The Mark of Possession

Proof? A mark?

Yu Lian still had no idea what Bai Muya intended. She watched as the other woman approached, settling beside her and gently stroking her lower abdomen.

“I’m a connoisseur of beauty; I love collecting and admiring beautiful women,” Bai Muya began. “While I won’t engage with you intimately, I also have no desire to see you entangled with other unfamiliar women, making a fool of me.”

“Therefore, this mark is to prevent you from getting into mischief.”

“Don’t worry, it won’t hurt,” she reassured. “In fact, it will be quite pleasurable.”

Upon hearing this, Yu Lian grew even more alarmed, a desperate urge to flee seizing her. ‘What kind of joke was this?’ she thought. She still harbored plans of seducing Bai Lingyi and eloping. If a mark were truly planted on her, wouldn’t all her hopes be utterly shattered?

However, her hands were firmly grasped. Yu Lian felt, for the first time, the immense strength of Bai Lingyi. In the other woman’s grip, she was as helpless as a kitten.

“Lingyi~”

“I’m sorry.”

It seemed that when facing the Second Miss, Bai Lingyi was powerless to help Yu Lian, despite her willingness. She had the heart but not the strength.

“It’s useless to try and appeal to her with pity,” Bai Muya stated, raising an eyebrow. “She values me more than she values you, understand?” She then commanded, “Lingyi, strip her completely. Not a single piece of clothing left.”

‘Strip her completely?’

‘Hold on, didn’t you say there’d be no consummation? What are you doing? Even for planting a mark, you don’t need to strip me entirely, do you?’

“Don’t… don’t take them off.”

No sooner had Yu Lian spoken than she felt a sudden chill. Her dress was pulled away by Bai Lingyi, leaving her in only a set of pure white silk undergarments.

“Pure white, huh? Hmm, it suits you perfectly. Clean, untainted. From the surface, you look like a fairy untouched by worldly dust, a perfect match.”

“I heard you go out commando sometimes. I suppose these undergarments were prepared for you by Lingyi.”

Bai Lingyi reached for Yu Lian’s back, replying softly, “Yes, Second Miss.”

With her upper body now exposed.

Bai Muya finally saw the ‘true face of Mount Lu’. She pinched her chin, scrutinizing Yu Lian, then nodded in praise. “Excellent, excellent. Just so. But from now on, you are not allowed to go out without underwear. You are now my concubine; you cannot be so wanton, do you understand?”

Yu Lian bit her lower lip.

To be seen like this by another woman, especially in front of the Bai Lingyi she adored, felt incredibly strange.

Bai Lingyi’s hand moved towards Yu Lian’s lower body.

Yu Lian instinctively clamped her legs together.

“Miss Yu Lian, please be good, alright? Don’t make things difficult for me,” Bai Lingyi sighed, looking at Yu Lian.

In the end, Yu Lian succumbed, relaxing her legs.

The last piece of clothing also left her body.

Bai Muya looked on with curiosity.

‘Could it really be as Lingyi said?’

Her gaze, now unobstructed, saw the truth. She covered her mouth, surprised. It truly was as described… indescribably, incredibly white.

Bai Lingyi stepped aside slightly, allowing Bai Muya to stand closer. The next step, concerning the mark, required the Second Miss to personally implant it.

Bai Muya traced Yu Lian’s smooth lower abdomen, praising, “I envy you. Is such beautiful skin truly something one person can possess?”

Yu Lian’s heart tightened.

‘Hey, hey, don’t guess the truth just by making a random assumption.’

She truly wasn’t human; she was a mermaid.

Bai Muya’s fingers slowly moved downwards. Yu Lian’s heart tensed with her fingers. “Second Miss, please don’t do anything reckless. You just said you wouldn’t touch me.”

“Of course. You can rest assured.”

Bai Muya did not stop there.

Yu Lian let out a sharp, ‘Ying!’

Bai Muya was surprised. ‘What kind of constitution is this? I didn’t even do anything just now.’

