"It's just a possibility."
The old lady thought thoughtfully, "Children are prone to forgetfulness, and they just got a serious illness..."
"Or maybe the child's parents didn't let him come because the child got seriously ill in the village."
"You also said that Xiaobai came to the village for self-cultivation."
"As a result, I failed to cultivate myself and got seriously ill instead."
"What do you think the child's parents would think?"
"..."
The old man nodded silently.
"……you're right."
"I remembered."
"Xiaobai's grandparents lived in the city for a while."
"Later, when I go to the city to study, I will almost forget about Xiaobai."
"Actually, whether he came back later...I don't know."
"It's all in the past."
"Don't worry too much."
The wrinkles at the corners of the old lady's eyes relaxed slightly, but then wrinkled again quickly, "Has it been a long time?"
"Leile..."
The old lady couldn't hide her worry, "I don't know what's going on?"
"I'll go look for it in the woods."
As he said that, the old lady stood up and asked, "Why have you been here for so long?"
"This child..."
"alright."
The old man grabbed the old lady and said, "Don't worry too much."
"Leilei is fine."
"how do you know?"
The old lady was a little dissatisfied with the old man's unfounded confidence.
"If something happens, it will be too late."
"I have no idea."
The old man's unexpected answer stunned the old lady.
"but-"
The old man smiled slightly, "I know that Xiaobai and Leilei were not injured."
"If the tiger had meant to hurt people, Leilei would not have come back intact yesterday."
"Besides, according to Leilei, he got lost and it was the tiger that brought him to the entrance of the forest."
"Tell me, the tiger didn't hurt anyone yesterday, why did the tiger hurt the child today?"
"Is there any difference between yesterday and today?"
"Maybe the tiger was full yesterday..."
The old lady muttered something in a low voice.
But he also knew that he was just looking for something to say.
She admitted that what the old man said made sense.
The children came back fine yesterday...
Otherwise, if the tiger wants to eat the child, even if it is full, it will not send the child back. At most, it would be the greatest kindness to let the child fend for itself.
The tiger who knows how to bring back the lost children...
Maybe the old man was right.
That's no ordinary tiger.
Rather, they are existences similar to elves and monsters.
Of course, these conjectures are based on the premise that tigers are real.
And her biggest doubt is that the tiger...the tiger Leilei talks about...is it real?
Even if the old man said that... He said it was because she couldn't see it, not because the tiger didn't exist...
But what you hear is false, and what you see is true.
Without a way to see it, it was difficult for her to convince herself that the tiger existed.
"That……"
The old lady was still a little uneasy, "Are we going to ignore Leilei?"
"What does it mean to ignore Leile?"
The old man rolled his eyes and said, "It's just a matter of letting him go."
"If he wants to see the tiger, let him go."
"Don't worry either."
"It always takes some time for children to play with tigers."
"How can there be any reason to go and come back immediately?"
"But……"
"alright."
The old man waved his hand and said, "Stop it."
"Come and have breakfast."
"Fortunately it's summer now, otherwise the porridge, steamed buns and fried dumplings would have been completely cold."
"How can you eat it if it's not hot?"
…
The old lady ate her breakfast absentmindedly.
From time to time, I have to look up at the time or turn around and look at the door.
The expression on his face alternated between hope and disappointment.
There was a hint of anxiety between the furrowed brows.
The old man shook his head.
He knew that the old lady's condition could not be changed no matter how much he tried.
He didn't speak again.
In fact, he was a little worried in his heart.
After all, everything is based on the comparison between Xiaobai's past experience and Leilei's story.
He didn't know if his guess was very wrong?
Is it right to let children get in touch with the tiger they can't see?
…
Just when the two old men lamented how long today was for the first time, their grandson finally came back.
Compared with the confusion and anxiety when he rushed out in the morning, the child's face was full of smiles when he came back.
Clearly had a great morning.
To be continued...