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

Lockheed was the leader of the Jewish gang. No one on the southeast side of the city had the guts to make him wait.

Except for his favorite woman and his children, no one else could do something like this to him.

When Soap heard what he said, he could not help but stand up and apologize. "Sorry, I think something must''ve caused them to be late. Would you like me to have someone look for them?"

"Is there anything else more important than this afternoon's meeting?" the middle-aged Jew snorted unceremoniously. "We've notified them five days in advance! Even if they have business to attend to, they should have gotten them done within that five days."

Soap did not know how to answer the question. He wiped away the cold sweat from his forehead.

Disobeying The Rules