Siheyuan: I Switched Careers from the Start, Kicked the Troublemakers Aside, and Rose to the Top

Yang Jun returned from military service with a chest full of medals and two work-unit apartments. He thought he could finally settle down, but instead stepped straight into the battleground that was the courtyard compound. Jia Zhangshi had secretly changed the lock on his door and demanded ten yuan in compensation, even calling him a "dead-end son" in front of everyone. Old Madam Deaf pretended not to hear a thing in the backyard, Yi Zhonghai was always ready to play peacemaker, and Qin Huairu's eyes darted faster than an abacus.

But Yang Jun wasn't Silly Zhu. He was a battalion-level officer who had fought his way up for real, with a duplication-space golden finger and the iron backbone forged by army life. Jia Zhangshi threw a tantrum? His mother, Wang Yuying, sat right down and wailed louder, smashing the "poor widow with an orphan" act to pieces. Someone took his house? He smashed the lock, produced his proof, and set the whole courtyard straight.

His status as a demobilized officer was his shield, the duplication space his trump card, and his upright character his blade. He didn't shout, make a fuss, or fight. He used the rules to deal with people and his methods to establish his authority. Watch him rise through the ranks and earn more while bringing every villain in this beast-filled courtyard to heel, on his way to the top.

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