The villainous second male lead at the beginning? No! He's the white moonlight!

That evening, at the Xiao family villa, Ye Linyuan, led by Xiao Ruoxi, brought Leng Qinghan into the villa's secret room.

This place was built by the Xiao family specifically to pry open the mouths of some enemies and obtain some important intelligence. Here, you can see all the famous punishments in the history of the Dragon Kingdom, as well as various strange torture instruments from abroad, and even some strange modern torture instruments!

In Xiao Ruoxi's words, if anyone is an enemy of the Xiao family and can survive here for 7 days without confessing, then the Xiao family will respect him as a man and will absolutely not harm his life and will let him leave!

"Brother Yuan, because Lin Yan is the Dragon King of the Dragon King Palace, the old master specifically instructed that the security measures here be top secret. Without the consent of the old master, myself who is in charge of the Dragon King Palace incident this time, my eldest brother Xiao Wuji, and my fourth brother Xiao Tianze, no one else, not even the head of the Xiao family, is allowed to enter."

"They got the eldest and fourth brothers drunk first before they dared to secretly bring you here."

Seeing Xiao Ruoxi's eager expression, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but reach out and pat her head, just like when they were little, and smiled indulgently.

"Yes, yes, our Ruoxi is the best."

As for the claim that Xiao Ruoxi got Xiao Wuji, the most powerful member of the younger generation of the Xiao family, and Xiao Tianze, who is among the top members of the younger generation, it's obvious that they were holding back.

Of course, Ye Linyuan understood their thoughts. On the one hand, it was their doting on the only little princess of the Xiao family, and on the other hand, they believed that Xiao Ruoxi would never do anything detrimental to the Xiao family.

Of course, there was one thing Ye Linyuan hadn't expected: they thought that since Ye Linyuan was the future son-in-law of the Xiao family, it wouldn't hurt for him to learn about the Xiao family's underworld influence sooner rather than later.

While lamenting that Xiao Ruoxi was still too naive, Ye Linyuan pulled Leng Qinghan forward without looking back.

"Let's go see the Dragon King of the Dragon King Palace. To be honest, I'm really curious about what I did to offend the Dragon King Palace that made this Dragon King personally try to kill me."

In the deepest part of the secret room, Lin Yan, whose limbs were pierced by long titanium alloy nails and who was nailed to the wall, looked ashen-faced.

He had imagined dying at the hands of the Dragon Kingdom's police, dying in battles with other underworld forces over territory, dying in the internal strife of the Dragon King Palace, but he never imagined that he would be captured alive by the Xiao family!

He didn't even know what kind of medicine the Xiao family had given him, which made him feel weak all over. Even if his limbs hadn't been pierced by the titanium alloy wedges, he probably wouldn't have had the strength to escape!

Now he just wants to be free from this burden as soon as possible...

"Hey, isn't this our famous Dragon King of the Dragon King Palace? What's wrong, are you asleep?"

Ye Linyuan's voice rang in Lin Yan's ears, instantly reigniting the anger in his heart.

"Is it you?"

"Of course it's me, who else would you expect?"

Ye Linyuan led Xiao Ruoxi and Leng Qinghan to Lin Yan, a smile on his lips, and looked Lin Yan up and down, who was in a pitiful state.

"Honestly, I'm really curious, why did you want to kill me?"

"I, Ye Linyuan, am a model citizen, born and raised in the new China, a law-abiding young man. I have never touched drugs, gambling, or prostitution, and I have absolutely no connection with your Dragon King Palace. What did I do to offend you?"

"You're not going to tell me you just don't like me, so you're relentlessly trying to kill me, are you?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yan snorted coldly and retorted without hesitation.

"You dare to be described as a law-abiding and exemplary young person? What law-abiding and exemplary young person would become a mistress and ruin someone else's relationship?"

"You claim to be completely abstaining from gambling, prostitution, and drugs? I bet you're the most promiscuous one here!"

Upon hearing Lin Yan's words, Ye Linyuan looked him up and down with a strange gaze, as if he were looking at a fool.

After just one look, Lin Yan couldn't stand it anymore. He glared at Ye Linyuan angrily and shouted loudly.

"Damn it, what kind of look is that? Let me go if you dare, let's fight again!"

Ye Linyuan ignored Lin Yan's roar and said thoughtfully.

"You mean you just dislike me?"

"So what if it is!"

"If that's the case, then you're a complete idiot."

"You son of a bitch %+-*@#〉℃^："

Ignoring Lin Yan's furious outburst, Ye Linyuan continued.

"First of all, where have I not obeyed the law? Tell me, which of my actions violated the law? Even when we were fighting, I avoided your vital points, otherwise, I could have twisted your head off in two moves."

Seeing Lin Yan's joking expression, Ye Linyuan reached for a wooden baseball bat beside him and turned to Leng Qinghan and Xiao Ruoxi, saying...

"Qinghan, Ruoxi, please step back a little, or you'll get hurt."

Although they didn't know what Ye Linyuan wanted to do, Leng Qinghan and Xiao Ruoxi still obediently retreated several meters.

However, Ye Linyuan felt that the distance was not enough, so he gestured for the two of them to retreat a little further. Only when the two of them had retreated about 15 meters did he grab the wooden baseball bat between himself and Lin Yan.

"How much force do you think it would take for someone to crush this wooden baseball bat?"

Squeeze a wooden baseball bat to pieces?

Lin Yan was taken aback at first, then burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, Ye Linyuan, did you come here on purpose to make me laugh? Do you know how much grip strength a human can achieve? Let me tell you, the grip strength of an average adult male is usually around 40 to 50 kilograms. Trained athletes or professionals can achieve a grip strength of 60 to 70 kilograms, which is already considered the top level for humans."

"The strongest grip ever recorded by a human is 192 kilograms, set by American strongman Magnus Samuelson in 1998!"

"To crush a baseball bat, even one made of wood, would require at least a ton of force!"

"That means it needs to be more than five times the highest human grip strength record!"

"Ye Linyuan, you're not going to tell me your grip strength is more than five times the human limit, are you?"

"You don't actually think I haven't seen through your tricks, do you? You crushed the Dragon King Dagger because of your gloves!"

"I think you've gotten so used to wearing gloves that you've forgotten your own limitations!"

Lin Yan laughed and mocked Ye Linyuan while observing Ye Linyuan's expression.

He was really looking forward to seeing Ye Linyuan's shocked and embarrassed expression after he found out the grip strength required to crush the baseball bat!

Unfortunately, he was disappointed!

Ye Linyuan's expression remained calm, and even his tone was completely unwavering.

"Really? More than five times the human limit? But how do you know 192 kilograms is the human limit? Perhaps the human limit is far beyond your imagination!"

"Life is the most wondrous thing!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Linyuan exerted force with his right hand, and the veins on his right hand bulged instantly!

Snap! Boom!

Under the stares of the four men, who looked at him as if he were a monster, Ye Linyuan actually crushed the wooden baseball bat in his hand!

In an instant, wood chips flew everywhere. Because Ye Linyuan controlled his power and had already made Xiao Ruoxi and Leng Qinghan stay far away, most of the flying wood chips hit Ye Linyuan and Lin Yan, with only a very small portion hitting Xiao Ruoxi and Leng Qinghan's skin.

Even though it was just a tiny bit of wood shavings, it still caused the two women a sharp pain!

In other words, they weren't hallucinating; Ye Linyuan really did crush a hardwood baseball bat!

The next moment, both women blushed.

Brother Yuan is so strong, if he exerts his strength during that time, wouldn't their granary be crushed...?