Looking for Courtyard Fics With Smart Characters, No Idiotic Stories 四合院来点带脑子的，不要白痴文

1. 1 四 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1952, Silly Zhu Defies Fate 四合院：重生52，傻柱逆天改命 Salty Fish Kid咸鱼小子Male-Channel Fanfiction2.7M WordsCompleted Old and frail, Silly Zhu has all his property taken away by Qin Huairu and the three ungrateful members of the Jia family. They then kick him out, and he freezes to death beneath a bridge. Consumed by rage, Silly Zhu is reborn in 1952, back on the night before He Daqing is set to leave with the White Widow. He also awakens the Heaven Rewards Diligence System: as long as he works hard, he can grow stronger! Through his efforts, he becomes a legendary figure in the capital in this life: a culinary 12.6kReads7.7Score495Shelves

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   🔥🔥🔥Brothers, I've read all these courtyard novels, and I highly recommend the first and fifth ones! [Smirk] The first one, [Laugh] I searched for days and finally found this one. The protagonist is Sha Zhu. He's reborn under a bridge to the day before He Daqing is about to leave. From that day on, no one can suck my blood, no one can manipulate me. I'll enjoy a happy life, starting by ignoring Qin Huairu! [Cool] The fifth one, [Smirk] The protagonist is really lovable. Every beautiful character who appears eventually falls in love with him. No wonder, he's so handsome! Good looks and money, and his whole family lives in harmony! [Smirk] The rest are also okay; I didn't get bored reading them, hehe. 😁 Follow Uncle Tui so you don't get lost!

2. 2 人 Living in the Sixties: From the Start, I Head to Beidahuang to Help 人在六十年代，开局支援北大荒 Xi Hu Tutu系狐荼荼呀Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted On the first day after moving into his new home, Chen Yan discovers that he has transmigrated to a courtyard compound crawling with human scum. He thinks it can't get any worse, but from the start he's sent to the Great Northern Wilderness for rural reeducation! Fortunately, he binds to a System, and every sign-in rewards him with something good. Compared to the scheming and backstabbing in the compound, hunting wolves in the mountains and fighting tigers down below is much more fun! With Chen Y 8.7kReads7.9Score340Shelves
3. 3 四 Siheyuan: I Arrive in 1959 with a Warehouse 四合院：带着仓库来到1959 Ding Ding Has Something on Her Mind叮叮有心事Male-Channel Fanfiction3.2M WordsCompleted [Low-conflict, everyday life, spatial powers, lighthearted; not for readers who enjoy stories about hardship and nostalgia] Niu Wangcai transmigrates to No. 95, Nanluoguxiang. Normal enough. Niu Wangcai lives opposite Yan Fugui’s home in the front courtyard. Also normal. Niu Wangcai has both parents alive... and a childhood betrothal... Wait... aren’t the protagonists in these novels all orphans? From the start, he gets a whole family and a wife... 25.5kReads7.3Score1.5kShelves

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   ① Both the first and last books feature characters who are the heads of the security department at a steel rolling mill. They have powerful backers, are highly intelligent, and have exciting and engaging plots. ② The second and third books feature characters who are purchasing agents, specifically those with spatial abilities.

4. 4 四 Siheyuan: Heaven Rewards Hard Work, and a Fitter Becomes an Engineer 四合院：天道酬勤，钳工成工程师 Eight Strings八弦Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [Courtyard Life + Spatial Storage + Farming + Mildly Vicious + Smart Protagonist + Wish Fulfillment + One Female Lead] An accident brings our protagonist, Zhang Yuandong, to the world of Love in the Courtyard, along with the Diligence Is Rewarded by Heaven System. From the start, he finds himself at a meeting of the whole courtyard. Before Zhang Yuandong can even figure out what’s going on, Jia Dongxu demands that he donate twenty yuan to his family. Yi Zhonghai takes the side of his beloved dis 30.2kReads7.4Score1.3kShelves
5. 5 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Play Jia Dongxu 四合院：开局扮演贾东旭 Little Stone小石头Male-Channel Fanfiction394k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3.6kReads8.0Score121Shelves

