He was about to open his mouth to refuse, but Zeng Guangzhao did not give him the chance.

“I’ve spoken with a few colleagues, and they all think it’s okay. We’ve set the date for a week from now, by which time you’ll have already been discharged from the hospital, right?”

Wow, that's amazing! She completely shut him down.

Yi Mu could only force a smile: "You're right."

Five days later, Yi Mu was discharged from the hospital. His second sister wouldn't let him go out and have fun, and told him to stay home and rest for a few more days.

Ms. Li had someone deliver an invitation to him; it was her 26th birthday, and she had invited some students and friends to a birthday party.

Yi Mu was reluctant to go, feeling that Miss Li was a bit radical and could very well become an important figure in driving historical progress in the future.

Yi Mu just wants to be an ordinary person and doesn't want to get involved in too many things.

He made an excuse to refuse, but Miss Li was exceptionally enthusiastic and sent her driver to pick him up from her home.

Upon hearing that the driver belonged to the Li family, the second sister packed up Yi Mu and, without giving him a chance to explain, put him directly into the car.

Ms. Li's birthday party was held at the hotel.

The venue was decorated in a low-key manner, and most of the guests were young people.

Most of them were men with glasses and parted hair, and young women with conventional short hair.

Yi Mu was dressed in a flashy burgundy wool coat and calfskin ankle boots, which was excessively ostentatious compared to the group of simple people.

When Miss Li saw him arrive, a happy smile appeared on her face. She walked over in her high heels with a very feminine air and naturally took Yi Mu's arm.

"Let me introduce you to someone, a photographer named Yi Mu."

Miss Li's way of introducing Yi Mu was very different from others. When others introduced Yi Mu, they always referred to him as the fifth young master of the Yi family.

Ms. Li's friends were all very friendly, and they all greeted Yi Mu one by one.

Having lived in modern society for decades, Yi Mu is very familiar with various anti-Japanese war dramas.

The moment Yi Mu saw this group of people, he had a bad feeling.

Halfway through the birthday party, he suddenly overheard two men next to him discussing a protest.

In that instant, all the fur on the back of the sheep stood up.

His intuition was correct; Miss Li got along well with this group of people, and it was very likely that she herself had joined some organization.

Now, Yi Mu can no longer even pretend that he is in contact with Miss Li.

In this era, if you don't play politics well, you'll lose your head.

Imu cherishes his only life.

He excused himself from Ms. Li, saying he had just undergone surgery and was not feeling well.

Ms. Li expressed her deep regret, but did not strongly urge Yi Mu to stay.

After Yi Mu returned home, he told his second sister directly that he and Miss Li were not a good match.

When pressed by his second sister for the reason, Yi Mu said that he was not worthy of Miss Li's profound thoughts and decided not to hold her back.

The second sister felt regretful, but she wouldn't force Yi Mu to accept someone he didn't like; she would just say she would introduce him to someone better in the future.

Yi Mu, who thought he had gotten rid of a troublesome matter, had no idea that this birthday party would bring him countless troubles.

The next day was the time I had arranged with Zeng Guangzhao beforehand to take photos of the senior generals at the military headquarters.

Yimu set off from home with all the necessary equipment.

On his way, he passed by the hotel where Ms. Li had held her birthday party the day before and found that the hotel had been sealed off and a group of police officers had gathered at the entrance.

A bad feeling rose in his heart. Yi Mu asked the driver to stop the car, got out, and grabbed an old man who was watching, asking him what was going on.

The old man glanced at him and lowered his voice, saying, "I heard that last night we received a tip that more than a dozen Communists were plotting in the hotel. Seven or eight of them escaped, and the hotel owner was arrested."

There's still a year left before the two political parties are supposed to cooperate.

Wouldn't arresting Communists at this time exacerbate the conflict?