Chapter 45: The Villain

The man pushed open the cabinet door from the inside of the closet and looked up at Shen Ran.

Shen Ran hadn't noticed the existence of this person before because he hadn't seen it, and at a distance of one meter away, he couldn't see this person at all, because this person was too small.

Yes, this person is abnormally small. He's small, almost the size of a fairy tale Thumbelina.

Compared to the mahogany cabinet doors, he felt like he was standing on the edge of a tall museum door.

It must have taken a great deal of effort for him to open the heavy door.

Shen Ran touched his eyes, he suspected that he was dazzled. Unexpectedly, this villain spoke.

"Who are you?"

The villain asked Shen Ran's identity, and Shen Ran was speechless for a while, he didn't know if he should introduce himself to the magical villain in front of him. In fact, he wants to ask the other person who you are and where you are from.

"Hello......" He also opened his mouth slowly, trying to respond to the villain's question.

"Why isn't it him, didn't he come?" Before Shen Ran could finish speaking, the villain said again, and as he spoke, he stretched out his head to look out of the cabinet door.

"What, who didn't come?" Shen Ran asked.

"Zhou Haoxuan."

Oh, yes, this is Zhou Haoxuan's home, he is in the closet of Zhou Haoxuan's house, if he knows someone outside the wardrobe, it is naturally Zhou Haoxuan.

But it's too strange to think about it, how can there be such a magical villain in his wardrobe?

And it looks like this villain knows him.

Does he know and know this villain? Shen Ran couldn't imagine if he asked Zhou Haoxuan about his villain, would he sound like a madman.

"Well, I'm his guest. He's outside the room now, and I might venture to ask, who are you? Shen Ran briefly introduced his identity and asked the question he was most curious about.

"Guests? He never takes guests home, let alone to see me, I'm ......" The villain lowered his head, as if hesitating to introduce himself.

At this time, Shen Ran looked carefully at the strange villain in front of him.

He was a miniature version of a human, who looked no different from us normal people except for being small, and he was wearing a suit of clothes that matched his own body proportions.

Ignoring his proportions, he is a young boy in ordinary terms. It should be younger than Shen Ran himself.

His hairstyle, as well as the style of his dress......

Suddenly, Shen Ran felt that the villain in front of him was a little familiar, and a strange feeling slowly came to his mind......

"Me, I'm Zhou Haoxuan, don't you see it?"

When he heard Zhou Haoxuan's three words, Shen Ran felt a "boom" in his head, and it exploded on the spot.

He was completely stunned.

This villain's appearance and body proportions do look like Zhou Haoxuan, but it is a miniature version of Zhou Haoxuan, just like a living handmade doll.

What's going on?

Hell yes? Or is it a shrunken ghost?

Impossible, Zhou Haoxuan himself is obviously alive and well, how can he become a ghost?

Shen Ran was speechless again, speechless for a while.

"Oh, you don't get it." Xiao Zhou Haoxuan said to himself: "This is really difficult to explain. How so? I am him, and he is me. I'm not exactly him, though. He wondered how he could be more precise.

"You're, how did you get here?" Shen Ran tried to use this question to figure out what he was. He suppressed his incredible curiosity and tried to keep it calm.

"Oh, speaking of how I got here. Yes, it's time to talk about this, and you'll understand it. ”

After saying this, the villain who called himself Zhou Haoxuan sat down in the cabinet, and it seemed that he was going to tell a story that was not short, and it was not clear in three or two sentences

Shen Ran noticed that there was a small round stool next to the bed, but he didn't notice it when he stood at the door just now. He moved the stool to the door of the cabinet and sat down across from the villain, ready to listen to what he had to say.

"Actually, if you have to start from the beginning, I am Zhou Haoxuan, and I am the only Zhou Haoxuan. Of course, I wasn't so small at the beginning, I looked exactly like Zhou Haoxuan outside. But why do you say that I am the real Zhou Haoxuan, it is because I am indeed the only Zhou Haoxuan, he does not exist at all! ”

Although his words were still a little incomprehensible, Shen Ran still listened carefully.

"Originally, things were very simple, I was Zhou Haoxuan, Zhou Haoxuan was me, and I was the only one. But one day, when I was changing clothes in my room, I suddenly realized that I could take my skin off!

I know it sounds weird, bloody, but it just happened. It was very natural, there was no deliberate peeling, no tearing, just taking off the clothes together.

I hadn't noticed it at first, but when I took off my clothes, it was flesh-colored. I picked it up and looked at it closely, only to realize that it was my own skin.

There was no bleeding, no wounds, just a layer of skin. There was only a slight ruddy streak.

Believe it or not, that's it anyway. It was as if a layer of weight had been removed from my body, and my whole body was relaxed. ”

Shen Ran listened to his narration, the whole person was in a magical sense of distortion, he really didn't believe what the person in front of him said, but now that this person was appearing in front of him in such a distorted proportion, he had to believe it if he didn't believe it.

"It's just a layer of skin that has become so small?" Shen Ran followed his logic and asked him.

"Of course not." After saying this, "Zhou Haoxuan" lowered his head again, and a little embarrassed expression appeared on his face. Although this subtle expression seemed more subtle on his shrunken face, Shen Ran still noticed this detail.