Bai Lingyi leaned close to Bai Muya’s ear and explained, “Second Miss, Miss Yu Lian is very sensitive. So, it’s best not to touch her carelessly.”

“How do you know that?” Bai Muya eyed Bai Lingyi suspiciously. ‘Could something have happened between you two?’

Bai Lingyi replied solemnly, “I discovered it by chance when I was wiping her body with a towel. The towel brushed against her…”

“Alright, alright, why are you explaining so much?”

Bai Muya waved her hand, dismissing her suspicions.

Bai Lingyi: “…”

‘But you asked.’

Bai Muya wiped her fingers on Yu Lian’s body, then got down to business. She bit the tip of her index finger, and crimson blood welled up. Her hand glowed faintly as she used her fingertip like a brush, concentrating on drawing upon Yu Lian’s lower abdomen.

As the number of strokes increased, more sweat beaded on her forehead, dripping down her face.

Bai Lingyi took out a handkerchief to wipe away the sweat.

Yu Lian’s current sensations were difficult to describe. Her lower abdomen felt scorching hot, as if a furnace lay within her. But soon, just as she thought she couldn’t bear it, it would turn cool and comfortable again.

Amidst this alternating heat and coolness.

The mark was finally fully etched.

Bai Muya, drained of strength, leaned into Bai Lingyi’s embrace, gasping for breath, drenched in sweat. Yu Lian, freed by Bai Lingyi’s loosened grip, sat up and looked at her abdomen.

There, on her lower abdomen, was a red heart-shaped mark.

“This… isn’t this the same heart shape as on Lingyi’s abdomen?” Yu Lian exclaimed in shock. Both the color and the shape were identical. This was clearly the work of the same person.

“Do you think it’s beautiful?” Bai Lingyi suddenly asked.

Yu Lian’s expression was complex. So that’s how it was. ‘Your mark was drawn by the Second Miss. No wonder, no wonder I saw that unusual expression on your face back then. You were also forced, weren’t you?’

Yu Lian sat in a ‘duck walk’ posture, nodding silently.

‘When I escape in the future, I’ll wash this thing off, and I’ll help Lingyi wash hers off too.’

She actually had an unsettling thought that she didn’t want to confront: if this was a mark signifying the Second Miss’s concubines, then would Lingyi also be the Second Miss’s concubine? Or perhaps even higher, her wife?

Yu Lian’s heart was in turmoil, an indescribable discomfort. She avoided this thought, unwilling to face it directly.

‘Lingyi is pure. She must be.’

‘The Second Miss said her interest was in collecting beauties, not in engaging intimately. Even if Lingyi belongs to the Second Miss, as her wife or concubine, she wouldn’t lose her purity.’

‘So…’

‘So I still have a chance!’

Yu Lian’s hope rekindled.

‘I’ll just snatch her away. What’s there to be sad about!’

Bai Muya recovered, standing up from Bai Lingyi’s embrace. She twirled her fingers, her eyes curving into a smile. “Now you are completely mine. Don’t even think about getting rid of me and escaping again. Guard your chastity well for me.”

“I won’t run away.”

Yu Lian scoffed lightly. If she were to run, she would only do so once Bai Lingyi’s heart belonged to her. She decided that for now, she would focus on winning over Bai Lingyi, making her rebel against the Second Miss. For this period, she would stay here for a while. After all, she had food, drink, and someone to provide for her, so she wouldn’t have to wander outside.

Bai Lingyi brought the discarded dress, intending to help Yu Lian put it on, but Yu Lian stopped her. “Lingyi, I haven’t properly put on my undergarments yet.”

“No need to wear them.”

“Why?”

Yu Lian didn’t understand Bai Lingyi’s words.

From the side, Bai Muya, chin in hand, explained with a smile, “Lingyi is right. From now on, you won’t even need to wear underwear if you don’t want to. Because the mark will outline corresponding undergarments for you. It’s very convenient.”

‘Wait, you said it would outline?’

‘Isn’t this like some kind of chastity lock?’