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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
opponent and would lose. I became nervous, and the
more nervous I was, the worse I stammered.
“Eh…It’s…eh…hard to say. That’s…a long
story.”
“A long story? A long romantic story? Do you
have a romantic story? Tell me about it. I would like
to hear it.”
“No…I don’t…have a romantic story. Actually
no…girls ran after…me. They…didn’t…like me.”
“Why didn’t they like you? You look honest.
Girls normally love honest men.”
“That’s… because…I was lazy, though… I
was… a little bit clever. No girl… ran after me.”
“Are you fond of me?
“What do you…eh…mean by fond of?” I
blushed with shame.
“You don’t even know the phrase ‘be fond of’?”
She stared at me suspiciously. I blushed with shame.
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