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Siheyuan: Making My Own Way to Success 四合院：风生水起靠自己
[No harem + fierce, scheming protagonist + a touch of invincibility + lighthearted slice of life + space-based farming + building a family + no saintly do-gooder] In the real world, there was a passionate young man with an unbending sense of justice. His name was Zheng Yi. By a twist of fate, he stumbled upon an extraordinary opportunity that took him to the year 1955. What left Zheng Yi most dumbfounded was that this was the world of Love in the Courtyard. That’s right, the world of Love in the
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- 2 Siheyuan: The Carefree Life of a Villain 四合院：恶棍的潇洒生活 [No harem, prickly and cunning male lead, somewhat overpowered, laid-back everyday life, stockpiling supplies, decisive and ruthless, no bleeding-heart heroine] After waking up in a Beijing courtyard home in 1960, Shen He decides he'll never be a pushover again. I have a staff that can sweep away every injustice in the world. I have a staff that can make every scoundrel and spy tremble. I have a staff that can let the light of justice shine everywhere. Look... this is the Staff of Justi 25.5kReads8.2Score1k14d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: The Old Man Who Collects Scrap 四合院：收废品的老汉 "No pointless romantic subplots + Feiji has never been a saintly do-gooder + easygoing everyday life" Li Shizhen has a very medical-sounding name. A disillusioned and unrestrained man born in the 1980s, he has seen all walks of life and become a scrap collector who grabs junk for a living. He has a change of heart and saves a boy who was supposed to transmigrate, only to unexpectedly transmigrate himself. Well, if he has to transmigrate, so be it. He never started a family in his previous lif 16.9kReads8.9Score67614d adds
- 4 Siheyuan: The Greatest Livestock Breeder 四合院：最牛牲畜养殖人 [No harem protagonist + fierce and ruthless + a little devious + somewhat invincible + easygoing daily life + early-stage growth + decisive and merciless + no saintly do-gooder] My name is Bai Baoshan. I’m 45 years old. I’m a good person. All I know how to do is raise livestock. Don’t believe me? I’ll raise some and show you. And so... Every black pig weighed over 400 jin... The cattle and sheep were all plump and healthy, with delicious meat... Even the dairy cows and goats sprayed milk 11.3kReads8.6Score40714d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Happy Life 四合院：何雨柱的美满生活 Hu Yong’an suddenly opens his eyes and discovers that he’s in the harsh, simple-minded 1960s, where people get by on coarse food and wild greens. What’s more, he’s been reborn in Silly Zhu’s body! In that beast-ridden Siheyuan, he can’t help thinking how ridiculously lucky he is... 3.4kReads5.7Score11114d adds
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Reborn in the Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Stops Fawning Over Widows 四合院重生何雨柱不再舔寡妇
Stay away from the retirement gang and live your own quiet life. [Reborn, not transmigrated] [Everyday life] [Watching from the sidelines] [Staying out of it] [Smart protagonist] [No golden finger] [No System] Silly Zhu is reborn, with none of that exhausting scheming. This is an everyday-life story about living happily and keeping away from the retirement gang. [I'm not a great writer, so please go easy on me. A bow of thanks!] At the end of 2008, snowflakes drifted from the sky, and the song
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- 7 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Village Screening Stories 四合院：许大茂村里放映那些事儿 [Transmigrate, not reborn] + [wild imagination] + [plot changes] + [not brainless] + [low on hostility], a slow-burn power fantasy. A transmigration story, not a rebirth story. The protagonist has a different personality from Xu Damao in the show and won't inherit Xu Damao's grudges. I know the writing isn't great, so please go easy on me, dear readers. "Bows!" Xu Damao, a man of loyalty and honor! Well, sort of. A little flirtatious, a little flirtatious, a little flirtatious... The womanizing 1.1kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: Me, Silly Zhu, with Divine Medical Skills from the Start 四合院：我，傻柱，开局神级医术 He becomes He Yuzhu, also known as Silly Zhu, in the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he rejects Qin Huairu and activates the heaven-defying System, setting out on an extraordinary life. He punishes evil, upholds justice, heals the sick, saves lives, changes the fates of characters, and earns Reversal Points. A minor doctor heals individuals; a great doctor heals the nation. With the System in hand, he deals with ungrateful people, builds up his strength, and makes the nation rich 4.6kReads8.4Score22514d adds
