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

After school was finally over, Zhang Heng returned home with his schoolbag.

Instead of going home, as usual, he decided to pay the college hostel a visit. Although the student's face was covered last night, Zhang Heng could recognize him from his clothes. His Adidas sweatpants and the T-shirt printed with the word "Underground" had exposed his identity. He was wearing the same set of attire when Zhang Heng saw him in the convenience store.

Zhang Heng knew that last night, the college student had to be targeting him because he told no one about his plan to go to the river to investigate the drownings. He had driven his grandfather's car to the river, not to mention the relatively remote surroundings of the route he picked. While on the way to the river, only an occasional car would pass him by.

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