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

While talking, Zhang Heng took out his cell phone, clicked on WeChat, and paid off the one yuan for the person in front of him. However, he received no thanks from the other party. All he did was hastily grab the pack of cigarettes, opened the door of the convenience store, and leave.

"What kind of person is that," the cashier lady muttered. She felt that the situation wasn't fair for Zhang Heng. "He was so rude. You shouldn't have paid for him."

"It's alright. It's only one yuan anyway," Zhang Heng said, "We should help each other since this is a small community."

If Zhang Heng remembered correctly, when the man that just left was still a college student, the cashier used to have a crush on him. Whenever he came to the convenience store, the cashier always wanted to buy him some snacks. At the same time, she would try to look for a topic to chat him up. Tragically, their lives were very different, and in the end, their relationship did not work out well.

Investigation At The River