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   🔥‍🔥‍🔥A collection of courtyard house stories, no brain drain!📖 A time traveler navigates a courtyard house without losing his intelligence, playing the role of Jia Dongxu. 💥Bound to a system that helps him take advantage of others; as long as he manages to profit from others, the system will reward him accordingly…

6. 6 四 Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's Carefree Life 四合院：阎解旷的潇洒人生 Eggs Boiled in Sweet Soup糖水煮蛋Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Yan Youkuang accidentally opened a portal and transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan, becoming Yan Jiekuang, the third son of the Third Master, Yan Bugui. Once there, Yan Jiekuang first broke the leg of Banggeng, the courtyard's notorious thief, to collect some interest. Then he went on to make life difficult for the courtyard's retirement crew. If you won't let me have an easy time, I won't let you get comfortable either. If I'm unhappy, don't expect you to be happy. In this courtyard wor 13.7kReads8.2Score476Shelves
7. 7 四 Siheyuan: Joining the Long Live Army from the Start 四合院：开局加入万岁军 Half a Cup of Tea, Half a Cup of Lake-Bottom Sand半盏茶半杯湖底沙Male-Channel Fanfiction504k WordsCompleted No System Li Yi, a modern military academy student, is born into the Republican era in the twentieth year of the Republic, in an ordinary household in a Beijing courtyard. Over the following decades, he rises from a nobody scraping by to a major power broker. There are family squabbles, struggles in officialdom, and bloody wars. As a child, he witnesses his homeland fall. Though helpless, he keeps striving. During his childhood, he joins the Communist Youth League and passes intelligence to comr 24kReads9.1Score736Shelves
8. 8 四 Siheyuan: Fishing for All Things Under Heaven 四合院：垂钓诸天万物 If I Become the Azure Emperor One Day他日我若为青帝Male-Channel Fanfiction7.3M WordsCompleted Lin Shaowen got drunk at a class reunion. After sleeping and waking up, he inexplicably arrived in the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Lin Shaowen, an outstanding graduate of Beijing College of Chinese Medicine. He had just graduated from university and now faced a choice: should he become a promising full-time doctor at Union Hospital, or an obscure factory doctor at a steel mill? Without a second thought, Lin Shaowen chose to become a factory doctor. There was no helping it. Sending a 90.7kReads8.5Score2.5kShelves
9. 9 四 Siheyuan: After Transmigrating into He Yuzhu, I Snatched Tang Yanling 四合院：穿越何雨柱截胡唐艳玲 Shou Feiniu收肥牛Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted He Yuzhu transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house. How could he be so unlucky? He's middle-aged He Yuzhu, and to make matters worse, he's already married Qin Huairu. How's he supposed to turn his life around now? Qin Huairu: “Once Banggeng gets married, we'll just sit back and enjoy the good life.” He Yuzhu: “You're a useless old hen who can't lay eggs.” Qin Huairu: “Divorce!” He Yuzhu: “I'll be damned if I don't!” After the divorce... He sabotages Banggeng's job and takes bac 7.6kReads8.3Score292Shelves

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   I highly recommend books 2 and 3. They're lighthearted and funny. If you don't like them after reading 20 pages, come back and scold me. The first one has a bit of a crime-solving plot, and the last one has many female characters, including the wife with the "bang gag" and Jingli from "The Little Woman Under the Zhengyang Gate," all in their 20s. The main character is an older man dating a younger woman.

10. 10 四 Siheyuan: The Ordinary Life of an Angler 四合院：钓鱼佬的平凡人生 Longlong Is My Precious Darling龙龙是我的心肝大宝贝Male-Channel Fanfiction3.9M WordsCompleted [No System]+ [Fishing]+ [Earning foreign currency]+ [Becoming a factory director]+ [Period setting]+ [Siheyuan] An angler never comes home empty-handed! Chen Chang'an transmigrated thanks to fishing, then rose to prominence thanks to fishing. Amid the tides of a great era, he changed many people’s fates. 21.8kReads7.9Score1.3kShelves
11. 11 四 Siheyuan: From Doormat to Casanova 四合院：舔狗变情圣 The Cute Panda卖萌的大熊猫Male-Channel Fanfiction2.1M WordsCompleted A simp stays a simp until he ends up with no descendants, then gets torn apart by wild dogs. Silly Zhu is reborn and stops groveling at Qin Huairu’s feet, only to become the hottest catch around. Ran Qiuye, Yu Haitang, Xu Huizhen, Chen Xueru, Liang Ladi, Ding Qiunan, and plenty of other women all start throwing themselves at him… 14.5kReads7.6Score1kShelves

