Open Your Eyes (October 2023 Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapter

Ding Guisheng laughed twice. "I don't understand? Tell me, what can you even do in District 3?"

"I can do anything!" Xu Ruyi shrieked. "I have legal papers, I understand the local language, and I have friends in District 3. They can all help me—what can't I do? Smugglers can build a life from nothing, so why can't I!?"

"Smuggling, haha, smuggling... What inspirational article did you read this time that made you think you were capable again?" Ding Guisheng's smile abruptly vanished. His eyes bulged as though they were about to pop from their sockets. "Those were all made up by lousy reporters! What did they know about District 3? They sat in their offices making things up, writing bullshit articles no sane person would believe. Only a housewife like you, who'd gotten stupid from staying home all day, would believe them—"

"It wasn't made up! I know it was real! Because I saw it with my own eyes, heard it with my own ears! I saw it, I heard it! I know it was real... I know it!" Xu Ruyi shouted until stars danced before her eyes, wildly flinging her hands. "It was you! You trapped me at home! You ruined my entire life!"

"...Me? I ruined your entire life?" Ding Guisheng laughed again in fury. Panting, he braced himself against the table and sat down. "Xu Ruyi, I supported you all your life! I supported you and your two daughters all your lives! I ruined you—I let you live in a big house, handed all my salary over to you, and in the end I ruined you? If anyone ruined you, it was you, with your own two hands! Do you hear me? You ruined yourself with your own two hands!"

Xu Ruyi's shoulders trembled faintly. She