His wife, who had longed to get involved in creative work, had no choice but to devote herself to being his assistant, handling outside contacts and relations with publishers; but loving books more than anything else, she could go through two to three a day, and became a fantastic database which Chu Te-yung drew on for creative material.
原本渴望從事創作的老婆，也只能全心當他的助理，處理對外聯繫和出版聯絡的工作。而嗜書如命的老婆，一天可以消化掉兩三本書，也成為他尋找創作題材時的最佳資料庫。