Since his return to Taiwan last year, he and his girlfriend have traveled to Hualien every holiday--even Chinese New Year, when virtually every other national representative heads abroad for a break--to visit his girlfriend's Chinese-born father and Taiwanese-speaking mother.
去年來台履新後，即便是所有使節幾乎都出國渡假的春節長假，他也一定和女友一起回花蓮，和外省籍的準岳父及說閩南話的準岳母相聚享受家庭生活。