Courtyard House: Director Yang Gets Dragged Down by Silly Zhu 四合院杨厂长被傻柱连累的
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Siheyuan: The Intelligence System Helps Me Get Promoted and Raise My Pay 四合院：情报系统助力我升职加薪
Lin Yuan, a corporate drone caught in the rat race of the 21st century, wakes up to find he’s become a trainee purchasing agent at the Hongxing Steel Mill in 1958. And he’s living in a courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang, a den of corruption and endless scheming? A hellish start? Not a chance! His transmigration comes with an intelligence System, leaving no secrets hidden from him, whether in the courtyard or at the steel mill. Who’s hiding gold bars, who stole state grain, who’s plotting behind so
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Siheyuan: The Lin Family's Five Tigers Make Everyone Bow Their Heads 四合院：林家五虎，众禽低头
The Lin family's five tough guys moved into the courtyard house, and everyone had better behave, or the five Lin brothers wouldn't hold back. With the five Lin brothers around, Jia Zhangshi no longer dared to summon spirits, Yi Zhonghai no longer dared to control the courtyard, and Silly Zhu finally behaved himself.
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Siheyuan: The Famine Came After I Left the Steel Mill 四合院：调离轧钢厂后灾年来了
Zhao Qi transmigrated into the world of the courtyard-house drama and became a purchasing agent at Hongxing Steelworks. He completed his assignment perfectly and was about to be rewarded by the factory when Li Huaide and the other schemers stabbed him in the back, claiming that the goods he’d purchased had come from shady sources! The reward went to someone else. Just then, Zhao Qi awakened memories of his past life and received a spatial farm as a reward from the System! “Fine, so that’s how yo
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Siheyuan: Beautiful, Don’t Be Like That 四合院：美女别这样
[Courtyard Life + Multiple Female Leads + Decisive Actions + System] After transmigrating as a new resident in the courtyard who was being bullied to death by the old folks expecting him to support them, he reports them to the police and gets Jia Zhangshi sent to the firing squad, while Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui are thrown in jail. He blocks the entrance to Deaf Granny’s home and eats egg cakes, making the old hag shriek with envy. Can helping others really earn rewards? How does
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Siheyuan: From the Start, I Outsmart Yi Zhonghai 四合院：开局先把易中海算死
[Novel over one million words] [Every plot thread being set up now will be resolved later] [The slower parts are groundwork] [If you don’t want a peaceful pace, you can add it to your library for now] [Includes a System] [Not for nitpickers] [If you like it, please leave lots of comments]
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Silly Zhu’s Precise Revenge: Godfather of the Siheyuan Nightlife 四合院夜场教父之傻柱精准的反击
[I won't give up on a single novel. I'll keep revising them.] [Main character: Zhang Yang (his name in his previous life), an experienced male floor manager at a top nightclub in a second-tier city, commonly known as a “mami.” Surrounded by beautiful women, he understands human nature and desire, social graces, resource allocation, reading people, psychological manipulation, and marketing. He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as He Yuzhu, the upright, stubborn “Silly Zhu” who keeps gettin
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Siheyuan: Beating Xu Damao to a Pulp from the Start and Bringing the Whole Courtyard to Heel 四合院：开局暴打许大茂镇压全院
Siheyuan + Fan fiction + Male-oriented spin-off + Transmigration The System accidentally brought Wang Fugui into the fan-fiction world of Love in the Courtyard. He had two choices. Return to his original world and keep working as a security guard, unable to afford a wife. Or stay in this world, where he would get two rooms in a Beijing Siheyuan, along with compensation from the System. Even a fool would know what to choose! The System was pretty generous, and the compensation was quite good. He
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Hunting, Hosting Feasts, Raising Kids, and a Ten-Mile Bridal Procession: The Siheyuan System 四合院打猎做席养娃十里红妆系统
My new book, Love in the Courtyard: From the Start, I Beat Xu Damao to a Pulp and Put the Whole Courtyard in Its Place, already has over a hundred thousand words. Give it a read, it’s better than this one. Click my profile to find it. Courtyard setting + fan fiction + transmigrate + male-oriented spin-off + System Zhao Zilong arrives in a merged world centered on Love in the Courtyard, with other film and TV worlds playing a supporting role. The worlds have merged, bringing even more colorful ch
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Siheyuan: Young Silly Zhu's Comeback 四合院：青年傻柱的逆袭人生
At twenty-five, he transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and becomes He Yuzhu! What? His father, He Daqing, ran off! Good riddance. Isn’t this a perfect start? His father’s gone and left behind a big house. The old man may not care about his foolish son, but plenty of other people do. Leech off the old man? Absolutely. Might as well get the money back early, since he’s going to be taking it anyway. Yi Zhonghai: “Zhuzi, here’s 200 yuan. Go buy yourself a bicycle.” He Yushui: “Brothe
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Siheyuan: Why Is Everyone Coming to Me? 四合院：都来找我干嘛，
A divorced man from the future has a bamboo stalk of spiritual energy inside him. It can absorb the earth's spiritual energy and control rocks, water, and soil. He lives in a siheyuan courtyard and eats meat every day, making all the busybodies around him green with envy. From then on, people are always coming to ask him for help,
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Siheyuan: Reporting for Duty at the Police Station from the Start 四合院：开局派出所报到
In 1964, the protagonist, whose soul has traveled back in time, turns eighteen. Both his parents are alive, and after graduating from a technical secondary school, he is assigned to the Jiaodaokou Police Station and given a home at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. Well, well!!! This is Love in the Courtyard!! See how an ordinary young policeman lives and works in this era, and gets along with everyone in the courtyard.
