When the situation in the North became critical he went to Nanking and Canton, until he finally took a ship to Keelung. However, after the February 28 incident the ship did not dare to enter port but went straight to Kaohsiung, where he entered junior school.
未幾華北緊張，一行人直下南京、廣州，末了搭船到了基隆，卻逢上「二二八」鬧得正兇，船不敢靠碼頭，最後是在高雄上了岸，進中學上初三。