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

the most important thing is that you must tell him

that he’ll have another awful opponent there. That

guy is as strong as a horse. He is nicknamed as the

First Big Barrel in our garrison. He is expecting to

see Soapy. I’m afraid Soapy will lose today. Please

go and see Soapy right now. I’ll drive you to our

garrison now!”

“OK, in that case, I’ll be happy to attend your

party. I think Soapy will be happy too. I’ll go and see

him now,” Xi Si responded. She came to see me. As

soon as she saw me, she told me the news. I thought

for a moment and said, “Will the guy play a trick

again?”

“I don’t think so. Even if he wants to, there is no

time. He will leave soon. This time he looked sincere.

He doesn’t seem to harbour any evil intentions.

Anyway, this is the last time we will meet him. He’ll

soon go to a far-away city in the south of China.

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