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Siheyuan: Asking Qin Huairu for 500 Yuan from the Start 四合院：开局和秦淮茹要五百块
A directionless young man transmigrates into He Yuzhu, the man from "The Bustling Courtyard". But he has a System, and completing missions lets him travel back to the modern era. By moving goods between the two eras, he can become a tycoon without lifting a finger. He planned to live a quiet, peaceful life, but the crafty residents of the courtyard all want to take advantage of He Yuzhu. Well, too bad for them. Come see how he takes the courtyard by storm! The three uncles, Jia Zhangshi, and Xu
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Lao Mo, Eating Fish in the Siheyuan, Dominating Hong Kong 老默，四合院吃鱼，香江称霸
[Decisive and ruthless] [No dragging things out] [Kills them all] [Unexpected twists] To find his daughter, he kills his way from a Beijing courtyard house all the way to Xiangjiang. The protagonist is Lao Mo, Jinghai’s top assassin: arrogant, cold, ruthless, and a man of few words who kills without batting an eye. He terrifies every lowlife around, and even the mention of his name makes them quake. Everyone who’s read it says it’s an absolute thrill. If you don’t believe them, check out the rev
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I, Yan Jiekang, Start Out as a Sent-Down Youth in the Countryside 四合院我阎解旷开局下乡当知青
Yan Jiekang, an aimless young man from the 21st century, accidentally transmigrates into the body of a man with the same name. To make matters worse, his father is nicknamed Yan the Cheapskate. Isn’t this the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, the one he used to find so infuriating? And his courtyard really is a case of big trouble in a small place, with all sorts of top-tier troublemakers everywhere! Thankfully, he awakens a spatial ability, giving him hope for an easier life. With no job, Yan Jie
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A New Life Begins in the Siheyuan 四合院开始新人生
A modern-day antique shop owner and part-time collector buys a jade talisman on the black market, then dies in a car accident. The talisman is activated, and he transmigrates to the 1950s. Realizing that his misfortune has brought him an incredible opportunity, he is reborn into a new life. From then on, he becomes a man of many talents: by day, an ordinary government cadre; behind the scenes, a cultivator, collector, and major black-market dealer, among other identities. In the end, he breaks f
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- 13 Siheyuan: Cultivating Immortality Amid the Bustle of Everyday Life 四合院：烟火红尘修仙 A special forces soldier from the modern world transmigrates into another world in the late 1950s. By a twist of fate, he gains a chance to cultivate. Reborn, he vows to pursue the Great Dao and seek immortality. To build up merit and change his fate, he experiences the bustle of everyday life in a courtyard during that extraordinary era, explores human nature, bears witness to people's hearts, tempers his will, and freely reshapes his destiny. 13.3kReads7.7Score48014d adds
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Siheyuan Culinary God: I, He Yuzhu, Got Married from the Start 四合院神厨：我何雨柱开局就结婚
[Heartwarming + everyday life + plot changes + one heroine] After transmigrating as He Yuzhu and awakening the Chef God System, how will he deal with the bunch of pests in the courtyard? He marries a wife from the start, so Qin Huairu and Uncle Yi can forget about guilt-tripping him! Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng, don’t cause trouble, or Brother Zhu will make you pay!
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Siheyuan: He Jian's Second Uncle 四合院之何家二叔
An ancient person’s soul transmigrates into a courtyard house, becoming Silly Zhu’s uncle. Knowing nothing about Silly Zhu’s future or the history of the courtyard, he strives to change the fates of those around him.
