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

That would give him an excuse to beat me. He knew

that he was stronger than me. Fighting me in our

office would give him an upper hand. So he would

come into our office to challenge me. He wanted to

see whether I had the guts to argue with him.

One weekend he came into our office and

mocked me, “Da Guang Gui! Did you have a good

sleep? Do you want me to introduce you to a girl?”

I said nothing and did my utmost to avoid the

battle. He came over and felt my head while

continued to ridicule me. I warned him that he should

behave himself and shouldn’t make trouble. He

flared up and shouted, “I came here just to find fault

with you! What are you going to do?”

With that, he got hold of my collar and held on

to it tightly. He pulled me hard. I gave him a punch

at his armpit. A visible shudder swept over him.

Following the punch, I tripped his leg. He let me go

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