Siheyuan: I Take Over a Military-Controlled House from the Start, and the Courtyard Beasts Panic

Everyone knows Li Xiangyang as a sickly man forced to leave the military because of an injury, saddled with a younger sister he has to support.

But who would have guessed that on the battlefield, he was once the “Living Yama,” a man feared by the enemy?

When the “Living Yama” moves into a courtyard full of troublemakers, things quickly spiral out of control.

The first time, Yi Zhonghai tried to use his “authority as an elder” to bully him into giving up his home.

The result: Li Xiangyang flipped him over his shoulder and slammed him into the dirt, dislocating his right wrist.

He Yuzhu tried to step in and challenge him, only to be pinned to the ground and made to eat dirt.

(Narrator: That’s it? And you call yourself the courtyard’s toughest? I haven’t even warmed up.)

The second time, Banggeng broke in through a window late at night to steal cured meat, while Jia Zhangshi tried to hit someone with a brick.

The result: Li Shi whipped out his gun on the spot, pointed it at their heads, and took them to the police station. While he was at it, he uncovered the Jia family’s forged documents.

(Narrator: You thought a martyr’s-family certificate would let you push people around? Did you really think I wouldn’t know that seal didn’t exist before the founding of the country?)

The third time, the whole courtyard gathered for a meeting, and the residents plotted together to guilt-trip him.

The result: Li Xiangyang called in a joint investigation team from the neighborhood office, the police station, and the Military Control Commission.

Everyone: “...Wait, you had connections like that all along? Why didn’t you say so?”