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

Forty thousand euros wasn't a sum worth mentioning for a large-scale casino like this.

The problem was that no casino wanted to be treated like an ATM.

The casino staff with high cheekbones had recently heard some rumors from his peers. A couple known by the gambling industry as 'the Lucky Fingers' had got royal flushes from four casinos in just three days. These casinos, however, only reacted to the matter after it happened.

The couple also made sure that they controlled their urge to win more money in every casino. They would usually play a game or two and win 50 to 60,000 euros. Under normal circumstances, this amount of money would not attract the attention of the casino.

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