Siheyuan: I Stopped Being a Doormat and Started Showing Off

Scheming protagonist + rebirth + Tomato Novel original + courtyard setting + fanfiction When he woke up, the sharp-tongued but soft-hearted “Silly Zhu,” He Yuzhu, had been reborn in 1954. Looking at the familiar yet strange courtyard around him, memories surged back of his past life: being bled dry, manipulated, and left to die alone. This time, he swore he would live life to the fullest! Being devious and sharp-tongued came naturally to him; his humor and absurd antics were a disguise. Faced with First Master’s moral blackmail, he smiled while hiding a knife. Faced with Third Master’s scheming, he turned the tables and spun a tale of his own. Faced with his nemesis Xu Damao, he countered every move and sent him tumbling into a ditch. And Qin Huairu, for whom he had once given everything? He Yuzhu grinned. Before she could ask to borrow food, he beat her to it by claiming he was broke, then slapped her with the accusation that she was “standing in the way of his intellectual progress.” Having returned for another life, He Yuzhu knew exactly what he was doing. He wouldn’t flip the table or cut ties. He would simply play a slow game with the “nightmare” neighbors in the courtyard, like frogs simmering in warm water. Watching them repeatedly stir up trouble at his pace and get their comeuppance was the greatest pleasure of all. See how the “new Silly Zhu” can keep things light and funny while slowly “tormenting” all the troublemakers in this tiny world, and take charge of his own life!