Church regulations required that boys leave the home when they reached adolescence, so the twins left Lourdes, where they had lived for eight years, after graduating from primary school. They rented an apartment on their own. They went through a number of live-in care-givers.
小學畢業後，由於教會規定男童青春期前後就必須離院，於是他們搬離住了八年多的露德之家，自己在外租房子；同住一起照顧的保母，也歷經幾次更換後，換成來自宜蘭山地鄉的高媽媽。