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

make fun of her. I pretended to run very slowly and

let her follow me closely. When she was close

enough, I quickened my steps to increase the distance

and shook her off. When I saw that she was far

behind, I stopped running to wait for her. Soon she

was out of breath. Watching the humorous show, my

students laughed until tears came to their eyes. She

was feeling both ashamed and angry. She sat on the

ground and burst into loud sobs. A moment later, she

rolled on the ground yelling inordinately. But I had

lost face in the front of my students. They called me

a love rat and a great heartbreaker! They said I was

degenerate.

A new rumour soon spread around the school:

Soapy had not only hugged and kissed Great Smoker

but he had also done it with her. Now he had played

enough with her and had decided to abandon her. I

felt very upset but could not vent my grievances. I

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