contact Qiao Xinran's agent immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Must, right away, take her for professional psychological counseling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assistant director was stunned for a moment, then nodded heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of the set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci was no longer dwelling on Qiao Xinran's transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So her fish pond was empty. Let it be empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a wage slave like him, the process didn't matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the KPI came through smoothly, even if she renounced the world and entered a monastery, it had nothing to do with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He readjusted his breathing, focusing all his attention on the upcoming shoot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As \"Chu Wuchen,\" having lived for five hundred years, protected for five hundred years, he was finally going to die before the very person he most wanted to protect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ending was tragic enough, devastating enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All departments, prepare!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assistant director's voice echoed throughout the set via the loudspeaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wirework team, final check!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Check the blood packs!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actors, take your positions!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci stood up and walked to the very center of the set constructed by the crew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xinran also wiped away her tears and stood opposite him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the cameras were aimed at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just one second before the director called \"Action.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Xinran suddenly lifted her head and looked at Jiang Ci again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, her gaze no longer held the previous infatuation, nor that unwilling possessiveness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one thing remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A kind of determination that Jiang Ci had never seen in her before, a determination that seemed ready to burn both herself and the man before her to ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>",1227,"2026-06-05T18:00:08.556Z",1,"novelbin.me","032c1241023192b793abb16f59f3fffd63bebdae564a98759bab80700770e229","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-74","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-72",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-cover.jpg"]