Chapter 17: The great divide

"Hey" Wu waved as he walked into Xin's bar after weeks of being away from it.

"Haven't seen you in a while" Xin warmly greeted Wu and the two of them gave each other a pat on their backs.

"Did I miss anything?" Wu asked, taking a seat in front for the counter and permitting himself to drink from his glass of wine.

"You missed A LOT" Xin emphasized.

"Crazy things happened to me for the past weeks. Lemme start by saying I was assaulted, and the bar got looted."

"What?! And you didn't even tell me?!"

"I didn't want to rub my problems on you while you're having the time of your life with your girlfriend."

"You always do this. Every single time Xin. You involve yourself in everyone's problem so you can help, but when it's your turn, you always want to handle things alone…"