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

"How long have you been working at the Binota Mine?"

Zhang Heng then beckoned the waiter to bring two more glasses of wine to the miners.

"I have been working at the Binota Mine for five years. However, I did change jobs for two years, in between. I loaded and unloaded goods at the wharf. The work there was a little easier than in the mine, but the income was also lesser. Later, I had a fourth daughter and needed more money. So I went back to the mine," the older miner explained. After that, he pointed at the younger miner beside him.

"He is my nephew, and he came to work with me in the mines this year. He is a good boy, never complains about anything. All he does is work hard."

"Well, when did you stop work working this time?" Zhang Heng then asked.

"It was about half a month ago," the old miner recalled.

The Person With The Red Birthmark