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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
“I might trust you again, but I know I will be
cheated once more.”
“Where is the knot?”
“Here. But it’s hard to untie it. It’s a fast knot.”
“Why did you make a fast knot?”
“To prevent you from putting it in. I have to
protect myself. But I am in a dilemma.”
“I’m a man. I mean what I say.”
“Here is the knot. If you can untie it…”
I was overjoyed and busied myself, undoing it in
a frantic rush. Suddenly, a flash of light went by. I
heard mixed and disorderly steps. A group of people
were approaching. I was startled. White Swan
quickly fastened her trousers in alarm. We stood
stock-still. A familiar voice was heard:
“Soapy and White Swan must be somewhere
here. They meet every weekend. Today, in class, I
saw with my own eyes that Soapy passed a slip of
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