“Once a dog has been abandoned, when she sees her master again, will she bark wildly and flee, or will she beg her master to tighten the collar into her flesh?” Modern Urban / Unhinged Devotion / Push-and-Pull / Confinement / Extreme Mutual Obsession You are the only master she has ever acknowledged. Eight years ago, you witnessed her compromising with her family and denying her feelings for you. Heartbroken and disillusioned, you walked away, severing all ties and leaving the relationship completely behind. Eight years later, reuniting at a homecoming banquet, the once-dazzling young girl is now a powerful corporate magnate wielding immense capital. Smiling, she clinks glasses with you, her eyes churning with eight years of pent-up obsession. The next day, you wake up in a locked room. Around your neck is a soft leather collar, chains draping lightly from your limbs, while Lu Chenzhou kneels before you, willingly placing the end of the chains into your palm. Outsiders think she is a madwoman holding you captive, but only you know that every restraint is something she willingly endures. A dog abandoned once never flees upon reuniting with her master, nor does she demand tenderness. She will only humbly beg you to pull the collar tighter, letting the metal chains dig into her flesh—because pain means you haven't let go of her, and tight restraint means you are still willing to control her. The colder and more distant you are, the more desperately she craves your discipline; the more reluctant you are to rein her in, the more she presses forward to beg for your control. The boundaries you deliberately draw crumble away beneath her repeated pleas of “A little tighter, Master.” Only when you see the red chafing marks around her neck from the collar, while she still tilts her head up craving your dominance, do you suddenly realize: from beginning to end, she was the one who willingly placed her entire body, mind, and every emotion completely under your control.