The car door slammed shut with a "bang," sealing off the blinding sunlight and the last glimmer of hope.
Lin Yutang was pressed against the leather seat in the back, flanked by two burly men on either side, trapping her in the middle.
She desperately twisted her wrists, but the men's grip was like iron clamps, unyielding.
Her long dress had crumpled in the struggle, revealing a stretch of fair calf, with faint red marks on her ankle from her last escape attempt.
The door closed, and the Mercedes smoothly drove away from the park.
Watching the greenery outside the window pass by steadily, Lin Yutang stopped struggling, her face full of despair.
She thought this time would be different.
Tracy had rarely brought her to Xia for business, and the moment she set foot on her homeland, she could almost hear her heart pounding wildly.
An opportunity, the only chance to escape.
She had meticulously planned, using his busy schedule as an excuse to get some air, then slipped away to this secluded park.
But she was still too naive, unable to escape the clutches of this pervert.
In the front passenger seat, Tracy slowly turned his head.
He wore a sharply tailored black shirt, sleeves rolled up to his forearms, revealing a well-defined wrist.
His mixed German and Chinese features were deep and aggressive, with high cheekbones and pale gray-blue eyes that carried an inherent sense of dominance.
He leaned back in the seat, relaxed, as if everything was under his control, which it indeed was.
"Lin Yutang," a hint of mockery flashed in his eyes, "I told you, even if you return to Xia, you won't escape my grasp."
"You think you can run?"
"Here, no one can save you," he paused, a smirk playing on his lips, "even if you run into Xia's police station... it would just be a bit more trouble for me."
His gaze fell on her face, slowly and invasively sweeping over her entire body.
Lin Yutang was indeed stunningly beautiful.
She had an exquisitely beautiful face, now drained of all color.
Her almond-shaped eyes were brimming with tears, lashes trembling slightly with fear.
Her chest heaved rapidly, the neckline of her dress askew, revealing a stretch of fair collarbone, marked with several red streaks.
Tracy's gaze lingered on her face for a few seconds, his lips curling slightly.
He loved seeing her like this.
Loved watching her muster the courage to escape, only to be easily caught again.
Watching her think she had succeeded, only to be recaptured at the peak of her hope.
Then watching the light in her beautiful eyes extinguish bit by bit, leaving only despair and fear.
What he wanted wasn't her obedience, but her constant attempts to escape, only to be recaptured, until she finally understood.
No matter where she ran, she couldn't escape his grasp. Until she willingly knelt at his feet, never daring to think of escaping again.
What he wanted was this complete conquest.
"You didn't cherish the opportunity I gave you." His voice was calm, enunciating each word, "You ran."
He tilted his head slightly, looking at her as if she were a prized possession he had painstakingly acquired.
"When we get back, you know how I'll punish you."
"This time I'll go further, it won't be as... easy as before." He glanced at Lin Yutang's curvaceous figure, his eyes burning.
Finally, he added, "And you'll never set foot in Xia again."
His tone was flat, but Lin Yutang shivered all over.
The last time she tried to escape, she was locked in a basement for a whole week, given only a bottle of water and a slice of bread each day, the chain just long enough for her to crawl to the corner.
During those days, he would come down to see her once a day, squatting in front of her, asking in that gentle tone if she "knew her mistake," until she cried and admitted she did.
In the future, she might really never have the chance to return to her homeland.
Would she really be kept as this man's pet for life?
Her eyes filled with tears of despair.
Tracy turned back, tilting his head towards the driver, his voice returning to its usual cold and authoritative tone: "Contact the family, arrange a private jet back to Germany, we leave in an hour."
The driver immediately picked up the phone to make arrangements.
Tracy leaned back in his seat, glancing at the trembling woman in the back through the rearview mirror, the curve of his lips deepening once more.
Lin Yutang closed her eyes, feeling as if the last bit of strength had been drained from her.
Scalding tears finally rolled down her cheeks.
This was why she didn't dare to really run to the police station for help.
This demon, though from a powerful German family, was rumored to have immense influence in Xia as well.
If she ran in alone to report, the news might reach him before the case was even filed.
Then she might end up just like in Germany, being respectfully returned to this demon by law enforcement.
So she didn't dare go to the police station.
She thought hiding in this rarely visited park would be temporarily safe, hoping that once he lost patience, she could escape his clutches.
In the end, from beginning to end, she was just a bird futilely struggling in his palm.
Lin Yutang watched the street scene rapidly retreating outside the car window, the sunlight so bright, yet cold on her skin.
The car sped up, heading towards the airport, towards that inescapable dark cage named Gu Beiye.
Ba City Development Zone Public Security Sub-Bureau Command Center.
The entire wall of high-definition LED screens flickered, divided into dozens of frames, displaying real-time traffic on the city's main roads, surveillance views of key areas, and a constantly updating stream of police information.
The deputy director in charge of criminal investigation stood in front of the screen, his expression calm, his speech unhurried:
"All teams, attention, immediately initiate the City Lockdown Plan. Video team, replay the surveillance around the park, lock onto the suspect vehicle's brand, color, license plate, and escape direction."
Quickly, the video investigators pulled up the footage, the surveillance camera at a street corner having a clear angle.
One frame was rapidly enlarged and projected onto the central main screen.
In the footage, two burly men were seen lifting a woman in a white dress off the street and forcibly stuffing her into a black Mercedes.
Vehicle information was almost instantly matched and locked.
"In broad daylight, abducting someone on the street!" The deputy director stared at the screen, his face darkening, squeezing out words through clenched teeth, "Absolutely lawless!"
At the same time, at the edge of the frame, an extremely eye-catching bright blue Aston Martin sports car was also captured.
"Is the sports car behind the one who reported it?"
"Yes, Director Zhao! Initial verification confirms the owner is Lu Jingxiu, he's the one who called 110."
"Good." Director Zhao took a deep breath, not focusing on the informant.
The current surveillance footage clearly indicated a heinous daylight kidnapping case.
He quickly instructed, "Immediately initiate the major police emergency response plan! Form the '6.12' kidnapping case task force, with me as the chief commander, and simultaneously report the situation to the Municipal Public Security Bureau Command Center!"
His expression was grim.
If such a major criminal case occurred in his jurisdiction and wasn't handled well, he would be the first to be held accountable.
Only if the hostage was safely rescued and the case quickly solved could this be written into his performance report as a successful handling of a complex situation.
Otherwise, his career might just end here.