The Ultimate Four-Sided Courtyard Rankings (I'm Out of Books to Read, Thanks!) 四合院的巅峰榜（书荒了，谢谢）

1. 601 四 Siheyuan: I'm Yu Li, and I Easily Keep the Vermin in Line 四合院：我于丽轻松拿捏众禽 Little Cabbage Worm小小菜虫Male-Channel Fanfiction253k WordsCompleted After the tough, no-nonsense Yu Li from a later era transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, she faces the three-year famine. Pressured by her parents, she chooses to marry Silly Zhu, letting him and the other courtyard residents experience firsthand the overwhelming advantage a tough woman from the future can bring. 5.7kReads8.0Score287Shelves

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   I just finished reading this book, it was pretty good.

2. 602 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Are You Sure You're Their Biological Son? 四合院：傻柱你确定你是亲生的吗 Carefree Star Song逍遥星语Male-Channel Fanfiction524k WordsCompleted After Chen Yang graduated from college, his father, Chen Chen, took him on a road trip to celebrate. They accidentally collided with a heavy truck and both transmigrated to 1935, the year He Yuzhu was born. After transmigrating, the father, Chen Ming, became the young He Daqing. He knew only the history of the Republic of China and nothing about the plot of Love in the Courtyard. His son, Chen Yang, became a baby and He Yuzhu's twin brother, with full knowledge of the characters' tangled relatio 38Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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   The first book, by He Daqing.

3. 603 四 Siheyuan: Zhuzi, What Is Uncle Yi Supposed to Do? 四合院：柱子你让一大爷怎么办 Carefree Star Song逍遥星语Male-Channel Fanfiction811k WordsCompleted In the summer of 1954, cicadas buzzed noisily in the Siheyuan. A newborn’s cries from the Jia family cut through the afternoon heat: the son of Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu had arrived. According to the family genealogy, he was named Jia Geng, with the childhood nickname Banggeng. No one knew that inside this scrunched-up baby lived a soul from the modern era. Lin Mo, a burned-out office worker who had watched Love in the Courtyard in his previous life, opens his eyes to find himself reborn as Bang 524Reads5.9Score—Shelves
4. 604 四 Siheyuan: The Joy of Fighting the Troublemakers 四合院：与禽斗其乐无穷 Melody of the Night夜的旋律Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Lin Fan wakes up one day to discover he has transmigrated. What, this is Love in the Courtyard? Interesting. So I’m supposed to go head-to-head with these beasts. That saying really is true: there’s endless fun in fighting beasts! The tone isn’t too intense, with the focus on an easygoing life. 14kReads6.9Score475Shelves
5. 605 四 Siheyuan: I Share No Heavens with Widows 四合院之我与寡妇不共戴天 The Irritable Sparrow急眼的家雀Male-Channel Fanfiction72k WordsOngoing Silly Zhu transmigrates to the night He Daqing ran away in 1951. When Yi Zhonghai comes to lecture him, he declares, “Widows and I are sworn enemies,” and flatly rejects the retirement-support gang. He obtains the Beast-Filled Courtyard System, gaining all the skills of the courtyard’s beasts, and sets about tormenting them relentlessly. No saintly do-gooding, no stirring up trouble. If he can settle things with his fists, he won’t waste words. The whole point is to make life miserable for those 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist, Silly Pillar, cuts off the retirement group from the start, avoids making trouble, exterminates and abuses birds, and doesn't issue a letter of forgiveness—a new formula.

6. 606 四 Siheyuan: Changing He Yuzhu's Life 四合院：改变何雨柱人生 Carefree Star Song逍遥星语Male-Channel Fanfiction497k WordsCompleted In a Beijing Siheyuan where warmth and coldness in human relationships intertwine, Silly Zhu, He Yuzhu, is a righteous cook who is constantly taken advantage of. For the sake of getting along with his neighbors, he gives them everything, yet keeps getting the short end of the stick. His life is trapped in petty squabbles and suffocating debts of gratitude. But this time, after He Dazhu transmigrates into He Yuzhu, he unexpectedly awakens and sees through the selfish schemes of certain people in 2.9kReads7.0Score104Shelves
7. 607 四 Siheyuan: I, He Daqing, Can Raise Zhu Right 四合院：我何大清能把柱子带好 Lilac丁香Male-Channel Fanfiction477k WordsCompleted The spring of 1951 was bitterly cold. He Daqing turned down the White Widow’s offer to abandon his family and children. He stayed in the capital to teach Silly Zhu. That year, Yi Zhonghai’s scheme failed, and his wife divorced him and ran off. Who could have guessed that he would end up marrying Qin Huairu? He Daqing married Liu Lan and had a son. After Old Yi’s scheming, He Yuzhu also had a son with Qin Huairu. From then on, Old Yi’s mind grew twisted. Qin Huairu began taking maternity leave an 2.1kReads6.3Score106Shelves

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   A simple story, no system, the "Raising a Son" series by He Yuzhu.

