Chen Feng said with a smile, "Then why don't you invite him to your house as a guest? Use your brotherly affection and warmth to influence him, and then persuade him to quit gambling. Maybe he will listen to your advice and stop gambling in the future, and he won't have any intention of harming you."

Hearing Chen Feng's words, Zhou Ruiyuan could only smile bitterly. Of course, he didn't want to take any risks, and now that he had confirmed that his cousin had become a gambling addict and was heavily in debt, how could he possibly still have any hope for him?

But now he's turning the tables on his cousin, even going so far as to harm him, which is something he's having trouble getting over psychologically. Ultimately, while he's not exactly a good person, he's certainly not a bad one either. Besides, he's now targeting his own cousin, and without being absolutely certain that his cousin truly intends to harm him. This psychological hurdle is proving difficult for him.

Despite his sadness, he had already decided to spend the money to do it. His question to Chen Feng was a plea for psychological support, or perhaps even a way of asking Chen Feng to share his guilt.

Chen Feng, of course, wouldn't be a pushover and offer him psychological counseling or anything like that. After all, the two had only just met today, and Chen Feng only informed the other party of his danger after learning of his situation, because of the other party's warm invitation and two visits to his home.

In fact, Zhou Ruiyuan is now wary of his cousin and even intends to turn against him, which indirectly saves him and his family's lives. Therefore, Zhou Ruiyuan owes him a huge favor.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Ruiyuan shook his head and said, "I still can't make up my mind. At most, I can only call the immigration office to report him. If I were to deliberately frame him and make him commit a crime, that would seem a bit too much, since he hasn't done anything harmful to me or my family yet."

He paused, then turned to Chen Feng. "Brother Chen, unless you can prove to me again that your fortune-telling ability is truly 100% accurate, I will not be able to make up my mind to send my cousin to prison for a few years before sending him back to China."

Seeing that Chen Feng's expression was a little off, he quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, brother. I just wanted to make up my mind. Otherwise, I really couldn't bring myself to do this. If you really have the ability to prove it, then please prove it. Consider it a big favor I owe you. In the future, whenever... Of course, you may not value this favor, but if you ever need my help, just say so."

Chen Feng was actually getting impatient by this point. He had only informed the other party of the danger they would face two days later, and that it was a life-threatening danger, out of goodwill or a kind heart.

Chen Feng had already done more than enough by informing Zhou Ruiyuan about this. Whether Zhou Ruiyuan listened or believed it was his own business and had nothing to do with Chen Feng, nor would Chen Feng feel too guilty about it.

But in the end, Chen Feng was still too kind-hearted, which is why he talked so much and tried to make the other party believe him.

But Zhou Ruiyuan's relentless insistence on making him prove things again naturally annoyed him. After all, this wasn't Chen Feng's own business; in fact, it was completely unrelated to him, and Chen Feng hadn't expected to gain anything from the other party.

However, Zhou Ruiyuan's attitude was quite good; he both thanked her and apologized.

Even though Chen Feng didn't want to be a pushover anymore, he still planned to give the other party another chance. After thinking for a moment, he said directly, "If you still want me to prove myself, then you'll have to pay a price. Just now, I took the initiative to warn you and your family about the dangers you would face, which actually went against my principles."

But what can I do when we've met? Especially with your three children, and your youngest daughter being so adorable, I couldn't bear to keep quiet about it. That's why I took the initiative to tell you about it and give you a warning. Now, the facts prove that your cousin is indeed problematic. If you can't bear to report him or frame him and send him to jail, that's your own business, it has nothing to do with me.”

“Yes, yes, yes!” Zhou Ruiyuan nodded repeatedly, looking apologetic. “I know this is very impolite. But he is, after all, my cousin, and it’s really hard for me to make up my mind to report him and harm him. If you really have other stronger evidence, or can further prove your ability to read faces, I am willing to pay some price. Of course, the price cannot be too high, after all, I don’t actually have much money.”

Chen Feng said, "I don't want money, I just want the necklace your wife Riley is wearing. It looks like it's inlaid with turquoise, right? But it looks like it's made of silver."

"Huh? You want this?" Zhou Ruiyuan was somewhat surprised.

Chen Feng asked, "Is your wife's necklace very expensive?"

Zhou Ruiyuan immediately shook his head: "It's not expensive at all. I bought it with her when we were shopping at a flea market years ago. I think it cost more than five hundred US dollars. It is indeed a turquoise necklace. The stall owner said it was Native American jewelry, with a history of more than a hundred years. It was passed down from their ancestors."

“Then I’ll take this one,” Chen Feng said bluntly. “If you just give it to me, I’ll prove my special ability to you once again.”

