Yu Shujun gritted her back teeth so hard they nearly cracked. Her face twisted into a grimace, every feature screaming refusal.
But a golden light flashed across the circular sigil on the back of her neck, leaving Yu Shujun no choice.
"Mas...ter..."
The two words came painfully from Yu Shujun's mouth, filled with unbearable shame and humiliation.
She raised a hand to take Wen Nan's outstretched hand. Yu Shujun's whole body was rigid, yet she still leaned forward and reverently kissed the back of his hand.
Wen Nan was taken aback.
He had only held out his hand because he meant to shake hers.
But that didn't matter now. Wen Nan still wore his faint smile, as if he hadn't noticed the feelings roiling inside Yu Shujun. In a cheerful tone, he said, "Good girl. Call me that a few more times from now on. When I get tired of hearing it, you can call me something else."
As he spoke, Wen Nan lowered his gaze to the Taming Sigil on Yu Shujun's neck.
The Taming Sigil was gold.
Qiqi's silver Taming Sigil was only level 1. It didn't take much to activate it—just 90% affection—but the control didn't last long, only an hour.
By contrast, the sigil branded onto Yu Shujun had reached level 3, thanks to Flower's Tear.
9527: [Level 3 Taming Sigil. Required affection to activate: 99%. Duration: Permanent (except if the sigil is changed by an irresistible force or the controlled target dies).]
Seeing the duration, Wen Nan curled his lips in satisfaction.
The three-minute effect of the [Flower's Tear] in his equipment slot had already ended. In other words, if [Flower's Tear] had only affected Qiqi's sigil, it would have been forcibly reverted from level 3 to level 1 by now.
But the level 3