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A Neighborhood Office Cadre's Everyday Life in a Siheyuan 街道办干部的四合院日常
[System] [Street Office from the Start] [Both Parents Alive] [All About Being Sweet-Talking and Smooth!] Transmigrate to a Beijing courtyard in the 1950s, join the street office, and make your mark in both culture and sports as you deal with the troublemakers!
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Siheyuan: Liu Haizhong Is My Dad 四合院：刘海中是我爹
[One Female Lead + Slightly Altered Plot + Not a Mindless Overpowered Hero + Family Bonds] A 21st-century engineer died unexpectedly and transmigrated to 1960, into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. He even became Liu Guangqi. Liu Guangqi figured that dealing with the people in the courtyard would be a piece of cake!
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Siheyuan: Laying Low in the Auto Repair Shop 四合院：苟在汽修科
Liu Weiguo, a veteran auto mechanic, transmigrates to 1962 in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He takes down the courtyard's whole pack of scoundrels and revels in the fun of fighting them. First, he'll set himself a small goal: do his best to survive.
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Reborn in 1958: I Launch Satellites from the Siheyuan 重生1958，我在四合院放卫星
Yao Yuejin, who died carrying a lifetime of regrets, was unexpectedly reborn in 1958. To help the country achieve a great leap forward in industrial technology, he made one bold announcement after another in the courtyard, and every one of them eventually came true. I want to increase China's steel output tenfold! I want to build a 10,000-ton hydraulic press! I want to make a bold prediction!
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Siheyuan: Returning from the Battlefield and Starting with Twins 四合院：战场归来从双胞胎开始
Lin Ping transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. After Yi Zhonghai schemes against him, Lin Ping has no choice but to join the army and head to the battlefield. When he returns to the capital, he never expects Jia Dongxu to steal the woman who was supposed to be his wife. But not marrying Qin Huairu suits him just fine. Using the golden finger he brought from his previous life, he goes on to live a happy life that everyone envies.
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Reborn Through the Flames 浴火重生记
Yang Chenguang, a young loser from the modern world, gets drunk at home and transmigrates by accident into Silly Zhu's childhood in the Siheyuan. Watch as he changes his fate and writes a different legend for his life.
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Reborn in 1959: Little Everyday Moments in Nanluoguxiang 重生59南锣鼓巷之小日常
He transmigrates to the capital and settles on Nanluoguxiang. He fishes and farms, living a carefree life, learning to cook, appraising antiques, occasionally trading barbs with Zhang Haixing, and picking on the courtyard busybodies now and then.
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Siheyuan: The Eighth-Level Electrician 四合院之八级电工
[Courtyard house + space + no hostility + one heroine] (No getting into trouble + no flirting around + no stealing or breaking the law) Reborn in the 1960s, Zhang Jianguo relies on his own hard work and skill panels, climbing one step at a time and moving up a level each year (one skill point per year), steadily and surely making his way to the peak of life...