8. 608 四 A Tough Guy in the Siheyuan 四合院一狠人 The Tang Dynasty's Demonic Monk Is a Rebel大唐妖僧是逆贼Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted The courtyard house stays the same, but transmigrators come and go. Today, our protagonist Li Hui is lucky enough to transmigrate into the legendary Birds-Fill-the-Courtyard! He’s already dead when he arrives! Lying in the funeral hall, he listens as a bunch of people discuss how to divide up his family’s property. He gets up and scares the life out of those beasts. Relying on his ruthless streak, he begins a life of taking on the world and beating the beasts. Yi Zhonghai, the moralizing sage, t 11.8kReads7.0Score480Shelves
9. 609 四 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Story Begins in 1943 四合院：何雨柱1943年开始 Carefree Star Song逍遥星语Male-Channel Fanfiction557k WordsCompleted A modern young man transmigrates into the body of Silly Zhu at age eight and saves his mother. Before the Japanese surrender, he kills Japanese soldiers and joins the underground resistance. He trains the beasts and protects his family, making himself a force to be reckoned with in the Siheyuan. When Granny Deaf acts superior on account of her age and shamelessly picks a fight with him, or Yi Zhonghai tries to rule the courtyard with an iron fist, he takes them on and carves out an extraordinary 4.2kReads6.6Score100Shelves
10. 610 重 Reborn: Da Mao and Silly Zhu Get Back Together, and the Neighbors Panic 重生大茂和傻柱复合，众禽慌了 Twenty-Four Zhu二十四铢Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing [Mild Antagonism] [Hilarious] [Two Male Leads] [Outsmarting the Whole Yard] [Opening a Restaurant] [No Romantic Push and Pull] [Unusual Revenge Tactics] [Starting a Culinary School] Xu Damao burns newspaper offerings at Sha Zhu's grave. When he opens his eyes, he has returned to 1965. This time, he won't fight, compete, or brawl anymore. The two sworn enemies form an alliance, and the whole yard of "beasts" is thrown into a panic! The tricks they once used to sabotage each other are now turned a 2kReads6.2Score103Shelves
11. 611 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, You Can't Be This Beastly 四合院傻柱你不能这么禽 A Little Too Optimistic想的有点美Male-Channel Fanfiction199k WordsOngoing He inexplicably transmigrates into Silly Zhu in Love in the Courtyard. He also unlocks a sign-in System. Faced with Uncle One’s moral blackmail, Qin Huairu’s innocent act, and the other scoundrels making life difficult for him, Silly Zhu finally gets it. Isn’t this just a contest to see who’s the biggest jerk? Come on, let’s find out who’s the worst of them all. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first one was the best; I read it all night.

12. 612 四 Siheyuan: Beating He Yuzhu to a Pulp 四合院之暴打何雨柱 Carefree Star Song逍遥星语Male-Channel Fanfiction586k WordsCompleted Reborn in a Siheyuan, he can transmigrate between the real world and the courtyard compound. He puts the bullies in their place, takes on Yi Zhonghai, slaps Jia Zhangshi, and sends Old Deaf Granny away. While taming the troublemakers, he flirts with the beautiful women in the compound. After reform and opening-up began, he planned to make a name for himself in the compound, but then he ran into Big Golden Tooth, who started trying to talk him into tomb raiding with him. The real world also began 602Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 613 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Isn't Foolish, and Yushui Doesn't Suffer 四合院：傻柱不傻，雨水不苦 Twenty-Four Zhu二十四铢Male-Channel Fanfiction460k WordsCompleted He Yuzhu is reborn in 1951, carrying the regret of a lifetime spent being manipulated. At the same moment, young He Yushui awakens from a future life of loneliness and helplessness, with a clarity in her eyes far beyond her years. In their previous lives, He Yuzhu let the neighbors in the courtyard drain him dry in the name of so-called “saving face,” raised an ungrateful wolf, and missed out on true love; He Yushui lived at the mercy of others and endured a troubled marriage. The siblings grew 3.9kReads5.3Score109Shelves
14. 614 四 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Leisurely Life 四合院：许大茂的悠闲人生 Gold Bricks Falling from the Sky天上掉金砖Male-Channel Fanfiction511k WordsCompleted He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard in 1960 and becomes the rotten Xu Damao. He has a medicinal herb garden pocket dimension as his golden finger. In this life, Xu Damao gives up being a projectionist and becomes a doctor. He plans to cure his “infertility” and, more than anything, live a leisurely life. “If no one crosses me, I won't cross them” is his creed in this life. 1.5kReads7.1Score106Shelves

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    This book is not overly aggressive and reveals the real reason why Lou Xiao'e married down.

