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

The girl called Mei Nan showed Zhang Heng a threatening look, warning him not to laugh at her name. She whispered, "Don't talk during dinner later. Although you say you're my classmate, you don't know my school well. You also don't know much about my high school as well. Talk less, and my mother won't be suspicious."

As soon as she was done talking, the door opened.

The woman standing at the door smiled. "Give me your schoolbag, take off your shoes, and eat first," she said warmly. She was stunned, though, when she saw Zhang Heng.

"He is my classmate. About that… His parents are doing something important, and he can't go home for now. There's nowhere for him to go, which is why I brought him home first."

Mei Nan quickly explained the situation before Zhang Heng could say anything.

"Oh, oh, oh, welcome, welcome! It just so happened that I cooked a lot. Let's eat together."

Happy Chinese New Year Eve