<h4>Chapter 282: Fighting the Landlord</h4>


    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Noodletown Trantions <strong>Editor: </strong>Noodletown Trantions


    [TL Note: Dou Dizhu literally means fighting thendlord, and it is a card game in the genre of shedding and gambling. It is one of the most popr card games yed in China.]


    “Hey! It’s not fun!” In the Jiuhua City Shop, Song Qingfeng exited virtual reality mode and sighed, “The people from the Morning Star Sea Realm stopped fighting after only two charges. I thought they wouldst longer!”


    “They had to retreat since they were defeated,” Lin Shao said, “Their items were dropped everywhere; many of them don’t haveplete skills, so they couldn’t continue the battle.”


    “By the way, should we go back and collect vegetables?”


    Beside them sat Nn Mingxue and Lan Yan, and they both yelled, “Let’s go and collect vegetables!”


    Shen Qingqing looked worried. “Did the shop owner steal from us again?”


    Nn Mingxue said mildly, “I’m afraid that he won’t dare toe anymore.”


    “Ugh?” Shen Qingqing and the others looked at her in surprise.


    “I bought a dog yesterday,” Nn Mingxue’s lips curved with smugness while she exined.


    “You had enough money to buy a dog?” Shen Qingqing asked in surprise.


    “She bought a small one,” Lan Yan exined for her, “I checked the information, and it said that this dog will be as ferocious as a wolf when it grows up. It is enough to guard the courtyard.”


    “Really?” Shen Qingqing said in resentment, “I wish it would bite him! Then, I’ll see if he dares to steal vegetables from us in the future!”


    “Did you buy a dog too?” Dong Qingli heard their conversation and asked, “Is it cute? Is it as silly as the shop owner’s dog?”


    “Ugh...” Nn Mingxue said, “It’s okay.”


    “It’s very cute!” Lan Yan added, “It’s young and loves to y. Do you want toe and have a look?”


    “Good!”


    The girls epted the invitations and came to Nn Mingxue’s Qzone.


    “Ms. Nn’s dog is very obedient except that it likes to nibble on things...” Lan Yan told them in excitement, “It’s chubby and very cute.”


    While she spoke, they walked into the courtyard. “Yuanyuan! Yuan...?”


    Then, she was stupefied.


    The whole vegetable field was ravaged, and it looked as if a tornado had swept through it!


    <i>What happened?!</i>


    “Where’s the dog?! Did that viin Fang Qi hit it?!” Lan Yan was worried about the dog.


    A ck-and-white silly dog was sitting on the ground. Seeing its master, it wagged its tail wildly and trotted up as if it wanted to show off its ‘achievement’.


    When it saw Nn Mingxue, it rubbed itself on her snow-white boots.


    “Wu... Wu...” With half a piece of a vegetable leaf hanging from its mouth, it looked up at her with big, watery eyes.


    Nn Mingxue had the urge to stomp this silly dog with her foot!


    Looking at its face that seemed like it was asking for apliment, she was torn betweenughing and giving it a lesson. She stood facing the wind in stupefaction.


    At this moment, a beep sounded in QQ.


    It came from Mr. Fang. [When did you buy the Husky? It’s super cute.]


    Then, he sent a picture in which he and the little Husky each held a daikon, saying, [It can even help its master pull out daikons.]


    Nn Mingxue who was always calm and collected couldn’t remain cool any more!


    “Hahahaha!” Mr. Fang sent a meme of the Akita Inu’sughing face, very happy at her ‘misfortune and misery’.


    [I will tell you one thing; the Husky will work with me.]


    How dare she use a Husky to guard her home?


    [Don’t be smug! (Akita Inu’s disdainful face) (Akita Inu’s ferocious face)]


    – In Nn Mingxue’s Qzone –


    “The dog is so cute!” With stars in her eyes, Dong Qingli picked it up and put it in her arms, not caring that it was dirty.


    “So warm! Look at its face!”


    “It’s more fun than Mr. Fang’s memes!”


    “What are Mr. Fang’s memes?” Lan Yan was baffled.


    “The pictures that Mr. Fang uses every day!”


    Lan Yan was at a loss for words.


    In her mind, the funny face of the Akita Inu that Mr. Fang used every day and the sneaky smile on Mr. Fang’s face after stealing vegetables came together, and the two pictures had an equal sign connecting them.


    “Hahahaha!”


    Sheughed so hard she that bent her back.


    Then, all the people in the field understood the joke andughed as hard as they could.


    It seemed to be the only way that could alleviate their misery of being robbed by Mr. Fang.


    ...


    Oblivious to the fact that the girls were making fun of him, Mr. Fang was now browsing the items in the shop.


    He remembered that one could buyputers and even games such as Street Fighter in the shop. After ncing at the prices, he found that theputers were expensive. He could barely buy one with the big fortune that he made by growing and stealing vegetables everyday. After buying theputer, he had no money left to buy games.


    The objects for pure entertainment were rather cheap, but other games such as Street Fighter were expensive since they could unlock new features after certain conditions were met.


    Therefore, Mr. Fang reached out his evil hands toward a very cheap little game which looked like a set of poker cards – Happy Fight the Landlord!


    Since he was chatting with Nn Mingxue in QQ, he sent her a message, [Want toe and y Fight the Landlord?]


    “What’s that?”


    [A small game to test yers’ IQs,] Mr. Fang tempted her with a straight face.


    [Testing IQ? This is obviously a way to provoke me. It must be a trick (Akita Inu’s disdainful face)]


    [Damn!]


    ...


    On the other side, seeing that she had only about ten minutes ofputer time left, Su Tianji sat down on the bed in her Qzone and sulked.


    She sprawled on the bed.


    “What’s wrong with me? I don’t want to cultivate or battle...”


    She rolled over and got up.


    On the verge of going offline, she suddenly felt bored with life.


    She cursed when she remembered that she had to go to battle in a few days, “Damn it!”


    Instead of being worried about the crisis, she just wanted to sleep.


    In QQ, Mr. Fang suddenly sent her a message. [Want toe and y Fight the Landlord ???]


    Su Tianji asked, [What’s that?]


    [It’s a little game to test yers’ IQs.] Mr. Fang replied with a straight face. [Come on! I called Young Master Song and others too!]


    [I’ll get offline in ten minutes; what game can I y?] Su Tianji lost interest.


    [Don’t worry! We can y several rounds in 10 minutes!]


    [Ugh? Really?]


    [Coming! Coming!]


    After Fang Qi exined the rules to them, they learned the game fast. Soon, voices sounded in Mr. Fang’s room.


    “I call Landlord!”


    “I will rob it!”


    “ne!”


    “Trio with a single card!”


    “Pass!”


    “Little Joker!”


    “Big Joker!”


    “...”


    ...


    “What’s fun about this game?” Xiao Yulv mumbled to himself while he watched them y, “It’s just a bit moreplicated than Pai Gow...”


    [TL Note: Pai gow is a Chinese gambling game, yed with a set of 32 Chinese dominoes. It is yed in major casinos in China, the United States, Canada, Australia, and, New Zend.]


    On the next day, Xiao Yulv sat down on the couch with a set of cards identical to the ones that Fang Qi yed with yesterday.


    “Come on! Let’s y Fight the Landlord! Anyone who has finished theirputer time or can’t get online,e and y Fight the Landlord with me!”


    Meanwhile, Mr. Fang was counting his winnings. “ying two more days of cards and I will be able to buy Street Fighter...”


    His QQ was flooded with the messages. [Scummy shop owner! Return our hard-earned money!]


    “...”