Martin Wright’s words were still unfinished, Mia Sutton and Jensen Sterling hadn’t reacted yet, but Gavin Sterling’s face darkened and he reprimanded with a shout.

Gavin Sterling cared about the Sterling Family’s reputation, naturally, he wouldn’t allow anything detrimental to their image to be spoken.

Martin Wright probably knew this too, so he fell silent, but the insincere smile on his face was almost impossible to maintain.

Jensen Sterling slowly raised his eyes and glanced at him, asking indifferently, "Not continuing to summon people?"

Everyone around was very quiet, not speaking, their gaze subtly sweeping over them.

Martin Wright’s hand hanging by his side clenched tightly; if listened carefully, one could hear the crunching sound of the joints being squeezed.

The jaw was tightly clenched; moments later, he slowly loosened his hand, and said word by word, "Uncle..."

Then his gaze shifted to Mia Sutton, his lips moved several times, each word spoken with force, "Aunt."

Mia Sutton actually didn’t have much reaction; past events she didn’t care much about, after all, to her it felt like things from several lifetimes ago, nothing worth holding onto.

Her mindset was very peaceful; she hummed a response.

Martin Wright was furious, holding his breath in his chest, unable to let it rise or fall.

Clearly, he couldn’t sit at this table; suppressing his anger, he tried to speak calmly to Gavin Sterling with some auspicious words before intending to head to the banquet hall in front.

Just as he was about to leave, Chloe Young walked over.

Upon seeing Martin Wright, she smiled brightly, "Didn’t we agree to wait for me? Why did you come by yourself?"

After speaking, she turned to look at Gavin Sterling, "Grandfather, happy birthday, may your happiness be as boundless as the sea, and your life as enduring as the mountains."

Saying so, she handed over the gift in her hands, "A little gift, I hope Grandfather will like it."

Seeing Chloe Young, Gavin Sterling’s attitude improved, and his face wore a smile, "I’m doing well; how has your grandfather been lately?"

Chloe Young said politely, "All’s been well."

As they chatted back and forth, surprisingly, they began to converse; Chloe Young was nominally still his fiancée here.

For a while, Martin Wright couldn’t leave, so he sat down.

But after sitting down, his gaze would occasionally sweep towards Mia Sutton opposite him.

Perhaps his gaze was too blatant, making Mia Sutton uncomfortable, her hand resting at her side slightly tugged Jensen Sterling.

A few minutes later, the two left their seats.

Outside, Mia Sutton exhaled heavily, tilting her head to look at Jensen Sterling, "Mr. Sterling, is the atmosphere in the Sterling Family always like this... so..." She couldn’t immediately think of a word to describe it, just felt very uncomfortable.

"Oppressive." Jensen Sterling coolly filled in her unfinished sentence.

The Sterling Family is like a huge scene of fame and fortune; almost everyone approaches others with a certain purpose.

He knew this from a young age and was used to it; previously, he didn’t see anything wrong with it.

But after spending some time with the Sutton Family, he inexplicably began to dislike such occasions... and people.

They didn’t like the atmosphere inside, so naturally, they stayed outside.

Meanwhile, inside the villa.

Martin Wright and Chloe Young were no longer with Gavin Sterling.

Instead, they were mingling with the guests attending the birthday banquet.

After negotiating with one CEO, Martin Wright frowned, preparing to leave, but Chloe Young held his arm.

Chloe Young looked up at him and asked blandly, "What are you planning to do?"

Martin Wright forced a smile, reassuring the people beside him, "Chloe, I just drank too much, have a bit of a headache, want to go out for some fresh air."

Chloe Young raised an eyebrow slightly, "A headache, huh? Want me to go out with you to find some hangover medicine?"

"No need, I’ll just rest for a bit."

"Alright, then, go and come back soon, I’m waiting for you." She said with a considerate smile even as she spoke.

Once Martin Wright left, Chloe Young watched his back, her smile gradually faded, her gaze cold, no longer with the tender and understanding look from before.

Her smile returned only after watching his back disappear; she picked up a nearby glass of wine and reentered the conversation, "Oh, Mr. Qin, hello, I heard you recently closed a big deal, congratulations..."

...

After leaving the villa, Martin Wright instinctively wanted to find Jensen Sterling and Mia Sutton, but as he lifted his foot, he hesitated for two seconds, then put it back down, changing direction.

He hadn’t forgotten the purpose of coming here today.

Since it was Gavin Sterling’s birthday banquet, all guests and some staff members were downstairs.

Rooms upstairs were scarcely occupied.

Martin Wright had stayed at the old mansion for a while, so he was familiar with the layout of the Sterling Family, thus headed straight to the third floor.

Standing in front of the room, he ensured no one was around before pushing the door open and going inside.

It was Jensen Sterling’s room in the Sterling Family’s house.

Although he’s no longer part of the Sterling Family, the room remained untouched.

The room was clean, completely unlike a place uninhabited, with two bags on the bed, which Jensen Sterling and Mia Sutton had put there earlier.

...

Jensen Sterling and Mia Sutton wandered around the garden in the back, and visited Giselle Summers.

Giselle Summers had visited the birthday banquet at the start before returning directly.

Sitting together for a chat, discussing things like recent endeavors, whether work was going smoothly, and urging Jensen Sterling to care for Mia Sutton more, rather than focusing solely on work.

Mia Sutton: Thinking of how someone spends his free time being a nuisance.

"..." When he’s occasionally busy with work, she doesn’t mind so much.

After sitting for a while, Giselle Summers accompanied them back to the villa.

Although she was lazy to move, she still had to check it out.

Back at the banquet, they exchanged pleasantries; it wasn’t particularly interesting, and soon Mia Sutton became a bit bored, reaching out to tug Jensen Sterling’s finger.

Noticing this, Jensen Sterling lowered his head, "What’s up?"

"I’m so bored, I want to get my phone."

Since Mia Sutton wore a dress today, she couldn’t carry her phone, so she placed it in her bag.

Jensen Sterling: "Alright, let’s go get it, then we can leave soon."

Mia Sutton obediently nodded; she indeed didn’t favor such gatherings, preferring the room to play on her phone.

The two went upstairs, and after closing the door, Mia Sutton threw herself on the bed, grabbed her bag, took out her phone, and started playing.

Seeing this, Jensen Sterling smiled helplessly, walked over, and sat beside her, pulling her in to let her lean comfortably against him.

Then, he leisurely began to unpack his own bag.

Mia Sutton looked away from her phone, curiously asking, "Mr. Sterling, don’t you usually not carry a bag?"

She noticed this when they went out, but probably got distracted by other things and forgot to ask.

Jensen Sterling gently ruffled the young lady’s soft hair and replied softly, "I packed some things."