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Siheyuan: Back to 1950, I Take Silly Zhu into the Army 四合院：重回50，带傻柱从军
Wang Yongqiang had spent half his life accomplishing nothing. Then he transmigrates back to the 1950s, in the midst of the War to Resist America and Aid Korea. To his surprise, he finds himself in a den of beasts. Yi Zhonghai, the moral paragon; Jia Zhangshi, the necromancer; Yan Bugui, the penny-pinching schemer. How can he fight them? Forget it! Given a new lease on life, Wang Yongqiang wants to make the most of it and live with his head held high. Why should a man not take up his sword and re
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Siheyuan: My Original Self Was Kicked to Death from the Start, Time for Revenge! 四合院，开局原身被踢死，报仇！
On a dark and stormy night, Lin Yang sat alone in front of his computer, constantly pulling tissues from the box on his desk. It was freezing that day, and after sitting at his computer playing Minecraft, both his hands had turned stiff and purple. All Lin Yang could do was keep wiping his nose. Just as the character he was controlling walked across the screen, lightning suddenly struck it. At the same time, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky and struck him, leaving not even a trace behi
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A Happy Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之美满生活
Yang Song transmigrates in an instant into a blended world of Love in the Courtyard and Little Women. From the start, he has to face Qin Huairu breaking off their engagement and the grandmother who raised him dying of anger. See how he handles it, gradually unmasks the scheming people around him, and builds a happy life that others will envy. (No System, no womanizing.)
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Siheyuan: A Doctor Without a System 四合院：没有系统的医生
Shang Yuan, a medical student, fell asleep and woke up transmigrated to the tumultuous 1960s. Is transmigration really that common these days? Faced with an era of poverty and scarcity, Shang Yuan felt helpless. Worse still, he didn’t even have a golden finger. But since he was already here, Shang Yuan could only steel himself and face it head-on.
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Siheyuan: From Sanitation Worker to Prosperity 四合院：从卫生员开始发家致富
[Not too brutal, but those who can't stomach death and dismemberment should stay away] Don't mess with me. You can't afford to! Why? Because I've got needles! Make my woman angry, one prick and your mouth will twist, your eyes will go crooked. Make my man angry, one prick and you'll never get back on your feet. Make my kid angry, no needles needed. I'll just smack him across the face.
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Siheyuan: Starting in the 1950s 四合院：从五十年代开始
A soul from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of a character who never appeared on screen in Love in the Courtyard. He gets ready for the famine by stocking up on supplies. He helps a few passersby he takes a liking to, but the scoundrels can fend for themselves! There is no System and no fighting. He simply watches the scheming in the courtyard from an outsider's perspective. And there's plenty of fun to be had in occasionally stirring up trouble in those scoundrels' lives.
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Siheyuan: From the Start, Everyone Donates Money to Me 四合院：开局大家给我捐款
[If you dislike Qin Huairu, don’t read!] Wang Jianhua transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1962. Right from the start, he discovers Yi Zhonghai organizing a donation for his family. How strange! Since when had the First Master become so generous? As time passes, he realizes there really isn’t a single decent person in the courtyard. Fine, then: the development of the Great Northwest needs you. Get to it!
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Republic Era: I Took Command as County Magistrate with a Battalion from the Start 民国，开局带着一个营上任县长
Lin Yang was dressed in a bit-part actor's costume when he suddenly found himself in another world. He could only rely on the System to make a place for himself there. On his very first day in that world, the System gave him 100,000 silver dollars. He used the money to buy the position of county magistrate.
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Siheyuan: I Can Issue Quests! 四合院：我能发布任务！
Yu Xiaotian, from the twenty-first century, accidentally transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1960 and becomes the youngest son of Yu Zheng, a level-seven fitter at the steel mill. It’s a time of famine. His family isn’t well-off, but they get by. One older brother is a fitter at the steel mill, and the other works as a postal carrier. Yet Yi Zhonghai, who lives in the courtyard, is always trying to guilt the Yu family into helping the impoverished Jia family and Deaf Granny’s household. Just t
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Siheyuan: I Joined the Million Victories Army from the Start! 四合院：开局，加入万岁军！
He Daqing, an archaeologist, pricks his finger on a bronze ring while cleaning a tomb. He transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and activates the Mountain God Inheritance System, becoming the Mountain God of Mount Fuji! Determined to escape the fate laid out for him, He Daqing makes arrangements for his children, then resolutely joins the Volunteer Army and heads to the Korean War front, where he writes a legendary tale!
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1940: I Have the Thousand-Blade Demon Saber for Killing the Japanese! 1940：杀鬼子我有魔刀千刃！
A modern college student transmigrates to 1940 and takes over the body of a child named Wu Liuqi, who was killed by the Japanese. He awakens the Enemy-Slaying, Nation-Strengthening System! With the template of the assassin Wu Liuqi and the Thousand Blades Demon Sword in hand, he throws his head back and shouts, “You Japanese devils, your grandpa is here!”
