Chapter 296: Chapter 296: The Brother I’ve Never Met
Stella Sterling was silent for a long time.
She had run into her parents once before. At the time, they seemed to be in some trouble, having cheated someone out of their things but unable to produce the goods.
She hadn’t paid them any mind, though, and had just left.
Back then, she’d thought they would probably be killed. After all, that group was not to be trifled with.
Her parents had always lived a pampered life. Even after the apocalypse began, they’d had a relatively stable time because they had stockpiled supplies, never facing any real danger.
Encountering that group must have put them in peril.
But to her surprise, they had managed to escape even under those circumstances and return safely.
And they had found her brother.
Stella Sterling knew from her past life that as soon as the apocalypse had begun, her "genius" brother had been taken in by a base and became a key talent they were cultivating.
Back then, after being driven out of her residential community at the very beginning, Stella Sterling had wandered for a while before meeting up with Lydia Magnus.
She and Lydia Magnus had spent some time together, depending on each other for survival. They went through countless hardships until they were at the end of their rope, completely out of supplies. They had searched for a very, very long time but couldn’t find a single thing to eat.
In the very end, for just a little bit of food, Lydia Magnus betrayed her in a moment of weakness, selling her out to those people. Although she regretted it almost immediately...
...their friendship was shattered. Stella eventually escaped unharmed, but Lydia Magnus did not escape those people’s clutches.
After parting ways with Lydia Magnus, she ran into the Sterling parents again.
The Sterling parents hadn’t suffered much at the start of the apocalypse. They lived quite well in the Sterling family home until the third year of the apocalypse.
Only then were they forced out of their villa, and that’s when they met her.
At that time, although she harbored resentment toward them, she still felt bound by blood ties. Plus, they told her that her brother was working at a large base, and once the family reunited with him, they wouldn’t have to suffer anymore.
She had been tempted at the time and joined the Sterling family once again.
She even became the primary force in their group.
Every time they had to fight for supplies, she was the one at the very front.
But in the very end, they still abandoned her for Yara Sterling.
When Yara Sterling wanted to kill her, her own parents didn’t hesitate to help Yara deal with her.
Unfortunately for them, Yara Sterling still died by her hand, and she and her parents went their separate ways once more.
She didn’t know what happened to them after that. As for her so-called brother, she never once met him.
In this life, so many things had changed.
It wasn’t just her; Lydia Magnus’s fate had changed, and even the Sterling family’s path had deviated greatly from her previous life.
She never would have expected that her so-called brother, whom she’d never even met in her past life, would actually come looking for her in this one.
And he was with the Sterling parents, no less.
’It seems that after they ran into danger last time, not only did they escape, but they also managed to find their son during this period. They’ve reunited.’
’Then they probably heard my name and wanted to come see for themselves.’
Stella Sterling wasn’t surprised that they would come looking for her if they were still alive. After all, her Caeluna Base and her name were now famous in the area. Hearing the exact same name, they would naturally be curious.
And her parents were so strange. They had clearly never loved her, yet it seemed they never intended to let her go, always wanting to be entangled with her.
It was truly baffling.
’Still, I didn’t expect all of them to end up together.’
Then she couldn’t help but think of Magnus Sterling, who was in her base. He was also a member of the Sterling family. At this rate, almost the entire Sterling family would be gathered.
But she remembered that Magnus Sterling had a wife. They had no children, but he had a wife, and they had a very good, loving relationship.
But when he joined the base, Magnus Sterling was alone, and she had never heard him mention his wife.
’She probably perished in the apocalypse.’
Shane Lawrence waited for a long time, but Sterling didn’t continue speaking, so he didn’t dare to interrupt.
He just couldn’t figure out what Sterling was thinking.
’Those members of the Sterling family outside still don’t know that Yara Sterling came here... and is now gone.’
’I’d love to know how they’ll react when they find out what happened to Yara Sterling.’
’They’ll probably want to kill me!’
Thinking of this, Stella Sterling laughed with delight.
"Since they claim to be my family, let them in. But since they’ve come to our base, they’ll follow our rules. Confiscate all their weapons. Otherwise, don’t let them in."
She didn’t see them as a threat herself, but if they had powerful weapons, they could accidentally cause losses among the base members.
And Stella Sterling would not give them any opportunity to threaten her.
"Take them to my office up front. I’ll go there and wait for them."
After saying this, Stella Sterling left.
Shane Lawrence didn’t dare to delay. He turned to relay Stella Sterling’s words.
’Looks like those people really might be Sterling’s relatives. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have reacted like that.’
He quickly thought back. Their men shouldn’t have shown any disrespect toward the visitors.
He breathed a sigh of relief at that thought.
’After all, they are Sterling’s most important relatives. We have to treat them well.’
’Besides, this group seems different from that woman who claimed to be Sterling’s sister.’
’That woman was very disrespectful to Sterling, but this group today hasn’t done anything out of line.’
On the way, Shane Lawrence ran into Stephen Lawrence, who asked him a few questions.
When Stephen Lawrence learned that people claiming to be Sterling’s parents had come looking for her, his expression turned both strange and cold.
Shane Lawrence asked, a little confused, "What’s with that reaction? Sterling told me to take them to see her. These are her parents; we should be careful."
Hearing this, Stephen Lawrence sneered. "No need. Just treat them as you would anyone else. There’s no reason to be so careful with them. I’ll go with you in a bit. I’m actually curious to see these people."
He also wanted to see who these blind fools were.
Hearing this, Shane Lawrence found Stephen Lawrence’s attitude a bit strange. But Stephen was one of the first people to follow Sterling, so he probably knew something.
So, he nodded and went with Stephen Lawrence.
