1980, New York State, USA.
This is a poor neighborhood.
Bad environment, rude people, terror and violence make up everything here. Cursing, the sound of smashing glass, gunshots, all kinds of sounds fill this place and nourish evil.
In a dark alley, a man was lying face down. He lay there motionless, with only blood spreading from under him. It was unknown whether he was dead or alive.
No one came to rescue him, and no one paid attention to him.
Not long ago, a fight broke out across the street from here. A group of Caribbean people and a group of black people fought each other and even fired guns. Now those people have run away, but people nearby still dare not open the doors and windows.
Occasionally someone had to pass by, but they were in a hurry and would not pay any attention to the person lying in the alley next to them.
Of course, even if they saw it, they wouldn't do anything about it - that was the police's job.
Of course, the police might not arrive for a while, as those in uniform were busy catching the group of troublemaking black people next door.
Suddenly, the fingers of the man lying on the ground moved.
Cheng Hao felt sore all over, and there seemed to be a cut on his stomach.
He had a car accident, and it was a sudden disaster.
He had parked his car and was walking towards a nearby cafe to prepare for the first blind date of his life when a luxury car on the road suddenly lost control and rushed towards him.
He had been trained since childhood and was very alert. If he was alone, he would definitely be able to avoid it. However, in front of him, a young mother was holding the hand of a primary school student with a schoolbag. The two of them were reciting ancient poems together and did not notice the danger coming.
He pushed the mother and son away, and he suffered the consequences.
Now... he was seriously injured? Why didn't anyone come to save him?
Cheng Hao lay down for a while and regained some strength. At this time, there was still no noisy sound around him.
Is there something wrong with his ears? There was a car accident on the street, but no one was watching?
Cheng Hao moved, opened his eyes, and then saw some old houses.
He was clearly on a busy street, so how come he suddenly appeared in the urban village?
Cheng Hao was stunned, and then felt dizzy. Some memories that did not belong to him appeared in his mind.
He saw the life of a young man as if he was watching TV.
He couldn't empathize with what the boy had experienced, but he did summarize the boy's life.
The boy's name is Cheng Jinhao and he was born in 1964.
His parents are both from Hong Kong and come from a wealthy family. Before he was born, the young couple took a four-month boat ride to come to the United States to study.
It was during their study in the United States that they gave birth to Cheng Jinhao.
According to the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1868, all children born in the United States can obtain U.S. citizenship. The young couple applied for U.S. citizenship for Cheng Jinhao, and little Cheng Jinhao became a Chinese American.
However, Cheng Jinhao did not grow up in the United States. Shortly after he was born, he followed his parents back to Hong Kong and grew up in Hong Kong.
Cheng Jinhao's parents loved him very much. According to the couple's plan, Cheng Jinhao would complete his high school education in Hong Kong and then go to the United States to attend college, but an accident happened during this period.
When Cheng Jinhao was thirteen years old, his mother died of illness. His father could not bear the blow and ran away abroad and lost contact with his family.
The Cheng family is a large family. Cheng Jinhao's grandfather had three wives and nine children. Cheng Jinhao's generation has even more children. Because Cheng Jinhao's grandfather is still alive, the Cheng family has not yet split up, but they do not live together. Cheng Jinhao's parents have always taken Cheng Jinhao to live outside.
Before leaving, Cheng Jinhao's father entrusted Cheng Jinhao to his half-brother, Cheng Jinhao's uncle.
Suddenly his mother passed away, his father also left, and he had to live under someone else's roof... Cheng Jinhao, who was in his rebellious period, had a drastic change in his personality. He used to have excellent grades, but he started to dislike studying and would fight with others at school from time to time. He became a campus bully and was expelled.
His uncle changed several schools for him, but not only did he not study for more than a few months, he also started to associate with people from society.
Cheng Jinhao is too troublesome. If he continues like this, he will learn bad things... When Uncle Cheng was at his wit's end, he listened to his wife's advice and decided to send Cheng Jinhao to study in the United States. He believed that private schools in the United States should be able to educate Cheng Jinhao well. At the very least, if Cheng Jinhao was locked up in school and had no bad friends, he would definitely not cause any trouble.
Cheng Jinhao, who was only fifteen years old, was sent to the United States.
Uncle Cheng handed the matter of Cheng Jinhao's education to his wife, asking her to find a good private school to send Cheng Jinhao to, and then find someone familiar to take care of Cheng Jinhao. Although most Hong Kong people go to the UK to study, there are also many who go to the United States. It is entirely possible to find a suitable family for Cheng Jinhao to live with when he is not living on campus.
