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Siheyuan: A Delivery Rider Transmigrates and Lives Happily Ever After 四合院：骑手穿越，快乐一生
A solemn promise: 1. No demonizing characters. 2. Characters act in their own self-interest. 3. No letters of forgiveness. Food delivery rider Wang Ping transmigrates into the world of a 1951 courtyard drama, becoming Wang Ping, a second-grade fitter at a steelworks whose parents are both dead. He lives in the east wing of the front courtyard of the Red Star compound. His uncle is a workshop director at the Shijingshan Steel Plant. With a portable space and a golden finger that gives him immense
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Siheyuan: The Joy of Lying Flat 四合院：躺平是福
In his previous life, he was filmed on a phone and brought into the world of a 1950s Siheyuan. Though Lu Yuan was born in the 1960s, he takes it all in stride. He worked hard all his previous life; this time, he’ll live for himself. As for the Siheyuan residents’ schemes and machinations, they have nothing to do with him. As long as they don’t threaten his interests, Lu Yuan can’t be bothered to get involved. This time around, he’s going to lie flat and live in comfort.
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- 3 In Siheyuan, I Become Huaihua, the Poor Little One 四合院我成了槐花小可怜 The moment I opened my eyes, I had become Little Huaihua from the courtyard. The protagonist was absolutely terrified! Born into a family like this, the protagonist decided to cozy up to Lou Xiao'e to make sure she could grow up healthy. Auntie Lou was not only the only good person in the whole courtyard, but someone who might even sneak her off to Hong Kong one day. 5.2kReads8.5Score24514d adds
- 4 Back to Thirty Years Ago 重回三十年前 A magical watch lets her transmigrate back and forth between the present and thirty years ago. Thank goodness! This time, she has to seize the opportunity and save herself from her tragic fate. 912Reads7.7Score10614d adds
- 5 Republican Era: I'm the Bandit Mountain Rose 民国：我是土匪山里红 (Transmigration + Republic of China era + War of Resistance + Online Game + Female Protagonist + No Romance) A member of the Republic’s Fire Phoenix Special Forces, with a game in tow, transmigrates to the Republic of China in 1924. She becomes the top boss of the Heavenly King Stronghold in the Taihang Mountains, and the granddaughter of the leader of the bandits across the seven northern provinces. Not bad! There’s still time. With the items in her game inventory, she can put together a well-e 763Reads6.8Score10714d adds
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Siheyuan: I Only Want to Live a Quiet Life 四合院：只想平淡过一生
This book is dedicated to my younger self, to the chaos of those days and the loneliness buried deep inside, and to everyone who can't help looking back on the past. It's also dedicated to you, if you'd like to learn about life in Beijing's crowded courtyard compounds. This place was once a little world of its own: the gray walls were mottled, the doorways stood side by side, and life was noisy and real. Neighbors schemed and quarreled, clashing over every inch of land and wall, and getting red
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- 7 Siheyuan: I'll Live My Own Life, So Don't Bother Me! 四合院：我过我的日子，别烦我！ 49.5kReads7.2Score2k14d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: I've Got a Bad Temper and Know a Little Kung Fu 四合院：在下脾气不好，略懂拳脚 A doctor on an overseas aid mission is sent back to 1959 by a missile and transmigrates into Jia Youjin, an army doctor. Traumatized by a comrade's accidental death, Jia Youjin is wounded by a grenade while seeking revenge and has no choice but to leave the military and return home. He arrives at the compound at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang and discovers that someone has taken over his home. It turns out someone spread a rumor that he died on the battlefield, and Yi Zhonghai gave his house to someone el 59.7kReads8.4Score3.8k14d adds
