"This is something I molded out of malt candy! Look, isn't it very lifelike?!"
He Junhao proudly rotated the plate in his hand, letting the empty eye sockets of the skull face Xiao He.
Xiao He and the skull stared at each other from a distance, and he took a step back, somewhat speechless: "What on earth were you thinking? I really want to call the police and have you arrested!"
What kind of normal person would make something like this! He was truly speechless!
He Junhao, however, puffed out his chest and said with a serious expression, "Xiao Ge, this was the inspiration I got after watching the serial killer you played!"
Xiao He: "..."
"Just imagine, after completing a day of 'aesthetic creation,' the serial killer begins to elegantly enjoy the delicious food in front of him at the dining table—"
He Junhao spoke vividly, placing the item on the table, then pressing Xiao He to sit down, his face full of anticipation: "Then he licked his 'work' and showed a perverted and sinister smile to the person behind the camera—hehehe—"
Xiao He: "...You're really something."
You should be the director.
"I even specifically prepared this!"
He Junhao pulled out a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and forcibly put them on Xiao He.
Then he stared at Xiao He, scrutinizing him from head to toe, his expression very satisfied: "Not bad, not bad, with your outfit today, it's simply perfect."
Xiao He also lowered his head to look at the black shirt he had rarely chosen today, his eyes like a dead fish: "No wonder someone kept telling me to wear a black shirt yesterday."
So, this was to directly replicate "Mu Ze"!
"Oh, come on! Since we're already here, let's just try it!"
He Junhao smiled eerily, making Xiao He feel a chill. He crossed his arms and looked at He Junhao warily: "This is the limit! Don't even think about pushing your luck!"
"Xiao Ge~~~~~~"
"No means no!"
"Alright—"
Seeing Xiao He's resolute expression, He Junhao was very sensible and knew when to stop. He pulled Xiao He to sit at the table, prepared the dipping sauce, and got ready to shoot the video.
"Hello there! Welcome back to He Xiaoshuai's Food Channel! Today, I've brought you a mysterious old friend—"
"Ta-da—please welcome the actor of our 'Mu Ze,' Xiao He!"
"Hello everyone~"
...
For some reason, it was always noisy outside today. The apartment He Junhao lived in was on the twelfth floor, which wasn't too low, but they could still faintly hear the commotion downstairs while they were filming.
He Junhao secretly glanced at the time and found it was only around six in the afternoon.
That shouldn't be right. Although it was rush hour, there usually wasn't much noise at this time...
"How is it? Can the footage be used?"
Xiao He naturally heard the sound as well, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, he was concerned about the footage in He Junhao's camera.
"It can be used."
He Junhao nodded, then picked up the DSLR camera on the other side and said to Xiao He, "Perfect, you can eat some cake first, I'll record a video and take some photos."
"Okay."
Xiao He picked up the skull in front of him, first examined it carefully, then praised it sincerely: "Your skull reconstruction is quite good, have you studied it thoroughly?"
"Hehe, I borrowed a real human skull from a senior in the medical school next door and studied it," He Junhao said, a little embarrassed.
Xiao He: "No wonder—"
And really, He Junhao was worthy of his profession. For an amateur to be able to reconstruct a human skull to this extent was truly remarkable.
Moreover, this guy even used malt candy.
"So, I'm really going to dig in?" Xiao He asked uncertainly.
This was truly too vivid and lifelike; he was actually a little reluctant to eat it.
"Don't worry, Xiao Ge, eat as much as you like!"
With He Junhao's reassurance, Xiao He took a deep breath and first reached out to break off the skull's frontal bone.
To his surprise, when the bone was broken open, there was even a layer of red filling inside!
Seeing the filling about to drip onto the table, Xiao He quickly slurped a mouthful, only to find it was strawberry jam.
Xiao He: "..."
Looking at the red sticky liquid all over his hand, Xiao He was greatly shocked.
This time, he really wanted to pry open He Junhao's skull and see what kind of "criminal" things this guy was researching every day!
And He Junhao, who loved to watch the drama unfold, was still excitedly directing: "Hey! Good, look up quickly! We need that feeling of bloodstains on the lips, and a sinister gaze! Oh my god! So perverted, perfect!"
Xiao He: "...Never mind, as long as you're happy."
Adhering to his professional acting standards, Xiao He naturally performed a scene-accurate action.
He unhurriedly tasted the red jam on the web of his right hand, then slightly raised his eyes. His dark and profound gaze was like a ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) deep, ancient well, with hidden murderous intent beneath its calm surface, as if he was about to devour the person in front of the camera in the next moment.
He Junhao didn't expect Xiao He to be so cooperative, but he was overly cooperative. As the person responsible for filming, he felt for the first time as if he was being stared at by something terrifying. A chill instantly ran down his spine, making him shiver involuntarily.
At this moment, He Junhao deeply realized that the person in front of him was different from before.
This kind of Xiao Ge was too unfamiliar, completely unlike the Xiao He he had known for four years.
It was a strange sense of unfamiliarity under a familiar mask.
He Junhao immediately put down the camera.
And as the camera was removed, Xiao He returned to his previous calm state. Outside the camera, he was still the good friend He Junhao had known for many years.
That chill earlier seemed to be just He Junhao's illusion.
But when He Junhao went to review the content he had just filmed, he fell into a strange silence again.
Everything that had just happened was not an illusion.
The person in the lens was not Xiao He, but Mu Ze.
That "Mu Ze" who, even if he only lived in Bilibili's edited short videos, still became the epitome of the "gentleman villain serial killer" in many people's hearts.
"Xiao Ge, you're definitely going to be a huge hit."
He Junhao said with unprecedented seriousness.
Xiao He didn't expect He Junhao to suddenly blurt out this sentence, and he found it a little funny: "Hmm, I'll take that as a blessing."
At first, he really just wanted to survive.
But after seeing all sorts of people in the entertainment industry, Xiao He changed his mind.
Since he was already here, if those people could be stars and idols, why couldn't he?
At least he... was good at "knifing" people!
...
After finishing this set of photos, Xiao He went to the restroom to wash his hands, while He Junhao noticed that the noise downstairs was getting louder and louder. He walked to the balcony edge with some doubt, opened the window, and looked down—
Many people were standing downstairs at this moment, densely packed in a circle, and all were looking up in their direction.
"Huh?"
He Junhao was a little confused: "What are they looking at?"
He Junhao instinctively felt that they weren't looking at his location, so he subconsciously followed suit and looked up. Then he saw that a certain floor upstairs was currently spewing out thick smoke!
"Holy crap!!"
He Junhao exclaimed, quickly pulled out his phone, and only then noticed that the owner's group he had joined earlier had already exploded.
He and Xiao He had been filming earlier, and their phones were on silent, so they hadn't noticed this at all!
He Junhao immediately checked the situation in the group.
Many people were sending messages in the group, mostly videos and photos taken downstairs. He Junhao randomly clicked on the latest video, then his eyes widened suddenly.
In the video, outside the balcony of the burning room, a little girl was still hanging there!
