Siheyuan: You Steal Her Away, I'll Become a Neighborhood Office Cadre

Lin Yi wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard.

Things are hellish from the start. He’s assigned a job at a steel mill, but Jia Dongxu snatches the cushy purchasing position right from under his nose, and Lin Yi is sent off to clean the toilets instead.

Lin Yi just laughs.

“Anyone who wants this job can have it!”

He quits on the spot and walks away with a swagger as the courtyard’s troublemakers jeer at him.

He thinks he’ll have to find another way to make a living, but thanks to his knowledge of what’s to come, he unexpectedly helps Director Wang of the neighborhood office solve a thorny problem.

“Young man, you’re quick-thinking and educated. Why don’t you come work for our neighborhood office as a temporary clerk?”

From then on, Lin Yi lands a secure government job with a high salary and great benefits, and his life is comfortable and fulfilling.

The courtyard’s troublemakers are completely dumbfounded, their eyes red with envy.

Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip him? Qin Huairu tries to take advantage of him? Jia Zhangshi throws a fit?

Dressed in his official uniform and holding an enamel mug, Lin Yi watches it all with a smile.

“Sorry, everything has to be done by the book.”

This is a laid-back story about a transmigrator in a courtyard house, sipping tea and reading the paper as he easily keeps the troublemakers in line.