Siheyuan: Reborn as Xu Damao, Watching the Storm Unfold with a Smile

[Moderate edge, plot first, an underdog's rise] Xu Damao was reborn on Lunar New Year's Day in 1964. Thinking back on his previous life, he realized he'd been a complete pushover, constantly schemed against and bullied by the beasts around him. This time, things had to change. Since he was a bad guy anyway, he might as well live up to the label and teach these courtyard beasts a proper lesson. Who annoyed him? He'd start by cursing them out! He wasn't a good person, after all. If anyone picked a fight with him, he'd be delighted: he'd been looking for an excuse to deal with the lot of you animals! And so Xu Damao began his path to subduing every beast in the courtyard! The whole courtyard is full of villains, but I'm the worst of them all!