Chapter 55: Yin Zhe's Uncle
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The butler bowed again, lower this time. "There is news. It concerns the missing young master of the Yin clan… The Hier of the patriarch... Yin Zhe."
The room changed in that moment. The lantern flames swayed. The air felt tighter, and cold. Yin Bai's fingers stopped completely. For several breaths he said nothing, and the silence held a heavy weight.
Then he lowered the hand-scope onto the table. The soft click of wood meeting wood echoed across the shelves.
"…Continue," he said, with a slow voice.
"Yes, Family Head." The butler straightened slightly. "The second young master of this branch, Yin Zhang, has reported seeing him. He claims that Young Master Yin Zhe appeared at the Shattered Star Competition."
Yin Bai's expression moved a bit, but only a little. His eyebrows lowered by the slightest fraction. His eyes narrowed as if trying to measure the truth inside the butler's words.
