Feasibility of Mermaids Infiltrating Qilin

"Little Qilin, is the day of the assessment special?" Su Xingze held the disguise materials distributed by the clan school in his hands. He watched the other teenagers discussing the assessment day with smiles on their faces. The sight of them laughing made him realize that the assessment day must not have been chosen randomly.

Zhang Shenglin took the little mermaid's disguise materials and put them together with his own. He glanced at Zhang Heshan, who was clearly unhappy, and lowered his voice to reply, "The day of the assessment is the day Aunt Shengxue gets married. At that time, the Zhang family's maternal family will also come to the main family to watch the ceremony. The whole Zhang family will be unusually lively."

Aunt Shengxue? A young woman wearing a padded jacket and skirt appeared in Su Xingze's mind.

"No wonder Zhang Heshan has been so irritable lately, it turns out his aunt is getting married." Su Xingze muttered to himself, recalling Zhang Heshan's recent volatile behavior.

After the ghost incident, Zhang Heshan and his group became much quieter. They stopped bullying the children and would only give them a disdainful snort when they saw them.

But in the past few days, Zhang Heshan has shown signs of causing trouble for the child again. He thought the child had done something to Zhang Heshan behind his back, but it turns out it was because of this incident.

It's rare for the Zhang family to have such a joyous occasion, especially since it's so close to the Lunar New Year. With both events happening at the same time, the Zhang family will be unusually lively.

Back home, Su Xingze couldn't help but tug at Zhang Shenglin: "Little Qilin, let me see who you drew. I promise I won't tell anyone."

Zhang Shenglin rarely refused the little mermaid, letting him take out the wooden sticks he kept in his pocket. Only after the little mermaid let go of him did Zhang Shenglin take the two of their disguise materials and return to the house.

Su Xingze held the slip of paper that belonged to Zhang Shenglin. The slip of paper simply had three large characters written on it: Zhang Shengchun.

I looked and looked, and there was no doubt that the name on the signature was still Zhang Shengchun.

Su Xingze pictured Zhang Shengchun gossiping with the other boys in the clan. Zhang Shengchun was lively and got along well with everyone at the clan school. He was well-informed, had a wide circle of friends, and was a person who could get along with anyone.

He recalled the child's usual demeanor: intelligent, calm, taciturn, and, strictly speaking, somewhat introverted.

Su Xingze: "..."

Zhang Shengchun and the child have completely opposite personalities. It would be too difficult for the child to disguise himself as Zhang Shengchun without anyone noticing anything amiss.

"Little Qilin! You're finished! You're definitely going to fail this test."

The child peeked out of the house. He didn't speak, but looked at him with his rarely expressive eyes, as if to say that this was impossible.

The child has always been a very hardworking person, and to make matters worse, he is also a genius.

He was relatively young for his age in the tribal school, but he consistently ranked in the top five in all his classes, even those he was least good at.

He had mastered the art of disguise, and the masks he made were so realistic that it was difficult to find any flaws in them.

He didn't think he would fail the test; he just felt that the little merman lacked confidence in him.

Looking at his disbelieving expression, Su Xingze shook his head inwardly: "Your disguise skills are quite good, but your acting skills are terrible!"

Strictly speaking, the child has no acting skills. He remains calm and composed no matter what happens, making it hard to imagine that he would be as lively as Zhang Shengchun.

The child listened thoughtfully, then nodded seriously: "I understand."

"What do you understand?" Su Xingze asked, looking completely bewildered.

Zhang Shenglin spent a day making the mask, soaking the human skin mask in a special solution, and the next day he took the little mermaid out the door.

The Zhang family's main residence was a very large mansion, while the children's small courtyard was located in a relatively remote part of the Zhang family's estate.

Along the way, festive red lanterns were hung on the corridors and trees of the family compound, creating a rare festive atmosphere.

Zhang Shenglin led the little mermaid through a maze of twists and turns, finally arriving at what should be the backyard of the Zhang family.

