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

Bai Qing subconsciously hid the phone behind her and saw the male teacher she had run into earlier.

The latter smiled. "Great. I was thinking about whether you would come here," he said. "I thought about it again, and I believe that it's only right to pay you more. Your phone has been severely damaged, and I'm afraid the three hundred yuan I gave you just wouldn't cover it." Looking at the shop owner beside him, he took out his wallet from his pocket. "How much does it cost to fix?"

"Eight hundred yuan," the boss replied with a candid undertone.

To which, the teacher frowned. "That much?!"

"That is the official price of a screen replacement," the owner stated with confidence.

"Would that be the original and official screen?"

"Of course it is." The shop owner quickly pointed to the Apple-authorized repair point signboard.

Suspicion