Chapter 285 - 286 - Observing the suspects
Yunfeng slipped into the bathroom, quietly closing the door behind him. The moment the lock clicked, he reached under the sink where he’d hidden a tiny folded scrap of paper. Quickly and efficiently, he scribbled down a note with shaking fingers. His vision was still blurry—patches of light and shifting shapes—but that was a good thing.
He was recovering. Even his sense of smell was getting better. he could smell Muchen’s subtle rose scent in the room
Just a few hours without the drugged food and his body was already pushing out the toxins. His head felt clearer. His muscles weren’t shaking as much. And though his eyes still couldn’t see faces, he could make out forms, furniture, shadows—light.
It gave him hope.
He carefully folded the note and tucked it into his palm, then stepped out of the bathroom. His gait was careful, slow. He placed his hand on the wall, feeling along it with exaggerated hesitancy. Every movement was calculated. If someone was watching him, they’d see only a blind man trying to navigate a room.
But as he reached the end of the bed, Yunfeng subtly paused, leaning slightly on the bed frame. His hand hovered just above the jagged hole where the hollow iron rod had struck through earlier. A flash of movement—quick and small—was all it took. The paper disappeared into the hollow pipe with a soft flick.
In the other room, Jai was already waiting beside the bed, pretending to play with the metal rod as if it were just some random piece of junk from the wall. His fingers brushed inside—and he found the note.
Without reacting, he casually leaned toward Kailun, who was seated cross-legged on the floor, pretending to sort through some old papers. Under the cover of his elbow, Jai passed the folded message into his grandfather’s palm.
Kailun didn’t even look up. His hands moved like muscle memory, slipping the paper beneath the cover of one of his sleeves. With a practiced air of calm, he unwrapped the paper, read Yunfeng’s update, and nodded subtly to himself.