Thus began a pursuit of knowledge which carried him for the next 13 years through university and to the attainment of his Ph.D. Lai recalls that when he was preparing for the college entrance exam, he got up every day at 4: 00 a.m. and went to a road in the camp to study by the feeble light of the streetlamps.
賴英照回憶，準備大學聯考時，他每天早上四點鐘就起床，在營區道路旁就著微亮路燈讀書，直至六點吹起床號了才回營房。