Not only did she take up writing again, Wang also met her future husband in the performing arts troupe. He was the troupe director, Li Zhang. Wang longed to return to Shanghai, and in this she enjoyed her husband's full support. Li accepted a transfer to a new job in Shanghai, where he worked as an editor for a music magazine.
在文工團的日子，王安憶不僅開始寫作，同時她也認識她的先生，文工團指揮李章，他為了成全妻子回到上海定居的心願，自願調到上海的音樂雜誌擔任編輯。