Mission, Phoenixfield Heiress Exclusive Mark

After Sun Zhengdao had driven everyone out, he gave a silent signal to Madam Sun: strip every last piece of clothing from Serena Feng.

"Master, does it really have to be this way? Is there no other way?" Madam Sun had steeled herself before, but now that the moment was here, fear still gripped her.

"Madam, this is the Sun family’s mission. As the most loyal hereditary vassal house to the Phoenixfield Clan, the Sun family will never betray Phoenixfield." Sun Zhengdao’s voice was always stern, but now it was colder still, almost inhuman.

Hereditary vassals—bound to serve for generations—this was the Sun family’s fate. He’d already used Serena Feng’s ignorance to have her take his son as an apprentice, hoping to escape the chains of servitude. But one cannot be too greedy.

Madam Sun drew a deep breath. "I understand. At least with your generation, it ends—our son won’t have to repeat the ancestors’ fate."

Tears shimmered in Madam Sun’s eyes, caught between duty and grief.

"If you’re worried, stay with our son." Sun Zhengdao’s heart ached too, but this was the Sun family’s mission. He had no choice.

If Serena Feng were still timid and useless, he could have let her live or die as fate willed; the Phoenixfield Clan would never acknowledge a weak woman.

But now, Serena Feng is dazzlingly brilliant and unmatched in talent—she fully meets the Phoenixfield Clan’s requirements for a Phoenixfield Heiress. Of course, he must follow the Sun family’s ancestral rules and brand her with the Phoenixfield Clan Seal.

Women of the Phoenixfield Clan are born with a congenital cold condition. It isn’t fatal, but brings endless suffering. Only legitimate daughters—Phoenixfield Heiresses—have a chance to be cured through the clan’s secret ritual.