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

Zhang Heng drove the A4 off the elevated road and drove for a while. When he realized that the pursuers behind him were not following him, he slowed down his car.

Because the gunshots and the car accident had attracted the attention of the police, Zhang Heng did not drive to the city center. Instead, he continued to drive out of the fourth ring road. As he drove further and further away from the city.., the traffic outside the window also gradually thinned out.

Zhang Heng did not take the highway. He chose the provincial highway and then went down to the county road. After driving for half an hour, he could already see the ridges by the roadside. There were also rows of two-story buildings. It looked like they had just been built not long ago, and there were faint lights shining from inside, the family was sitting in the living room on the first floor, watching some variety show together.

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