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


               women. They are thirsty for women to such a degree


               that  they even forget their dignity. Quite a few  of



               them wanted to Whitewash me. I was very angry


               them. So I  thought you  were the same as them.



               Soapy, I really apologize for my rudeness. I would


               like us to be friends. You know I  have  many



               followers. People say I have as many followers as the


               number of people  in the company. That’s a bit



               exaggerated, but  I do  have  many followers. If you



               like, I can put you in the list of my suitors. I plan to


               choose  one of them as  my true lover. Maybe I’ll


               choose you… Can you give me one of your photos?”



                       After I read her letter, I laughed in contempt. I



               thought to myself that I would rather be a bachelor


               for all my life than marry her. The woman was far



               too arrogant. She kept many pictures of her suitors.


               She often took them out and put them  on the table



               one by one to compare them in order to choose the





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