The Most Hostile Siheyuan 戾气最大的四合院

1. 51 四 Siheyuan: Lurking in the Shadows to Strike 四合院：苟在幕后下黑手 Pacific Saury Who Loves Fried Rice爱吃炒饭的秋刀鱼Male-Channel Fanfiction749k WordsCompleted Everyone says the beasts of the courtyard are smooth talkers and get things done without leaving a trace. They're also fond of using morality to guilt-trip people. Sun Hao transmigrates into the courtyard and awakens a golden finger. Watch as I scheme from behind the scenes and bleed you dry. Let's see if you'll still feel like stirring up trouble then. 16Reads5.5Score—Shelves
2. 52 四 Siheyuan: The Simpleton 四合院，傻小子 Misty Rain in a Quiet Mountain Village寂静山村烟雨蒙蒙Male-Channel Fanfiction341k WordsCompleted A special forces soldier is reborn in a courtyard house in Beijing and obtains a System. Since the previous occupant was an idiot, I’ll keep acting like one. Idiots are safe, and major events won’t affect me. Fools are blessed with good fortune. 5.8kReads8.4Score179Shelves
3. 53 四 Siheyuan: What Kind of Standards Are Those? You Dare Compare Morality with Me! 四合院：什么档次？跟我比道德！ Nineteen Sevens十九个七Male-Channel Fanfiction645k WordsCompleted Zhao Sihai is a modern man who gets sent by a mud truck trying to meet its quota to the world of Love in the Courtyard. At first, he's pretty panicked. After all, the whole courtyard is full of beasts! Just then, the System arrives, right on time. From then on, Zhao Sihai morally crushes Yi Zhonghai and beats Silly Zhu in a fight, living a happy and fulfilling life. As for everyone else, who cares what happens to them? PS: No heavy angst, just ordinary life with a tiny, tiny, tiny bit of comedy. 16.2kReads7.9Score569Shelves
4. 54 四 Siheyuan: I'm Yi Zhonghai's Biological Son 四合院：我是易中海的亲儿子 Of the Xianghuang Family镶黄家的Male-Channel Fanfiction356k WordsCompleted A modern mechanical engineer transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and becomes Yi Zhonghai's biological son. With a son of his own, will Yi Zhonghai still scheme against others? Will Silly Zhu still become their meal ticket? Will Love in the Courtyard still turn into a courtyard full of beasts? Ordinary people just want enough to eat and warm clothes. There's no need for so much resentment or sinister scheming, just everyday family squabbles. In this backward era, do your best to help de 37.1kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves

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   Nine points minimum! Nine points minimum! Nine points minimum! Nothing below nine points!!! No low scores allowed!!! ① No messy stories, I'll turn a courtyard house into a thrilling read! ~ ② Multiple female leads, multiple film and television elements, slice-of-life story, everyday family matters! ~ ③ The courtyard house has a system space, I have unlimited resources, and I'll carve out my own path! ~ ④ You can finish it in an afternoon! High quality! ⑤ Become the son of an old man, Yi Zhonghai!

5. 55 四 Siheyuan: I'm Liu Guangqi 四合院：我是刘光奇 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Female-Channel Fanfiction467k WordsCompleted A Love in the Courtyard fanfic. I transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became Liu Guangqi. Emmmm, not a bad identity. Unlike other transmigrators who start out as orphans, at least the courtyard's scoundrels can't bully me. As for everything else, I'll just sit back and watch! 10.8kReads9.1Score367Shelves
6. 56 四 After Graduating from College, I Started Working as a Technician at a Factory in the Siheyuan 四合院大学毕业进厂当了技术员 Loves Watermelon Milk Tea爱吃西瓜奶茶Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Liu Qingshan, a young man of the new era, transmigrates to the fiery-red years. The fusion of his two lives gives him an extraordinary brain, but how is he supposed to get by without a System? This courtyard is full of people who are anything but decent. Luckily, his parents are alive, and he has an older brother and sister. 31.8kReads7.7Score990Shelves

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   These are some of the best novels about courtyard houses, guaranteed to be enjoyable with no major flaws. They're all completed, so you can read them all at once. The first one features Yi Zhonghai's lost son, who becomes an engineer. The second transmigrates into the body of Liu Guangqi, the son of the second uncle, who studies hard, passes the exams, and becomes an engineer. He's very kind to his two younger brothers, creating a wonderful living environment. The third transmigrates into an original character, Liu Qingshan, whose parents are both alive and well, and who graduates from university as an engineer. The living environment there is also very warm and loving.

