Back in Beijing, the troublesome two-Lan and Li Hua had been drinking red wine stolen from a top list wine shop earlier, when they sensed something wrong and came out only to see people, cars, practically everything was frozen in place.

Lan rubbed her eyes to be sure she wasn't hallucinating.

"Li Hua, are we dreaming?" she asked in confusion.

"No!" Li Hua shook her head. "I thought we're the only magical beings here. Seems I was wrong," she muttered.

"Eh? What do you mean? What other magical beings are you talking about?" Lan asked in further puzzlement. What's going on?

"It's amazing! Others are frozen in place but we...