Ao Family (Spirit Animals in Disguise)

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Ao family (Chinese: 傲家) is Leiting the Spirit Loong‘s family of origin. She lives with her parents and elder sister in an apartment at the former teachers’ training school dormitory on Xinfeng Road in the historical downtown of Guancheng.

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Leiting

Leiting is the younger daughter of the Ao family. She studies in Class 3 of 5th grade in Zhizheng Primary School. She struggles with classroom learning but excels in sports. She is curious and mischievous, often getting into trouble. After touching an ancient Loong Ball artifact, she was transformed from a human into a spirit animal and must now keep this secret at home.

Leiyu

Leiyu is Leiting‘s elder sister who shares a room with her. She studies in Class 4 of senior 2 in Dongzheng Middle School. She is the only human aware of Leiting’s spirit animal secret. While she often teases and takes advantage of her little sister, she is also caring and supportive. Because of Leiting, Leiyu frequently gets involved in spirit animal matters and has become acquainted with them.

Leiting’s Dad

Leiting’s dad is a blue-collar worker.

Childlike spirit, spoiling his daughters: Dad takes a lenient approach to the mischievous Leiting, encouraging her to explore new things. While he appears calm and patient, he retains a childlike spirit and often buys toys for himself under the guise of purchasing them for his little daughter.

Fishing guy: Dad enjoys fishing with friends. Leiting often sees him fishing around Dongguan wherever there’s water. Leiting’s classmate Mingzhu the Spirit Shark, being a fish, fears him and can’t help but imagine the pain of getting caught on his hook.

Works for Alice’s component supplier: Dad’s company supplies components for Alice, Leiting’s robot classmate. He is quite familiar with Zoey the Spirit Sable, Alice’s main engineer, albeit only his human identity.

Leiting’s Mom

Leiting’s mom is a social worker.

Firm and obsession with hygiene: Mom is gentle at work but firm at home, preferring order in everything. Family members act respectfully around her but behave freely when she’s away. She has a strong obsession with hygiene, dislikes animals, and is allergic to Leiting‘s loong feather dust and saliva.

Dancing and gossips: Mom loves socializing and dancing, leading the ladies’ dance team in her community. She knows every gossip in the city. Leiting and her friends often find her doing social work or practicing with her team wherever there’s a large open space.

Superstitious: Mom is very superstitious, believing in “what if it is real.” She often frightens herself with her imagination.

Ever since Leiting became a spirit loong, Mom has noticed a “doggy smell” in the apartment. She suspects Leiyu of secretly keeping a pet but has found no evidence. However, one thing in her daughters’ room caught her attention – a blue cartoon loong doll made by Leiyu that somehow resembles Leiting. She can feel the gaze of the thing behind her, and it seems to be able to change posture and expressions on its own, it also occasionally disappears from the apartment. Thoughts of the thing give her chills and keep her up at night.

Grandparents and Other Relatives

Leiting’s grandparents are alive and have contributed to Dongguan‘s development since WWII. Leiting can learn old stories about Dongguan from them.

Home village of the family: The Ao family hails from a village in Humen. Leiting visits the village annually with her family during the Qingming and Chongyang festivals to honor their ancestors.