7. 57 四 Siheyuan: Don’t Mess with Me, or I’ll Have You Locked Up 四合院：不要惹我，惹我就送进去 Still as Water淡入止水Male-Channel Fanfiction719k WordsCompleted After waking up, Li Luo transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became one of the residents of the courtyard. Through his own tireless efforts, he spent five years working his way up to become a Level Five electrician. Just then, a familiar yet strange voice suddenly rang out in his mind: “The five-year deadline has arrived. System activated.” From then on, Li Luo’s life became all the more colorful. Granny Deaf throwing her weight around because of her age? Then he’d have to r 21.8kReads7.6Score772Shelves
8. 58 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn and Leaves the Whole Yard of Vermin in Ruins 四合院：傻柱重生，坑惨众禽 Wang Boyu王伯舆Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted In his first life, He Yuzhu devoted himself wholeheartedly to the Jia family. He not only helped Qin Huairu, but also supported the First, Second, and Third Masters in their old age. Yet, as he lay dying, Jia Geng abandoned him. Just as he was on the brink of death, he never expected to get another chance at life. After being reborn, He Yuzhu finally came to his senses. He would no longer let people take advantage of him, and instead would give the courtyard's schemers a piece of his mind. The F 9.8kReads7.6Score374Shelves
9. 59 四 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated Three Years Ago and Gained the Power of a Slap 四合院：穿越三年获得巴掌之力 Zhang Xuanyi张玄一Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted Fighting the courtyard beasts + System + siding with Xu Damao + no troublemaking After transmigrating to the capital in the 1950s, Jiang Fan realized he had ended up in a courtyard full of awful people. “Oh no! I've become one of the beasts!” Three years later, the System came online, and Jiang Fan began a life of stirring up trouble and turning everything upside down! 29.5kReads7.4Score1.1kShelves
10. 60 四 Siheyuan: Put Your Personal Decency Aside 四合院：放下个人素质 I Won't Eat a Single Piece of Fatty Meat一口肥肉都不吃Male-Channel Fanfiction671k WordsCompleted [Has a family + original character + System story + one heroine] [If you like stories about scraping by on meager meals, this one's not for you. This is a System story.] Twenty-year-old Li Changsheng died before his time because Black and White Impermanence claimed the wrong soul. But he was given a chance to transmigrate, and by some strange twist of fate, he chose the world of Love in the Courtyard. With his golden finger, what kind of life will he make for himself in the courtyard...? 19.5kReads8.2Score599Shelves
11. 61 从 A Siheyuan Story Beginning on the Eve of Liberation 从解放前夕开始的四合院 Qing Yao's Little White Cat晴瑶的小白猫Male-Channel Fanfiction3.8M WordsOngoing A modern chef’s soul travels back to 1948, on the eve of Liberation. He moves into a courtyard residence with no System, no talismans, and no superpowers. All he has is a family heirloom storage ring, and he lives a leisurely life in a harsh era. He goes to work, cooks, and occasionally teases the misfits in the courtyard. The story isn’t too angsty: no toilet humor, and no wishing people would hurry up and die. A tranquil life in a bygone age, 64.6kReads7.7Score2.5kShelves
12. 62 四 Siheyuan: My Name Is Yi Zhonghe 四合院：我叫易中河 Qing Yao's Little White Cat晴瑶的小白猫Male-Channel Fanfiction3.0M WordsOngoing A modern man transmigrates into the world of the courtyard drama, becoming Yi Zhonghe, Yi Zhonghai’s younger brother, a character who never appeared in the show. He moves into the courtyard and takes a job at the steel mill. See how a modern soul reforms the courtyard’s self-serving residents, turning the “courtyard full of miscreants” into a true Love in the Courtyard. 85.4kReads8.0Score4.8kShelves
13. 63 四 Siheyuan: The Beast-Slaying Doctor 四合院：我是灭禽医 Specimens of Old Dreams旧梦标本Male-Channel Fanfiction177k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + pocket dimension] [Original character] [Section chief from the start] [High tension] [No melodramatic plot] [System] [Miracle doctor] My name is Li Bufan. I transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, but my position is pretty impressive. I graduated from a medical university, and my teacher was a vice president and a leading authority in the field. After graduation, I went straight to a deputy section chief position in the medical department of the steel plant. I ha 533Reads7.4Score106Shelves

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    Let me recommend some of my own books: 1. The protagonist starts as a section chief, and is essentially a facilitator—just for fun. 2. He Yuzhu is reborn, seeking revenge on the spot, and cruelly abusing animals. 3. A short story about transmigrating into different characters.

