Siheyuan: I Kept a Diary, and Everyone in the Compound Lost Their Character

[Period setting + courtyard drama + diary System + scheming gossip + turning others against each other + feel-good story]

Lin Xuan transmigrates into a rundown courtyard in the 1960s, full of vile neighbors. He has no particular talents and has no desire to get into fights with any of them, so he decides to stop trying and binds himself to the [Diary System].

All he has to do is brew a cup of tea each day and write about the courtyard’s daily nonsense in his diary, and he’ll receive generous supplies and cash rewards.

At first, he only wants to be a harmless bystander, enjoying the gossip and eating braised pork behind closed doors every day. But who could have guessed that the System would send copies of his diary to the steel mill’s Director Yang, the head of security, and even senior military officials?

He writes, [Yi Zhonghai brought cornmeal to a widow in the middle of the night], and the next day Director Yang slams his hand on the table and orders an investigation into Yi Zhonghai’s conduct. Yi Zhonghai is publicly denounced at the whole factory!

He writes, [Silly Zhu spat into the lunchbox prepared for the leaders], and the head of security rushes into the kitchen with a team on the spot. Silly Zhu is dragged off screaming and kicked into a job cleaning the toilets!

He writes, [Jia Zhangshi secretly hoards her pension while wailing and pretending to be poor every day], and Director Wang from the neighborhood office personally leads a raid. Jia Zhangshi’s every last secret is exposed!

Munching on roast chicken, Lin Xuan watches the vile neighbors being taken away for questioning yet again. Looking completely innocent, he says, “I didn’t even lay a finger on them. How come those jerks are locked up again?”