- 9 Homelander in Siheyuan 祖国人在四合院 The ratings have only just come in. They'll slowly go up, everyone says so, and so do I... The cover was slapped together by AI. This is my first time writing a book, so I have no experience. After transmigrating to the capital in 1962, Huang Jinbu falls into the notorious Courtyard of Beasts. Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi, Silly Zhu, and a whole host of other top-tier troublemakers are all gathered there. Just as he thinks he'll have to scrape by, the Motherland 14.3kReads8.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: A Veterinarian from the Start, Giving Everyone in the Courtyard a Vasectomy 四合院：兽医开局，帮全院净身 I transmigrated into the world of "The Birds Fill the Courtyard" and became a veterinarian who goes to the countryside to castrate pigs. Others rely on their skills after transmigrating. I rely on a pig-castrating knife. Bound to the Great Love of Humanity System, my mission is to change the fates of all the birds and beasts. So I castrated Silly Zhu with one swipe. Zhu, don't hate me. I'm saving your life! The System rewards came through, and the whole courtyard of beasts trembled in fear. From 73kReads8.1Score5.4k14d adds
- 11 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Castrate Jia Dongxu 四合院：开局阉了贾东旭 Zhang Feng, an outstanding young man of the twenty-first century, is sent to the 1950s by more than a dozen tractor-trailers. He doesn't realize that this is the legendary world of Birds Fill the Courtyard until he arrives in the capital in 1959. On his very first day after moving in, he castrates Jia Dongxu. At the residents' meeting, he even publicly calls on everyone to leave Yi Zhonghai without an heir. 43kReads6.6Score2.3k14d adds
- 12 Siheyuan: The Maternal Uncle Is the Head of the Family 四合院：娘亲舅大 In 1960, from the start, Lü Jianshe, a medical school graduate transferred from Hebei to the capital, was surprised to discover that he seemed to have a nephew and a niece. They were none other than Silly Zhu, the protagonist of a certain TV drama, and the supporting character He Yushui. Silly Zhu: I actually have an elder! I'm not a wild child with no one to carry on the family line. Yushui: How come this uncle looks even younger than my brother? But a mother's brother is a big deal. With Uncle 89.5kReads7.2Score6.1k14d adds
- 13 Siheyuan: Stirring Up Trouble in Secret 四合院：暗中搞事情 A touch of defiance, a knack for exposing others, and a calculating mind. One day, I return to an old alley, where a nameless little courtyard lies quiet. I lower my eyes before others, keeping my schemes hidden, while secretly stirring up waves to roil the years. I see through every idle word of the deaf old woman and expose every greedy plot of the beasts. Do not think someone of humble standing has no weight; with a gentle stir, I can raise a storm and unsettle the immortals. 71kReads7.7Score4.2k14d adds
- 14 Siheyuan: Teaching the Beasts a Lesson in 1948 from the Start 四合院：开局1948年教训禽兽 [No morals + mild tormenting of the courtyard's beasts + everyday life at the heart of it + a powerful, practical golden finger] Li Mingxuan transmigrates into a courtyard in 1948, where he spends his days tormenting the beasts. The protagonist has no manners and often plays dirty. The whole point is: if I have no morals, you can't guilt-trip me... The courtyard's beasts definitely won't be killed off all at once. If I killed them immediately, there'd be nothing left to write about. Isn't it bet 318.4kReads7.3Score30.1k14d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Go on a Killing Spree and Seize Immortality in the Courtyard 四合院：开局杀疯我在院里夺长生 [Transmigration] + [Multiple Women] + [Violence] + [System] The early plot moves a little slowly because it needs to set things up, but trust me, it gets amazing later. If you don't enjoy it, you can come yell at me! Zhao Zheng transmigrates to 1963. In his previous life, he was ruthless and cruel. In this life, he wants to keep his head down and live quietly, but there are always people begging for trouble. After he kills his first person, he discovers that the System rewards him with extra 212.5kReads8.3Score20.2k14d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Spread Rumors About Deaf Granny! 四合院：开局造谣聋老太！ Lu Buping transmigrates to a siheyuan in 1961 and becomes a department store clerk. His predecessor had been bullied by the courtyard's beasts as a group for merely looking at Qin Huairu, and had jumped into a river in despair. Lu Buping sets out to get revenge. Using his position as a shop clerk, he starts spreading rumors. "Hey, did you know? Old Deaf Granny goes to the pigeon market every month to sell ration coupons." "Yi Zhonghai and his wife can't have kids because Old Deaf Granny made the 102.5kReads—Score6.3k14d adds
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Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Age of Empires 四合院：傻柱的帝国时代