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Me! Uncle Two! I Got Us Into Trouble from the Start! 我！二大爷！开局就捅了篓子！
Liu Haizhong: I'm no Cao Cao, but I know how much fun it is to be one! No one will wait for you forever, except Lao Liu! A security guard and deliveryman from the new century winds up in a traditional courtyard compound. Through his actions, he shows everyone that there's a third kind of person besides good and bad: the sneaky schemer! (A fresh plot and a new approach, with a lighthearted, humorous, and cheerful tone. Join us as we revisit the courtyard compound from a different perspective!) O
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Frozen Siheyuan: I Stockpile Supplies and Build a Safe House 冰封四合院：我爆囤物资造安全屋
[Apocalyptic blizzard + courtyard drama + a touch of violence]. History buffs, read at your own risk. Chen Ping'an transmigrates into a courtyard in the 1950s and becomes a resident in the rear courtyard. The System tells him that in ten days, a thousand-year blizzard will arrive. He only has two things to do: 1. Marry the only truly loving and devoted woman in the courtyard, Lou Xiao'e, and claim the space awarded by the System. 2. Stockpile supplies like crazy and turn his basement into a
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Siheyuan: From the Start, I Went on a Face-Slapping Rampage 四合院：开局疯狂打脸
I opened and closed my eyes, and suddenly I was in the 1960s. What kind of life does a factory union worker lead? I'm going to become the richest person in the world... Face-slapping the rich, handsome young master? Watch me stage a comeback!
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Siheyuan: I Don’t Want to Cause Trouble Either 四合院：我也不想捅娄子
Zhang Jun: This is a courtyard full of beasts? Pah! I'll show you what a real beast looks like! (This novel's male lead has something wrong with his head. He's a fool, an idiot, a pervert, and a lunatic! These are the opinions of some readers. If that's not your cup of tea, please move along. Unreasonable accusations, attacks, and insults will not be accepted. Thanks for reading! Writing with care is my way of showing warmth to all my brothers! Wishing you success in your careers and plenty of
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I Transmigrated as Jia Zhangshi's Nephew and Hit the Jackpot 穿越成贾张氏的侄子，赢麻了
Zhang Xiaobei, a young man from the modern day, was in a car accident on his way to a blind date. He died on the spot. But by chance, his soul transmigrated into the body of another Zhang Xiaobei, who was out catching fish in a river. To make matters worse, he had no house, no parents, and no job. Just when he had given up all hope, he suddenly remembered his distant aunt in the capital. So he packed his bags on the spot and set off to find his family.
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Siheyuan: You Stole My Family’s Fortune and Still Expect Me to Be Generous? 四合院：抢我家财，还逼我大度？
[Pure catharsis + putting brutes in their place (without too much hostility) + high-tech national power + romantic tension] After transmigrating into the world of Courtyard of Beasts, Chu Weiguo discovered that the original owner had been beaten to death by Silly Zhu, who'd stolen his compensation money. And Silly Zhu hadn't even stolen it all the first time. He came back the very next day! With a new soul in his body, Chu Weiguo wasn't about to let Silly Zhu run wild. Two kicks were all it took
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The Red-Haired Writer of the Siheyuan 四合院里的红色作家
Zhang Dacheng of the 1950s was so overcome with grief after his mother died that he was replaced by a doctor from the future, also named Zhang Dacheng, who was terminally ill and had perished taking a con man down with him. The moment he arrived in this world, he heard someone cursing him. Zhang Dacheng wasn't about to let that slide: he beat Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhangshi with a stick, then hacked at Yi Zhonghai and He Yuzhu with a blade, first beating the retirement gang into submission...
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Siheyuan: I Am Jia Erlengzi 四合院：我是贾二楞子
Jia Erlei fails to survive his tribulation and ends up in the body of a man with the same name in Compound No. 95 in 1959. He has a pocket dimension, but no supplies. Someone else has taken his job, and his uncle and aunt treat him badly. How will he survive in Compound No. 95?
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The Imperial Guard Captain of Siheyuan 四合院里的锦衣卫百户
Zhang Dahai has three people living inside his head, so he has always spoken and acted differently from everyone else. Then I arrived from the new century, transmigrating with a hospital warehouse. I was adopted by my uncle, went to the capital to work as a laborer, and moved into a famous Beijing courtyard. The first thing I did after entering the courtyard was hit my older cousin, Jia Zhangshi...
