Both mother and daughter were smart and understood what he meant. There are not so many coincidences in the world. One coincidence is normal, but two coincidences are obviously deliberate.
They had previously attacked the Xue family in Seoul, and just as they had disrupted the Xue family's formation, this person appeared in Seoul, seized this excellent opportunity, and sent four lives of the Xue family to the underworld in one fell swoop.
This time, the news about the mother and daughter had just been leaked, and perhaps they had just been targeted by Xue Haihui and the people behind him. Before they could take any action, this person made a move in Kyoto and strangled Xue Haihui's lifeline in one fell swoop.
If what happened in Seoul was a coincidence, is this also a coincidence?
Seeing that the mother and daughter were both lost in thought and didn't speak, Lu Jingchuan asked again, "Mom, Linglong didn't tell me much about the Gong family. Let me ask you, are there any other relatives on the Gong family's grandparents' side?"
Bai Shuixian hadn't explained this to them in detail before, so she began to talk slowly: "The Gong family is actually a family with hundreds of years of history. I once read a family tree at home, and the earliest record dates back to the early Ming Dynasty."
"Although the family heritage is long, the Gong family does not have many descendants. By the time of my great-grandfather, he was the only one left."
"My great-great-grandmother gave birth to three children: one son and two daughters. The son is my grandfather, and my two great-aunts married and moved south. With the passing of their generation, we lost contact with them."
"My grandparents had one son and one daughter, and my parents had three sons and one daughter. I originally had a younger brother, but he died of illness at the age of three."
"My father's sister, my aunt, went abroad to study in the early 1930s and got married there. Her husband was from a prominent family in Hong Kong, and she later settled in Hong Kong with him."
"When my parents were alive, they exchanged letters with my aunt. Due to inconvenient transportation and various restrictions, they only wrote once a year at most. However, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, my aunt and uncle gave us great support, providing us with a lot of Western medicine and weapons. However, they never returned in person."
Gong Linglong was also hearing her mother talk about this for the first time, so she asked again, "Mom, what about grandma's house?"
"Your grandmother's family is from Jinling. They were originally a prominent family of scholars, but due to war and other reasons, the entire family dispersed, and many of them left the country to seek a living."
"Your grandmother's branch stayed in China. I have two uncles. When they grew up, they both gave up writing and joined the army. One died in battle, and the other lived until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War."
"The one who's still alive is my eldest uncle. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he was assigned to work in Nanjing and became involved in politics. He has always kept in touch with our family through letters."
"After the incident with the Gong family, his situation is unclear."
Lu Jingchuan thought about it carefully and asked a key question: "Mom, when the accident happened, did you see with your own eyes that grandparents and two uncles were killed by Xue Haihui?"
Speaking of this, Bai Shuixian's face tightened. The memories of the incident all emerged clearly in her mind, and her voice trembled slightly: "Xue Haihui and his men rushed into the house and forced us to hand over our things. We firmly refused, so he stabbed my second brother who was closest to him with a knife. To protect my second brother, my mother pulled him behind her in time, and the knife stabbed her."
Every time Bai Shuixian thought of her mother's tragic death, her heart ached and she looked agitated: "He stabbed my mother in the abdomen. She bled profusely. When I went to get emergency medicine, my father suddenly stuffed a small bundle into my hands, hurriedly told me to stay alive, and then activated a mechanism in the house."
"The mechanism was activated, the ground shook and fell down, and then I heard an explosion outside, and flames ignited all around."
"I was sent to another escape hatch by the authorities. When I rushed back home, it was engulfed in flames. Neighbors were helping to put out the fire."
"The fire was so huge that it burned for a whole day, and the Gong family's ancestral home was completely reduced to ashes."
"I searched the area several times but couldn't find my parents and brothers..."
What she said was actually very vague. She only saw her mother in an accident with her own eyes, and did not see her father and two brothers die. She just guessed that they all died in the accident.
"Mom, Grandpa is an expert in mechanical engineering. He's built an elaborate escape route through our house. Do you think he could have activated other mechanisms to send my uncles away?"
As soon as Lu Jingchuan said this, Bai Shuixian's eyes suddenly lit up and her hands began to tremble violently.
"Also, you heard an explosion and saw flames all around. Xue Haihui and the others came after the Gong family's belongings. How could they suddenly kill Grandpa and the others when they didn't get them?"
He thought of the key point, and Gong Linglong nodded in agreement: "That's right. Mom, Brother Jing is right. They are here for the goods, and they won't take action immediately without getting the goods."
Bai Shuixian had never thought about this carefully before, but now, after being reminded by her son-in-law, her lips trembled: "Yes, yes, Jingchuan, you are right. That explosion and the sudden fire were not right. It should not be the work of Xue Haihui and the others. It is very likely that my father activated another mechanism."
"Mom, you didn't see grandpa and my two uncles die with your own eyes, so we can't conclude that they are all dead."
"I always feel that if Grandpa can send you away, he should be able to send your uncle and the others away as well. Since Grandpa has set up traps in the room, there must be more than one."
Lu Jingchuan's words inspired hope. Bai Shuixian's eyes, filled with grief, gathered light, crystal tears rolled back and forth in her eye sockets, her inner emotions fluctuated, and thousands of hopes lingered in her chest.
Gong Linglong stepped forward to support her, and thought of the man who injected poison into Old Man Xue and the others in the Seoul Hospital. She quickly asked her, "Mom, are my uncles tall?"
"high."
Bai Shuixian wiped away the tears that were falling and said tremblingly, "Your eldest uncle is very tall, about the same height as Jingchuan, and your youngest uncle is half a head shorter, about the same height as Taozi. Both of them are thin."
The man they met in the hospital at that time was tall and thin. Gong Linglong quickly told her, "Mom, the man who injected Old Man Xue and the others with poison in the hospital last time was very tall, about the same height as Brother Jing. I told you later that when he walked past me, my heartbeat inexplicably accelerated. He seemed to have sensed it at the time and even touched my chest."
"Linglong."
Bai Shuixian suddenly grabbed her, tears streaming down her face, sobbing with joy: "It must be your uncle, it must be him."
"Mom, you should be able to draw, right? Please quickly draw my uncle's appearance and let Linglong confirm it." Lu Jingchuan urged.
"Okay, okay, I'll draw it."
Bai Shuixian was so excited that her whole body was shaking, "Linglong, hurry up and give me paper and pen."
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