The February 28 Incident erupted shortly after the stories came out, and Lu, who was bitterly disappointed with the KMT, joined Taiwan's underground Communist Party.
文章出刊不久，爆發二二八事變，呂赫若因為對國民黨絕望而加入台共地下黨，五○年代前後，因參與「鹿窟武裝事件」而遇難。