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I Have a Universe That Starts in the Siheyuan 我有一个宇宙从四合院开始
One male protagonist (no female leads) + expanding across the universe + all kinds of transmigration After leaving his job, Hu Da, a programmer with a respectable career, plans to pass the time with some mental nourishment. On the way, he comes across a secondhand bookstall and buys the Four Great Classical Novels along with more than a dozen popular novels from years past. When Hu Da rereads Stellar Transformation, he idly imagines himself as the protagonist and starts cultivating by following
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- 17 Siheyuan: I Can Absorb Life 四合院：我可以吸收生命 [A Little Playboy + A Little Sly + A Little Invincible + A Little Easygoing + Everyday Life] Ma Teng, a Level 3 electrician at a steel mill, risked his life to save state property by pulling the power switch. He died in the process, and his body was taken over by a modern man from a later era, also named Ma Teng, who had spent most of his life trudging along, honest and unassuming. What kind of waves will this honest modern man stir up in that era? 30.2kReads8.0Score1.5k14d adds
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Xu Damao's Story Begins in the Siheyuan 许大茂从四合院开始
The courtyard is just where Xu Damao's story begins. How could an era of dramatic change and burning passion go by without me, in the prime of my youth? See how Xu Damao, once a genuine hypocrite and villain, and his two little companions build lives unlike any other. With an unreliable little System, we're not counting on him. The missions are yours, so what do they have to do with me? We'll make our own decisions and live our own lives! (A note: this is a slow-burn story that spans a long peri
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Siheyuan: Happiness Begins with a One-Cent Instant Kill 四合院：从一分钱秒杀开始幸福
[Courtyard Drama + System + Everyday Life + Changing the Plot] Zhou Jianjun transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard, only to discover that his arrival had changed some of the plot. This world was great: not only did he have a house, but also a beautiful wife and an adorable daughter. He even had a System that let him buy anything for a penny. Not enough food or supplies? Not a problem. Zhou Jianjun just wanted to live happily with his wife and daughter for the rest of his life, so nobody had be
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Siheyuan: Damou's Brother-in-Law Has an Iron Body, What a Scammer 四合院：大茂妹夫铁身躯，坑人啊
[The hottest Siheyuan story of 2025] [Sneaky schemer] [Funny] [Prankster] [Lots of conflict] [Feel-good power fantasy] He befriends Xu Damao and Li Huaide. Xu Damao is the brother-in-law of Sha Zhu. He sets traps for all the other troublemakers. This book is all about pranks: first, he swindles them out of their pocket money, then he makes them suffer miserably. Don't read if that's not your thing!
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Reincarnated as He Daqing, I Marry Huairu and Change My Foolish Son's Fate 魂穿何大清娶淮茹为傻儿子改命
“Seven-character Regulated Verse: Reflections on Transmigrating into He Daqing” Within the courtyard, schemes bring both warmth and woe; Reborn, one hand can turn grief to joy. With clever plans, grain and meat nourish a thousand heirs; Careful mending brings two phoenixes together beneath love’s sky. Hidden talents flourish amid the bustle of the streets; A home rich in virtue opens a new path. Looking back at the lights and kitchen smoke, The He family’s branches thrive, leaning on the railing
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- 22 I’m Really Not a Scumbag Pillar 我真不是渣柱 Zhang Baoshi, a young man from the modern world, unexpectedly finds his soul transported into the body of Silly Zhu, a sixteen-year-old character from Love in the Courtyard. Having read plenty of fanfiction, he immediately swoops in on Qin Huairu and activates a pocket-dimension System, hoping to live a quiet life. But fate has other plans: Qin Huairu ends up marrying Jia Dongxu, leaving him utterly disheartened. Remembering how the Jia family drained him dry in the original story, until he froz 25Reads6.1Score514d adds