14. 64 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Takes Down the Vermin 四合院：傻柱灭禽 Specimens of Old Dreams旧梦标本Male-Channel Fanfiction339k WordsCompleted [Moderate edge] [Reborn] [No melodramatic plot] What will happen in Courtyard House No. 95 when He Yuzhu, who was bitten to death by wild dogs under a bridge, is reborn at the moment in 1951 when He Daqing ran away? Will he still be made a fool of in this life? [Fan fiction, not the original work] 13kReads6.6Score480Shelves
15. 65 四 Siheyuan: A Life of Reincarnation 四合院：轮回人生 Specimens of Old Dreams旧梦标本Male-Channel Fanfiction180k WordsCompleted [Fan Fiction] [Not the Original Work] [Moderate Anger] [No Over-the-Top Drama] Reincarnation System, reincarnated lives Different characters, one goal: wipe out the scoundrels! Reincarnated lives, endlessly repeating 796Reads8.0Score112Shelves
16. 66 逼 You're Forcing Me to the Countryside? I'll Empty the House and Head Off to the Farms in Style 逼我下乡？我搬空家底潇洒插队 Author Kung Pao Chicken作者宫保鸡丁Rural Life378k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1975, Lin Jianguo looks at his biased parents and the younger brother about to take over his job, then gives a cold laugh. If you won't treat me right, don't blame me for returning the favor! He activates his pocket System and acquires Grandmaster-level Baji Fist, expert hunting skills, and expert marksmanship. He clears out every valuable belonging in his biased parents' house, then casually signs up his stepmother's son to go to the Great Northwest. With his bags on his back, he head 10.7kReads7.5Score809Shelves

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    A very good novel about courtyard houses!

17. 67 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Revenge 四合院之傻柱复仇记 Eggplant Casserole风味茄子煲Male-Channel Fanfiction461k WordsOngoing A burned-out office worker who dropped dead in 2026 becomes Silly Zhu, who froze to death on the streets in 1951. Bound to a System, he learns cooking, traditional Chinese medicine, and Bajiquan. As he raises his little sister, he makes every beast who schemes against him pay the price. 27.6kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
18. 68 四 Siheyuan: How Dare You Steal My Inheritance? 四合院：我的遗产你们也敢吞？ Author Kung Pao Chicken作者宫保鸡丁Male-Channel Fanfiction383k WordsOngoing When a doctoral graduate’s soul landed in 1961, he became a young man in rural Changping who shared his name. His parents were dead, and his uncle’s inheritance had been completely divided among the “old neighbors” in Courtyard 95 on Nanluoguxiang: three rooms, eight thousand yuan in savings, and a secure job at the steel mill, all seized. With no way to seek justice, he had only a will and the future technology and master-level martial arts bestowed upon him by his transmigration. From appealin 6.6kReads6.6Score201Shelves
19. 69 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Rewrites His Life 四合院：傻柱改写人生 Eggplant Casserole风味茄子煲Male-Channel Fanfiction548k WordsCompleted In his previous life, he was driven out of the Siheyuan and froze to death beneath a bridge. Reborn in this life, he returns to find the courtyard just as it was. But He Yuzhu is no longer the Silly Zhu everyone could push around. 9.6kReads6.7Score338Shelves

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    A very good novel about courtyard houses.

