"When he came home after working hard all day he often stayed up half the night painting," says Cheng Hui-luan, adding that Chou often used to drive until two or three in the morning, but then still found the energy to go to a crowded pub or a hot springs on Yangmingshan to paint.
「他累了一天回來還經常熬夜畫畫」，程惠鸞指出，周孟德經常開車開到半夜兩三點收工後，仍要強打起精神到人多的 PUB 裡、陽明山上洗溫泉的地方去畫畫。