The business brought stability and happiness, yet as long as he was living under a foreign roof, Ou-yang felt insecure. Also his children were growing up without an understanding of Chinese culture and without a feeling for their ancestors.
事業有成固然可喜，但「人在屋簷下」的感覺仍令人不安；加上孩子年歲漸長，不懂中國文化豈不愧對祖先？