But his release turned out to be even more difficult to bear than his imprisonment. After nearly three years of suffering in prison, he came out to discover that his family had been shattered: his mother had died, his younger brother had given up school, his family had scattered and his girlfriend had married and gone to Japan.
然而最讓他難以承受的是，服刑期間，母親病逝、弟弟失學、親人離散、女友遠嫁日本，他都茫然不知。將近三年的苦難煎熬，出獄後，面對的卻是支離破碎的家庭。