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 Zhang Heng talked to the Tang-suited old man, Chen Huadong was walking towards him with a poetry book. He was shocked to see the old man. The latter, on the other hand, greeted him in kind. "You must be Chen Huadong. Pleasure meeting you here."

"Oh, glad to meet you too," Chen Huadong replied, dazed. He was a little confused about the current situation. If memory served him right, he knew he had never met an old man in a Tang suit before. Now when a person was called by name, they would naturally return the greeting. The old man seemed to have talked with Zhang Heng for a while just now, meaning he should be an elder or teacher.

Chen Huadong responded and cast his gaze on Zhang Heng, but the latter had no intention to explain the whole thing. Instead, he turned to Chen Huadong. "We have found all the books. I don't think you need me to be here anymore. I'll be making a move then."

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