Unfortunately, his father was diagnosed with stomach cancer the following year, and the medical bills drove his family into poverty. These circumstances, together with some trouble over a fight at school, prompted him to abandon his education and take a job with the Forestry Bureau at its Shuangliu Station in Pingtung.
隔年，父親罹患胃癌，龐大的醫藥費使得家道中落，他也因為在學校打架鬧事，退學到林務局屏東雙流林班工作。