More than ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and the villa had been completely transformed into Lu Yuan and Rhein's little home.

The floor was covered with a fluffy, soft carpet, and the living room had Lu Yuan's favorite beanbag sofa. The house was decorated with paintings and various ornaments that conformed to Rhine's aesthetic.

A large corkboard hangs on one wall, with a few photos scattered on it, all of them photos of Lu Yuan and Rhine together, all taken at home.

Lu Yuan and Rhine said that once Rhine's matter is completely resolved and they are allowed to go out, they can travel and take photos frequently, and then fill the entire corkboard with their photos to create a photo wall, filling the house with their memories.

WALL-E wandered around the house, busy with chores. The TV was on, tuned to a news channel, where Bug was delivering the news in a clear and articulate voice.

Lu Yuan and Rhein weren't particularly interested in the news, but they didn't change the channel anyway, since their attention wasn't on the television.

At this moment, Lu Yuan and Rhine were both on the sofa. Rhine was sitting upright, while Lu Yuan was lying down with his head resting on Rhine's lap. Rhine was cleaning Lu Yuan's ears.

However, it was more like ear cleaning than ear picking. Rhein brought out a whole set of tools, including a brush, a vibrating ear pick, a mushroom-shaped ear pick, an ear squeegee, a cloud knife, an ear spoon, ear tweezers, etc., all laid out on the coffee table next to him, ready for Rhein to use at any time.

Rhein's technique was excellent. He took turns gently manipulating the tools in Lu Yuan's ears, and Lu Yuan felt a tingling sensation spread from his ear canal throughout his body, making his toes curl up in comfort.

After the ear cleaning was finished, Lu Yuan did not get up from Rhine immediately, but continued to lazily rest his head on Rhine's lap.

"Rhine, you're amazing! How do you know this?" Lu Yuan said.

"I learned it in home economics class," Rhein replied while tidying up his tools.

"We have to learn this in home economics class???"

"Yes, any skill that can take good care of the male insect will be taught in home economics class."

"Don't call this a housekeeping class, let's call it a 'Perfect Female Queen Training Course' instead," Lu Yuan thought to himself.

After carefully cleaning and tidying up the tools, Rhine asked Wali to bring over a plate of washed fruit. Lu Yuan and Rhine ate the fruit and chatted, occasionally kissing each other. The atmosphere was just right.

Suddenly, the sound from the television caught the attention of the two insects.

"This station has a breaking news report: the military and the Xiongbao Association jointly issued a statement withdrawing all charges against former Third Army Corps Commander Rhein Hatton and returning all confiscated assets. Now, this station will take you through a review of the entire development of this matter."

Lu Yuan and Rhine both stopped what they were doing and looked at the TV. Lu Yuan watched without blinking. When the news ended, Lu Yuan turned around, held Rhine's hand tightly, and looked even more excited than Rhine, the person involved.

"Rhine, thank goodness, you're alright."

Rhine was smiling and about to say something when his communicator suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw that it was His Highness the First Prince. Lu Yuan also saw the name on the caller ID.

"My lord, I'll go answer the phone first."

"Okay, go ahead."

Rhine entered the study, pressed the call button, and the Crown Prince's projection appeared in the air.

"Congratulations, Rhine, everything you have is about to return." The First Prince smiled warmly.

"All of this is thanks to Your Highness."

"No need to say that. You earned all of this yourself. Your assets should be returned first, but you probably won't be able to get back some of the real estate, shares, and resources. The Xiongbao Association will return them to you in Star Coins."

"I see."

Rhein was prepared for this. He knew that his valuable assets would be divided up by the insects after they were confiscated, and that he had only lost a portion of them, which was already considered good.

"There's another piece of good news. After a while, Rhein, you'll be able to return to the military headquarters and resume your post as the corps commander of the Third Army."

Rhine looked at the Crown Prince in surprise. He really didn't expect to get his original position back. He thought he would be given another position at the same level.

"But Your Highness, as far as I know, the position of corps commander of the Third Army is currently vacant."

The eldest prince sneered.

"Hmph, there are indeed worms, but that's just an idiot. Don't worry about it. In a few days, that idiot's scandal will be exposed. Just relax and wait to go back to your post."

"Yes."

"However, this time we were still tricked by the Xiongbao Association. They actually released the news at the same time that you had married a D-level male insect. Seriously, they only know how to do such disgusting things."

The eldest prince gets angry just thinking about it. These past few days he's taken stock of all his subordinates and found that none of them are as good as Rhine, none of them are as useful as Rhine.

So he thought he should wait a bit longer, maybe Rhine would come to his senses after a while and stop being so fixated on that D-class male insect.

He'll then find a way to secretly cancel Rhine's previous marriage registration and find her a high-ranking male insect.

Family background, appearance, personality, etc. don't matter, as long as the level is there and they can provide mental comfort to Rhine.

Anyway, the previous judgment against Rhine only said that he should be matched with a low-level male insect, but whether he was actually matched or not is still unknown. Under such circumstances, as long as the requirements are not high, it is not too much of a problem to find Rhine a high-level male insect that can make him a female ruler.

However, the fact that Rhine had already married a D-rank male insect made the whole empire aware of it, making it impossible to cancel the marriage registration. Moreover, those high-ranking male insects also have pride and will not marry a divorced female insect as their queen.

"It's alright, Your Highness. I don't care if you know about this. I have indeed married the Lord, and it's fine as long as everyone knows," Rhine said.

The eldest prince looked at his love-struck subordinate with a pained expression, and lost all interest in speaking. After saying a few more polite words, he hung up the phone.

After finishing his call with the Crown Prince, Rhine didn't leave immediately. He logged into his account on his messaging app, and as soon as he logged in, a flood of messages appeared.

Rhine sat down and replied to the messages from a few of his closer friends. As for those superficial friends who only pretended to care after he was alright, he would leave their messages there for now and reply to them when he had time.

After replying to the message, Rhine was about to close the software and go find Lu Yuan when suddenly a call request popped up.

Rhine paused for a moment, but still pressed the answer button, and a projection of a middle-aged version of Rhine appeared in the air.

"Father-in-law," Rhine called out.

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