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    When reading about courtyard houses, you definitely need to read long, completed stories to truly enjoy them. Otherwise, you might mess things up halfway through and then it's over—wouldn't that be satisfying? A good choice is either a long, continuous series or a completed one, with multiple female characters.

12. 12 四 Siheyuan: Sent to the Countryside from the Start 四合院：开局就下乡 A Square Meets a Triangle方块遇到三角形Male-Channel Fanfiction350k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a Beijing courtyard house in 1975, all he has to do is keep his head down and stay safe until the country opens up, and then the whole world will be his oyster. Who knew the neighbors would scheme against him and send him to the countryside? And on Bang Geng's behalf, no less? Going to the countryside sounds great. Bang Geng can come along too! In the courtyard, you may have strength in numbers, but once we get to the countryside, I'll make sure you experience everything 7.7kReads8.3Score185Shelves

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    I've tested them for you; they're all complete.

13. 13 四 Siheyuan: Seeing the Scheme Through to the End 四合院之将截胡进行到底 Little Mo of South City南城小陌Male-Channel Fanfiction5.9M WordsOngoing [Multiple female leads, not for everyone] [Protagonists from various TV dramas collide, each with their own protagonist aura] [Disinfecting with iodine while whipping] Siheyuan, Zhengyang Gate, People Are Like Iron, Glorious Times, The Great New Era, Golden Wedding, Hutong, The Qiao Family Children... In the Name of the People, Ordinary Years, The War Between Two Women] [System for stealing female leads, self-interest, do-gooders, stay away] [No original female leads, characters from other stori 188.5kReads9.0Score12.6kShelves

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    When reading about courtyard houses, you definitely need to read long, completed stories to truly enjoy them. Otherwise, if you mess things up and then it's over halfway through, how satisfying is that? A good choice is either a long, continuous series or a completed one, with multiple female characters.

