My Mysterious Husband

Kerry then lifted his arm lazily and let go of her. Venus went to the bathroom, turned the tap on and off, and two minutes later, she went back to the bedroom. Kerry was already snoring. Apparently, he was deep in sleep.

Venus patted on his face to make sure he was really sleeping, and he gave no response. She was surprised at how fast the drug was taking effects, and she decided to take action right away.

She went to the study on the third floor, found the secret place and took out the little wooden box. She then walked out of the study, looked around, and found there was no one in the corridor. Her heart was beating so violently in her chest.

She sneaked back to Kerry’ s bedroom and found he was still sleeping. She took a deep breath, calmed herself down, sat on Kerry’ s bed, grabbed his right hand and pressed his thumb on the fingerprint reader on that box.

The box was not opened.

Is he a lefty?

Venus then grabbed Kerry’ s left hand and repeated the same process. She was so nervous. She didn’t know what to do if the box couldn’t be opened.

But luckily, the light on the box flashed, and after two beeps, the box was flicked open.

Venus was so excited that she almost screamed. She then threw Kerry’ s hand aside, held her breath and looked into the little box.

But when she saw what was inside, her face darkened in an instant. It was a big blue gem which gave out a soft glow. And the treasure map was no where to be seen.

Venus didn’t want to give up. She took out the gem and found there was nothing else in the box. She knocked it with her finger to see if the sides of the box were hollow, but they were not, which meant there was no hidden compartment.

She was suddenly overwhelmed by frustration, sadness and despair. She sat there motionlessly, and she didn’t know what to do.

She suddenly realized Kerry had never admitted that he had the treasure map in his home. It was only her guess. And Xuan Chu’s discovering of the box made her believe the treasure map was must in the box. It was a highly subjective point of view.

She thought she would find the map, and she was even ready to leave this place forever. And now, everything seemed like a terrible joke.

minutes later, she took out her

Xuan’s voice was so happy.

easy way to say it.

“What is it?

cleared her throat and said: “Xuan, I opened the box just now.”

a tinge of disappointment in her voice. He asked: “The

Venus said. Tears brimmed

“Then what is it?” He asked.

blue gem.”

“Can you send me a

“Sure.” Venus wiped her tears with the back of her hand.

to comfort her. He said: “Don’t worry. We can keep looking for it. We will

you. I’ll talk to you later.” Venus said. She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply

sent the picture to Xuan, and put the gem back in the box. She looked at Kerry, who was still sleeping, and suddenly,

Where the hell did you hide that bloody map!! I should be able to leave this place tomorrow!” She

with the box, banging the door behind

his chest and groaned. These were indeed some powerful punches, and he almost cried out just

study and swap the map with a precious gem. He knew Venus would absolutely leave when she found the map, and he couldn’t let her go. He felt very

“Venus, I’m sorry. But I can’t let you go.” Kerry said to himself.

her room. She couldn’t bear the sight of Kerry. She knew

bed tiredly. She felt like she just had a bungee jumping. It was like she fell into hell directly from paradise.

The silence in her room was suddenly broken by the ringing of her phone. She knew it could only be Xuan at

“Are you

at the

picture you just sent me. The gem was once inlaid in a sceptre belonged to a pharaoh in ancient Egypt. It is called “Eye of the Sky”, and its value is immeasurable.

is. This is not what I want.” Venus said in a flat tone.

silent for a few seconds. He then said: