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

“Who can prove that?” Hot Pepper jumped to her

feet, censoring me.

“If you couldn’t you are venomously slandering!”

I was rendered speechless. Plump Doll shot a

snooty look at me and went on speaking,

“Our school authority attaches great importance

to White Swan’s incident. The principal took up the

matter personally. When I took White Swan into the

political supervisor’s office, he was there and talked

with her patiently and sincerely. He persuaded her to

confess. He wanted to save her and wished that she

could confess her mistake. If she could, our principal

might consider giving her a light punishment.

However, she has refused to admit her mistake

resolutely. She does not know we have known all the

things she had done and that we have the most

convincing evidence already at hand. Her attitude

was extremely abominable. Our principal lost his

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