14. 14 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Became Twelve-Year-Old Silly Zhu 四合院：开局成了12岁傻柱 Mr. M16M16先生Male-Channel Fanfiction761k WordsCompleted A middle-aged man from modern times is hit by a car and killed while delivering food. He transmigrates into the body of twelve-year-old Silly Zhu. “System? Why can’t I transmigrate directly?” “You’re too weak. The story needs time to develop. You can only influence things occasionally. You won’t awaken for another fourteen years...” “System, you can go to hell...” Once I awaken, just watch how I deal with all those animals. 10.6kReads7.9Score266Shelves
15. 15 四 Siheyuan: Li An’s Remarkable Life 四合院之李安的精彩人生 Shining Taillights闪亮的尾灯Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted Two unlucky souls from different eras, their spirits and bodies joined together. In a special period, they spark something extraordinary, making up for the regrets neither could resolve alone. Watch as ideas from a new age emerge in the old one. Two ordinary people from different eras complement each other, combining to form a perfect whole. See how they shine in their time and compose a song unlike any other. 25.3kReads8.0Score1.4kShelves
16. 16 四 Siheyuan: Causing Trouble 四合院：捅娄子 Saibei Gate塞北门Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted When he wakes up, he realizes he’s no longer in an age of traffic-clogged highways and steel torrents, where gridlock can drive you to despair. Qin Yi’s mind can barely process it. The furniture is antique and elegant. A few panes of glass in the old window frame are about to fall out. Memories that don’t belong to Qin Yi flood into his mind. Qin Yi understands the situation he’s in. It turns out he’s arrived in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He’s heard that no one in this compound is a goo 8.1kReads6.4Score232Shelves
17. 17 四 Siheyuan: The System Forces Me to Become a Villain 四合院之系统逼我当反派 Beichen Mo北辰默Male-Channel Fanfiction2.7M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Neither Wholly Good nor Evil] [Feel-Good Story] [Multiple TV Universes] [Bird-Torturing] [Wei Wu Style] [The Grave Robbers' Chronicles] [My Date with a Vampire] After transmigrating into a courtyard compound and activating an Invincible System, Cao Zhongjing turns the whole place upside down with his antics. Qin Huairu: “Jia Zhangshi, listen up. From now on, behave yourself in the courtyard, or I'll beat you to death!” Lou Xiao'e: “Xu Damao, you're really gone just like that? Now I ca 464Reads8.0Score—Shelves
18. 18 四 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s New Beginning 四合院：何雨柱的新生 Clouds Above, Wandering Immortal云霄散人Male-Channel Fanfiction571k WordsCompleted Reborn in Love in the Courtyard, with less hostility. See the everyday family squabbles in the courtyard from different perspectives. When faced with moral blackmail and scheming green tea, he firmly says no. Now that he's transmigrated, he intends to live life on his own terms. Change the plot, and change the people and events in the courtyard. Write a different story about the courtyard and experience the spirit of the era. In short, I'll be the one to decide how I live! Reborn, He Yuzhu will 21.7kReads8.7Score616Shelves
19. 19 四 Siheyuan: Snatching Qin Huairu and Winning at Life Without Lifting a Finger 四合院：截胡秦淮茹幸福躺赢人生 He Nan禾楠Male-Channel Fanfiction203k WordsCompleted [Courtyard + period setting + stealing someone’s match + System] Lin Tao transmigrates into the 1950s world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he is an ordinary resident of the rear courtyard. When he runs into Jia Dongxu, who is about to go on a blind date, one swing of a brick knocks him out of the running. Then Lin Tao swoops in and wins the beautiful Qin Huairu for himself, beginning a happy life of effortless success. He starts by putting the troublemakers in their place. The Courtya 361Reads5.8Score—Shelves
20. 20 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 4.3kReads8.2Score159Shelves
21. 21 四 Siheyuan: Life Is So Wonderful 四合院：生活如此美好 Bai Yuke白玉稞Male-Channel Fanfiction627k WordsCompleted A jade bead took Zhang Chen fifteen years back in time to the Siheyuan. Using his knowledge of the future, he set out to make the greatest contribution he could to his country and people. Now middle-aged, Zhang Chen had finished his demanding work and was preparing to head home. On the way, he came across a street vendor selling jade. Zhang Chen knew that none of the goods here were anything special, but it was still worth spending a little money for fun, so he went over to see if there was anyt 9.3kReads8.2Score193Shelves
