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

She said love was mysterious. It was luck by which a

man and woman are brought together. The

regimental commander laughed. He said that was a

feudal superstition. She said that even though he was

a high officer, he had fame, money, and power, she

still didn’t love him. He said it didn’t matter that she

didn’t love him at the moment. They could make

friends and often associate with each other for the

time being. Xi Si was forced promise to be his friend.

Now that Xi Si had promised to be his friend, he

had good reason to see her. He came again and again

to our school. He would either say he was going to

treat her to a feast or say that he was going to invite

her to watch a movie. Soon it became agonizing for

Xi Si and she refused to see him. But he said that he

had the right to pursue her. So long as she had not

married, it was fine for him to court her. To obtain

her, he had racked his brain. He asked Cock and

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