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Siheyuan: Deputy Director Li Becomes My Uncle from the Start 四合院：开局李副厂长成为我舅舅
Gu Guangyuan transmigrates into a courtyard house, with both parents alive from the start and an uncle who is a deputy factory director and dotes on him. Since he's transmigrated, surely getting a golden finger isn't too much to ask. See how Gu Guangyuan sets the courtyard's troublemakers straight and enjoys a happy life of his own! [The blurb can only say so much. Please head to the story for more.]
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Siheyuan: I Just Want to Live My Own Life Well 四合院之我只想过好自己的日子
Jiang Feng accidentally transmigrates to the 1950s and discovers that he's landed in Love in the Courtyard, the fanfiction he often reads on Tomato. Since he hasn't read the original novel or watched the TV series, all he knows from reading the fanfiction is that there isn't a single good person in the entire courtyard. The authors also write transmigrators as if they're idiots, so he decides to show everyone in the courtyard just what a transmigrator can do.
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Siheyuan: Xu Damao Is My Brother 四合院之许大茂是我哥
An ordinary girl gets so furious watching Love in the Courtyard that, when she wakes up one morning, she finds herself in the TV series as Xu Damao’s younger sister… A story about how she has to fight to save herself so she won’t be turned into an idiot like him.
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Siheyuan: First Things First, I’ll Build a Wall 四合院，开始我先砌道墙
I'm still in the beginner stage and figuring out how to write! Here's the premise of my new story: Wang Zhuo is unwillingly transported to a newly created world, to a courtyard house. Should he live quietly, or do something different? That depends on how powerful his cheat is! With his laid-back personality, he'll just take things as they come. Life is an adventure, full of surprises! A messy life feels all the more real!
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Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is No Fool 四合院，傻柱不傻
After transmigrating into the Siheyuan as Sha Zhu, the pretty widow still wants to borrow money from him? Not a chance. Not only will he refuse to lend her any, he'll make her pay back everything she owes from before. What do you mean, you don't have it? Then tell me how you plan to repay me. Xu Damao wants to steal his girl? I'll make sure you can't even get a bite of my leftovers. Any other shameless jerks have a problem with that? I'll tame them one by one...
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The Doctor of the Siheyuan 四合院的医生
In his previous life, the protagonist was a master physician who collapsed on the operating table after exhausting himself during surgery. After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, he became He Yuzhu’s biological older brother. Watch him teach those villains a lesson.
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Love in the Courtyard: Stealing Everything 情满四合院之偷取万物
Warning! Warning! Warning! This story has a dark tone. Do not read if you’re a self-righteous do-gooder. This is a dark courtyard story that stays true to the original. The male lead is no good guy. His principle is simple: if you treat me well, I’ll treat you well. If you don’t, that’s fine. But if you dare mess with me, I’ll make you wish you were dead.
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Creative Mode: An Invincible Everyday Life in the Siheyuan 创造模式：四合院无敌日常
Invincible! Pure wish fulfillment! If it doesn't satisfy you, you don't pay! Chen Tian was playing Minecraft at home when he unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. There, he obtained the ultimate authority to create without limits in Minecraft, allowing him to reshape the world around him at will. As he transformed more and more places, the energy fed back by this authority kept changing his body, making him invincible. Don't like the little Japanese? Wipe out their
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Siheyuan: Returning from the Mass Grave to Collect Blood Debts 四合院：乱葬岗归来，血债血偿
At eighteen, Lu Jianjun is framed and nearly left to die in the wilderness, but by sheer luck, he survives. After that brush with death, he sees through the schemes and selfish motives of every household in the courtyard. Returning to the compound with the experience and livelihood skills he accumulated in his previous life, all he wants is to keep his own life steady, earn an honest living with his own hands, avoid the endless conflicts around him, protect the people he cares about, and carve o
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Half a Life on the Wrong Road 半生歧途
Beneath the bustle of everyday life, undercurrents stir, as human relationships and rules become entangled. Hidden webs of self-interest and illicit dealings quietly erode the foundations of order. When ideals are tested by reality, and temptation besieges people’s original convictions, some lose their way and sink, while others step forward. A long, arduous campaign against corruption tears away layers of disguise and restores justice to the world.
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Starting in the Siheyuan, I Make My Fortune Through Speculation 从四合院开始，投机倒把
Big ideas! System! Political intrigue! Li Haiyang transmigrates to a courtyard in the 1960s and gets a profiteering System. From then on, he stirs up trouble and makes one deal after another! Take control of the black market, set up illegal factories: if you want to make money, you have to know how to avoid the authorities! Frame Xu Damao, then get him out of trouble and cut off every other option, so he becomes my strategist and attack dog! Shatter Silly Zhu's confidence and turn his worldview
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