Won

"Argg!" Gao Shen shouted his cry of defeat. "You won again Mei'er!" during his time within the Eye of Meng, he was not even able to find any trace of the orb. The dream was too good, he somehow got distracted.

He was very embarrassed to face his seniors, but what could he do? He was only a man, weak to the pleasures of the flesh.

While recalling his dream, he did not even feel the warm liquid coming out of his nose or the feeling of his lower half's reaction either.

Wang Li, handed him a handkerchief, "Tsk. Your nose is bleeding." he said to Gao Shen dryly. "Compose yourself!" With the way his face reddened after being told off, everyone could guess what kind of dream his dream was; a very lewd dream surely.

Winning was a good thing for Wang Li. It served as a punishment and he could also annoy Gao Shen and Fa Li in the future for losing to a non-sect being who was from the mortal domain.

With his junior's character, he was sure that there would be no leeway given even to his own niece. That removed the purpose for the evaluation as well, and Gao Shen knew this.

Gao Lan Mei did not react to his outburst. Even Wang Li's reprimand was also not noticed.

All that she could think of was that her first kiss ever was taken away. The kiss caught her off guard, made her breathless. Her heart was still beating so fast, that it made her drop to her knees, dazed.

"Mei'er!" Everyone reacted when she slumped to the ground, "Are you alright? How are you feeling?" Gao Qi worriedly asked.

He was not aware of what the Eye of Meng could do, he just trusted that Gao Shen would not allow anything to happen to Gao Lan Mei especially with her being unable to cultivate.

Gao Lan Mei only nodded to the question, probably did not even register who asked. Her fingers reached her lips subconsciously, somehow still feeling them numb due to his lingering kiss.

Abruptly, "You!" Pointing at Fa Li, "What did you do?" She exclaimed, demanding an answer.

Someone messed up her dream. There was no way she would ever want for him to kiss her like that! Whose fault was this?

Raising both his hands to show surrender, "I did not do anything! I swear!" If he could manipulate events inside the Eye of Meng, that would be good so that Gao Shen would not lose. Why make Gao Lan Mei win then?

He was only one of the many gatekeepers to the orb. He could only help anyone enter and exit while stabilizing the environment inside to not hurt the user. That's it. All scenes inside were just based entirely on the person's luck.

Gao Lan Mei was supposed to know this as well, but with her emotions running high, she was not able to think rationally and just blurted out, looking for someone to blame.

Curiously looking at Gao Lan Mei whose face was now red as a tomato, including the ears, Fa Li smirked. 'Don't tell me that lewdness runs in the Gao family?'

That would be impossible though for someone who was not yet married. So what went wrong?

Gao Shen crossed his arms over the chest, "Why? It's like you are not happy with it? Your face is all red." He pointed out teasingly. Already back to his carefree self. Though he lost, the chance to get even using this way was good enough.

Becoming more upset hearing Gao Shen, "I do not know what you are talking about! Regardless, I won!" She exclaimed indignantly, emotions all over the place.

"Yes. Yes. You won to your oh so great uncle." Gao Shen answered, with a defeated tone, "Tell me what you saw in there! It seems so interesting," he came close to her and whispered, his brows moving up and down in encouragement, perhaps.

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Author's Note: 

If you have time, kindly check out my friend writeranagha's new novel "Entangled Souls". I like it and hope you will like it too! :-)