22. 22 四 Siheyuan: Rejecting Qin Huairu and Marrying Lou Xiao'e 四合院：拒绝秦淮茹，迎娶娄晓娥 Night Talks by the Western Window西窗夜话Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted [System + stealing others’ opportunities + period setting, fans of the original show beware] Ye Fei transmigrates into the courtyard-house world and awakens the Fortune-Stealing System. He steals Xu Damao’s chance, marries Lou Xiao'e, refuses to indulge Qin Huairu’s sob stories, and slaps Jia Zhangshi. Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip him with morality? Ye gets him demoted, costing him both face and money. Bang Geng dares to steal his things? Ye hatches a scheme to make him disappear from the wor 20.1kReads6.0Score750Shelves
23. 23 四 Siheyuan: Dad, Drink This Bowl of Rat Poison 四合院，爹，喝了这碗老鼠药 Lian Cang连藏Male-Channel Fanfiction560k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, he's tormenting a woman from the start. Xu Nini: "Dad, drink this bowl of porridge and we'll call it even." Xu Chang'an: "Heh... This porridge has already gone bad..." There's not much edge to it, and no cultivation. 4.6kReads8.0Score137Shelves
24. 24 四 Siheyuan: Taming Qin Huairu, Not Becoming Anyone's Sucker 四合院：御奴秦淮茹，不当接盘侠 Flower-Picking Master摘花大师Male-Channel Fanfiction136k WordsCompleted Yang Weiguo, who had dealings with the Twelve Golden Hairpins of Lushang, transmigrates into the world of the courtyard houses. He arrives just as Qin Huairu, on her way to a blind date, accidentally walks into the men's restroom. As luck would have it, he awakens the Super Slave System. Starting by threatening Qin Huairu, who needs paper after entering the wrong restroom, he binds himself to top-tier female slaves, face-slaps the vile neighbors, and sends his wicked ex-girlfriend, who wanted to 884Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 穿 Transmigrating Through TV Shows, Starting with the Siheyuan 穿越影视从四合院开始 Old Cat Smoking at Midnight午夜抽着烟的老猫Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Starting in a Beijing courtyard, this story spans a long period and brings together several film and TV universes, including The Courtyard, Hutong, and Glorious Times. But it is not solely a courtyard drama. Spanning many years, it features war, family bonds, and love, as well as one person doing what they can to help build a new world! Complete at one million words, so read with confidence. 44Reads9.1Score—Shelves
26. 26 四 Siheyuan: Yan Jiecheng 四合院：之阎解成 Illiterate but Loves Audiobooks文盲爱听书Male-Channel Fanfiction548k WordsCompleted System + space + spirit spring Yan Cheng falls asleep and wakes up transmigrated into the body of Yan Jiecheng, who is in the middle of getting married. Let’s see how he manages to live comfortably in this era. 20.2kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
27. 27 四 Siheyuan: The Tempestuous Big Shot, Qin Huairu for One Yuan 四合院之暴躁大佬，秦淮茹一块钱 Laugh, Laugh, Laugh, Say Nothing笑笑笑不说话Male-Channel Fanfiction545k WordsCompleted Qin Huairu throws herself at him, and he steals Lou Xiao'e away. Reborn, hot-tempered. He joins the underworld and becomes its king. He beats the stuffing out of all sorts of men. He meets a host of wonderful women. He enjoys the blessings of having them all. He was born to be the protagonist. If it doesn't work the first time, we'll try twice. In the end, he'll succeed. 2.3kReads5.9Score112Shelves
28. 28 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Sent Uncle Yi in for Tea 四合院：开局送一大爷进去喝茶 A Thirty-Year-Old Cured Meat叁拾岁的老腊肉Male-Channel Fanfiction200k WordsCompleted In 2022, Wang Yin was conducting a nuclear energy experiment at a Peking University research institute when unstable equipment triggered an explosion. His soul transmigrated to 1964, into the body of Wang Yin, an important researcher working on the atomic bomb on the Qingyin Beach grasslands by Qinghai Lake. After his wife died of illness, he needed to care for his daughter, so he received special permission to return to the turbulent old siheyuan and continue serving his country. Wang Yin has r 8Reads6.2Score—Shelves
