48 Hours a Day Novel Chapter 639 - Someone Familiar

Chapter 639 Soone Familiar

Zhang Heng stood in front of the mirror in the living room, staring at the reflection of his seventeen-year-old self.

Three years ago, his height and figure were starkly different from what it was now. Fortunately, his attributes-strength, and speed included—were preserved in this quest. After that, Zhang Heng unlocked his Mate 7 and looked at the ti. The screen displayed today’s date as Wednesday, April 13, 2016.

Zhang Heng had no idea what happened during the previous day. Even if he did rember it, it wouldn’t help much because he was now in a dungeon. A quest where the setting mimicked the real world was actually quite a troubleso one. He would now need so ti to figure out the difference between this world and the real world, and he couldn’t tell for sure whether his past mories would have a positive or negative effect.

Zhang Heng walked around the living room, then entered several rooms and found nothing unusual. So he planned to go out and have a look. His grandfather did advise him to stay put before he left, but Zhang Heng wasn’t really just going to sit there and do his howork obediently since he wasn’t in the real world.

Finding the key, Zhang Heng took it and opened the door. Usually, his grandpa would go to this huge wet market to buy fish, and it was quite a distance from his house. Taking that into account, he had about forty minutes to explore this dungeon before his grandpa returned.

He wasn’t given any goals either, and so far, he had been given nothing that could be considered a clue. So all he could do was to continue wandering around.

The residents that lived in the community were exactly the sa as he rembered. He even ran into Qin Zhen. He rode a bicycle, and there was a basketball in the basket, ready to head to the court by the riverbank for a ga.

Once he saw Zhang Heng, he stopped the bike with one foot on the ground. “Co and play basketball with .”

“No, I haven’t finished my howork yet,” replied Zhang Heng. “I didn’t do mine as well. I’ll wake up a little earlier tomorrow and go copy the others’ work in the classroom.” Qin Zhen spread his hands, “Why are you wandering outside now?”

“I have sothing to do. We’ll play together next ti.”

“What’s the matter?” Qin Zhen was intrigued by Zhang Heng’s reaction, “Is it a date? Is it a girl in your class? Do you want

to help you? For example, I can act like a bully, blocking her way, then attempt a robbery. You can then be the hero and co to her rescue!” Qin Zhen waved his arm as he spoke. His tanned skin and lanky figure made him looked like a bully.

“I appreciate your kindness,” Zhang Heng said. “You should go ahead and have fun with your basketball. We ran out of soy sauce at ho. I need to get a bottle for grandpa.”

“Pfft! You should have told

earlier.” Qin Zhen retracted his foot and stepped on the pedal, “Don’t forget about the weekend,” he said before cycling away.

Zhang Heng did not know what he promised Qin Zhen three years ago. Friends since childhood, he must have either promised to play gas or basketball with him. These two activities were basically his hobbies. When he was alone, he would download porn to watch.

Undoubtedly, Zhang Heng was not too bothered by it. Apart from Qin Zhen, he t several other familiar aunties and uncles. He greeted each of them before stopping at a newsstand where he bought the day’s newspaper. The reports in this now three-year-old edition were the way he rembered it. Most articles focussed on etings that different politicians held at various places in the country. There were particular articles promoting positive thinking and Zhang Heng could rember most of them. However, after reading them altogether, he realized he didn’t rember its details. The following story was about workers who were trying to restore the electricity sowhere, and three children who had drowned in a river.

Zhang Heng clearly rembered this one. A major event three years ago, no one knew how the three children quietly fled their respective hos after their families fell asleep that night. And the most bizarre part was that they walked a whopping five miles, arriving at the river before dawn where they eventually drowned.

This incident was questionable, causing quite a stir among the public at that ti. It was the talk of the week, and along with it sprouted speculations of all manner. Among them, the river spirit had to be the most popular one. Every sumr, there would surely be a drowning case in that particular river. So drowned while playing in the water, while so committed suicide. Although there was a sign prohibiting people from swimming, it wasn’t enough to stop the more eager residents from getting their fix of the river.

The three kids found drowned were relatively young. The oldest was only fourteen years of age, and the youngest was only ten. At that ti, the authorities had swiftly announced the results of their investigation. One child left a diary to prove that this was indeed an accident. Zhang Heng was still studying at that ti, didn’t think much about it.

He was now in the proxy war’s dungeon, and the ga started on the second day after the drowning of the three children. Perhaps the incident might have had sothing to do with the quest. Having no more use for the paper, he tossed it into the trash can but kept the page that contained the report about the drowning

After that, he saw a pancake stall next to the newsstand and a wave of nostalgia washed over him. The stall was closed permanently during his third year in high school. Apparently, the owner had made enough money and had gone back to the village to build a house and get married.

Sotis, when he woke up late in the morning; he would co here to buy a pancake for himself. The owner could recognize him, and he always smiled as a friendly gesture. Looking at the ti, Zhang Heng figured that if he went to the river, he wouldn’t make it back in ti before his grandpa got ho. Left with no other options, he had to postpone his investigation until that night. That, however, left him with ti to prepare. Zhang Heng first visited the convenience store and bought a bottle of mosquito repellentmosquitoes sward by the thousands by the river in sumr. He then got four batteries for the flashlight that he saw at ho, a bottle of mineral water and a packet of biscuits. The sum of those items almost comsud all of his pocket money.

While he was paying, he saw another familiar face.

The person was a rather well-known in the community. Having graduated from a prestigious university, he was the child that families would use to compare with their kids, excelling in both character and academics. After graduation, however, sothing happened to him. He found a few jobs, but couldn’t hold any of them. After that happened, he just stayed at ho to play gas and watch ani.

As a result, the people around him started to see him differently-from role model to bad example. After staying at ho for such a long ti, his ntal state began to deteriorate, and he was soon admitted to a ntal hospital by his family. If Zhang Heng rembered correctly, he should have just been discharged.

He looked frail and thinner, wore an old T-shirt, and looked like hadn’t shaved in a long ti. When he entered the convenience store, his head was faced down all the ti because he did not dare to look at others. He ca to the convenience store to buy cigarettes. In this era where almost all people were using Alipay and WeChat to make their paynts, he still used paper money to pay. After he spent a long ti searching for the money that he had on him, it yielded no result.

The cashier started to get a little impatient.

“Let

pay for him,” said Zhang Heng.