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

was their scheme! They planned to shift the blame to

me! It was I who betrayed White Swan! She would

hate me to the very marrow of her bones. I regretted

deeply what I had done. I hated myself. I was the

silliest man in the world! I had to explain myself to

her, otherwise she would not forgive me forever. She

would be back at school in the few days. It was too

late for me to write. I was as restless as an ant on a

hot pan. I was anxiously expecting to see her. But I

never thought Plump Doll and her like were also

expecting to see her anxiously.

In the afternoon, two days later, I was reading in

the classroom when White Swan came in. After a

long journey, she looked a little tired. She walked

directly to her seat and sat down. Just at that moment,

Plump Doll jumped to her feet and ran out. I

wondered at her strange reaction. White Swan

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