20. 70 大 The Great Emperor Returns: Starting with the Annihilation of His Clan 大帝归来：从灭族开始 Eggplant Casserole风味茄子煲Urban305k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Lu Changsheng, the supreme cultivator of the cultivation world, spent a thousand years cultivating before ruling the myriad realms with a single sword. When he tore through space and returned to Blue Star, he discovered that only five years had passed on Earth. Monsters were running rampant across the Western Pacific, and half the country had fallen. With a single sweep of his sword, he wiped out countless demons. But when he finally returned home, he was met with this: His parents had 1.4kReads—Score170Shelves
21. 71 四 Siheyuan: My Uncle Is Yuan Tiangang 四合院：我舅舅是袁天罡 Author Kung Pao Chicken作者宫保鸡丁Male-Channel Fanfiction382k WordsCompleted Yuan Tiangang, the Tang dynasty's Imperial Astrologer, wakes up to find himself the unlikely uncle of He Yuzhu, a man living in a Beijing courtyard. Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum? A dose of Tiangang Arts will set her straight. Yi Zhonghai puts on a false front? Let's calculate the day your bad luck will strike. Qin Huairu wants to leech off you? Uncle will teach you what it means to “make you cry with the Huayang Needle.” Everyone is dumbfounded: Is this old man a divine being or a lunatic? He Y 2.5kReads—Score106Shelves
22. 72 四 Siheyuan: I Bring Three Hundred Clansmen to Nanluoguxiang 四合院我带三百族人闯入南锣鼓巷 Hunan Uncle湘派大叔Male-Channel Fanfiction882k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a year of famine, Zhang Changshun found himself in a hopeless situation from the start. Just as he was about to seek refuge with his second uncle, who worked at a steel mill, he received another devastating blow. Fortunately, before his uncle died, he left all his property to Zhang Changshun in his will. But when Zhang Changshun arrived at the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, he discovered that the Jia family, Yi Zhonghai, and the others had seized everything hi 96.1kReads6.2Score5.5kShelves

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    The most ruthless and wildly popular courtyard novel is here! With over 100,000 words, it's already raking in over 300,000 readers. The story begins with the protagonist leading 300 clansmen into Nanluoguxiang, taking down Director Wang and Chief Zhang, launching a full-scale attack on the Yang faction, and bringing back 200,000 jin of grain for the entire village during a famine. It's a violent and relentless attack, relentlessly crushing everything in its path. Currently updating at 500,000 words...

23. 73 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, Transmigrate into He Yuzhu and Crush the Yard's Villains 四合院：开局穿何雨柱，干翻众禽 Today's Dream今梦Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted He Yumo transmigrates into the body of He Yuzhu, who died of a heart attack, and begins a new life as He Yuzhu. At the same time, he awakens a kill-to-earn sign-in reward System. As long as he kills people to punish the courtyard's beasts, he can receive unexpected rewards from the System. These include aircraft carriers and all kinds of heavy weaponry. It has everything. From then on, he kills the matchmaker first, then Huaihua, and next Jia Dongxu. He won't spare anyone who harmed him. After 14kReads7.3Score680Shelves

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    The first book is the most aggressive.

24. 74 四 Siheyuan: The Deaf Old Lady Is an Enemy Spy! 四合院：聋老太是敌特！ Listening to the Wind and Rain听风言雨Male-Channel Fanfiction573k WordsCompleted The protagonist is a villain who is both righteous and wicked. A satisfying story, no reckless troublemaking, revenge, plot changes, decisive kills, nonstop thrills, a touch of mystery, a bit of comedy, a protagonist who makes mistakes too, a minor cheat, and a System that only helps with everyday life. The protagonist dies while saving someone and transmigrates into a courtyard house. Both his parents died unnatural deaths, and he discovers that the courtyard is far more complicated than he ima 1.4kReads5.5Score114Shelves
25. 75 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Con the Deaf Old Lady Out of Two Rooms 四合院：开局我先讹老聋子两间房 Strange Case in the Clouds云中奇案Male-Channel Fanfiction285k WordsCompleted “Poultry-Tormenting” + “No Being Pushed Around” + “No Deadweight” + “Lone-Wolf Protagonist” + “Doesn’t Fawn Over Anyone” Li Wenyang transmigrates into the world of "The Courtyard Is Full of Poultry". From the start, he catches Grandma Deaf selling ration coupons on the black market, then extorts her out of two rear rooms. This, however, earns him the enmity of a whole bunch of beasts. Watch as Li sets the courtyard straight and takes down the beasts, starting with himself. 14.5kReads8.7Score663Shelves
26. 76 四 Siheyuan: Don't Talk to Granny Deaf 四合院：不要和聋老太太说话 Strange Case in the Clouds云中奇案Male-Channel Fanfiction232k WordsCompleted "If you like Lou Xiao'e, don't read this + No simping for capitalists" The title of this book is a bit of a gimmick. It starts in the winter of 1965, while Silly Zhu and Lou Xiao'e get together in the summer of 1966. Xu Damao is reborn. In his previous life, he was the villain everyone in the courtyard wanted to beat up, and the retirement club’s sworn enemy. He’d had his moments of glory and his share of hard times, but after his business failed, he lost both his own house and his father’s. Now 6kReads8.4Score174Shelves

