"You mustn't, you mustn't!"
The woman was nearly frightened to tears. How could an immortal call her "Auntie"? That would shorten her life!
She did not even dare reach out to take the hoe.
"Ah! Did I call you too old?"
Yu Lingdi, who looked like a youth, scratched his head awkwardly. "Then... Sister?"
"I..."
The woman's legs nearly gave out beneath her.
Calling her Sister was even worse than calling her Auntie!
She could not bear to be called Sister either! "Mother, the hoe..."
The child shrank timidly in the woman's arms.
Yet perhaps because it was his first time seeing rain, he was excited enough to be less afraid of strangers.
Looking at the hoe before them, the child recognized at once that it was the one Father had made with him. He immediately pointed at it.
Slap.
The woman hurriedly smacked his pointing finger away and changed the subject. "It isn't ours."
"Mother..."
The child wanted to speak again, but the woman shot him a glare. The little fellow immediately shrank his neck and dared not say another word.
"Is that so?"
How could Yu Lingdi fail to see that he had frightened them?
He immediately held the hoe upright and passed it over without touching her, placing it before the woman.
"Then you should be from this village, right?"
"Someone must be anxious after losing something. If they come looking for it, could you help me return this item to them?"
As he spoke, Yu Lingdi narrowed his eyes. His radiant smile, bright as sunlight, seemed to melt the woman's heart amid the pouring rain, soothing her fear as well.
"Y-Yes."
The woman answered, then hesitantly reached out and accepted the hoe.
"Thank you!"
Yu Lingdi bowed deeply once more.
Only then did he straighten up