Jessie Sterling wasn't very familiar with Aethelburg, so the group looked up some recommendations on their phones and headed straight for a nearby mall to get some barbecue.
The mall was filled with a festive holiday atmosphere. With Yvonne Rhodes joining them, the four of them took a bunch of pictures in front of a giant Christmas tree.
Meanwhile, Zoe Marx and another editor, who went by the pen name Chestnut, went looking for Shawn Stuart.
Chestnut was Shawn Stuart's editor-in-charge. He had planned to go ask Shawn what happened at lunch, but before he could find him, he was summoned by the editor-in-chief.
The editor-in-chief of Manhui showed Chestnut what people were saying online.
"This is your artist?" the editor-in-chief asked.
A cold sweat broke out on Chestnut's back as soon as he saw what people were discussing online.
He was a veteran editor. Even if he didn't know every single detail, he'd heard rumors about the things Shawn Stuart had done.
