Looking at the bruised wound, she felt that it was more like a refined mark, a badge of honor. Deng trained Huang to the same standard as men. However, in 2010, Deng retired, and the team disbanded. Huang was assigned to her school's martial arts team, and everyone went their separate ways. After graduation, she tried many jobs, selling houses, delivering couriers and doing e-commerce, but just like the heroine A Juan in the movie, Boom, dong dong, the drumbeat of the awakening lion kept sounding in her heart.

She contacted other lion teams in her spare time to train and perform. In 2019, Huang met Li Peikun, the leader of Shunde Lunjiao Sanzhou Dragon and Lion Troupe. Li offered her a post, and Huang agreed immediately and quit her job to become a full-time member of the troupe. Huang put on lion trousers and a lion's head, and the sense of belonging came back. She became the returning lion.