Zhou Ruiyuan's face showed embarrassment and hesitation as he said, "Rui Li really likes this necklace and has been wearing it for several years. Besides, I don't seem to have any particular excuse to ask for it and give it to you."

Chen Feng shook his head, his expression indifferent, and said, "That's your problem. If you can't do it, then don't make me prove my abilities anymore. As for my warning, believe it or not, it's up to you."

Zhou Ruiyuan hesitated for a moment. In the end, he was still worried about the lives of himself, his wife, and their children. He stood up and said, "Alright then, I'll go get it from her now."

After saying that, he turned around and walked over to Ruili, whispering a few words in her ear. Ruili was initially shocked, then looked reluctant. Zhou Ruiyuan whispered a few more words in her ear, and only then did Ruili reluctantly take the necklace off her neck and hand it to Zhou Ruiyuan.

Soon, Zhou Ruiyuan returned and directly placed the necklace into Chen Feng's hand. It was clear that he genuinely trusted Chen Feng and actually believed what Chen Feng had just said, but he needed a more convincing reason to convince himself and to make his conscience clear.

Chen Feng held the necklace in his hand and sensed it for a moment. It was indeed full of life energy, no less than the jadeite he had obtained from Zhao Xingrong.

Actually, when Zhou Ruiyuan stopped the car and spoke to him, he had already vaguely sensed that the necklace Ruili was wearing contained a relatively rich amount of life energy. However, he didn't lack the life energy to absorb at the moment, and since the couple had warmly invited him to their home, he couldn't very well try to get Ruili to give him the necklace.

Of course, in the end, we don't really lack this life energy to absorb, so we didn't have any intention of getting our hands on this necklace in the first place.

Now that Zhou Ruiyuan was determined to make him prove his special abilities again, he went along with it and asked for some compensation. Otherwise, he felt it would be a huge loss to be taken advantage of like this. In fact, the other party had made a huge profit by exchanging the necklace for the lives of his entire family.

Zhou Ruiyuan's straightforward and direct handing him the necklace improved his mood considerably. He felt that the other person was indeed a person of good character, an honest person, and at least someone who trusted him. Otherwise, he would definitely have made Chen Feng prove himself before giving him the necklace, but the fact that he gave it to him directly showed that he had long believed in Chen Feng's special ability.

"Alright, since you've given me this necklace directly, then I'll prove my abilities once again."

As Chen Feng spoke, he stood up and whispered in the other person's ear, "Actually, I can tell from your face that you have a lover, and she is Asian, but not from China. I feel she is from Japan."

After Chen Feng finished speaking, he straightened up and sat back down. At this moment, Zhou Ruiyuan's face turned pale, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead, his face filled with terror. He guiltily turned to look at his wife, and saw that Ruili was also looking at him with a puzzled expression, but she didn't get up to ask what was going on, which reassured him slightly.

Then, he quickly stood up and walked over to Chen Feng, his voice trembling as he pleaded, "Brother, you must keep this a secret! If this information gets out, I'm finished, my family is finished. You don't want my family to be destroyed, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng rolled his eyes at him: "I didn't want to say it originally, but you insisted that I prove it, so I had no choice but to prove it to you like this. Don't worry, I'm not so bored as to tell your wife about this."

Zhou Ruiyuan quickly lowered his voice and said, "Keep your voice down, keep your voice down, don't let my wife hear. Also, don't tell your girlfriend, otherwise if you let it slip and she tells my wife, I'm finished. Please, you absolutely can't tell your girlfriend about this."

Seeing the man looking at him with pleading eyes, practically begging on his knees, Chen Feng could only shake his head and solemnly say, "Don't worry, I won't tell. No one else will know about this except you and me. Oh, and of course, your lover too."

Seeing Chen Feng's words, Zhou Ruiyuan had no choice but to believe him. He couldn't help it if he didn't, but he still trusted Chen Feng. After all, Chen Feng had proactively told him about it and even warned him. If he hadn't repeatedly pressed Chen Feng to provide evidence, he believed Chen Feng wouldn't have revealed it and would have kept it to himself.

"Thank you, thank you, brother. You really scared me to death just now. Your face reading skills are amazing! You could even tell that? You said before that you could only see calamities within a few days? But now you can even see my love luck, and you're so accurate."

Chen Feng rolled his eyes at him again and said, "If you hadn't insisted that I prove it, I definitely wouldn't have said it. Besides, this 'luck in love' is actually quite good-looking; you can tell just by looking at your eyebrows and eyes. This is probably a basic introduction to physiognomy."

