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

I couldn’t control myself any more. I had to give

her an explanation! Otherwise she would never

forgive me! I jumped to my feet and was going to run

after White Swan, but Plump Doll shouted at me

loudly, “Sit down! Soapy! The meeting is not over

yet. Now let’s welcome our political supervisor, who

will give us a speech.”

I took my seat again. The political supervisor

made a speech that nearly lasted one full hour.

I rushed out of our classroom as soon as the

speech was over. But when I got to the girls’

bedrooms, White Swan had left. I immediately ran to

the train station. I should have taken a bus. But the

buses ran only every twenty minutes. So, I ran all the

way to the train station and into the large waiting

room. I was immediately submerged into a sea of

passengers who were traveling to different parts of

the country. All the hubbub made my head swim. It

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