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    The second book, Chun Chun, does indeed involve using someone else to do the dirty work, but the protagonist's goal is to destroy the other person's spirit by marrying He Yushui. I'm currently following the first three books. Please check out my other book recommendations. A little like would be appreciated! ❤️

27. 77 四 Bumping into Li Huaide at the Siheyuan from the Start 四合院开局碰瓷李怀德 Hunan Uncle湘派大叔Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted In 1960, from the start, a starving refugee who can’t take it anymore sees a jeep approaching and deliberately throws himself in front of it. By sheer coincidence, the jeep belongs to Li Huaide, deputy director of the steel mill. That is how Zhang Jun transmigrates. After absorbing his predecessor’s memories, he discovers that the man had been trying to fake an accident for compensation. He can’t let his predecessor’s courage in getting hit by a car go to waste. Survival comes first. In these de 22.5kReads6.9Score900Shelves
28. 78 四 Siheyuan: Moral Blackmail? But I'm an Evil Cultivator! 四合院：道德绑架？可我是邪修啊 Aowu Epu嗷呜呃噗Male-Channel Fanfiction635k WordsCompleted Note: This book does not take in Qin Huairu, does not fawn over Silly Zhu, and does not whitewash anyone. It has multiple female leads, everyday life, and tormenting the courtyard’s assorted beasts. The evil cultivation is just a means, not a reflection of the protagonist’s character. He also does good deeds, so if you can’t stand seeing good deeds, please don’t read it. I’m begging you! Li Yanzhao, a man of great virtue in nine lifetimes, was “killed by suicide.” With the help of Xiao Hei, an e 13.9kReads6.2Score520Shelves
29. 79 四 Siheyuan: I Get Rid of Silly Zhu from the Start 四合院之开局把傻柱搞没了 That District of Mine我那个区Male-Channel Fanfiction959k WordsCompleted [New book: Siheyuan Warehouse Manager is now out. “Due to the Host’s actions, you killed the protagonist of this world, Silly Zhu. The world’s backlash is imminent. The System has started running away, and can only give the Host a small living allowance each day.” “Crisis is approaching. Make good use of your beginner’s gift pack.” “One last reminder, Host: watch out for the courtyard birds. Goodbye forever.” “What?!” Xie Xiao’an’s eyes widened. He was nearly driven to 3.6kReads6.4Score105Shelves
30. 80 四 Siheyuan: Banggeng Becomes a Eunuch from the Start 四合院：开局棒梗成了太监 Xiao Hong Qianze小红千泽Male-Channel Fanfiction409k WordsCompleted After an accident, Wang Gang transmigrates into a courtyard house. He awakens a sign-in System. Faced with Bang Geng, the sneering “Saint of Thieves,” provoking him time and again, even the System can’t take it anymore and issues two quests: First, indulge Bang Geng and turn a blind eye to his attempts to frame you, earning a bicycle; Second, give as good as you get and pay him back double, turning Bang Geng into a eunuch, earning a Divine-Grade Lucky Draw Talisman. Of course he chooses the seco 949Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    Story Summary: These are alright, but some are on hiatus. While they're exciting, don't take them too seriously; the authors haven't updated in ages. The one where the plot twists and turns into an abandoned story is particularly good.

