The morning sun cast pale rectangles across the linoleum floor of the Government Slave Management Office. Su Wan'er adjusted the stiff collar of her uniform, the fabric still smelling of factory starch. She was twenty-two, fresh from the academy, and today marked her first field inspection.
"Ready, Xiao Su?" Senior Brother's voice came from behind her. She turned to see him buckling his leather equipment belt, the silver badge catching the light. Three years her senior, always patient during training, always smiling. She'd spent countless evenings replaying the way his eyes crinkled at the corners.
"Ready," she said, perhaps too quickly.
They drove in silence through the city's outer districts. The buildings grew sparser, then gave way to walled compounds. Senior Brother pointed to a set of iron gates. "The Li residence. Three registered slave-servants, two are female. Routine check."
Su Wan'er clutched her clipboard. The regulations were clear: verify identification tags, inspect living conditions, confirm no unauthorized abuse. Standard procedure.
A housekeeper led them through a manicured garden to a rear building that smelled of antiseptic and damp concrete. The inspection room was windowless, lit by a single fluorescent tube. A man in a silk robe sat in an armchair—Master Li, according to the file.
"Ah, the supervisors," he said without rising. "I was told to expect you."
Senior Brother gave a curt nod. "We'll need to see all registered slaves for verification."
Master Li snapped his fingers. A door at the far end opened, and a woman crawled in on hands and knees. She wore a leather collar with a brass tag, and nothing else. Her breasts swayed as she moved, her eyes fixed on the floor. She stopped before Master Li's chair and pressed her forehead to the tiles.
"Name?" Senior Brother asked, his voice flat.
"Number Seven," the woman said. Her voice was a whisper.
Su Wan'er wrote it down. *Seven. Female. Age twenty-four. Registered three years.*
"Present for inspection," Master Li said. He reached down and grasped the woman's hair, pulling her head up. "Open."
The woman opened her mouth. Her tongue extended, pink and wet. Master Li guided her face between his legs. Su Wan'er saw the bulge in his robe, and then the woman's lips were on it, her jaw working as she took him in.
Senior Brother didn't flinch. "Proceed with tag verification."
Su Wan'er stepped forward, her heart thudding. She knelt beside the woman and checked the collar's seal. Authentic. She noted the number. "Tag verified."
Master Li grunted, his hips beginning to move. The woman's head bobbed. Su Wan'er could hear wet, sucking sounds. She forced herself to focus on the clipboard.
"We also need to inspect for health and compliance," Senior Brother said. He had moved beside her. "Including internal examination."
Master Li laughed. "Of course. Number Seven, show them."
The woman pulled back, a string of saliva connecting her lips to his penis. She turned, presenting her rear to the supervisors, then lowered her chest to the floor. Her legs spread. Her vagina was visible, her anus clenching and unclenching.
"Record findings," Senior Brother said. He knelt, pulled on a latex glove, and without preamble inserted two fingers into the woman's vagina.
Su Wan'er's pen hovered over the paper. She watched his hand move, the woman's back arching slightly. No resistance. No pain. The slave accepted it with the same blank obedience she'd shown while serving her master.
"Lubrication normal, no lesions," Senior Brother said. He withdrew and pushed into her anus. "Sphincter relaxed. No signs of forced entry."
Su Wan'er wrote the words, but her hand trembled. A strange heat pooled low in her belly. She imagined his fingers inside her, his calm voice narrating her compliance. She shook the thought away.
"Your turn," Senior Brother said, looking at her.
"What?"
"Rookie learns the hands-on approach." He gestured to the glove box. "Document her response."
She couldn't refuse. It was part of the training. She pulled on a glove, the latex snapping against her wrist. The woman remained motionless, presented. Su Wan'er's fingers approached, hesitated, then pushed in.
Warm, wet, tight. The slave's muscles gave way easily, as if welcoming intrusion. Su Wan'er's face burned. She felt her own sex grow damp, an involuntary response. She moved her fingers in a circle, pretending to check for abnormalities.
"W-well maintained," she stammered.
Senior Brother smiled. "Good. Record it and we're done."
She withdrew, her fingers glistening. She wrote the notes, her handwriting slightly uneven. Master Li had pulled his robe closed. The woman remained on the floor, waiting for the next command.
Back in the car, the world seemed different. The sunlight felt too bright, the seat too hard. Senior Brother chatted about lunch options. Su Wan'er nodded, her mind elsewhere.
That night, alone in her apartment, she lay on her bed and replayed the inspection frame by frame. The woman's tongue. The glint of the collar. The way Senior Brother's fingers disappeared inside that warm, willing body. She touched herself, a tentative pressure, then harder. She came with a gasp, the image of his hand seared into her mind.
She sat up, breathing heavily. The ceiling fan clicked overhead. Her heart wavered, a crack forming in the wall she had built around her identity.
*What is wrong with me?* she thought. But the question felt hollow. Deep down, she already knew the answer.