And the parents are fortunate to have saved up this tuition fee, and they have to repay the mortgage loan from the bank, so they can no longer afford to pay for them. It doesn't matter if you go to class on weekdays or not, you can use this time to work and study, work to earn money, although with his conditions, you can't earn much, but you can save a little is a little, how much is also a savings, and you can help your parents reduce their burden when they need it.

Due to the proximity of Pittsburgh and Washington, he often traveled back and forth between the two cities to do odd jobs, looking for the kind of jobs that suited him, such as waiters in small restaurants, room attendants, etc., where he had no skills and no connections, so he had to accept this reality.

The other party saw that he had just come of age and had no work experience, and the salary offered was much lower than that of others, only more than a thousand dollars, but this income had made him feel quite satisfied, which was almost equivalent to the income of working in his hometown town for two months, except for a small part of the daily living expenses, he saved up most of his salary income, and sent it home after reaching a certain amount to relieve their pressure.

However, in Pheasant University, there are only a few people who have such ideas as Bruce and practice them; Most people don't break the jar after encountering such a bad school; It is to fall into confusion and panic about the future; What's more, he joined some local street gangsters, bullying the weak all day long, and bullying the small.

These bad boys, who like to do evil, often gang up to find trouble with Bruce, ask him to accept protection money, and beat him if he doesn't give it.

At the beginning, due to fear and helplessness, in the face of these evil forces, he chose to compromise, and watched the other party loot all the cash on his body and leave.

As time went by, he gradually became stronger, no longer so cooperative with the other party's requirements, and dared to say no in front of the other party, isn't it just suffering a little bit of flesh and skin? What's the big deal, it's better to be able to recover in three or five days than to be lucky enough to have your hard-earned income taken away from you.

But he was wrong, seeing the resistance of this kid Bruce, it only made the street thugs torture him even more. One day, they dragged him to the tracks of a freight railway, tied him up and down with nylon ropes, laid him horizontally on the tracks, and stayed on the sidelines to watch the train whistle in the distance at a speed of sixty kilometers per hour.

Seeing that the train was about to press against him, he struggled to twist his body, but to no avail, which did not help him get off the tracks in the slightest. When the thugs around him saw this scene, they all let out a frenzied laugh, pointing at him and laughing, and at this moment, two gang members rushed forward, grabbed him by the side, and dragged him off the railroad tracks.

Five seconds later, the train was almost whizzing past him, and his face could feel the wind of the behemoth moving fast, and the clatter of the wheels against the rails rang in his ears repeatedly, making him dizzy. The thugs stood far away on the side of the tracks, keeping a safe distance from the train in front of them.

It wasn't until the roar of the train gradually died away that a leader of the gangsters stepped forward and threatened: "Remember, this is just a warning, if you don't cooperate with us next time and refuse to pay the protection money, you won't have such good luck again, you will be rescued from the tracks, wait to report to another world." ”

To reinforce Bruce's lesson, the gangster glare at him viciously, slam him in the face, and leave him with his men. It is precisely because he sees that the victim is in a situation where he has no background and no relatives and friends in this strange country, and he does not dare to cause trouble for himself, so he can be so fearless. But he didn't have the guts to let the gangster throw Bruce on the railroad tracks and let the train run over, after all, he was still young, and he didn't want to be involved in a murder because he didn't successfully receive a few hundred dollars in protection money, and finally be sent to prison by the police, where he spent the rest of his life.

In most parts of the United States, the death penalty has been abolished and replaced by indefinite, and the thought of spending the rest of his life with all kinds of social felons makes the gangster think that it is better to die.

So for the real crime, the gangsters are still somewhat taboo. There are thieves who have the heart but not the courage of thieves, and they are talking about this group of people. At their level, they can only bluff and intimidate each other under the threat of force, so that they can get what they want.

Because his hands and feet were tied, he lay unmoved next to the railway, and the neighborhood was inaccessible, almost a whole night passed, and at dawn the next day, he was found by the road maintenance workers working along the railway, and rescued him.

Because his body was restrained for a long time, the blood flow was not smooth, and he spent a night on the cold railroad paved with gravel, he felt sore, stiff, cold and hungry, and fell ill when he returned to the motel where he worked, and the kind boss, after learning about his condition, gave him three days of paid leave to recuperate, and Bruce went to the hospital, and after buying himself a few boxes of medicine under the doctor's instructions, he returned to the school dormitory and began to recuperate.

Today is the day he returns to work, after two days of adjustment, his physical condition has gradually improved, and his face has returned to its former complexion, but the part of the punch on his face still has bruises that have not yet faded.

As the sun set that afternoon, the team drove to the motel off the Interstate Highway in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, where they planned to spend the night and set out on their journey the next day.

On this day, due to the boss having something to do temporarily, there were only two people on duty in the hotel, except for Bruce, who was in charge of customer service, and then the front desk answered.