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

“You look like my younger brother. I don’t think

we are well-matched…” she said.

My heart sank and I thought there was no hope.

But I said, “You are four years older than me. But I

don’t care…”

“I care! I would feel ashamed to walk with a

younger brother around my colleagues.”

I was very disappointed and thought I would be

abandoned. But at that moment she said, “But we

could befriends and see whether we could develop

the relationship beyond friends in the future.”

I saw a ray of hope.

“You used to be a professional basketball player,

weren’t you?”

I began to flatter her again. I thought sports must

be a topic she would like to listen to.

“Yes, I was. Are you interested in basketball?”

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