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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
“She… said that… her mother is sick and misses
her.”
“You lie!” Plump Doll, Hot Pepper, and the few
members of the Communist Youth League shouted at
me together furiously. The deafening and angry
voices scared me. For a moment, I was stupefied.
“She is pregnant, isn’t she?” Hot Pepper asked
me coldly.
“I…don’t know,” I stammered
“You know! You are head over heels in love
with White Swan. How couldn’t you know?”
“I…really don’t know. She has not mentioned it
in the letter.”
“You lie again! You can’t cover the fact that she
is pregnant! We know she is pregnant!”
“How do you know that she is pregnant?”
Suddenly I returned to normal and asked in return.
“She is vomiting. That’s a sign of pregnancy.”
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