Siheyuan: Hard Work Pays Off, Saving Zhou Xiaobai

After transmigrating into a courtyard house in the 1960s, Zhong Wu became the most inconspicuous tenant in the entire compound. A third-generation poor peasant with impeccable class credentials, he had only a dilapidated room and a frame so thin you could see his ribs. After binding to the Heaven Rewards Hard Work System, running improved his constitution, cooking improved his culinary skills, and the points shop had everything.

From the start, he runs into Zhou Xiaobai at Shichahai, where thugs have surrounded her. He spends one point to redeem a telekinesis command, making all five thugs kneel in a row in the middle of the street, then draws a tortoise on each of their faces. Zhou Xiaobai blushes and thanks him. He opens his mouth and says, "How about repaying me for saving your life by marrying me?"

Meanwhile, in the courtyard, Xu Damao loses a chicken, Silly Zhu gets blamed, and the whole-courtyard meeting descends into chaos. Zhong Wu sits in the corner on a little stool, munching sunflower seeds. Every so often, he casually drops a hint that reveals the truth about Banggeng stealing the chicken, until the courtyard's senior residents turn on one another.

While everyone else is tearing each other apart over petty matters worth just a few yuan, he is already using the System panel to plan how to make his first fortune in this den of animals. And Zhou Xiaobai is the first step in his plan to win everything.

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