When the serialized version of the novel was compiled and published, it won the Sun Yat-sen Prize for Literature. As a result, Dr. Chao was besieged by reporters and readers, fascinated that this self- described "small-town doctor" and this author were one and the same man.
直到小說由純文學出版社結集出書，又得到中山文藝獎，報章雜誌紛紛報導，大家才爭相探問﹘﹘「趙醫師，您真的會寫小說啊？」