(No saintly protagonist, multiple heroines, every grudge repaid. If you don’t like it, don’t read.) PS: The Jia family won’t get a happy ending.
Zhang Shaocheng was an ordinary, unsuccessful online novelist in the 21st century. One night, while writing until the early hours, he unexpectedly died of exhaustion.
Then he arrived in the world of The Animals of the Courtyard?
Both parents dead from the start.
Jia Xudong: “My mom says that since your dad’s dead, we need to sort out the factory compensation money and those three shabby rooms your family owns! You’re just a little kid, you haven’t even grown up yet. You can’t hold on to that much money. Why not hand it over to my mom to look after? You’ll still have food and clothes.”
Jia Zhangshi: “Your dad’s only been gone a few days, and you dare hit my son that hard? Who was it that took pity on you and brought your family a bowl of rice porridge when you ran out of food? Who helped buy three sheets of funeral paper when you were arranging your dad’s funeral? Now that you’ve got some backbone, you’re picking fights and beating my son half to death!”
Yan Fugu: “Don’t you know how to respect your elders? Don’t kick my bicycle!”
Silly Zhu: “I’ll sneak some meat out of the factory and cook you a dish!”
He Yushui: “You’re mean. All you ever do is bully me…”
Lou Xiao'e: “Shaocheng, what do you think of me?”
Director He: “You’re exceptionally gifted, with a remarkable physique. You’d make a great secret agent!”
Zhang Shaocheng: “I just want to be an honest man. But romance, opportunities, and whatever you call fate keep coming straight at me. Wait, what kind of job is a secret agent supposed to be?”
Punch Jia Xudong, kick Yan Fugu.
From now on, it’s up to me, Zhang Shaocheng, to set this courtyard straight.
