Chapter 284: Starting with Small Games Like Dou Di Zhu

"Sigh! How boring!" Inside the Jiuhua Store, Song Qingfeng exited virtual reality mode and let out a long sigh. "Those guys from the Morning Star Sea area stopped fighting after just two clashes. I thought it would last much longer!"

"Why would they fight when they can't win?" Lin Shao countered. "Their gear was dropped all over the ground, and many of them don't even have a full set of skills. How can they fight?"

"Right, it should be about time to go back and harvest our crops, shouldn't it?"

Beside them, Naran Mingxue and Lanyan sat together. "Time to harvest, time to harvest!"

Shen Qingqing, who was nearby, looked worried. "Won't the boss steal them?"

Naran Mingxue replied indifferently, "I'm only afraid he won't dare to come."

"Hmm?" Shen Qingqing and the others looked at her in surprise.

"I bought a dog yesterday too," Naran Mingxue explained, the corners of her lips curving slightly up with a rare hint of pride.

"You actually had enough money to buy a dog?" Shen Qingqing asked in astonishment.

"She bought a small one," Lanyan helped explain from the side. "I took a special look at it; when it grows up, it'll look just like a wolf. It's quite fierce, definitely enough to guard the house and courtyard."

"Really?" Shen Qingqing said resentfully. "Let it bite him once, so that guy has to go get a rabies vaccine too, and see if he ever steals our crops again!"

"You guys bought a dog too?" Dong Qingli, who was nearby, overheard them. "Is it cute? Will it be as silly as the one at the boss's house?"

"Uh, well..." Naran Mingxue said, "It's alright."

"It's very cute!" Lanyan added. "Especially now that it's still small, it's so much fun to play with. Do you all want to come and see it together?"

"Sure, sure!"

And so, accepting the invitation, several girls entered Naran Mingxue's "My Space."

"Let me tell you... Miss Naran's dog is exceptionally well-behaved, though it does like to chew on things a bit..." Lanyan introduced enthusiastically. "It's chubby and incredibly cute."

As she was speaking, they walked into the courtyard together. "Yuanyuan! Yuan...?"

Suddenly, everyone was completely dumbfounded!

They saw that the entire vegetable plot had been utterly ravaged, looking exactly like a parking lot destroyed by a tornado!

What in the world was going on?!

"Where's the dog?! Was it beaten up by that villain Fang Qi?!" Lanyan was still worried about the puppy.

A black-and-white silly dog crouched on the ground, and seeing its master arrive, it wagged its tail furiously, stepping forward as if to claim credit, seemingly wanting to display its "achievements" to its master.

Catching sight of Naran Mingxue, it casually rubbed against her snow-white boots.

"Awooo... Awooo..." Two big, watery eyes looked up, a piece of vegetable leaf still hanging from its mouth.

With one glance, how could anyone not realize what had happened?!

Naran Mingxue felt a sudden, fierce urge to stomp this foolish dog to death!

Watching it still act as if it were presenting a treasure to claim credit, she didn't know whether to hit it or laugh on the spot, standing there entirely frozen, her mind a chaotic mess in the wind: "..."

Just then, the Penguin messenger rang.

The Big Boss Fang: "When did you buy a Husky? It's super adorable."

Saying this, he even sent a photo of himself and a small Husky, both man and dog hugging a radish, a picture of absolute harmony: "It even helps its master pull up radishes."

The always calm Naran Mingxue became entirely un-calm this time: "!!!"

"Hahaha!" Boss Fang sent a laughing Akita emoji, thoroughly enjoying building his happiness upon the pain of others.

"Let me tell you something, Huskies will reach a consensus with this boss." To think she actually dared use a Husky to guard the house.

"Showing off! (Akita disdain) (Akita super fierce)"

Inside Naran Mingxue's "My Space."

"This dog is so cute!" Dong Qingli's eyes were filled with little stars, and not fearing the dirt, she scooped it up in her arms.

"So warm! Look at its expression!"

"Hahaha, it's even funnier than Boss Fang's emojis!"

"What are Boss Fang's emojis?" Lanyan asked, her face full of bewilderment.

"The ones Boss Fang uses every day!"

Lanyan: "..."

Instantly, the Akita that Boss Fang sent every day flashed through her mind, followed by the thievish grin Boss Fang wore after stealing crops, and an equal sign was drawn between the two: "...Hahaha!"

She bent double with laughter.

Immediately after, the people in the vegetable plot caught on: "..."

Each of them laughed like fools.

It seemed only in this way could they slightly ease the pain of having their crops stolen by Boss Fang.

...

Unaware that his reputation had just taken a major hit, Boss Fang was currently browsing the shop.

Fang Qi remembered seeing last time that the shop sold computers and could even purchase games like The King of Fighters. However, he took a look and found computers to be quite expensive; even though he stole and planted crops every day and made a hefty profit, it was barely enough to buy one, and after buying it, he wouldn't have enough money left for games.

Purely recreational items were fairly cheap, whereas certain games could later unlock new conditions, making their prices somewhat higher, such as The King of Fighters.

Thus, Boss Fang's wicked hands reached toward an extremely cheap little game that looked like a deck of playing cards: Fight the Landlord!

Since he happened to be chatting idly with Naran Mingxue on Penguin, he casually sent a line: "Want to play Fight the Landlord?"

"What?"

"Just a little game that tests your intelligence," Boss Fang misled her in an entirely serious manner.

"Tests intelligence? This provocation is way too obvious, there's definitely something fishy going on (Akita disdain)."

"Holy crap..."

...

On the other side, Su Tianji looked at her remaining ten minutes of computer time and sat on the mattress in her "My Space" room, throwing a silent tantrum.

She lay flat on the bed, limbs spread wide.

"What is wrong with me? I don't want to cultivate... and I don't want to fight..."

Rolling over, she climbed back up.

As the end of her session approached, life suddenly felt utterly devoid of flavor.

The thought of having to go to war in a few days...

Damn it!

She had no sense of crisis at all; instead, she just felt a bit sleepy.

A Penguin message arrived from Big Boss Fang: "Want to play Fight the Landlord? (Funny face)"

Su Tianji cheered up slightly: "What is Fight the Landlord?"

"Just a little game that tests your intelligence," Boss Fang's reply was as serious as ever. "Hurry up, I've called Young Master Song and the others too."

"I only have ten minutes before I have to log off, what kind of game am I going to play?" Su Tianji instantly lost interest.

"A ten-minute window is plenty for a few rounds, what is there to fear?"

"Oh? Is that so?"

"They're coming, they're coming!"

After explaining the rules to them, the group proved to be quick studies, and before long, Boss Fang’s room resounded with a lively chorus:

"Call the landlord!"

"Rob the landlord!"

"Airplane!"

"Three with one!"

"Pass..."

"Go!"

"Little King!"

"Big King!"

"..."

...

"What's the appeal in this?" Xiao Yulv muttered from behind as he watched. "It is merely a touch more varied than Pai Gow..."

The following day, Xiao Yulv appeared on the sofa with an identical deck of cards in hand. "Come, come, anyone up for Fight the Landlord? Those whose computer time is up, or those who cannot get a machine, come have a look! Need two more for Fight the Landlord!"

Meanwhile, Boss Fang was busy counting his coins. "Two more days of this, and I should be able to purchase The King of Fighters..."

On the Penguin Messenger, a mountain of messages read entirely of: "Scumbag boss! Return our hard-earned money!"

"..."

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