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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)

I was sitting on a stool, thinking of what to do

for the next step. The only way to save myself was to

go to the northeast part of China to see Black Peony.

She could prove that I was innocent. I had to escape.

I had to go see her. One hour quickly passed. While I

was considering my way out, the tall Red Guard

came in and slipped me a piece of paper and then left

silently. I opened it. It said, “Run away quickly!

Dwarf and some of his accomplices will break one of

your legs. This is a good chance to escape. You can

flee from the windows in the inner room. Run away

quickly!”

Night was falling. I looked around and found no

one around. I opened the windows and jumped out. I

ran desperately and as quickly as a rabbit. At the

school gate, I met two persons - a man and a woman.

The man was Squint while the woman was Elephant.

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