Siheyuan: The True Ending My Grandfather Witnessed

I watched Courtyard with my grandpa, and in the end everyone got redeemed. Grandpa said it was all fake, because he'd seen what really happened!

He said the real ending went like this: Lou Xiao'e and her son were utterly disillusioned and left for a distant land.

Widow Qin came down with a strange illness that made her whole body ulcerate, while Jia Zhangshi caused a car accident while faking an injury. Both were sent off together.

Silly Zhu was stripped of everything by the three ungrateful brats, kicked out of his home, and left to die under a bridge.

First Master had an affair with Widow Qin, angering First Aunt to death. In the end, he died alone and miserable, with no one to see him off.

Second Master was beaten by his sons in turn and lost his mind.

Third Master had even the money he'd saved for his coffin schemed away by his children, leaving him to beg for a living.

Xu Damao's business failed, his debts piled up, and he jumped to his death.

Bang Geng committed all kinds of crimes and went in and out of prison, eventually getting shot and dying young.

Xiaodang and Huaihua were deceived by men until they were utterly broken. Their careers and marriages both failed, and they wished they were dead.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.