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

“We can’t enter the school through the gate

together,” I said to White Swan.

“No, we can’t.”

“You go into the school through the gate. I’ll

climb over the wall,” I said. She nodded and we

parted there.

Our school wall was not high. It was very easy to

climb. I jumped up to the top of the wall with the

help of my hands, turned my body over and fell to

the ground. Just as I landed on the ground, I found

myself standing face to face with two security guards.

I felt my heart and hands turn ice-cold, as if I had

fallen into an igloo.

“Come with us!” they ordered me.

I obediently followed them to the mailroom by

the school gate where I found another three pairs of

lovers. They were being questioned in turns. White

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