Cheng Jinhao was reluctant to go to the United States, after all, he was unfamiliar with the place, but it was not his turn to object to what Uncle Cheng had decided, so he was sent to the United States in the end.
After being trapped on the boat for several months, Cheng Jinhao calmed down. He thought that when he arrived in the United States, he would study hard and apply to the university his parents attended. However, after he arrived in the United States, everything he encountered was completely different from what his uncle had said.
He was not sent to the agreed private school, but to a public school located in a very poor community. Not only that, the family he stayed with was not an intellectual family. On the contrary, the man was an alcoholic and the woman was a gambler. The couple were not serious people at all.
In the 1970s, the living standards of the people in the United States far exceeded those of other countries, but many places here were very chaotic.
There are some of the best schools in the world, but there are also some that are filled with drugs and violence and few people learn.
Cheng Jinhao was sent to a school where few students attended.
This school enrolls low-income people. The school waives tuition for these students and provides them with free breakfast and lunch, but those students never come to classes. They only come to school during meal times. The children who study here are basically very poor. Even if they don't eat the free lunch at school, they rely on free lunch coupons issued by social workers or food from relief centers to survive.
This is a very incredible place for Cheng Jinhao, who has been used to a wealthy life since childhood.
What made him even more angry was that he had to continue living here.
He only had a very small and dirty room in a host family. They didn't buy him clothes or food, so he had to wear dirty clothes and eat the tasteless free meals distributed by the school.
He quarreled and made a fuss, wanting to go home, and then he was beaten by the men in his host family. That would have been fine, but at school, he also became a victim of bullying.
The poorer the place, the more serious the discrimination, and there are very few Chinese people in this place... Cheng Jinhao was alone and was at the bottom of the discrimination chain, and was severely punished several times.
However, Cheng Jinhao had been pampered since childhood and had never suffered any grievances. He even learned martial arts in a Hong Kong martial arts school when he was a child. He was in a rebellious period where he was fearless. In addition, he felt that he was abandoned by his family and had a strong sense of ruthlessness... His ferocity was soon aroused. After being beaten a few times, he would fight back and even learned to chase others and beat them.
It happened that Chinese Kung Fu was popular in the United States at that time, and no one dared to mess with him for a while. He also recruited a few subordinates and became a bully in the school again.
Not only that, he who had only done minor offenses in Hong Kong got deeper and deeper into trouble here. He stole things, robbed, and even played with guns.
He has fallen.
It is impossible for a young boy with no relatives to not fall into depravity in such an environment.
At first, Cheng Jinhao thought about contacting his family, but the messages he sent fell on deaf ears and he couldn't get through to them at all. It might also be that no one wanted to pay attention to him... After a long time, he just thought he had no family.
After being able to make money through various illegal means, Cheng Jinhao left his host family and the community that he hated, and went to live in another community.
Now this place is Cheng Jinhao’s latest resting place.
He had just arrived in this community and wanted to find a place to steal some money before looking for a place to live, but suddenly someone came and stabbed him in the stomach several times, and he fell down.
After Cheng Hao finished reading the memory, his heart skipped a beat.
Cheng Jinhao is dead, died of excessive blood loss.
As for him... he should have died too, but for some reason, he traveled here after his death, possessed Cheng Jinhao, and became Cheng Jinhao.
Realizing this, Cheng Hao suddenly thought that he needed help at this moment.
Otherwise... he would probably die again.
The person who stabbed Cheng Jinhao was determined to kill him. He struck Cheng Jinhao so hard that it was incredible that he was still alive.
Perhaps because he had come through, his body actually had some strength. Cheng Hao slowly crawled forward and finally crawled out of the dim alley.
There is a small street outside the alley, which is a bit dirty. The houses around it look similar to those built in China in the early 20th century. Occasionally, you can see some high-rise buildings of more than ten floors. However, most of the people on the street are black, with a few white. There is not a single yellow person that Cheng Hao is familiar with.
The looks these people gave him were filled with disgust.
Cheng Hao had already crawled out of the alley and called for help to a passerby: "I need help..."
However, the man ignored him and cursed him instead. The words were spoken with a thick accent and Cheng Hao could hardly understand them. That would have been fine, but the man kicked Cheng Hao on the shoulder, knocking him upside down, and then left with a smile.
Cheng Hao felt that he had used up all his strength and was about to give up. At this moment, a young man with black hair and head down turned out from the corner of the street... He was a yellow man!
Cheng Hao could sense the surprise of meeting an old friend in a foreign land. He didn't know where he got the strength from, but he crawled over and hugged the man's legs: "Help!"
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