98 Fair enough

"I can give it to you, but you need to reward your husband," he said knowingly, reaching now to her long silver hair that had already dried up, playing with it.

Gao Lan Mei was not sure when her dress and hair had dried. Probably, he did it earlier since for some reason she could not use any spiritual energy or magic at that moment.

Nodding, then ignoring him mentioning about the husband part, "Fair enough. You can have any treasure you want as long as I can give it."

"It's the only thing you have right now actually, aside from your dress." then adding, "Ah, we cannot really consider the chain a treasure despite it being unbreakable."

Then remembering something, "Would you like to know why the Eye of Meng was made?" he asked.

"Why it was made?" she curiously asked. There were no records in the books why it was made or who made it. The books just described what it could do. Control desires. To dream of happiness or to have a nightmare.

Looking at her intently, "The master that made the Eye of Meng wanted to see a woman very badly. He created the orb to give himself a chance to meet her, even if it's only in dreams." he said thoughtfully.

"Was he successful?" an effort like that, should be rewarded, Gao Lan Mei thought.

Looking meaningfully, "Yes, he did." then smiled widely at her.

"Where is it now?" she asked. The orb should be around for this man to tell her a lot of things about it, that she was not even aware of. Was this included in the magic from the Eye of Meng?

"You're not backing out of the reward are you?" he asked skeptically, like he was unsure if he is being lied to or not.

Nodding seriously, "As long as I have it and it will not cause any harm, I will give you anything you want." she said firmly. This was a dream, hers to be exact. So what could go wrong?

"Good. I believe you, wife," he said brightly. He then picked the gold crystal lantern, "This is it."

Blue light were emitted from the lantern, but it's somehow different because of the pattern on it that now changed every second. One second it's showing a running lion, next, flying birds and so on. Just like the one Fa Li had.

Gao Lan Mei reached for it, but it was raised above his head, arms stretched for her not to be to reach it.

Glaring at him, "Are you making fun of me?" with eyes that could kill if possible.

"You want to leave so badly without giving me anything?" he asked, tone hurt.

His other arm reached to pull her on the waist into him quickly. Before she could even react, his lips met hers on a lingering kiss.

The way he kissed was dominating and possessive. Demanding. She wanted to fight and to deliberately bite him, but before she could take action, he already released her.

"I will get the rest of my reward later, wife." his wolfish grin made him look more handsome. Gao Lan Mei should have noticed, but she was too dazed.

She did not even know when the lantern was placed in her hand, then a tingling current appeared in her consciousness again, just like the first time she used the Eye of Meng.

He was looking at her at that time, with strange emotions lurking in his silver eyes, like he did not want to let her leave, the next moment, she was back at the Gao Master courtyard.