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

day a young and strong man rushed into my office

and asked angrily, “Who is Soapy?”

I was stupefied. He got hold of my collar and

shouted, “Have you insulted my younger sister?” It

turned out the man was her elder brother.

I stood there, stock-still, my face a study in

consternation. He was going to beat me, when the

girl rushed in and dragged her brother away and

complained, “He is a good teacher! He has not done

anything improper! You have blamed him wrongly!”

With that, they went away.

I was very angry and dismissed the school

basketball team - both teams.

I knew who started the rumor. It must have been

the cross-eyed teacher, Squint, who cooked up the

story. He hated me because Black Peony was

intimate with me. He loved Black Peony secretly and

ingratiated himself with her. Black Peony was tired

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