In the 1950s, life in the capital was hard, and the winds of change stirred beneath the surface. A modern soul found himself in the body of a young man known as Silly Zhu. His father had run off, leaving only his little sister behind. The courtyard was rife with trouble, and hidden currents swirled through the streets. Fortunately, he had a world of his own: the Age of Empires game world. Starting in the primitive Stone Age, he reclaimed land, developed production, and smelted metal, steadily l
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- 18 Siheyuan: Jia Geng's Survival Guide 四合院：贾梗生存指南 [Scheming] [Master of playing the long game] [No bloodlust] [Tight logic] How did I end up as Bang Geng? Before I could even get used to this little body, disaster struck at the steel mill: Jia Dongxu was dead. A crushing blow, a disastrous start from the start. What the hell is this unlucky kid supposed to do now? The family is so poor their teeth are chattering, but the heart beating in Jia Geng's chest belongs to a soul from another era. I'm not here to accept my fate. I'm here to turn things 1.4kReads—Score12814d adds
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Reborn in the Siheyuan: Starting in 1953 重生四合院：从1953年开始
After a night of drinking, he is reborn on a snowy night as a young man named Ling Yun. He lands in 1953, in Love in the Courtyard. Fortunately, he awakens an assistant System. While everyone else schemes over food coupons, I hide in my pocket space to farm, raise cattle, and conduct experiments. While everyone else fights for influence in the courtyard, I quietly finish college and casually take the top spot in the imperial examination. Wasn’t this supposed to be all about social ties and petty
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Siheyuan: Becoming a Rogue Everyone Loves 四合院：做一个人见人爱的流氓
[System] [Multiple Heroines] [Low on Grimness] [Historical Fantasy] Lin Muzhi, a down-and-out writer from the 21st century, wakes up as Lin Weidong, a backward young man in a 1965 courtyard. His neighbors are rubbing their hands together, ready to crush this “troublemaker” and take everything from him. But... The whole courtyard soon realizes that this time, the newcomer isn't prey. Armed with the perspective of a modern civilization, he's come to rule this world of tangled relationships like it
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- 21 Siheyuan: My Revenge Begins at the Mass Grave 四合院：从乱葬岗开始复仇 Reborn on a mass grave, Zhang Aiguo returns with a System. The scoundrels stole my family’s property, sold my younger sister, and left me for dead. This time, they’ll pay for every drop of blood! The hypocritical patriarch, the venomous old woman, every last one of them: none will get away! Watch as this young man delivers the ultimate judgment and gets his revenge in this man-eating courtyard! 373Reads8.8Score14514d adds
- 22 Siheyuan: I Take Yi Zhonghai to Task and Demand 6,000 Yuan 四合院：手撕易中海，逼赔六千块 Chen Wangshan is a transmigrator. He has transmigrated into a notorious courtyard house from across the myriad heavens, full of beasts. No endless bickering back and forth. He'll teach those beasts how to behave by using the law. A new author with a new work. Please go easy on me, dear readers! A fist salute! Thank you! (The rating just came out and will rise later, so please read with confidence.) 83.7kReads5.5Score3.8k14d adds
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Siheyuan: I Married Qin Huairu, and Now I Can't Keep Her in Check 四合院：娶了秦淮如，压不住了
Among the 186 versions of the courtyard stories in my collection, Qin Huairu is the best-written character!, Northeast Wanderer. The protagonist is Qin Huairu's System, that boy from back then. The most badass Qin Huairu across the heavens: please enter your ID number. I'll spare you the rest of my thoughts! It's rare to find a courtyard story that I can stick with to the end. Long live the heroes who fought Japan and America! This one without a System is more badass than the ones with one., Dao
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Siheyuan: I Take Over Courtyard No. 95 and Fill It with My Ex-Wives 四合院：我独占95号院住满前妻
Multiple female leads, no System, relying entirely on brains and memories. A top-level career path, with little angst and a realistic tone. In 2026, at the Dialogue studio. Host: Elder Jing, were you afraid when you swam back to the mainland? Jing Daqiang pondered for a moment. He thought, Back then, I'd only just transmigrated, and they were pointing a gun at me. I was terrified. His expression stayed composed. "No. I was driven by a powerful conviction." Host: What made you think of applying
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A New Siheyuan, Starting with Never Bringing a Lunchbox 新四合院从不带饭盒开始
