Chapter 261: The Meal (Part 2)

Eventually, everyone had finished their meal. Xin’s parents had asked Gary a few more questions in between. Fortunately, it was just normal small talk, about his family and how he was doing in school in general. The teenager was more than happy to tell them about it, especially about being one of the Rugby stars of Westbridge, something which apparently gained him a bit more favour with the mayor.

“Speaking of school, the reason I'm here is that I heard that you wanted to transfer Xin somewhere.” Gary began to address the difficult topic. “If you don't mind, Xin, I wanted to ask you if you could tell me the reason, or at least where you'll be going.”

“Don’t you think the reason for it is pretty clear?” Xin’s father raised an eyebrow. “Your school was attacked by a gang, and my daughter got kidnapped in the aftermath. We were lucky that Jayden happened to be in town, but things could have easily ended up a lot worse.