29. 29 四 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Married the Wrong Man 四合院：秦淮茹嫁错郎 Hou Qi Who Loves Peanut and Brown Sugar Cakes爱吃花生红糖饼的侯杞Male-Channel Fanfiction2.2M WordsOngoing My new work is here! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 541Reads5.3Score—Shelves
30. 30 四 Siheyuan: This Time, It's Finally My Turn, Right?! 四合院之这次终于轮到我了吧！ Little Mo of South City南城小陌Male-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsCompleted [If you dislike Qin Huairu, don't read] [Multiple heroines] [System] Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, Jia Zhangshi, and Deaf Granny. With these seven people all in one place, there'll never be a shortage of stories... 43.8kReads8.6Score2kShelves
31. 31 四 Siheyuan: The Beasts Are After My Treasure 四合院：禽兽图谋我财宝 Zhang Shizhongyu张石中玉Male-Channel Fanfiction528k WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaosheng transmigrates to the 1960s, into the Beast-Filled Courtyard. Right after transmigrating, he catches Jia Dongxu trying to bury him and cover up his murder. They say a murderer will meet the same fate, so Zhang Xiaosheng won't show him any mercy. See how Zhang Xiaosheng outwits the beasts of the courtyard. See how he makes a name for himself in this era and shakes things up in the gambling dens of Hong Kong. This book gets pretty intense inside the courtyard. He shows no mercy to h 1kReads7.9Score119Shelves
32. 32 四 Siheyuan: Does This Qin Huairu Come with a System? 四合院：这届秦淮茹自带系统？ Jiang Shushu江树树Male-Channel Fanfiction341k WordsCompleted Transmigrating into a Siheyuan in 1955, he finds Qin Huairu has snatched him up from the start? Happiness had come so suddenly that Lin Changsheng was completely stunned. Just as he was at a loss, the Soft Rice, Hard to Swallow System arrived. Eat soft rice, and earn rewards! “Stay out of my business, okay?” Reward earned: a perfect physique! “From now on, don't badmouth my friends in front of me!” Reward earned: Master-Level Eighth-Grade Fitter Skills! “Are you trying to tell me what to do?” Re 663Reads5.6Score—Shelves
33. 33 四 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？ The Sharp Edge of a Pen笔尖锋芒Male-Channel Fanfiction529k WordsCompleted [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 2.1kReads6.6Score117Shelves
34. 34 四 Siheyuan: Wiping Them All Out from the Start, the Beasts Suffer Miserably 四合院，开局一锅端，禽兽惨兮兮 Sugar-Heart Dodo糖心朵朵Male-Channel Fanfiction448k WordsCompleted Shen Jianye transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and becomes an ordinary resident. From the start, he binds himself to a System for tormenting the nasty residents. The more mercilessly he torments them, the greater the rewards! With a whole courtyard full of nasty residents, why be polite? Just call the police. Silly Zhu is executed by firing squad for his involvement in a murder case, Yi Zhonghai covers it up, and the Deaf Old Lady’s identity turns out to be fake... Not a single 9.2kReads7.2Score258Shelves
35. 35 四 Siheyuan: I, Lao Wang, Live Next Door to Huairu’s Newlywed Home 四合院：我老王住淮茹婚房隔壁 Worry-Free Under Heaven天下无忧Male-Channel Fanfiction441k WordsCompleted On their wedding night, the bride wasn’t home. Early the next morning, Jia Zhangshi fainted. Was it a distortion of human nature, or a collapse of morality? A few years later Qin Huairu: “Come on, call him Uncle Wang!” Wang Jian’an: “Why call me uncle? Call me Dad!” [Low on hostility, full of laughs. Come on in!] 9.8kReads7.9Score371Shelves
36. 36 四 Siheyuan: From Forty-Nine City to Hong Kong Cinema 四合院：从四九城到港综 Azure Sword Immortal青冥剑仙Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted He transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan and returns to the 1960s. Faced with a courtyard full of people scheming for petty gains, Xia Chen just wants to live a quiet life of his own. There's no hostility here, only warmth. The Siheyuan setting features only briefly at first. Later, he establishes himself in Hong Kong and expands worldwide. He builds the largest family business and becomes the richest hidden boss. Antiques, industry, farms, film and entertainment, technology and the inter 24.6kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
37. 37 你 Hello, Siheyuan 你好，四合院 A Tiger Snatched Along the Way顺手牵虎Male-Channel Fanfiction403k WordsCompleted After transmigrating from modern times to the 1960s, he makes a name for himself in the courtyard. Others rely on foreknowledge, but the protagonist can copy anything that was originally in his home. From then on, he lives a wonderfully comfortable life... 1.6kReads8.0Score104Shelves
