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

performance and received thunderous applause. She

became a famous star in the mine.

Xi Si lived in the same dormitory building as I

did. I could often see her on the way to school or

back to the dormitory building. When I met her, I

would lower my head and pretend not to see her and

quickly go away, without greeting her. I acted as if I

didn’t know her. I thought I was an abandoned man,

one that was not to be looked upon. One day, on the

way to school, I heard someone calling me from

behand. I turned around and saw Xi Si. I blushed.

“Soapy, why do you always avoid me? I’m not a

tiger!” she said.

I blushed again.

“I know your romantic history. It’s nothing. You

shouldn’t always be in low spirits,” she said and then

looked at me, waiting for me to answer. I lowered

my head, my face red. Seeing that I was in a dilemma,

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