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

“Could you tell me how you violated school

discipline when you were at your alma mater and

was punished because of the romantic story about

you and a girl?”

I sunk into. deep thought for a moment. I thought

of the story with White Swan. Tears welled up in my

eyes. I told Xi Si how I loved White Swan, how I

was cheated, how I fell into the jaws of death and

how I was persecuted. I told her that I was an honest

man. I never messed around with girls. I indeed

loved White Swan. Thinking of her sad fate, I had

suffered insomnia for a long time. I couldn’t sleep

well, I couldn’t eat well. I had lost weight and

become thinner. She sighed for me. Then I told her

the story of Big Wang and then the story of Great

Smoker. I told her I had been wronged. I told her the

stories about the cross-eyed teacher, Elephant and

Monkey King. I told her how they started rumours

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