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

"As far as I know, he's got a wife in the colony, but they couldn't have kids. If that's true, then the illegitimate son is probably his only child," Billy said.

"This child must be of great importance to him. Eugene must have felt very guilty, especially about that fire," Carina reasoned.

"So, Malcolm used the child to make Eugene do his bidding?" Anne quizzed.

"No, that's not Malcolm's style," Carina shook her head. "At times, he'd use the simplest and most straightforward way to solve a problem, much like the Skull issue. However, keeping someone captive like that is crossing the line – there's no way he would imprison a living person for that long."

"So, Malcolm's hold over Eugene is not his son," Billy said, stroking his chin. "Then we're back to square one. Is there anything else that Eugene really cares about?"

Hesitation