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

Lu Yuan has been in a good mood lately. The Mande Auction House finally had a change of heart and stopped making Rhine work overtime so often, so he no longer has to secretly curse the auction house in his heart.

Honestly, when he first heard Rhine say that they had to work overtime, he thought, "What the hell? Even thugs have to work overtime these days? What for? To kill bugs? Or are they supposed to write reports and submit work summaries? It's just ridiculous."

However, Lu Yuan knew that Rhine was also a pitiful employee, and he could only do whatever the boss said.

When Lu Yuan woke up that day, Rhine was still asleep next to him. Looking at the dark circles under Rhine's eyes, Lu Yuan felt sorry for her, as it was all caused by working overtime like crazy recently.

Lu Yuan seriously considered whether to persuade Rhein to resign. Working late into the night every day was already hard enough; having to work overtime was too harmful to his health.

In fact, Lu Yuan didn't know if the Zerg actually believed that staying up late was harmful to health, but who cares? As a former human, Lu Yuan was convinced that staying up late was bad for his health.

But Lu Yuan also knew that he was not in a position to persuade Rhein to resign. In the end, his grocery store was only able to open because of Rhein's work at the auction house. If Rhein resigned, his grocery store would close down immediately. The two of them couldn't just sit at home and starve.

So Lu Yuan thought that once the two of them had saved up enough money, they would try to open another store without relying on Rhine's connections. If they could open it, they would be able to legitimately persuade Rhine to resign.

Whether she chooses an easier job or opens a shop with him, it's up to Rhine.

However, those are all things for the future; Lu Yuan should focus on doing the things at hand first.

Lu Yuan quietly got out of bed and went to the next room, which was filled with all sorts of things that had been dragged back from outside the auction house.

This room was originally intended for Rhine's mental sea to use when it rioted, but ever since Lu Yuan started to soothe Rhine every day, Rhine felt that her mental sea was very stable, and she didn't know when the next riot would occur.

It was a shame that the room was left empty, so Lu Yuan requisitioned it to temporarily store the goods he had brought back from the auction house.

After bringing the goods home from the auction house, Lu Yuan first tidied them up and cleaned them before taking them to the general store to sell.

Lu Yuan was diligently wiping a chair with a rag. After cleaning it, he lifted it onto the trailer. Suddenly, a shiny silver object fell out from the gap in the chair cushion and landed on the ground with a crisp sound.

Lu Yuan put down the chair, squatted down, and picked up the small object from the ground. He didn't know what it was.

Just as Lu Yuan was about to take a closer look, he suddenly heard the sound of a door opening outside. It must be Rhine getting up. So he casually put the things he had picked up into his pants pocket and left the room to find Rhine.

"Why did you wake up so soon? Why didn't you sleep a little longer?" Lu Yuan said.

"Have you had enough sleep? What are you cleaning up? Let me help you," Rhein said, rubbing his eyes sleepily.

"Never mind that, I'm almost done. Go wash up and have something to eat."

Rhein nodded and went into the bathroom. He had just woken up and was still a little dazed. He did whatever Lu Yuan asked him to do.

After finishing the nutrient solution, Rhine leaned against Lu Yuan like he had no bones. He had really been exhausted recently and needed to rely on Lu Yuan to recover.

Lu Yuanren leaned against Rhine, enjoying Rhine's intimacy. As he adjusted his posture, he suddenly felt something prick his leg.

Lu Yuan then remembered that he had just picked up something. He took the thing out of his pocket and examined it carefully. This thing looked a bit like a pendant.

"My lord, what are you looking at?" Rhine asked.

"I just picked this up. It fell out of a chair I got from the auction house. It looks a bit like a pendant. The flower on it is quite pretty, but I don't know what kind of flower it is."

The pendant is in the shape of a flower. The flower is very small, with layers of petals, like a lotus seat. Lu Yuan thought it was quite pretty, and it also looked somewhat familiar.

Rhine picked up the pendant and looked at it.

"This is the Insect God Flower, which is very common in the Empire. Many ornaments are made in its shape. The Insect God Flower has a very sweet fragrance, which we insect races love. Legend has it that it was a gift from the Insect God to the insect race, so it can be considered the national flower."

"Insect God Flower, what a common name."

Rhine smiled.

"This flower has another name, which not many people know: it's called the Tears of the Elysée."

Rhine told Lu Yuan that the name "Tears of Elysée" comes from an ancient legend. It is said that long ago, the insect king had a favorite female servant, and he built a palace for her. The palace was named Elysée.

But later, the insect king fell in love with another female servant. This female servant was very sad and eventually died of a broken heart. Before she died, she shed a tear in the palace garden.

Upon learning of the female servant's death, the insect king recalled their past love and was overcome with grief. While reminiscing about the female servant at the Élysée Palace, he shed a tear, which happened to merge with the tear shed by the female servant before her death.

Then, a flower was born from where the tears met, and the flower was named the Tears of the Elysée, symbolizing love.

Lu Yuan thinks this legend is hard to judge, and can it really symbolize love? Isn't this just a story about a scumbag?

But never mind, just looking at the name, "Tears of Elysée" does sound better than "Insect God Flower".

"Someone must have accidentally dropped this pendant, Rhine. Should we ask the auction house if someone dropped something?" Lu Yuan said.

"On this desolate planet, whoever finds something keeps it. If you don't want it, my lord, just put it in the shop to sell."

"Uh, let me think about it some more."

Lu Yuan continued to play with the pendant in his hand, but the more he looked at the flower, the more familiar it seemed, as if he had seen it somewhere before he transmigrated.

What was it? Lu Yuan closed his eyes and tried to recall.

Ah, this "Tears of the Elysée" is just that violet, isn't it?

Butterworts are carnivorous plants. He knew about them because he had raised them before. Back then, there were many small insects in the dormitory, and chemical pesticides didn't work, so he had to resort to biological methods.

He bought a bunch of carnivorous plants from Taobao, including Venus flytraps, sundews, pitcher plants, and butterworts. Among them, butterworts were his favorite, not because they were the most effective at catching insects, but because they were the most beautiful.

The butterwort has very beautiful flowers, including purple, blue, pink, white, yellow and so on. Compared to the butterwort, all other plants are ugly.

Wait, what did Rhine just say? This flower smells very sweet, and the Zerg love it. How could they not like it? It's meant to lure the Zerg to eat it.

Furthermore, the national flower of the Empire is the Tears of the Elysium, which means that the national flower of the Zerg is the insectivorous plant, the Buttercup.

What a hellish joke!