31. 81 四 Siheyuan: Full of Tigerish Vigor 四合院：虎虎生威 Seven-Inch Light-Year 112七寸光年112Male-Channel Fanfiction348k WordsCompleted The courtyard house stays the same, but the transmigrators come and go! After Granny Zhang passes away in the Red Star Courtyard, Zhang Xiaohu, who is still in high school, returns home for the funeral. Qin Huairu sets her sights on the small courtyard belonging to the Zhang family and joins forces with Jia Dongxu to falsely accuse Zhang Xiaohu of harassing her, sending him to prison. When Zhang Xiaohu returns... 13.6kReads8.2Score441Shelves
32. 82 四 Siheyuan: The Division Chief Returns from the Start! 四合院，开局处长归来！ Yan Yuesheng言悦笙Male-Channel Fanfiction288k WordsCompleted Wu Qingyun joined the army as a boy. Now that he has returned from the battlefield, he is ordered to form a security office! The retirement-age crowd in Compound No. 95 actually took advantage of his absence to bully his mother. They should have thought of that before! Just see what fate awaits them! 6.5kReads7.2Score206Shelves
33. 83 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Devour the Poultry of the Courtyard 四合院：开局吃了众禽绝户 Strange Case in the Clouds云中奇案Male-Channel Fanfiction233k WordsCompleted [No More Suffering] [Moderately Ruthless] [Invincible Male Lead] [Pocket Dimension] [Torturing the Courtyard Beasts] [No Relationship Drama] Li Zhengqing, a modern-day office drudge, transmigrates into the body of a young man from Li Village in the Red Star Commune, in the parallel-world setting of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he receives a letter from the capital: his uncle, who worked at the steel mill, died in a workplace accident, and Li Zhengqing is to inherit his house and job. B 9.7kReads8.3Score345Shelves
34. 84 四 Siheyuan: A Bloodbath for the Beasts 四合院：血洗众禽 Baling Loves Sour Plum Tea爱吃乌梅茶的霸凌Male-Channel Fanfiction357k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan + Supernatural Viciousness + Tormenting the Birds + Cunning + An Entire Cast of Villains + BT] Zhao Qiang wakes up trapped in a desperate situation, only to learn that he has transmigrated into The Birds-Filled Siheyuan. His father was murdered, their home coveted, and he himself framed and silenced, dying with hatred in his heart. Luckily, the soul of a “Ripper” from northern Myanmar awakens within him, and a hell-level revenge System activates at the same time! Yi Zhonghai is a hyp 4.1kReads6.7Score123Shelves
35. 85 太 So Bored! I’m Building Nuclear Weapons for My Country in the Siheyuan 太无聊！我在四合院为国造核弹 It's Chengcheng是城城啊Male-Channel Fanfiction510k WordsCompleted [Courtyard drama + System + reborn + patriotism] Lin Hao transmigrates into the period drama Love in the Courtyard. From the start, Lin Hao gets a System and happens to save a beautiful woman, Qin Huairu. Although Qin Huairu is a bit of a green tea, Lin Hao thinks she can still be turned around. When Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum, Lin Hao gives her a slap right across the face! When Xu Damao starts causing trouble, Lin Hao gives him a slap too! When Liu Haizhong acts like a thug, Lin Hao sends h 745Reads8.4Score—Shelves
36. 86 四 Siheyuan: Clean Out the Entire Courtyard from the Start and Put the Beasts in Their Place 四合院：开局掏空全院，整治禽兽 Roasting Bajie While Hugging Chang'e抱着嫦娥烤八戒Male-Channel Fanfiction386k WordsOngoing This isn't a mindless power fantasy full of mindless killing. If you like brainless stories or are a fan of Lou Xiao'e, you may want to steer clear. Lou Xiao'e has a truly miserable time in this version. Some plot points are inferred from awkward parts of the original series, creating a brand-new, darker take on the classic courtyard drama that stays true to the source. From the start, a modern man transmigrates into the body of Xu Damao, the scheming villain from Love in the Courtyard, just as 2.7kReads5.7Score107Shelves
37. 87 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I, He Xiao, Make Qin Huairu Get a Divorce 四合院：开局我何晓让秦淮茹离婚 The Carefree Shadow逍遥的影子Male-Channel Fanfiction219k WordsCompleted After being struck by lightning, Qi Tongwei unexpectedly comes back reborn as He Xiao. His mission from the start is to make Qin Huairu get a divorce! So he exposes Qin Huairu's parasitic, bloodsucking nature and gets her to divorce He Yuzhu. Next, he reclaims the money and house that Qin Huairu's family exploited him for, makes the ungrateful Banggeng lose his job and his wife, and sends Xu Damao and his father to prison. At the wedding banquet for Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi sets 635Reads8.0Score106Shelves
