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

Renting a shop naturally requires going through an agency, and finding a suitable shop is a time-consuming and laborious process. Fortunately, the requirements are not high for shops located far away.

Because the specialty of their grocery store was low prices, they didn't have many requirements for the store itself. As long as the location was far away, they could find a place with cheap rent. Everything else didn't matter.

With the help of the intermediary, the shop was quickly secured.

The shop we settled on wasn't very big, about 40 square meters. The location wasn't great, being very close to the slums. However, because it hadn't been rented out before, the rent was reduced to a very low price of only 700 Star Coins per month.

The rent was very appealing to Lu Yuan. He knew that in places like Shihui Street, the rent would be at least two thousand Star Coins a month, so he booked it without hesitation.

Lu Yuan didn't bother with renovations; he simply kept the shop as it was, cleaned it thoroughly, and bought a new counter and a few shelves. Lu Yuan's little general store opened for business, named Thirty Star Coins Store.

......

Bart looked at the stool in the room, which only had one leg left, and sighed bitterly.

This stool had actually been broken for a long time, but he insisted on keeping it and didn't replace it.

When he had three legs left, he tried to adjust his posture and continued to use it; when he had two legs left, he leaned the stool against the wall and persevered; now that he only had one leg left, he really couldn't continue using it.

Bart rummaged through his wallet, looking at the few star coins he had left and feeling worried. These days, the frequency of his mental disturbances was increasing, and he needed to save money for superficial calming treatments at the clinic. He was trying to save money wherever possible in other areas.

But it seems there's no way to save money on this stool today, so let's go shopping at Shihui Street instead.

Arriving at the affordable street, Bart went into the cheapest grocery store, spent a long time browsing, and finally picked up the most unremarkable stool.

"Boss, how much is this?" Bart asked.

The shopkeeper glanced at it and said, "Forty-five star coins."

Bart frowned, put down the stool, and thought he should go check out the shops in the slums.

Bart turned around and went to a shop in the slums, picked up a stool and asked the shopkeeper.

"How much is this?"

"Twenty Star Coins".

The price was cheap, but Bart's brow did not unfurrow, because the quality of the stool was so poor that he could feel one of the legs wobbling as soon as he held it. He didn't know how long it would last after he bought it.

Bart hesitated, walking back and forth, torn between taking a gamble on a bargain or sticking to the affordable street.

"Bart, what are you doing wandering around here?"

Bart looked up and saw that it was his good friend who had spoken, so he immediately started pouring out his grievances.

"My stool broke and I want to buy a new one, but the ones on Shihui Street are a bit expensive. The ones in the slums are cheap, but the quality is really bad. I'm afraid they won't last long. That's why I'm torn."

"Why don't you go check out that newly opened 30-star-coin shop? If they happen to have stools for sale, you'll be in luck," my friend said.

"What, a thirty-star store?"

"At the very end of the nameless alley, a new shop has opened. The shop is called the Thirty Star Coin Shop. All the goods inside are sold for thirty star coins, and the quality is very good. However, the variety of goods sold inside is not fixed and changes every day. There is no inventory."

Upon hearing this news, Bart decided to go check out the thirty-star shop.

When you arrive at the nameless alley and walk to the middle section, you can indeed see a newly opened general store at the very end of the alley, with the words "Thirty Star Coins Store" written in large characters on the sign outside.

The grocery store seemed to be doing good business. In the short time it took Bart to walk from the middle of the alley to the store entrance, five customers had already come out of the store, and each of them was carrying something in their hands.

Bart pushed open the door and entered the store, where a greeting of "Welcome!" came from the counter.

Bart felt that the voice sounded somewhat familiar, so he looked toward the counter, where a male insect that also looked familiar was standing.

Bart racked his brains for a long time before finally remembering who the male insect in front of him was.

"Ah, aren't you that male insect with poor mental strength from the Flash Clinic? What's your name again?" Bart said, pointing at the male insect.

Lu Yuan, who was being pointed at, had a stiff expression and clearly remembered who Bart was.

"My name is Lu Yuan. Um, sorry about last time."

"What are you doing here? Did things stop at the Flash Clinic?"

"I'm done. You said my mental strength is weak, so naturally I can't continue to harm other insects," Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"Is this shop yours?" Bart asked.

"Yes, I always have to find a way to make money, so I opened this general store."

"This was absolutely the right choice."

Lu Yuan was speechless, unsure whether this was a compliment or an insult.

"My friend told me that everything here costs thirty star coins?" Bart asked.

"Yes, you can look around freely."

Bate nodded and looked around the store, soon finding a stool in a corner.

The stool is made of wood with natural stripes and a dark brown color. It is covered with a soft cushion, making it comfortable and bouncy to sit on.

"This stool also costs thirty star coins?" Bart asked, pointing to the stool in the corner.

"right."

Bart looked at Lu Yuan with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot. With the quality of this stool, it wouldn't be a problem to sell it for sixty star coins in other stores, let alone thirty! Is this Lu Yuan crazy or stupid?

Anyway, he wouldn't remind Lu Yuan. In his opinion, Lu Yuan was a good fool, a wonderful fool, a brilliant fool. If Lu Yuan wasn't foolish, he wouldn't have gotten such a great advantage.

Fearing he'd be late and the road was too far, Bart quickly paid for the stool and took it with him. As he walked out of the store, two more insects came in to shop.

On the way back, some acquaintances greeted Bart.

"Bart, you went to buy a stool? This stool looks really nice; it must have cost a lot of money."

"Oh, it's only thirty star coins."

"Thirty star coins? Are you kidding me? Or is it that you beat up that stool seller and he had no choice but to sell it to you?"

"I'm not kidding, a 30-star-coin shop opened over in Nameless Alley. Everything there costs 30 star-coins. You can find some bargains there."

"Really? I'll have to go check it out."

Bart's friend hurried to the Thirty Star Coin Shop, while in Mel City, many other insects, after hearing the recommendations of the insects around them, also rushed to the shops further away.

......

It was late at night again, and Rhine secretly got out of bed and went to the bathroom, where he once again turned his cufflinks into a communicator.

A list was received in the communicator, containing the specific buyer information that Rheinland had previously requested.

It seems we can finally start taking action, Rhein thought.