He was away from home between the ages of 15 and 26. During this time, Liu Hsiao-shen didn't particularly miss Meinung, and he didn't pursue anything with purpose. Life at that time was like a multiple-choice question, to which he was not certain of an answer.
在十五歲到廿六歲離開家鄉的歲月中，他並不特別想念美濃，也不刻意追求什麼，這時的人生，像是回答一道不確定答案的選擇題。