38. 88 四 Siheyuan: You’re All Refusing to Marry? Then I’ll Marry Huang Rong, the Chef 四合院：组团不嫁？反娶厨娘黄蓉 An Tangtang安棠棠Male-Channel Fanfiction513k WordsCompleted Liu Ye transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, hoping to steal Qin Huairu away from her intended match. But Qin Huairu's love of money rears its head: she demands a bride price of twenty yuan and a four-piece trousseau right off the bat. The Jia family then starts spreading rumors around the courtyard, turning everyone there against Liu Ye. As a result, Lou Xiao'e, Yu Li, Yu Haitang, and Yushui all reject him. Then the System activates and gives him a wife from the start: Huang Ro 4.1kReads8.2Score170Shelves
39. 89 四 Death Comes to the Siheyuan 四合院之死神来了 The God of Wealth Has a Way财神有道Male-Channel Fanfiction710k WordsCompleted Blue Star, parallel timeline No harmful content is intended. This story is entirely fictional, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Modern soldier king Chen Feng was struck by lightning just after assassinating corrupt officials. His soul crossed over into the world of The Courtyard of Birds! Watch as Chen Feng uses the belated System space to stop evil with violence and establish his authority through sheer ruthlessness! 24Reads6.3Score—Shelves
40. 90 四 Siheyuan: Jilted from the Start, I Bring Su Ying Home as My Bride 四合院：开局被悔婚，娶苏樱回家 Clouds Speak of the World云说天下Male-Channel Fanfiction276k WordsCompleted From the start, Qin Huairu breaks off their engagement? The System activates, and he brings Su Ying from The Legendary Siblings straight home. When it comes to beauty, who can compare to my wife? When it comes to talent, my wife has unmatched medical skills! When it comes to virtue, everyone in the courtyard is scum! Want to take advantage of me? Have you asked my wife? With a golden finger at his side and a beauty in his arms, Zhou Weiguo begins a life of happiness and sweet romance. Meanwhile, 701Reads5.5Score—Shelves
41. 91 四 Siheyuan: After My Family Is Destroyed, I’ll Take Revenge on All Those Beasts 四合院：家破人亡后！复仇众禽！ I Love Picking Corn我爱掰棒子Male-Channel Fanfiction420k WordsOngoing [Courtyard Drama + High Intelligence + Crushing the Bullies + Decisive and Ruthless + Superbrain] Lin Che, a top scientist of the 21st century, has his soul transported to 1965 after a lab accident. He becomes an orphan in a courtyard, with both parents dead and the other residents bullying him. Near death from the start, he uses his superbrain's computing power to turn the tables, outsmart the hypocritical First Uncle, and slap the wicked Jia Zhangshi, laying down rules in blood while surrounde 67Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 92 四 Siheyuan: Breaking the Old Lady's Finger from the Start 四合院：开局掰断聋老太太手指 Lan Ruoyu蓝若雨Male-Channel Fanfiction217k WordsOngoing He Yun transmigrates into the courtyard and only wants to live a simple, frugal life, but the scoundrels have all set their sights on his compensation money. Jia Zhangshi: "I can tell at a glance you're going to die young. Your parents were killed by you, and your family is destined to die out. With a weak body like yours, I doubt you'll live much longer. There's no point holding on to that money. Go join your parents soon. You'd be better off leaving it to me to buy a coffin!" Qin Huairu: "Give 235Reads5.3Score—Shelves
43. 93 四 Siheyuan: Dividing Up My Home? I’ll Send the Five Ghosts After You 四合院：瓜分我家？我携五鬼索命 The Su in Su Dongpo苏东坡的苏Male-Channel Fanfiction182k WordsOngoing [Siheyuan courtyard setting + evil ghosts killing people + no System + ruthless and decisive + tormenting despicable neighbors + no female lead] My family was destroyed, and I was terminally ill! The neighbors who used to seem so kind were now gathered around my sickbed, ready to send me off with a bowl of poison so I could “reunite” with my parents! Just as the poison went down my throat, the five jade figures around my neck absorbed the last of my resentful blood and burst apart! [Ding! The Fi 2Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 94 四 Siheyuan: Setting the Courtyard Straight, Marrying Lou Xiao'e in Style 四合院：整治大院，豪娶娄晓娥 Little Nobody Axiong小人物阿雄Male-Channel Fanfiction384k WordsCompleted A young man transmigrates into the body of Chen Jianjun from Birds Fill the Courtyard and gets a sign-in farming-space System. The courtyard's villains are all in cahoots, running wild and doing whatever they please. Chen Jianjun won't let them get away with it! What kind of rotten witch is Jia Zhangshi, the Thieving Saint Bang Geng, the bloodsucking Qin Huairu, the hoodlum He Yuzhu, the petty Xu Damao, and that Deaf Granny who fakes falls for compensation...?! Bring it on! Every last one of 477Reads5.4Score—Shelves
