CHAPTER 26: CHAPTER 24: CHEATING

"Whoosh!" But as soon as Ye Feng had finished speaking, he immediately extended his right hand. His speed was incredibly fast, as swift as thunder and quick as lightning, catching Sun Zhong’s wrist in the blink of an eye.

"Sun Zhong, what are you trying to do?" Ye Feng demanded, exerting force in his palm.

The force was terrifyingly intense, making Sun Zhong feel as if his arm was about to be crushed into powder.

"Ah~~~" Sun Zhong let out a painful scream, veins bulging on his forehead. His hand involuntarily loosened, and immediately two lighters fell from his hand to the ground.

"Two lighters!" Lin Shiyu and Liu Guixiang, mother and daughter, exclaimed almost in unison.

Ye Feng, with a calm face, asked lightly, "Sun Zhong, please explain why do you have two lighters?"

Enduring the pain, Sun Zhong managed to squeeze a faint smile onto his pale face: "Isn’t it just because I was afraid one lighter would run out of fuel, so I prepared an extra one?"

Actually, Sun Zhong had long anticipated that they might suspect the lighter he was using, so he had prepared two lighters: one without any trickery and one with a trick.

If Ye Feng wanted to check if there was something wrong with his lighter, he would quickly switch it with the gimmicked one.

But he had not expected Ye Feng’s observation skills to be so terrifying; Sun Zhong had barely moved his finger when Ye Feng noticed it.

Ye Feng had no patience for Sun Zhong’s explanation and turned to Zheng Yonggang, "Check them!"

"Right!" Zheng Yonggang nodded and picked up the two lighters to check.

Shortly after, Zheng Yonggang found something fishy. He lit the trick lighter and then placed his palm over the flame, showing a look of surprise.

"Mr. Ye, the flame from this lighter is cold, not hot!" Zheng Yonggang declared.

"Use the lighter to ignite a piece of tissue paper and see!" Ye Feng commanded.

Zheng Yonggang nodded, then took out a tissue paper and used the trick lighter on it. When the flame touched the tissue, it couldn’t ignite it at all.

"As expected!" Everyone realized that the lighter couldn’t even light a tissue; the flame was not real fire.

A cold look appeared in Ye Feng’s eyes as he addressed Sun Zhong, "Old man, trying to trick me? Now you can forget about using this hand..."

As he spoke, Ye Feng exerted more force.

"Ah~~~" Sun Zhong immediately let out a hysterical scream of pain; his arm was directly crushed by Ye Feng, blood flowing, bones completely shattered.

Without that hand, Sun Zhong could never cheat again in his life.

"Hahaha~~" Sun Zhong, in pain and frenzy, laughed loudly: "I’ve lost, I’ve lost! I never thought I, Sun Zhong, who has dominated the gambling scene for decades, would lose to a junior like you today. I am completely convinced! Indeed, I was cheating, but I can’t understand why when it was your turn, the tissue didn’t catch fire from your lighter, even though your lighter was fine!"

Ye Feng gave a cold laugh, "Let you die understanding..."

As he spoke, Ye Feng raised the cup in his hand and gently touched a drop of water with his finger, dabbing it onto his fingertip.

"So that’s how!"

Everyone suddenly understood. It was so simple; Ye Feng had merely dabbed a droplet of water onto his finger and quickly onto the tissue so when the lighter’s flame touched it, it would evaporate the water first, not igniting the tissue!

Zheng Yonggang looked at Ye Feng with immense respect, his eyes filled with admiration, and even Lin Shiyu couldn’t help but show a look of respect.

It took a great psychological acuity, courage, and swiftness to pull off such a feat.

No wonder Ye Feng had been drinking water continuously, as if he were very thirsty.

Everyone else thought Ye Feng was just nervous, afraid of losing, so he kept drinking water, not realizing he was preparing to dispel everyone’s suspicions.

A slight smile curled the corners of Ye Feng’s mouth as he looked at Zhang Xin, "You’ve lost, prepare the contract. Your Zhang Family’s casino is mine now..."

Lin Shiyu was Ye Feng’s woman. Zhang Xin dared to target Lin Shiyu. For Ye Feng, merely punishing him wasn’t enough; only making Zhang Xin lose everything and fall from grace would satisfy him.

Zhang Xin stood stunned, frozen in place, utterly unable to grasp his loss.

He had actually lost the Zhang Family casino, which meant—not only could he forget about inheriting the Zhang Family and becoming the next Family Head, but the family might even kill him.

"What am I supposed to do now?" Zhang Xin fell into turmoil.

Liu Guixiang was also shocked, yet she didn’t lose her wits, thinking to herself, "This Ye Feng has some dumb luck, winning a casino with Sir Lin’s money. It looks like I need to find a way to make Ye Feng spit out the casino as his dowry to marry Shiyu and respect me enough to consider letting them be together!"

Liu Guixiang shouted, "Zhang Xin, what are you dazed for? Hurry up and prepare the contract. You’ve lost, and your Zhang Family’s casino is ours now!"

"Reneging on a bet!" Thinking this, Zhang Xin’s mind was made up. He had to renege, otherwise, the Zhang Family would surely kill him.

Though Ye Feng was a martial artist with inner strength, Zhang Xin did not believe Ye Feng could stand against the entire Zhang Family.

"Mr. Ye, just a moment please. I will prepare the contract!" Zhang Xin hurriedly said to Ye Feng and then quickly left the room, also arranging for his men to take Sun Zhong to the hospital.

Ye Feng sat on the sofa, closing his eyes to rest, quietly waiting for Zhang Xin’s arrival.

Liu Guixiang walked up to Ye Feng with a flattering smile, "Congratulations, Ye Feng, for successfully winning this casino. However, the fact that you won this place, I, as your future mother-in-law, played a huge part in it.

If I hadn’t run out of money today, you wouldn’t have come here with Shiyu. If you hadn’t come here, naturally you wouldn’t have gambled with Zhang Xin, and you wouldn’t have been able to win this casino. So my contribution is significant.

Since my contribution is so great, shouldn’t I get some shares? I’m still your mother-in-law, so how about you give me seventy percent?"

"Get lost!" Ye Feng frowned and spat out coldly.

Ye Feng was truly fed up with this greedy old woman.