A modern chef transmigrates into Silly Zhu from the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, arriving the day before the story begins. They still want to pin the stolen-chicken scandal on me? No way. I can use the courtyard meeting to cut ties with Qin Huairu’s family. I have a trade that earns me a living, a large five-room house, and all I need is a wife so I can settle down and live in peace. If Qin Huairu’s family can’t afford meat, what’s that got to do with me? The protagonist has a golden finger,
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Life Is Still Wild in the Siheyuan, Even with a Lousy Pocket Dimension 四合院空间拉胯人生依然肆意
Yang Chao transmigrates back to the eve of the Japanese surrender in 1945, a little too far into the past. He has transmigrated into the body of a teenage boy whose mother is dead and whose father despises him. As for the standard transmigrator's starter kit, all he gets is a ten-cubic-meter storage space and one dose of enhancement serum. It's not the worst possible start, but life is still a bumpy ride. After finally joining the army and fighting through one battle after another, he is forced
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Yan Bugui of Siheyuan: A Scheme with No Room for Error 四合院阎埠贵的算漏无疑
Yan Zhongjin, a modern man with terminal lung cancer, coughed up blood and died. A jade pendant that had acknowledged him as its master carried his soul back to Forty-Nine City in 1947, where he became Yan Bugui. After transmigrating, Yan Zhongjin discovered a pocket dimension, and its weakened spirit artifact gave him a cultivation technique. The technique required no spiritual energy. Instead, he had to experience the mortal world and absorb various forms of pure energy as he tempered his mind
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Legend of Mir: The Dragon Era 热血传奇：天龙纪元
Lin Xiao was an ordinary person from an ordinary world. After an accident, he transmigrated into a thrilling, legendary world full of danger. Unknown threats and challenges lurked everywhere. New to this strange world, Lin Xiao struggled to find his footing. But fate can turn in an instant. He met like-minded companions, including Su Li and Nuoxue. Fighting side by side and growing stronger together, they gradually conceived a bold idea: to establish the Longyuan Star Alliance. Through everyon
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- 29 The Path to Taming Demons in the Zuma Continent 热血传奇：祖玛大陆的训魔之路 Lin Xiao is the quintessential rich second-generation heir, usually idle and carefree, with a passion for immersing himself in Legend of Mir. His father chairs a publicly listed conglomerate, and his mother is also a successful businesswoman. But the powerful Wang family of the capital sets its sights on the Lin family's business. Old Master Wang holds a high-ranking national post, and the family's heir apparent, Wang Jingyu, colludes with local officials to maliciously undermine the Lins so he 14Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 30 Lord of Reincarnation in the Nine Domains 九域轮回之主 Synopsis Good-for-nothing Lin Feng is betrayed by his beloved and his clan brother, stripped of all his cultivation, and thrown into the Blood Prison of the Nine Netherworlds. In his despair, he awakens the Nine Hells Reincarnation Seal, which can devour baleful energy, souls, and even the myriad laws of the heavens! From then on, the Blood Prison becomes his hunting ground, baleful energy his nourishment, and ferocious beasts his watchdogs. When he shatters the Nine Hells and returns to the Ni 722Reads8.8Score2514d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: Round Them All Up and Take Them to the Security Office 四合院：全都抓进保卫科 After taking off his military uniform, Zhou Zhenhua returns to civilian life and settles in an ordinary Beijing courtyard house. He wants neither great wealth nor fame, only a peaceful life. Unfortunately, everyone around him is calculating and insatiably greedy, repeatedly showing up to bully him and demand favors. But when enough is enough, enough is enough. This tough-as-nails veteran stops taking things in stride and strikes back at every scheme with thunderous force. He takes on one opponen 30kReads6.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 32 Siheyuan: You Abandoned Your Father? I’ll Send Him Straight to the Military Administration Committee 四合院：弃养？