The investigation behind

"Does the millionaire still have to come and buy ingredients for skewers?" Jake muttered to himself. After leaving the timber market, Jake went to the vegetable market to buy ingredients. Due to the delay in Amy's payment, which would take two months, Jake seemed to have money now, but he didn't have much cash on him. Until he received that money, he still had to do barbecue to sustain his life.

While Jake was wandering in the vegetable market, Carlton and Dirk were sitting in a private room, discussing him. "Carlton, here are the documents you wanted," Dirk pushed a stack of papers in front of Carlton.

Carlton casually picked up the documents and started reading them. The more he read, the more disdainful expression appeared on his face. "A barbecue guy living in a rental house actually wants to compete with me for a woman?" Carlton put the documents back on the table, scornfully saying.

After learning about Jake's situation, Carlton was certain that Jake and he were not on the same level. In Carlton's eyes, Jake was nothing more than an insignificant existence, like an ant. Previously, he wouldn't even spare a glance at someone like Jake.

"Carlton, is there a misunderstanding here?" Dirk hesitated and said. Before handing the documents to Carlton, Dirk had also read them, so he understood Jake's situation. Moreover, due to their previous cooking competition, Dirk didn't hold any ill feelings towards Jake and actually had a good impression of him. Therefore, he didn't want to see Jake and Carlton become enemies.

"Jake is just an ordinary person. How could he have any connection with Miss Wendy? Can Miss Wendy really be interested in him? There must be a misunderstanding here," Dirk said.

Dirk didn't look down on Jake, but in their circle, whether it was love or marriage, they valued social status compatibility. The gap in status between Jake and Wendy was too significant, and Dirk didn't think there could be any relationship between them.

"No matter if there is any relationship between them, based on his attitude towards me yesterday, I can't let him off easily!" Carlton declared.

Carlton saw Jake's attitude towards him yesterday as disrespectful and contemptuous. He believed that Jake must be punished!

After reading Jake's information, Carlton's thoughts were similar to Dirk's. They both believed that there couldn't possibly be an intimate relationship between Jake and Wendy because the gap in their social statuses was too vast.

Dirk thought for a moment and said, "It's not difficult to deal with Jake. He's just an ordinary person. But if Miss Wendy finds out about this, she might not be happy. Even if there's no relationship between them, Jake is still brought here by Miss Wendy. If we "take care "of Jake, it would be disrespectful to Miss Wendy." Dirk's words made Carlton hesitate.

Indeed, one must consider the master when dealing with the dog. If he were to handle Jake, it would be like slapping Wendy's face. It was very likely to make Wendy unhappy.

"Should we just let it go?" Carlton unwillingly said.

"Maybe I should meet Jake," Dirk suggested, noticing Carlton's unwillingness. Perhaps Carlton wanted to take action against Jake. "I can ask him to stay away from Miss Wendy and make him apologize to you. How about that?"

"Alright, For your sake," Carlton said.

Although Carlton still thought it was too lenient towards Jake, he had to consider Dirk's face and also take care of Wendy's feelings. Overall, it was a reasonable solution.

"Carlton, you're generous!" Dirk laughed. "Come, let's have a drink and toast to Carlton finding happiness with the lady."

"Wendy isn't easy to pursue," Carlton finally smiled. "So many people have pursued her in the capital, but she didn't even spare a glance. However, I believe that in the end, she will be mine."

"Naturally, Carlton and Miss Wendy are a perfect match. your will eventually be together," Dirk said.

"Haha, that's right," Carlton laughed even more happily. His impression of Dirk seemed to have improved.

In fact, the two of them were not familiar before. Carlton came to J City to see Wendy, and Dirk was introduced to him by someone else. Having one more acquaintance in the local area was always a good thing and made things more convenient.

Dirk was also good at socializing, which made Carlton have a good impression of him. He thought that they might have more contact in the future. Dirk had been wholeheartedly accompanying Carlton. For Dirk and even his family behind him, getting to know Carlton was an opportunity that he cherished.

However, what Carlton didn't know was that after some time of interaction, Dirk didn't have a very good impression of him in his heart. Of course, Dirk wasn't an immature and impulsive person who would give up on Carlton just because of his personal preferences. On the contrary, he took good care of Carlton and handled the tasks assigned to him seriously and efficiently.

After Carlton returned contentedly, Dirk didn't immediately leave. Instead, he picked up the documents casually discarded on the table by Carlton and looked through them again.

In fact, Dirk had already read these documents several times before handing them to Carlton, so he was already quite familiar with Jake's situation. However, he still picked up the documents and read them again at this moment.

"Jake, quite intriguing," Dirk murmured to himself.

When Carlton looked at Jake's information earlier, he only glanced through it briefly and didn't think much of it after seeing that Jake didn't have any special background. However, Dirk noticed some things that made him curious when he read the information multiple times.

There were two main points that puzzled Dirk. One was where Jake's cooking skills came from, and the other was how he suddenly became a teacher at Princeton University.

Jake's previous education and work experience didn't seem problematic to Dirk. At most, he thought Jake seemed a bit unlucky. However, his exceptional cooking skills and his status as a Princeton University teacher left Dirk perplexed. it wasn't strange for a person to live alone and cook for themselves. Many people could do that. However, surpassing Chef Alan's culinary skills, which were unmatched in the whole J City, by self-taught means seemed highly unlikely to Dirk.