38. 38 四 Siheyuan: Starting as a Menial Worker at a State-Run Restaurant 四合院：从国营饭店杂工开始 Qi Daniu琦大妞妞Male-Channel Fanfiction720k WordsCompleted Lu Yang suddenly discovers that he has transmigrated back to the 1960s and become a general hand at a state-run restaurant. His father-in-law sends over his fiancée. She is beautiful and kind, so he might as well spoil her. Xu Damao schemes against him and leaves him with a huge gambling debt? Unacceptable! Jia Zhangshi snatches the fabric he bought for his wife? Unacceptable! That fool Silly Zhu dares to provoke him? Unacceptable! Qin Huairu wants to take advantage of him? Even more unacceptabl 6.2kReads7.4Score177Shelves
39. 39 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, My Parents Are Sacrificed to Heaven! 四合院：开局父母祭天！ Lord Wu'an武安君Male-Channel Fanfiction425k WordsCompleted Modern-day overworked office drone Tang Xingguo transmigrates into the world of “The Beastly Siheyuan.” Faced with the moral blackmail of Yi Zhonghai, the spirit-summoning Jia Zhangshi, the original green tea girl Qin Huairu, Banggeng, who bears the title of the Great Thief, and He Yuzhu, the king of simps, see how Tang Xingguo, who knows the story inside out, takes them all in hand! 1.7kReads8.0Score—Shelves
40. 40 四 Siheyuan: And You Call This Being a Layabout? 四合院：管这叫游手好闲 Mystic Realm玄境Male-Channel Fanfiction188k WordsOngoing Cao Meng, a man from a later era, suddenly finds himself in the 1950s. At first, everyone is wary of Cao Meng. He has no job or savings, and even the side room he lives in is rented. The people in the courtyard all think he’s a good-for-nothing, and even Qin Huairu doesn’t want to talk to him much. Decades later, the people in the courtyard suddenly discover that Cao Meng lives in a villa and drives a luxury car, while his ancestral courtyard home is filled with countless antiques and collectibl 3Reads7.3Score—Shelves
41. 41 四 Siheyuan: The Longevity Patriarch, Crushing All Who Defy Him 四合院：长寿老祖！镇压一切不服 Yu Yongsheng雨永生Male-Channel Fanfiction229k WordsCompleted I, Li Tongxuan, am the senior-most elder in the whole courtyard! What is it like to transmigrate and become a venerable ancestor in a Beijing courtyard? As his lifespan dwindles, Li Tongxuan awakens a stat-boosting panel. With enough points, he can improve any skill. Put points into the Eight-Section Brocade: loosen the muscles and bones, strengthen the breath, and live to 120! Put points into the Five-Animal Frolics: brim with energy, purge impurities, and transform from the inside out! Put poi 612Reads6.1Score—Shelves
42. 42 四 Siheyuan: I Have a Skill System 四合院：我有一个技能系统 Fat Orange Wants to Slim Down肥橘要减肥Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing A world where period dramas collide! Pei Xingyuan is reborn. After his memories merge, he discovers that he is now in the capital in 1965! When the thrilled Pei Xingyuan discovers he also has a skill System, he gets even more excited! What? The System is incomplete? And the damn System is bound to the courtyard from that Beastly Courtyard, so he can only earn experience points by checking in there? The Thief Saint, Banggeng, isn't just his neighbor, but also his classmate? 13Reads8.3Score—Shelves
43. 43 四 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai Swapped My Name on the Promotion List 四合院：我被易中海偷换晋升名单 Through the Night穿过夜色Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [This book is full of anger, so don’t read if that’s not your thing. It’s about taking down scoundrels, not fawning over them.] After Chen Yu transmigrated, he discovered that the original owner had been killed by Jia Dongxu with a brick. Worse, his only family was his younger sister, who had stomach cancer and urgently needed money for medicine. From the original owner’s memories, he learned that after putting in enough years on the job, he was finally eligible for promotion to Level One fitter 25.7kReads7.8Score1kShelves
44. 44 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Sent the Iron Triangle to the Detention Center 四合院，开局送铁三角进拘留所 Like the Wind, Following the Shadow如风随影Male-Channel Fanfiction258k WordsCompleted (System, master schemer, satisfying revenge) He got a dream System from the start, letting him enter other people's dreams. The courtyard house's infamous trio: Silly Zhu, Deaf Granny, and the First Master. Silly Zhu dared to skimp on my portion when serving food in the cafeteria, so I turned around and sent him to the detention center. If Deaf Granny and the First Master dared to cover for Silly Zhu, then they could go in with him. Li Ping was just an ordinary worker at the steel mill, but Depu 55Reads5.2Score—Shelves
