Siheyuan: I’m Zhang Shun, and I Put Defiance in Its Place

When Zhang Shun opened his eyes, he had become a poor young man in the 1960s, arriving in the city with his six-year-old sister.

He thought inheriting his uncle's estate would give them a home and a place to settle down. But when he opened the door, the Jia Zhangshi family had already taken over the house. Throwing tantrums, pretending to be possessed, making unreasonable demands: these tricks had ruled the courtyard for years, but now they had run into Zhang Shun, who had transmigrated from the modern era.

He wouldn't be guilt-tripped, didn't care about neighborly ties, and had no time for “letting bygones be bygones.”

The will was hard evidence, and the law was his bottom line. Jia Zhangshi wailed and threatened to kill herself? He watched with cold indifference. Silly Zhu tried to smooth things over? He refuted him on the spot. Three hundred yuan in compensation, not a penny less, or he'd call the police. Whether you were the courtyard bully or an old woman, anyone who picked on him and his sister would pay the price.

Follow Zhang Shun, a transmigrator, as he carefully advances step by step through this bird-filled courtyard, stands his ground to the end, and protects his own little corner of the world.