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

Oh, Glasses! I knew the guy! He was Xi Si’s

former lover! She spoke about him to me many times.

He studied his Master’s degree with Xi Si. He was

more talented than her. She worshipped him. They

once were head over heels in love with each other.

But in the beginning of the cultural revolution, he

said something improper. He was regarded as a

reactionary scholar and was exiled to the desolate

Northwest. As to where on earth he was exiled to,

nobody knew. Since then, she had lost contact with

him. She had not heard about him for many years.

For this, she was in anguish for quite some time. But

did he suddenly appear in her mother’s home?

He saw my puzzled face and he said, “I have

been rehabilitated and have returned to my alma

mater to work as a teacher. After I got back, the first

thing I wanted to do was to look for Xi Si. I quickly

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