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

As dusk approached, Lu Yuan returned home with a bag of dark green nutrient solution and half a bottle of drinking water.

First, Lu Yuan and Rhine shared the half-bottle of drinking water. Then, Lu Yuan took out the old broken bowl, poured in half a bag of nutrient solution, and handed it to Rhine.

Here, drink it.

Rhine took the bowl and drank it all in one gulp. Then, full of guilt, she said, "I'm sorry, my lord, that you have to go out to work and earn money. Please give me a few more days. As soon as I can get out of bed, I will go out to earn money to support the family."

Lu Yuan waved his hand dismissively.

"It's alright. You're so badly injured, you should rest first. We can talk about other things after you've recovered."

Rhine lowered her eyes and said nothing more.

In the quiet night, Rhine was fast asleep in bed, but Lu Yuan on the floor was not sleepy at all. He lay on the floor recalling his conversation with Rhine during the day.

He originally thought that Rhine would leave once she recovered, but now that Rhine has become his queen, that is, his wife, she certainly won't leave.

To be honest, he still found it difficult to treat Rhine as a wife; in his eyes, Rhine was just a man.

But he couldn't bring himself to divorce Rhine. As Rhine had said, the Zerg had very strict requirements for females. Divorced females not only had a hard time finding males, but also faced a lot of unfair treatment.

Sigh, Lu Yuan thought to himself. Oh well, he was quite lonely in this strange world anyway, so it was good to have a bug by his side.

The female insects here are quite devoted to their males after they marry, so at least he doesn't have to worry about Rhine harming him. For now, he'll treat Rhine as a brother and not think about what will happen later.

Thinking this, Lu Yuan turned over and let his consciousness sink into darkness.

For the next few days, Lu Yuan brought home a bag of nutrient solution and half a bottle of water every day. There was no other way; the output from his small plot of land was too consistent.

It's not that he doesn't want to save some nutrient solution or water in advance, but he really has no choice. He earns just enough to eat every day, and his body can't handle any less.

On the fifth day, Rhine stared blankly at Lu Yuan, who was gulping down the nutrient solution, while holding a bowl of it.

At first, he thought that Lu Yuan was deliberately putting on an act by sharing such inferior nutritional liquid with him, so that he would feel grateful and guilty and get out of bed to earn money to support his family as soon as possible.

But so many days have passed, and Lu Yuan has never mentioned asking him to make money. Moreover, he has been drinking this inferior nutritional solution with him for five consecutive days.

You should know that on other planets, this kind of inferior nutrient solution would be unacceptable to male insects, let alone being given to them. If you even put it in front of a male insect, he would be considered lucky if he didn't throw it in your face.

Even on a desolate planet, male insects generally won't drink this inferior nutrient solution. If they are forced to drink it, even if it's just for one meal, they will definitely cause a huge commotion with the female insects at home.

Lu Yuan, who has been drinking for so many days straight, hasn't uttered a single complaint. Are there really male insects in this world that can endure such hardship?

Feeling Rhine's gaze, Lu Yuan turned to look at him.

"Do you think the nutrient solution tastes awful? I think it tastes awful too, but I have no choice. My family is really broke, so this is the only nutrient solution we can afford."

Ah, here it comes, Rhine thought. Next, she'll probably be told to stop lying around and go out to make money.

"Bear with it. I'll teach you a secret: drink it down quickly in one gulp, don't try to savor the taste. That way it'll be easier to drink."

After saying that, Lu Yuan lay down on the blanket, closed his eyes, and prepared to sleep. If he wasn't full, he could only sleep more to forget the feeling of hunger.

That night, Rhine looked strangely at Lu Yuan's sleeping figure not far away, thinking to himself, "This male insect must be an idiot."

......

The next morning, just as Lu Yuan was about to leave, Rhein stopped him.

Rhein tore a cufflink off the sleeve of his coat.

"My lord, you should sell these cufflinks for money."

Lu Yuan looked at the cufflinks; they were plain in style and very ordinary silver-white in color, with nothing particularly valuable about them.

"Can these cufflinks really be sold for money?"

"These cufflinks of mine are made of a special material, silver moonstone, which is quite valuable. If you sell them, you can get at least thirty star coins. But don't sell them in the junkyard; the bugs here don't know their value. It's best to sell them in the city."

"Wow, it's that valuable!" Lu Yuan's eyes widened.

Thirty Star Coins is a huge sum of money for Lu Yuan, who currently earns five Star Coins a day.

"Well, I'm sorry, my lord. I was in a daze from the injury a while ago and didn't think that this could be sold for money."

"Hey, there's nothing to apologize for, you're too kind."

Lu Yuan carefully tucked the cufflinks into his pocket, deciding that he would do as Rhine suggested today and not go to collect garbage, but instead go to Kenta City, the closest city to him, to sell the cufflinks.

After walking for an hour, Lu Yuan arrived in Kenta City.

In Lu Yuan's view, Kenta City is more like a small settlement than a city.

There is only one main street in the entire city, and rows of low, dilapidated buildings are built around the main street. There are quite a few insects in the city, and there are many small shops and insect stalls on both sides of the road.

Lu Yuan, familiar with the place, arrived at a slightly old and dilapidated shop. When the original owner's father had just passed away, the original owner sold a lot of things from home, and always came to this shop to sell them. In his memory, the prices were quite fair.

Upon entering the store, Lu Yuan took out the cufflinks from his pocket and handed them to the older female insect behind the counter.

"Boss, how much do you think these cufflinks are worth?"

The older female insect took the cufflink and examined it carefully.

"Your cufflinks are small, have obvious signs of wear, and are stained. They're not made of any precious materials either. But since we're acquaintances, I'll take them for twenty star coins."

"Twenty star coins won't do, thirty star coins will do."

The older female insect pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Your cufflinks aren't worth that much; you definitely can't sell them for thirty star coins."

"Then I won't sell it."

Lu Yuan didn't know any of those bargaining tactics; he just remembered one thing: Rhine said it could be sold for thirty star coins, and that meant thirty star coins.

Seeing that Lu Yuan was about to leave with the cufflinks, the older female insect quickly stopped him.

"Oh, the price can be negotiated, how about twenty-five star coins?"

Lu Yuan didn't even turn his head and continued walking outside.

"Fine, fine, I give up, thirty it is."

Lu Yuan then stopped walking.

Fifteen minutes later, Lu Yuan walked out of the shop with thirty star coins in his hand.

Looking at the money in his hand, Lu Yuan was still a little incredulous. It was unbelievable that he had been working himself to the bone in the junkyard every day, picking up so many large items but not being able to sell them for more than a few star coins, while this small cufflink had sold for thirty star coins.

Lu Yuan, clutching a large sum of money, stood excitedly at the store entrance for a while, mentally reviewing all the items he wanted to buy. Finally, he turned and walked into the store across the street that specialized in selling nutritional supplements.