Winter had long since arrived in Northeast China, and most of the flowering trees in the Zhang family's backyard had withered, with only a few wintersweet trees in full bloom, filling the yard with fragrance. When the two arrived, the backyard was very lively.

"What are they doing here?"

Su Xingze recognized the people in the backyard: his classmates from the clan school and the boys he had just met two days ago who had completed their release into the wild.

"reunion."

Actually, it was just about finding a place before the New Year to give the younger generation a chance to socialize. Because the backyard is spacious, it has become a regular meeting place over time.

The Zhang family is a large clan with long lifespans, which means their fertility doesn't decline with age; they are generally fertile until at least one hundred years old. Because of this, the Zhang family doesn't have a tradition of requiring marriage at a certain age, making them remarkably open-minded compared to other families of their time.

However, this also presents a problem. Because of their long lifespan, the Zhang family members would not have only one child after marriage, unlike in modern times. It was normal for a Zhang couple to have five or six children in their lifetime, and it was not uncommon for them to have more than a dozen.

Therefore, it was predictable that the Zhang family would have many children.

There are currently twenty or thirty people under the age of 16 in this backyard.

With a large number of people of similar age, all from the same family, and not just people of the same age from the same clan school, these irregularly held gatherings provide a great platform.

Zhang Shenglin used to avoid joining in on these activities, knowing he was in an awkward position and no one would want to hang out with him.

This year, he felt that the little mermaid would enjoy the lively atmosphere because he had her by his side. Moreover, he believed that this place would allow him to better observe Zhang Shengchun. He also believed that many people who came here today were here to observe their disguise targets.

When Su Xingze and his companion arrived, the Zhang family's youths had just begun a match.

What they were comparing was none other than the Zhang family's finger dexterity.

A person carrying a wooden basin climbed up a tree. The basin was half full of pine nuts. The person threw the basin of pine nuts upwards from the tree, and the pine nuts fell like rain.

The next person needs to use two fingers to pick up the falling pine nuts and put them into a cloth bag. Whoever picks up the most pine nuts at the end is the winner.

Su Xingze didn't recognize any of the boys participating in the competition. He heard from the children that these were members of the Zhang family who had only started letting their animals roam freely this year.

The Zhang family members had been trained since childhood to have flexible and strong fingers, and their movements were also quite good. The process of picking up pine nuts was more like an impromptu dance, which Su Xingze watched with great interest.

"Wow, that's really clever!"

A typical gathering of ordinary people: playing cards, drinking, and gossiping.

A gathering of the Zhang family: fighting, sparring, and face-changing performance.

That's right, Su Xingze is currently watching a spectacle unfold between several people who look exactly alike. At this moment, these identical-looking people are loudly arguing that they are the real deal.

The onlookers, eager for a good show, started shouting and jeering.

"I think the one on the left is the real person. He's half a head shorter than me, and he looks more like him."

"You're talking nonsense. I'm clearly a finger joint taller than you. Where did this half-head come from? He's fake."

"I clearly used the Bone Shrinking Technique. Look, I'm the same height as you now."

"You are all fake, only I am real."

"You fake! Take off that skirt right now! That's my face! You bunch of bastards, you've made me lose all face!"

The owner of the face was furious. He had cultivated the composure to remain calm even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, but now he was about to go crazy with anger at the series of shameful things his treacherous kin did while wearing his face.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing this, Su Xingze could no longer help but lean against the child and burst into laughter.

The child was afraid he would fall, so he reached out to support him. Su Xingze then leaned on his shoulder and kept laughing until his stomach hurt.

"Ah Lin, your clansmen are so funny! Hahaha!"

Su Xingze clutched his stomach. The Zhang family members watching over there clearly recognized who the person in question was, but they deliberately caused trouble, making the person in question furious.

No one knows if the owner of this face offended his own kind, but everyone is just laughing at him.