After Chen Zimei’s family stayed in Hong Kong for a short time, they returned to Shanghai via the road. Soon, the relationship between Chen Zimei and Zhang Guoxiang completely broke down, and she rented another house with her four children and lived separately. During the Anti-Japanese War, prices in Shanghai rose three times a day, and life became increasingly difficult. So Chen Zimei moved to Nanjing with her children and lived in Xiaguan, living as poor a life as her mother had when she and her brother lived alone in Nanjing. It was not until after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War that she officially divorced Zhang Guoxiang. However, Zhang Guoxiang did not provide her and her children with living expenses. How could a weak woman afford to raise four children? In desperation, Chen Zimei had no choice but to part ways, leaving her four biological children behind and left resolutely.