反手送父上军管会 The moment He Yuze transmigrated into He Yuzhu, he had no time to experience life as the whole courtyard's punching bag. He took the proof of abandonment and hauled He Daqing straight to the Military Control Commission. His own father wanted to shirk responsibility? Not a chance! Then the System dropped a learning buff on him, and his cooking, appraisal, medical, and other skills skyrocketed. Now look at the courtyard's scheming residents: Yi Zhonghai tried to guilt-trip him with moral lectures? 34.9kReads7.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 33 From the Start, a Mute Files a Petition to the Emperor, His Fists Subdue the Beasts of the Courtyard 开局哑巴告御状，拳压四合众禽伏 The silent are the loudest of all. Modern young man Zhou Jin transmigrates into a mute in a Siheyuan. From the start, he puts up a big-character poster and takes his grievance straight to the top! He cannot speak, but his pen is as sharp as a blade. On his very first day, he sends “Virtue Incarnate” Yi Zhonghai, “Necromancer” Jia Zhangshi, “Siheyuan War God” Silly Zhu, “White Lotus” Qin Huairu, “Power-Hungry Fathead Fish” Liu Haizhong, and “Human Abacus” Yan Bugui to prison, leaving the whol 15.8kReads6.4Score55614d adds
- 34 Siheyuan: Returning from a Mass Grave, I Slaughter the Entire Courtyard 四合院：从乱葬岗归来，血洗全院 A truck sends Zhou Han into the animal-infested courtyard house. The moment he opens his eyes, Silly Zhu frames him for stealing a chicken. The courtyard’s beasts beat him up and dump him in a mass grave to fend for himself. At death’s door, the System activates and forcibly keeps him alive, bringing him back from the brink. From then on, Zhou Han is no more. In his place is a vengeful ghost who crawled back from the underworld to claim lives. Granny Deaf, Silly Zhu, the Qin Huairu family, Jia Z 14.9kReads6.4Score43214d adds
- 35 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Sent Jia's Mother and Son to Prison 四合院：开局送贾家母子入狱 After Zhao Genshuo is beaten and has his home stolen from him, he awakens a Spirit Spring Space. He turns the tables on Yi Zhonghai, extorts 700 yuan in compensation, and sends Jia Zhangshi and her son Jia Dongxu to prison. He keeps a record of every scheme pulled by the vicious people in the courtyard, who would devour you without even spitting out the bones. Relying on the Spirit Spring, he steadily builds up his wealth and proceeds one careful step at a time, settling every old score as he li 8.4kReads—Score47114d adds
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Siheyuan: Getting Rich Quietly 四合院：闷声发大财
Courtyard Life #Period Fiction #Comedy #Feel-Good Fiction #Old Fox #Harem #Farming Fiction He transmigrated to 1952 and became Chen Yuanshan, an apprentice at Fengzeyuan. His father was a martyr and left him 13 million in old currency and two main rooms. He thought he could lie flat, but the courtyard was full of beasts. Jia Zhangshi sat on the ground every day, wailing, “Old Jia! Someone’s bullying me!” Silly Zhu called every woman “Sister Qin” and beat up Xu Damao whenever he saw him. Xu Damao
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- 37 Siheyuan: A Carpenter Moves into the Courtyard 四合院：院里来了个木匠 He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes a level-two carpenter, one of the Eight Great Tradesmen. Faced with the whole courtyard full of scheming neighbors, Jiang Chen just wants to live in peace. You can plot your schemes, and I'll live my life. When Qin Huairu comes over to borrow something, he makes her write an IOU. When Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum and refuses to take no for an answer, he reports her to the authorities. When Xu Damao tries to sow discord, Jiang Chen shuts 6Reads—Score—14d adds
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Siheyuan: One Smile from Him Leaves the Whole Courtyard Stunned 四合院：他一笑全院惊
Entirely handmade, no AI. Transmigration, lighthearted, multiple heroines, a warehouse, no hostility. When supplies are scarce, I have a supermarket. Enjoy a Cao thief’s life and live a different kind of existence. There’s no nightlife of glittering lights and bustling clubs, just the era’s shared activities.
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- 39 My Happy Life in the Siheyuan, You Wouldn’t Understand 四合院我的快乐，你不懂 Her soul transmigrates into a dying man in the Siheyuan. There’s no such thing as reasoning with people. With a System, he doesn’t have to care what anyone thinks. There’s only one thing to do: act. Multiple heroines, a slice-of-life focus, no angst, and no misery. 26kReads6.9Score1.4k14d adds
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Siheyuan: The Male Gynecologist Who Built His Fortune Helping Couples Conceive 四合院：妇科男医，我靠送子发家
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