Soon after submitting the materials, it was basically confirmed that he had been admitted to the university, and Link's life became much more leisurely, no longer staying at school, and staying at home every day, in addition to daily exercise and gun practice, occasionally taking Peggy out to play, just reading books at home.

After more than a month of such days, and when it was almost time for the report, Link packed his things and prepared to drive the second-hand Ford that Robert had given him.

Peggy originally wanted to be with Link as well, but because she needed to live with Linda instead of the school, she flew over a few days before Link to find a place to live and then settle in.

In fact, if he had a choice, Link would prefer to fly there, but then he would have to leave the car in Texas and buy one himself in California.

For him, who is not rich in the small treasury now, it is better to drive there by himself.

The country is vast and sparsely populated, there are very few long-distance trains or anything, and in addition to airplanes, cars are the means of transportation that people often use.

After lunch, Link drove away from the town for about two hours, when suddenly the car jolted, and when Link got out of the car, he found that three tires were flat.

If one tire is leaking, Link has a spare tire, but there is a problem with all three tires, and there is really nothing he can do.

However, all three tires at a time are flat, which is not unusual, and reminds Link of the time when he drove in his previous life, when he once encountered a remote road, and the owner of the car repair shop liked to sprinkle nails on the road and then sit and wait for people to go to him to repair the tires.

He went back to the car, took out the map and studied it, and found that the location was a bit awkward, and the nearest small village was fifty kilometers away.

Further on, the nearest Wolfker is forty or fifty kilometers away, and he happens to be stuck in a middle position.

Link thought about it, he could only take his bag and get out of the car, fifty kilometers was really nothing to him, but at this time, he would rather meet a black-hearted car repair shop owner, and he would be cheated for dozens of dollars at most.

As a result, he didn't go far when Link noticed another car on the side of the road in front of him, and it was a caravan towed by a pickup truck.

When he got closer, Link saw a middle-aged man and a woman arguing, a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old lying on a folding sofa chair, and a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old playing with two dogs.

They looked like a traveling family, and Link asked, "Hello! ”

The middle-aged man and woman seemed to notice Link at this point, and the man said, "Hello, who are you?" ”

"I'm here to ask if you have a spare tire, my tire is broken." Link said and gestured to his car, which could still be seen faintly from here.

"Oh, actually, our tires are broken, and we don't have spare tires."

Seeing this, Link could only continue to walk forward, thinking that if he really arrived in the town in front, he could also call a tow truck for the other party, and he didn't see the black-hearted car repair shop as far as his eyes could see, which made Link feel bad.

After walking for half an hour, he saw a house in front of him, and when Link got closer, he saw a sign hanging on it, apparently an inn.

Link walked into the hotel, and when he didn't see anyone at the front desk, he shouted, "Is there anyone?" ”

After a few moments, a man came out of the back passage, looking ordinary but looking a little sloppy, and Link asked, "Do you have tires here, my car has a flat tire." ”

The man groaned, "We don't have spare tires." ”

"Is there a phone then? I'd like to borrow a phone and find a towing company. ”

"We don't have a phone here."

"Is there a car? Can you give us a ride? ”

"My wife drove to go shopping, and there is no car for the time being. Well, so, you can't live in a hotel? ”

Link frowned, he vaguely understood in his heart what this guy meant: if you don't pay for a night, there will be nothing in this store.

It was no different from Link's car repair shop in the pit man, and he was afraid that it would be even more black-hearted, he looked at the sky outside the window, there was still an hour or two before it got dark, Link didn't want to delay here for too long, so he continued:

"Do you have any useless 'old tires' that can be used, and I am willing to buy them at the price of the hotel."

But the shopkeeper's answer was that his wife would drive back from Wolfker tomorrow morning, and that he could send them there again.

Seeing this, Link didn't immediately agree, but walked around the hotel first, only to find that there was really no car or phone here.

After all, the hotel is so big, and it's desolate outside, and it's easy to see with a telephone line, and the same is true for cars.

At this time, Link can only say that the other party has done a good job, and it is estimated that he is regularly looking for someone to deliver goods and daily necessities, so that people can't find any fault.

Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to draft, relying on the highway of course has to eat the benefits of passing vehicles, Link even maliciously guessed whether the other party and the trailer company in front of Wolfkel have cooperated.

Either way, Link had decided that the other party's black heart was more than the garage on the other side of the Pacific.

Earn a sum of money for the house fee, earn a sum for food, and make another profit for towing car repairs, which is not more than 300 US dollars, and it is estimated that the problem cannot be solved.

In the end, Link was able to pay for the stay, and then, because the owner looked so sloppy, he bought some packaged ready-made food on the counter, such as sandwiches and canned food.

The price of these things is more than double that of the supermarket in the city, Link casually padded his stomach, and then found that the family of four he met on the road just now also came to the hotel.

Apparently they had also chosen to make it on foot, and Link chatted casually with them, knowing that they were indeed a family, a middle-aged man and a woman, Bob and his wife Ethel, and the other two were daughter Brenda and son Bobby.

Hearing that Link's father is a sheriff, Bob also has a better impression, and at the same time says that he is also a police officer.

The shopkeeper listened to the chatting of a few people and did not move, so he poured his own wine next to him.

There was no TV here, so everyone could only chat casually, and then found a deck of cards to pass the time, and it was not until about ten o'clock in the evening that Link said goodbye and went back to the house.

After taking a shower, Link slept in silence all around, except for the faint chirping of insects outside.

At some point, Link felt the door to his room open, and someone came to the bedside.

He was immediately alert and tried to get up, only to find that he was weak and his eyelids were so heavy that it looked like he hadn't slept in days, which made Link immediately think that he had probably been anesthetized or something.

Then Link heard someone say, "Move faster." Then I felt lifted up by the two of them, and a moment later I was thrown into the body of a pickup truck.

Link tried his best to fight against the numb body, but the effect was not obvious, he still couldn't move, and the groggy feeling still showed no signs of dissipating.

However, he still insisted on not falling asleep, and at the same time, his heart was cold, he didn't expect that this was not just a black-hearted hotel.