He didn't understand why this expression appeared at this time, why was "Zhou Haoxuan" shy?

"The first time I took off only one layer of skin, I just got a little smaller. Later, I thought it felt good, and I wanted to be a little smaller, so I tried to take off my clothes the way I did last time, and sure enough, the skin took off one layer after another, and just like that, my skin took off layer after layer, and the person became smaller and smaller, and finally it became what it is now. ”

"Zhou Haoxuan" raised his head and shrugged his shoulders, his face couldn't tell whether he was helpless or shy.

At this time, Shen Ran had another feeling, because he had already known a person named Zhou Haoxuan before, and it was inevitable that he had some preconceived impressions, if he decided that the previous one was Zhou Haoxuan, then the villain in front of him seemed to be another person entirely.

What is certain is that the two of them have completely different personalities and styles of conversation.

This little Zhou Haoxuan is obviously much shy.

But they look the same.

He said that he was the only one Zhou Haoxuan from the beginning......

"Then where did Zhou Haoxuan outside come from?" Shen Ran asked.

"Haven't you guessed yet?" Zhou Haoxuan raised his eyes to look at Shen Ran and said, "It's that skin, that Zhou Haoxuan, it's the skin that I took off my body." ”

When Zhou Haoxuan asked Shen Ran if he had guessed, Shen Ran did think about it in his head, but he really didn't guess that the answer was like this.

This is ridiculous.

Although the previous account also made him feel unbelievable, the last sentence made him feel completely fantastical.

"You mean, your skin has become a person, and that person is Zhou Haoxuan outside?"

"Yes." He replied in the affirmative, not in the slightest that he felt that there was anything wrong with his words. "After I took off several layers of skin and my body became smaller, the skin that I once took off became another living 'me', especially the outermost layer of skin, which looks exactly like me, it is natural, it is my own skin."

"According to you, he became you, so what are you going to do?" This matter sounded more and more ridiculous and incomprehensible, but Shen Ran still had the patience to continue the conversation with him, and was even more interested.

"That's what I'm going to do, stay here. Or go elsewhere, it's okay, no one cares about me. Honestly, after he became me, I was satisfied. My life has changed for the better, and so has he. You must also be able to see that my current body shape will not be noticed anywhere, and I am very free. He should be like a fish in water, how is he outside, he is doing well, right? ”

Shen Ran thought about his impression of Zhou Haoxuan outside, and replied: "Well, if you are talking about his performance, personality, and grades in school, it is indeed good." He's good, a lot of people like him. ”

"That's how it was. He loves to do these things. That's what I discussed with him at the beginning, he went to school to replace me, I stayed here, and we each went to do what we wanted. ”

"Oh......" Hearing this, Shen Ran suddenly felt that this matter was somewhat understandable to some extent. Although it still doesn't make sense at all from a scientific point of view, it is understandable from a human psychological and emotional point of view.

Each of us has also fantasized about being able to differentiate ourselves from another self at some point, and do for ourselves those things that we don't like and don't want to do, so that we will be free.

Thinking of this, Shen Ran had a little idea.

"It's just...... Later, I felt that it wasn't very good, and I wasn't very satisfied. Zhou Haoxuan's expression was a little depressed, and there was a reversal between his words.

"Oh? Why, what's bad? ”

"Well......" he scratched his hair, hung his head, and looked a little hesitant, "I've never told anyone about it." However, I have spoken to you so much today, and I don't know why, I feel like I can tell you. And since I became like this, no one has seen me, only you. ”

When he said this, he raised his chin again and looked directly into Shen Ran's eyes. It can be seen that Shen Ran has initially gained his trust.

But what Shen Ran didn't understand was that so far, everything he had told himself was bizarre enough, and it exploded the three views, what else would make him hesitate and be embarrassed to say it?

At this moment, Shen Ran keenly heard what seemed to be a noise outside the door.

No, it's not outside the door, it's the roof. There was a slight sound of footsteps, and they were moving around, either from one place to the next, or they were about to go downstairs.

Shen Ran held his breath and paid attention to the movement outside.

"We're probably going to be soon, I'd love to hear from you." Shen Ran said.

Fifteen minutes later.

Outside the toilet of Zhou Haoxuan's house, Shen Ran and Lu Cheng looked at each other.

"Officer Lu, I have made a discovery."

When Shen Ran said this, everyone who had already left the toilet nearby stopped and turned their heads to look at Shen Ran.

"Zhou Haoxuan is related to Chen Yuwen's disappearance, and I found evidence."

Such a short and concise sentence made everyone present feel like they had been struck by lightning, surprised, surprised, and speechless for a while.

Zhou Haoxuan is even more so.

Then they all went back to the direction of the toilet, wanting to see what the evidence Shen Ran said.

In just ten minutes, what evidence can he find, and does he know what can be called evidence?

Lu Cheng and Shen Ran exchanged glances, didn't talk any more nonsense, and walked directly towards the toilet.

Lu Cheng didn't have too many suspicions, since he said that he could find the word evidence, then he must have found something.