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

“Eh…” I stammered. For a moment I didn’t

know what to say.

“You have taken advantage of her. Don’t try to

escape the responsibility! You must marry her!”

Elephant was getting excited.

I understood that she was putting on a play. She

had made up a story that I had already hugged and

kissed her. Now that I had hugged and kissed her, I

had to marry her. But it was very hard for me to

justify myself. My colleagues now looked at her,

then looked at me. It seemed to me that most of my

colleagues believed that what she said might be true.

Only a few of them seemed to believe that what I

said might be true. I was in a very awkward situation.

I could find no more words to argue with her. I was

slow of tongue and clumsy of speech. So I decided to

run away to avoid her again. I rushed out of the

office angrily. But I made a great mistake again. I

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