Time flies, and a week has passed. The "Oriental Patient" Bruno mentioned has arrived in Pingjiang.
Upon receiving Bruno's call, Ye Qingqing said she would come over after school.
The patient lived on Songjiang Road, which was a well-known wealthy area in Pingjiang City before liberation. Lu Mo was worried about her going there alone, so he specially drove her there.
"This patient's surname is Gongsun, and Bruno even said he's a descendant of royalty. How interesting," Ye Qingqing said with a smile.
Lu Mo's expression changed slightly, and he asked in surprise, "Surname Gongsun? Gongsun Ce's Gongsun?"
"Yeah, Gongsun only has one, what's wrong with you?" Ye Qingqing was puzzled. Lu Mo seemed to have heard something very important.
"How old is the patient?" Lu Mo asked seriously.
"My aunt said you're at least eighty. What happened to you?"
Lu Mo couldn't help but gently pinch her cheek. What a silly girl. "Think carefully, what's so special about this surname?"
Ye Qingqing was stunned. When she first heard the name Gongsun, she did feel something was wrong, but then too many things happened and she didn't think about it anymore. Now, seeing what Lu Mo said, it seems that there really is a problem with this surname!
"Gongsun... I feel like I've heard this surname somewhere before, where was it again..."
Ye Qingqing muttered to herself, as if she had thought of something, but it was all a bit jumbled up, and she couldn't quite grasp the key points.
Lu Mo couldn't stand it anymore and asked reproachfully, "What was the Gong family's surname before?"
"ah!"
Ye Qingqing exclaimed, her eyes wide open. No wonder the name sounded familiar; it was the Gong family. The Gong family's original surname was Gongsun, which was later changed to Gong. Could it be...?
"You mean this patient might be a member of the Gong family? Impossible, the age doesn't match. Didn't Princess Luo say that Gong Yi only arranged for the children to escape? If those children were alive today, they would be at most in their sixties. That patient is at least eighty."
Ye Qingqing shook her head in denial. The old lady and Sang Wanhua had discussed this issue a few days ago, and they both denied that it was a member of the Gong family. Ye Qingqing also felt it was impossible.
The only one who fits the age is Gong Yi, or his son, but they are both adults and were murdered that night; it's impossible for them to still be alive.
“The Gong family isn’t the only one with the surname Gongsun; there could be other wealthy families as well!” Ye Qingqing said.
Lu Mo smiled and didn't argue with her. He and Ye Qingqing had different opinions. Princess Luo was only guessing and couldn't be sure what happened that night. Maybe Gong Yi wasn't dead!
There's no use thinking about it now; we'll know what's going on when we meet the patient.
Bruno mentioned that the residence was the largest house on Songjiang Road. This house was also very famous. It belonged to a warlord during the Republic of China era. The warlord was rich, so the house was naturally built to be large and beautiful. However, the warlord was not very lucky. He lost his life during the war, and his wives and concubines either fled or died. The huge house was also sold off.
The house is smaller than the palace, but it has artificial hills, gardens, bridges and streams, and it has been renovated. It is not desolate at all, which shows that someone has been taking care of it all along.
"Mr. Gongsun is already waiting, please come in." Bruno was waiting at the door.
As he walked, he explained the patient's condition, "Late-stage lung cancer, the cancer cells have spread throughout the body, he has at most two months left, and the patient is already ninety-three years old, too old..."
Ye Qingqing paused for a moment, then asked, "How old is he?"
"Ninety-three years old? What's wrong?" Bruno asked, puzzled.
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