As the most spiritually gifted weasel on Vegetable and Fruit Mountain, Huang Xiaoqian had two lifelong goals: first, to become a nationally protected Class II animal and live off the government; second, to beg for a human form and open a zoo to support everyone on the mountain.
To that end, she devoured books, traveled far and wide, and scrolled through short videos. Convinced she understood human nature inside out, she finally came up with a brilliant plan:
Transform into a mermaid, lure a high-ranking official with her singing, then, while he was dazed, ask him, “Do you think I look like a beau, ” (in a whisper), “, tiful” (loudly), “, fish?” (in the tiniest voice).
Brimming with courage, Huang Xiaoqian packed two eggs for provisions and set off alone for the sea.
Unfortunately, she was still a weasel: she was a sucker for a handsome face and a little face-blind, and mistook a handsome man for a high-ranking official.
She sang “The Little Widow Visits the Grave” in Chinese, Korean, and English, but he remained unmoved.
Just as she was racking her brains to figure out why, the man reached out and grabbed her by the scruff of her neck.
Huang Xiaoqian: “L-let-let-let me go!”
The handsome man smiled and slowly took out the external processor for his cochlear implant.
“…” Damn! He was deaf!
This was a matter of life and death. In her panic, Huang Xiaoqian used her tail to make a heart sign to placate him!
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Qin Baiyan went out to sea to clear his head and encountered a mermaid. Are performances really this competitive now?
What’s she chattering on about? I want to kiss her.
He was just about to put on his cochlear implant’s external processor when two fluffy little ears suddenly appeared on top of her head.
Qin Baiyan: “?”
Qin Baiyan had meant to pull her out of the water, but his hand slipped and grabbed her by the scruff of the neck. He could only watch as a little tuft of white fur sprouted from her head, and her beautiful mermaid tail turned into a damp, fluffy tail.
So she was a pretty little weasel after all!
According to folk legend, if someone plucks the tuft of white fur from a weasel’s head while it is begging to be granted a human form, it can only ever ask that same person for a human form for the rest of its life.
Qin Baiyan silently reached out…
Theme: Love life
