Chapter 6685

Meanwhile, Charlie was meeting with Claire and her friend from the press outside Shangri-la. Nellie Chandler was a journalist working for an Aurous Hill newspaper and Claire's classmate back in middle school. Although the newspaper had been given four seats, they were on the verge of bankruptcy and couldn't spare more journalists, so the free seats were given to Claire. They were waiting when Charlie arrived, and Nellie smiled at Claire, "So, that's him?" Claire nodded. "Nellie, meet Charlie. Darling, meet Nellie. We go all the way back in middle school, and she's now the chief correspondent of Aurous Mornings." Nellie waved her off, flashing a humble smile, "Don't tease me. There's no hierarchy where I work—we're all chief correspondents, and heaven knows we're just waiting for the paper to shut down." Surprised, Claire asked, "Is it really that bad?" "Bad is the least of it," Nellie sighed. "No one reads the papers these days, and Aurous Hill is a small place anyway, meaning