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 Zhang Heng packed his things, he brought the slave girl to Varo's residence.

In the negotiation between him and Mark Reuss—in addition to a fifth of the profit of each performance, the freedom of the slave girl and Varro would be added in too. Now that he had solved the slave girl's problem, only Varo's problem remained.

Presently, Varo was not at home. Zhang Heng heard his roommate saying that he was at the training ground, so he grabbed the slave girl who was standing behind him and said to her, "I have something to talk with Varo. Can you please leave us and wait at the door?"

Farewell