When the SARS epidemic struck Taiwan soon after, Wu stuck to her post. She protected herself by wearing a mask and making liberal use of antiseptic hand cleanser, but she was frightened. "If I had gotten sick and died," she says, "the unfinished story I had tucked away in my desk would never have seen the light of day."
沒想到不久後，SARS 病毒來襲，每天戴口罩、雙手噴灑消毒水堅守崗位的她，不禁暗自恐慌：「如果我不幸染病死掉，抽屜裡的故事豈不是永不得見天日？」