Xiao Daidzhao

Growing up with eccentric materialistic parents who left him in the care of his grandfather for a job overseas, Zhang Heng had learned to adapt and be unfettered by the oddities and challenges in life. But he would soon learn the baffling truth about the world he thought he knew when one day at midnight time froze and he found himself in a world so quiet and still it was deafening. That night, he discovered that he had 24 hours more than everybody else and thus, marked the beginning of his adventures. The mysteries surrounding his newfound ability only deepened when a strange old man claimed to have given Zhang Heng that ‘gift of time’ and recruited the young man to participate in a cryptic ‘life-changing’ game on his behalf. Little did Zhang Heng know that accepting those terms meant embroiling himself in many versions of reality and exposing himself to the hidden secrets of the world—a decision he could never undo.

48 Hours a Day

"Do you really think that a monster broke into Vincent's house?" asked Anne the moment they left Billy's house.

"At first, I thought some supernatural entity from the carrack came for him after hearing what he described. However, I changed my mind after I checked out of his house."

At that, Zhang Heng passed the seashell to Anne.

Anne took a look at it but saw nothing out of the ordinary.

"This shell is a foreigner, in the sense that it came from outside of Nassau. You won't normally find this type of shell here."

"Hmm… that reminds me of something. Harry picked a bunch of seashells exactly like this one. I don't think I can ever understand his hobby."

"And the scale. This a scale of a great barracuda, one of the most common fish often caught by the fishermen around this area."

"How on earth do you know stuff like this?"

Anne was shocked and slightly impressed by Zhang Heng's broad knowledge.

Something Left Behind