The old woman was also quite frustrated with her current state.
She pressed her lips together tightly.
When she realized it wasn't helping, the old woman simply bit her lip.
A sudden jolt of pain shot through her nerve endings like lightning.
At last, the old woman felt somewhat grounded again.
She took a deep breath.
"I..."
"...the red-eyed one!"
After struggling for a while, the old woman finally cried out, her voice somewhat hoarse.
It was more of a cry than a shout, though the volume wasn't very loud.
It sounded more like a desperate yell after she'd strained her voice to the limit.
"The red-eyed one?"
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly.
He softly repeated the old woman's words.
"Mm!"
The old woman nodded vigorously.
Her eyes were brighter than ever.
At least, they were the brightest Xiao Xiao had seen them in all the times he'd met her.
"I remember now..."
The old woman had shaken off her earlier dejection.
Her whole face seemed to glow.
"I remember..."
The old woman was so excited that her voice trembled.
The old woman tried her best to calm herself down.
But it did little good.
She was too excited.
Her eyes burned as she stared at the young man in front of her.
"The red-eyed one!"
"It's the red-eyed one!"
"It?"
Xiao Xiao quickly came to a guess. "You mean the... one you've been waiting for..."
He chose his words carefully.
"It's the red-eyed one?"
"Mm!"
The old woman nodded vigorously.
"Yes, yes..."
Her excitement was plain to see.
She couldn't help pacing back and forth.
"It only has one eye..."
"And it's red."
"Just like your snake and..."
The old woman faltered.
She still didn't know what the white bundle in