"No-"
Seeing the old lady's look of disbelief, the old man smiled and fell silent.
He knew he couldn't hide it from the old lady.
"I was just thinking..."
"What Lei Lei said...might all be true."
"Really?"
The old lady's brows furrowed deeply. "You mean I saw wrong?"
"No, I mean my old eyes were so blurry that I didn't see it?"
"No."
Hearing the displeasure in the old lady's voice, the old man felt helpless. "I didn't say anything."
"Then what did you mean?"
The old lady pressed him.
The child had told the truth... She wasn't suffering from failing eyesight either...
Then...what was the deal with that tiger?
It made no sense at all.
The old man suddenly sighed.
The complicated expression that had bothered the old lady earlier appeared on his face again.
It was impossible to say exactly what it meant.
There seemed to be emotion in it, as well as regret...
"What's wrong with you?"
The old lady grew anxious from worry. "You wouldn't let me go after the child."
"And now you're acting strange for no reason."
"You even criticized me earlier."
"Aren't you being vague yourself?"
"What's wrong with you?"
"Can't you just get to the point?"
"This is making me so uncomfortable!"
The old man smiled bitterly.
"...What the child said..."
"It reminded me of something that happened in the past."
"Something that happened in the past?"
The old lady was puzzled. "Someone else saw a tiger back then too?"
The old lady reacted quickly.
"Yes."
The old man nodded.
"It happened a long time ago."
"I've almost forgotten about it."
"But what Lei Lei said just now made me remember."
The old man held onto the table and sat down in the chair.
His expression was somewhat gloomy.
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