Siheyuan: Don't Mess with Me

Wow, this is a really satisfying read, no dragging on at all!

Making mistakes on basic facts really affects readability. Was English even useful in the 1950s? It would have been better to write it in Russian. And that second thing—spending 300 yuan back then to buy a whole new outfit? That's ridiculous!

Is it appropriate for the author to use money from the 1950s and 60s as if it were today's money? Eleven yuan could eat for a month back then. The protagonist has 40 yuan a month, and he spends 11 yuan on a single meal? Speechless.

Logical flaws aside, the humorous writing style of this book is refreshing. It's quite good compared to other novels about courtyard houses.

Does such a high profile guarantee a good life afterward?

Did electric bikes even exist back then? Wasn't the protagonist afraid of being investigated? The protagonist lives in the capital, not Hong Kong. Even a bicycle is checked for its origin. Do you know how many people would know if an electric bike appeared in the capital in the 1960s? It's like a spaceship appearing in the modern capital!

Holy crap, why are they using my best friend as the female lead?

Every time I see the protagonist's name, I misread it as Bai Jie. Is there any hope?

That made me laugh; the battle scenes were quite exciting.

They were planning to use electric vehicles in the 1960s? Couldn't they have put a little more effort into it?