 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa18 Gunyana 1931, Hu Die akasvika muTianjin achienda kuBeijing, uko Mingxing akanga achironga kupfura firimu Marriage of Tears and Laughter, kuchinjwa kwenyaya yakanyorwa naZhang Henshui. Pazuva rimwe chetero, vaJapan vakagadzira Chiitiko cheMukden, uye vakachishandisa sechikonzero chokutanga kupinda muManchuria. Zhang Xueliang, muchinda muduku uyo akanga ari mukuru weuto rokuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva, akarayira varwi vake kuti vadzokere panzvimbo pokurwisana navaJapan. Kwakanga kune runyerekupe rwokuti manheru ayo vaJapan vakatora Mukden, Marshal Zhang akanga achitamba naHu Die muBeijing, kupomerwa kwakakomba uko kwakatyisidzira kukuvadza mukurumbira wake. Hu Die aifanira kutenga nzvimbo mu Shen Bao, pepanhau guru reShanghai, kuti aparadze runyerekupe, rwaaifunga kuti rwakavambwa nevezvenhau veJapan kuitira kuti varege kufarira Zhang Xueliang. Nhoroondo yake yakasimbiswa nevamwe vatambi veMingxing nevashandi. Makore gare gare, ndangariro dzavanhu vakanga vari pedyo naZhang Xueliang dzakaratidza kuti akanga asina kutongosangana naHu Die muupenyu hwake, uye Zhang akarayirwa naChiang Kai-shek kuti asadzivisa muvengi akasimba zvikuru. 