Chapter 1731: Chapter 1732

Chapter 1732 Similar Ingredients

During dinner, Nicole looked at her children and felt the need to instruct them on several matters, seeing as they were heading to Daemonic Mount the next day.

She allowed her gaze to sweep past Juan, knowing that she could keep an eye on him later as she was going along with him.

Instead, she focused her attention on Maya, who was chewing her food with a troubled look at that moment. I bet it’s because of Wilbur.

“How’s everything going with the food plaza, Maya?”

Surprised by the sudden question, Maya raised her head to look at her mother. “It’s good so far, Mommy. I’m currently negotiating with a new business partner regarding food supplies.”

“Is it going well?”

Maya pondered for a moment before responding, “I think that the ingredients that the new partner provided are very similar to the ones that Wilbur previously gave. Could it be that he-”

“Do you mean to say that your partner bought them from Wilbur before supplying them to you?” Juan interrupted.

Maya hesitated to finish her sentence. That’s not what I’m trying to say.

This time, it was Nina’s turn to make a guess. “Are you implying that your supplier has connections with the Simpson family and knows who their distributors are?

Maya glanced at her sister but still remained silent.

At that moment, Kyle put down his silverware. “Maya, are you suspecting that Wilbur contacted your supplier to get them to provide you with the original ingredients?”

Maya nodded in agreement.

The current batch of samples looks so much like the ones supplied by Wilbur’s company, especially the small details on the packaging. Some areas were designed exactly like the specific requests I had given to his company previously. It surprises me that the new company was able to notice those details before I had even mentioned them.

Hearing this, Juan voiced his bewilderment, “What is Wilbur trying to do? Are they eager to sell those products to you because they couldn’t sell them elsewhere?”

“I don’t think that’s the case. Besides that, the price they offered was lower than Wilbur’s, so I find that puzzling too,” Maya muttered.

Juan gave it some thought before replying. “There’s definitely something going on. Could it be that he deliberately arranged this to get revenge on you? He gets someone to negotiate with you and lowers the price so that you’ll accept it. Then, he’ll sabotage you by providing you with poor-quality ingredients, which will cause the customers to get stomachaches. With that, your food plaza will be done for. It seems to me that he’s harboring ill intents!”

Everyone at the table exchanged looks in silence, amazed by the boy’s impressive imagination.

Evan put down his wineglass and looked at Juan. “Wilbur will never do such a thing!” he said firmly.

“Looks can be deceiving, Daddy. Why is he doing this then, in your opinion?” asked Juan.

After a moment of contemplation, Nina suggested, “Perhaps he’s doing her a favor now so that he can find a suitable time later to bring it up and use it to resolve their conflict.”

“There’s nothing between us, and I don’t need that jerk’s favor!” Maya exclaimed with a grim look.

“On the contrary, I think that he just wants to help you and has no other intentions,” Kyle remarked objectively.

“Why do you think so, Kyle? You don’t even know him well,” questioned Maya.

“Exactly. There’s always a reason for everything, so Wilbur must have his reasons too!” Juan chimed in.

Kyle turned to look at his brother. “If he wishes to patch things up with Maya, don’t you agree that he’ll have a better chance of success if he explains that the child that woman is carrying isn’t his?”