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

"Are we friends?" Zhang Heng asked in a daze.

"Of course, we are advisors of the emperor. So, that makes us friends." Altrus's voice sounded as sincere as a man could get. Making someone believe him would be a breeze. Coupled with the Scopolia alkaloids, an ordinary person would have opened up to him immediately.

At the same time, Altrus was also very satisfied with Zhang Heng's current reaction. He continued asking, "I heard that you come from a faraway Eastern empire, and there are rumors saying that you are a nobleman there. Why didn't you enjoy your comfortable life over there? Why did you leave your home and come to Rome, a land thousands of miles away?"

Gift And Trouble