45. 95 四 Siheyuan: You Want Me to Die Without an Heir? Then You'll All Face the King of Hell 四合院：逼我绝户？全去见阎王 An Dudu安嘟嘟Male-Channel Fanfiction671k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.5kReads5.3Score—Shelves
46. 96 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Ruin Silly Zhu's Family 四合院：开局让傻柱家破人亡！ Binding Light into Tribulation缚光成劫Male-Channel Fanfiction402k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan + fighting violence with violence + strike at the heart + don't reason with beasts] Transmigrated as an honest man in a courtyard house, only to have his heart crushed by the courtyard's God of War, Silly Zhu, right from the start? Don't worry, this is just the opening act before the Heartbreaking System activates! [Heartbreaking System activated: Target: destroy what the beasts care about most!] [Ding! Successfully humiliated Yi Zhonghai. Earned the Beast-Bane talent!] [Ding! Qin 1.4kReads5.4Score102Shelves
47. 97 四 Siheyuan: A Young Prodigy, Unmatched Patriot 四合院：少年英才，国士无双 Shuiling1114水灵1114Male-Channel Fanfiction359k WordsCompleted Chen Xiao transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and gets as far as discussing marriage with Qin Huairu. But then disaster strikes his family, and after a villain schemes against him, Jia Dongxu cuts in and steals Qin Huairu away. At last, years later, Chen Xiao's own hard work makes him the youngest Level Six fitter at the steel mill. He also unlocks a System and eventually becomes one of the country's top scientific contributors. His life gets better and better, while the courty 427Reads5.7Score—Shelves
48. 98 四 Siheyuan: Every Beast in the Courtyard Deserves to Die 四合院：满院禽兽，皆可杀 Secluded Study闭门斋Male-Channel Fanfiction701k WordsCompleted [Decisive and Ruthless] [No System] [No Heroine] [Kill Them All] [Punish the Scumbags] After his parents are brutally killed, Ye Qing has both legs broken, is thrown out of the siheyuan, and freezes to death on a snowy night. His vengeful spirit lingers. He watches with his own eyes as the beasts in the courtyard divide up the Ye family's wealth and laugh their way through the New Year. Ye Qing is a vengeful demon from hell, crawling back from the morgue to claim their lives. No System, no her 3kReads5.5Score—Shelves
49. 99 四 Siheyuan: The Hot-Tempered Chief Engineer Returns for Revenge 四合院：暴躁总工，我回来索命！ Chang'e Loves Young Men嫦娥爱少年Male-Channel Fanfiction196k WordsCompleted [No Goody-Two-Shoes, No Wavering, No Forgiveness! Just Fight!] Reborn in 1962, Lin Yang returned in triumph from a base in the Great Northwest, bearing the title of Level Six Engineer! As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he discovered the Jia family had taken over his house. Without a word, Lin Yang kicked Silly Zhu flying and slapped Jia Zhangshi until both her cheeks swelled! Yi Zhonghai stepped forward to guilt-trip him? I’ve got no morals, so how are you going to guilt-trip me? Drop de 722Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    This book is full of indiscriminate killing, torturing beasts to the point of death and back to life, sparing no one, and is extremely cruel!

50. 100 四 Siheyuan: I Saved Qin Huairu from the Start 四合院，开局救下秦淮茹 Love You, Longlong爱你的龙龙Male-Channel Fanfiction884k WordsOngoing Cao Mengde, a modern mechanical and electrical engineer, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a nineteen-year-old namesake in 1951. At the train station, he saves Qin Huairu from being robbed by thugs, activates a space, and ends up marrying her by a strange twist of fate. Thus begins his comedic life in the Number 95 Courtyard. He helps Qin Huairu escape the mire of the Jia family, preserving her innocence and goodness and giving her a happy life. He builds a luxurious east courtyard and 24.6kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves

    Reader note

    It's a very good book and worth reading.

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