D-level males reached the pinnacle of life by living off women.

Lu Yuan felt a pang of sympathy for Morey's pitiful state.

Actually, if Lu Yuan hadn't known beforehand that the price of silver crystals would definitely rise in the future, he probably wouldn't have felt anything.

After all, the price of silver crystals is not comparable to what it used to be, and Rhine's price-cutting is a normal business practice.

However, Lu Yuan now knows that the value of silver crystals will definitely skyrocket after a while, so when he looks at Morey, he can't help but feel a little guilty. He always feels that he and Rhine are lying to the insects.

Lu Yuan turned to look at Rhine, wanting to discuss it with her, but he was stunned when he saw Rhine's expression.

Rhine's face remained completely unmoved, even displaying a coldness that Lu Yuan had never seen before, making Rhine seem very unfamiliar to Lu Yuan.

Noticing Lu Yuan's gaze, Rhine immediately turned her head and looked at Lu Yuan with concern.

"My lord, what's wrong?"

Lu Yuan felt as if the familiar Rhine had suddenly returned. He suppressed the slight awkwardness in his heart and said...

"It's nothing, I just need to go to the restroom."

Then Lu Yuan asked Morey, "Morey, is there a restroom in here?"

"Yes, sir. Just turn right after you go out and walk to the end of the road."

"Okay, Rhine, come with me. I'm a little scared being a bug."

Rhine nodded, stood up, and Lu Yuan took Rhine's hand, and the two walked out together.

As they approached the restroom, Lu Yuan pushed open a door to a room in the corridor and pulled Rhein inside.

Rhine showed no strange expression. Judging from Lu Yuan's appearance earlier, he knew that Lu Yuan's claim of going to the bathroom was just a pretext; he actually had something to say to him.

The room looked like a storage room; there wasn't a single chair inside, so Lu Yuan and Rhine had to stand.

"My lord, is there something you want to say to me?" Rhine asked.

Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment, then asked.

"Rhein, don't you think that Morey, the stadium owner, was a little pitiful?"

"Pitiful? Where is she pitiful?"

"He lost so much money on this mine and finally made it this far. The price of silver crystals was supposed to go up soon, but now he has to sell the mine."

Rhine looked at Lu Yuan with a puzzled expression.

"What's so pitiful about him? These are all decisions he made himself. Whether it was buying the silver crystal mine before or selling it now, no one held a knife to his throat to force him. The fact that he ended up like this only shows that he's incompetent."

Lu Yuan sighed softly. He knew, of course, that Rhine's words made sense, but he still felt quite uneasy.

After much deliberation, Lu Yuan finally told Rhein what was on his mind.

"That's true, but knowing that the price of silver crystals is going to go up, I have this strange feeling that we're cheating the insects."

Looking at Lu Yuan's troubled and conflicted expression, Rhine sighed inwardly, realizing that even as a powerful ruler, he was still too soft-hearted.

However, Rhine quickly came to terms with it, after all, if it weren't for Lu Yuan's kind heart, she probably wouldn't have ended up with him in the first place.

Anyway, with me protecting him, Lu Yuan can be a good worm if he wants. With me around, no worm can bully Lu Yuan.

"So, does the master want me to stop trying to lower the price?" Rhine asked.

"No, it's not that. I was thinking we should check our budget. If the price is within our budget, then we can give a little more, since we can make it back later anyway."

"After all, if we push the price down too much now, these sellers will inevitably harbor resentment towards us when news of silver crystal price increases comes out later, which might cause us trouble," Lu Yuan said.

This reason was not very convincing to Rheinland.

Rhine had investigated the backgrounds of all the mine owners on Golan Star beforehand. They were just ordinary businessmen with no significant backgrounds. Dealing with them would be a piece of cake for Rhine.

However, since Lu Yuan is so troubled by this matter, Rhine doesn't mind spending more money to make Lu Yuan happy.

"What the lord said makes sense. I know what to do now. Let's go back first."

Lu Yuan and Rhein returned to the office where Morey was. As soon as they sat down, Rhein said...

"Mr. Morey, how about this? I'll offer 20 million to buy this mine. You and I both know that this price is already high these days."

Morey was about to say something when Rhine stopped him, and Rhine continued speaking.

"However, we sympathize with your situation. How about this? I heard you still have a large stock of silver crystals that haven't been sold. I'll offer another ten million to buy all of them. What do you think?"

"Okay, okay, I'll sell them all to you. Thank you so much, thank you so much!"

Morey was naturally very grateful. He had been in despair when Rhein mentioned 20 million, but things had taken an unexpected turn for the better.

Of course, Morey also repeatedly expressed his gratitude to Lu Yuan.

Morey had witnessed Rhine's cold attitude before, but after Rhine went out and came back, his attitude changed completely. Morey naturally understood who was responsible for this.

The three insects were very happy.

Morey received the money he desperately needed, resolving his family crisis; seeing Morey so happy, Lu Yuan felt less conflicted.

As for Rhine, he got everything he wanted within the budget. He had originally planned to buy the batch of silver crystals that Morey had. After Feynman's research results were published, the price of that batch of silver crystals alone would at least quadruple.

After the deal was agreed upon, both sides immediately went to complete the formalities. Once the formalities were completed, Rhine readily transferred 30 million Star Coins to Morey on the spot.

After receiving the money, Morey expressed his gratitude again and then quickly left Golan Star.

Later, when negotiating with the remaining twenty-odd mine owners, Rhine largely continued this principle.

For mine owners who are genuinely in need and have a good attitude, Rhine doesn't mind offering some concessions and giving them more money; but for some mine owners who want to take advantage of the situation and deliberately raise prices, Rhine is not so polite.

For these kinds of clueless bugs, Rhine would secretly cause them trouble, making it impossible for them to stay on Golan Star, and in the end, they would have no choice but to sell the mines to them.

Of course, all these bad things were done behind Lu Yuanqian's back.

About two weeks later, all twenty-odd mines on Golan Star changed hands and were transferred to Lu Yuan's name, becoming assets of the Rothschild family.

The next step is to buy the remaining two-thirds of the mines that still belong to the city of Azsuna.