45. 45 四 Me in the Siheyuan, with an All-Purpose Space 四合院，拥有全能空间的我 Fire-Breathing Water Dragon会吐火的水龙Male-Channel Fanfiction258k WordsCompleted My name is Wang Jianguo. I discovered that I'd transmigrated into a TV drama I'd watched, Love in the Courtyard. Here, I found that it wasn't just the people from the Siheyuan who were around. There were also Ding Qiunan, Chen Xueru, He Hongchang, and many others I'd heard of in my previous life. This seemed like a hellishly difficult challenge. After all, people in this era didn't have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear. I had no idea what to do. Just then, a voice rang out in my mind. Ding. 251Reads6.0Score—Shelves
46. 46 四 Siheyuan: I Earn Points to Raise Froglets 四合院：我赚积分养蛙崽 Old Eight-One Bar老八一杠Male-Channel Fanfiction998k WordsCompleted I previously wrote a positive courtyard fanfic starring He Yuzhu, with Teacher Ran as the heroine. A lot of readers weren't happy about Teacher Ran being the female lead, so this time I'm writing the opposite: a new story where Silly Zhu, Yi Zhonghai, and the other beasts get put through the wringer, and the protagonist takes on Cao Cao's spirit. Let me make this clear: this book is absolutely just riding the courtyard's popularity. There's not an ounce of deception here. I hope all you courtyar 82Reads8.3Score112Shelves
47. 47 从 A Life That Begins with Love in the Courtyard 从情满四合院开始的人生 Everyone I Know Is the Same认识的人都是一样的Male-Channel Fanfiction570k WordsCompleted When a modern man becomes the younger brother of He Yuzhu in Love in the Courtyard, he has no System or special powers, just a vague foreknowledge of what’s to come. What can he do? Should he watch as his brother He Yuzhu gets cheated out of everything and left with nothing? Or should he try to change it all? 134Reads7.8Score—Shelves
48. 48 四 Siheyuan: More Children, More Blessings, Starting with Widow Qin 四合院：多子多福，从秦寡妇开始 Love Bandit爱情悍匪Male-Channel Fanfiction551k WordsCompleted [Courtyard Drama + More Children, More Blessings System] Multiple heroines, crossover with multiple TV dramas Lu Chen transmigrates into the apocalypse with the More Children, More Blessings System. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in Love in the Courtyard. Since he's here, he might as well make the best of it. Having children makes him stronger. Just how strong can he become? Starting with the widow Qin, he earns rewards... In the end, Lu Chen achieves the status of a tycoon, a philanth 4.3kReads5.5Score158Shelves
49. 49 四 Siheyuan: I Married Lou Xiao'e from the Start 四合院：开局娶了娄晓娥 Rhyme-Ink Lad韵墨小子Male-Channel Fanfiction349k WordsCompleted I married Lou Xiao'e and sent my father-in-law to start a business in Xiangjiang. Is that really too much?? He Yuzhu married Qin Jingru and spent a little money. That’s not too much, right?? Xu Damao married Hua Jie and even had a child. Is that too much?? Lou Xiao'e isn’t married yet. The two of them fall in love at first sight, and it’s love at first sight all over again. Yi Zhonghai, the so-called paragon of virtue, is unworthy. He lives in the Four-Appliance Courtyard, so kick him out. He Yu 878Reads6.6Score101Shelves
50. 50 重 Reborn as an Angry Youth 重生之愤青 Cocoa Companion可可伴侣Male-Channel Fanfiction545k WordsCompleted In 2060, Feng Qing was an orphan whose parents had both died. He was an upright person who could be rather stubborn about what he believed was right. Because of an ancestral jade pendant, a refined scoundrel set his sights on him. When moral blackmail failed, the man hired thugs to steal it. Feng Qing would rather see the jade shattered than let it remain intact in the hands of a villain. He fought back with all his might, but in the end, he lost his life and soul. When he awoke again, he had tr 22.1kReads8.3Score809Shelves

    Reader note

    Personally, I think it's worth reading with a bit of thought. The plot is well-structured and, importantly, not convoluted. Books 1 and 4 were both once on the top 9-point list, as everyone knows…

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