She explains why she agreed to return to Zhoushan at a time (before the legalization of travel to mainland China from Taiwan) when it was necessary to cut all her links to Taiwan to do so: "I came back with him so he could fulfill his lifelong desire to return home. You don't know this old guy, but he missed his hometown and his children more than anyone."
叫我穿著長衫（旗袍）在院子洗衣服，老頭子幫我舀水，給他們拍照」，王奶奶回憶。「跟他回舟山定居主要是完成伊的一個心願啦，你不知，這老頭子比別人都還會想家、想孩子」，王奶奶說明當時何以肯在開放之前就放棄一切到舟山來。