Chen Feng's words weren't entirely fabricated. Zhou Ruiyuan was now deeply shocked and even more convinced that what Chen Feng had told him before was true—his cousin did indeed want to harm him, and even his family. Therefore, he could now defend himself, find a way to get his cousin imprisoned, and then be deported back to China, so he could feel at peace with himself.

"Is that so? But your 'beginner' level might only be relevant to you personally. I've had my face read and fortune told before, but most of them were just charlatans and couldn't be accurate. Only the fortune teller I had when I was 16 was relatively accurate, but he was clearly not as good as you. What you've done is truly miraculous. Not only can you predict future dangers, but you can also see that I have romantic luck and even pinpoint the race of my lover. It's really amazing! You're a god!"

"Alright," Chen Feng waved his hand. "Now you believe me, that's enough."

Zhou Ruiyuan quickly said, "Of course I believe you. I actually believed what you said before, I believed it a long time ago, but I need to confirm it more to make sure my conscience is clear, otherwise I really won't be able to deal with my cousin next."

"Well, now you just need to make up your mind. Your cousin, as you said, is beyond saving, so don't have any expectations of him, and don't hold onto any illusions that he won't harm you. Besides, letting him serve a few years in prison before being deported is for his own good. Otherwise, given how things are going, he'll definitely end up in jail anyway, maybe even facing execution. By getting him into prison early and letting him serve a few years before being deported, it's definitely better for him to be back home than to stay in America."

Zhou Ruiyuan sighed and said, "I hope so."

"Alright, we've finished discussing this. Now it's up to you to handle it yourself. By the way, how did you convince your wife to give me this necklace?"

Zhou Ruiyuan said, "I told her directly that I really liked the necklace she was wearing and wanted to buy it. My wife didn't want to sell it at first, so I said that I had offered two thousand US dollars. After all, the necklace only cost a little over five hundred US dollars to buy, and now it's going to sell for two thousand US dollars. Although she was a little reluctant, she accepted it. Of course, I can't let you pay for it; I'll pay for it myself."

Chen Feng rolled his eyes at him and said irritably, "This is my payment. Compared to the safety of you and your family, do you think two thousand dollars is worth it?"

Zhou Ruiyuan smiled awkwardly and nodded repeatedly, "What a bargain, what a bargain, what a bargain! I really met a benefactor this time. If I hadn't happened to run into you and then suddenly had the idea to invite you to my home, my family and I might have been in real danger. Sigh, I really didn't know my cousin would turn out like this, becoming a dangerous element. Thank you for your warning and reminder, I don't even know how to thank you enough. Why don't you take another look, is there anything else in my house that you want? I'll give it all to you."

Seeing Zhou Ruiyuan's grateful expression, Chen Feng couldn't help but smile. He gently patted Zhou Ruiyuan's arm and said, "Alright, let's go back to eat. I haven't finished eating yet."

"Alright, alright, let's go back and continue with our meal. How about some more red wine?"

"Alright, let's stop drinking and continue eating. I have to go after I finish eating; it's getting late."

"Okay, but let's exchange contact information. I forgot before, I didn't even exchange contact information with you when I was drunk."

This time, Zhou Ruiyuan finally remembered to add Chen Feng's contact information. Chen Feng didn't refuse, and they added each other on WeChat and exchanged phone numbers. Then Chen Feng said to him, "Once you've dealt with this matter, send me a message to let me know you're safe and sound so I'll be aware of the situation."

Zhou Ruiyuan said solemnly, "Okay, I will, thank you."

Chen Feng didn't say anything more and walked straight towards the restaurant. By this time, the three children had already left the table. The youngest daughter had run to the playmat to play with building blocks, the eldest son had sat down to the side and was playing on his phone, while the eldest daughter was watching cartoons on her tablet.

After the two sat down again, Riley asked Chen Feng directly, "John, do you like this necklace of mine that much? You're willing to spend two thousand dollars to buy it. You know, I only bought it for five hundred dollars. If you want to back out now, you can give the necklace back to me."

Chen Feng immediately shook his head: "I really like it, so thank you for parting with it."

Riley sighed, shrugged, and said, "Actually, I'm a little reluctant to sell it to you now, but since I've already given it to you, I can't go back on my word, right?"

Zhou Ruiyuan quickly said, "Honey, I'll buy you a new one tomorrow. There are plenty of these turquoise silver necklaces."

What could Riley say? He could only shrug and say, "Okay, okay, buy me another one, but it has to be one I like."

Zhou Ruiyuan nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I'll definitely buy what you like."

Chen Feng sat and ate for a while longer, then stayed for another half hour before bidding farewell and leaving with Brina. (End of Chapter)

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