Meanwhile, Zhang Youyi, Xu's first wife, ended up studying hard in Germany and returning to China to become vice president of the Shanghai Women's Commercial and Savings Bank. She also set up the Yunshang clothing company, for which she served as general manager. The cudgel of divorce not only didn't defeat her; it spurred her to develop as an independent woman.
而被志摩休掉的原配張幼儀，後來在德國發憤讀書，回到上海後被聘為上海女子商業儲蓄銀行的副總裁，還在雲裳服裝公司擔任總經理，離婚大棍未將她打敗，卻打出了一個獨立成長的女性來。