15. 615 四 Siheyuan: This Tough Guy from Sichuan Is No One to Mess With 四合院：这个川蛮子可不好惹 Novice Passerby菜鸟过客Male-Channel Fanfiction840k WordsOngoing [Period Siheyuan + smart, satisfying fiction + no saintly protagonist + decisive and ruthless + never fawns on anyone + no involvement with the women in the story + pocket dimension] After transmigrating to 1957, Wang Erheng only wants to live a quiet life. But the residents of Courtyard No. 95 won't let him. Jia Zhangshi tries to lay a hand on his younger sister, Liu Haizhong wants to impose rules, and Yi Zhonghai tries to use a mass meeting to bully him. He slaps them one by one and sends them 11kReads6.3Score429Shelves

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    Why bother looking for a courtyard house? This is all you need.

16. 616 四 Siheyuan: From the Start in 1944, I Married a Female Spy 四合院：1944开局娶了女特务 Four Little Dogs四只小狗Male-Channel Fanfiction961k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 95.4kReads8.2Score7kShelves
17. 617 四 Siheyuan: He Daqing's Greatest Life 四合院之何大清的最强人生 Muzi Cola木子可乐Male-Channel Fanfiction586k WordsOngoing [Heaven rewards diligence] [Multiple female companions] [Do as he pleases + neither wholly good nor evil + mercurial] After getting drunk, he wakes up in 1951 as He Daqing, just as he’s plotting to run away. The White Widow and Yi Zhonghai are scheming to send me off to Baoding? He turns around and reports them, cuts off a disastrous relationship, and shatters the moral paragon’s invincible facade! [Heaven rewards diligence, one proof lasts forever] With talent on his side, he masters countless 10.8kReads6.6Score482Shelves

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    A very unique and novel courtyard house, definitely worth a visit! A great experience!

18. 618 四 Siheyuan: Taking My Little Sister to Find Our Father 四合院：带着妹妹找爹 One v Instant v一v瞬v间Male-Channel Fanfiction585k WordsCompleted Not too aggressive + calling people out + scheming Yang Chu is a food delivery driver in 2025. While listening to a novel as he made deliveries, he heard the screech of brakes. When he opened his eyes again... he was in 1955. 25.6kReads7.5Score968Shelves

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    Currently being serialized and updated, this is a thrilling novel series set in a courtyard house, with over 100,000 readers. There's bound to be one that you'll like!

19. 619 我 The Sixth Book by I Love Lemon Ice 我爱柠檬冰的第6本书 I Love Lemon Iced Black Tea我爱柠檬冰红茶Male-Channel Fanfiction334k WordsCompleted My new story is here! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2.9kReads6.4Score111Shelves
20. 620 四 Siheyuan: How Did I Lose My Morals? 四合院：我怎么没有道德了 Crabs Eat Fruit螃蟹吃水果Male-Channel Fanfiction519k WordsOngoing Lin Dong transmigrates into the world of the Courtyard House! From the countryside to a courtyard full of scoundrels! First, he labels Old Mrs. Deaf a member of the landlord class! Then he drives Yan Bugui into bankruptcy, and Yan even thanks him for it! Silly Zhu? You fathead, you'll end up behind bars sooner or later! Damao, my dear brother, I'll make sure you have a child! Yi Zhonghai, how about you take Silly Zhu's place and support the whole courtyard? As for the Jia family, a bunch of bloo 244Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    High-quality books for readers in traditional courtyard houses! Intellectually engaging! Concise and to the point!

21. 621 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Summon Old Jia and Scare Jia Zhangshi Stiff 四合院：开局召唤老贾吓懵贾张氏 Chen Ermao陈二毛Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan + sign-in System + livestock-raising space + hunting + low angst] Chen Shaofeng accidentally transmigrates into the world of a Beijing courtyard house. The System, which had only just activated, dumps a pile of rewards on him and then takes off. Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the sign-in System. Congratulations, Host. You have obtained a livestock-raising space and a storage space where time is frozen. Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the “Big Slap” skill, “Invi 40kReads7.9Score2.7kShelves
22. 622 四 Siheyuan: I Start Killing Japanese Soldiers While Fleeing for My Life 四合院：从逃难路上杀鬼子开始 Why Care About Chang'an何顾长安Urban554k WordsCompleted Su Yu, a small-town police officer, was reborn in Jin Province in 1940, just as the Japanese launched a sweep through the area. His father was captured by the Japanese and forced into military service, and his mother died of illness. After personally killing his enemies and the Japanese soldiers, Su Yu took his younger brother and sister to the capital to seek refuge with their second uncle. Along the way, he killed Japanese soldiers and traitors, seized supplies, and supported the troops fighti 21kReads7.7Score908Shelves
23. 623 四 Siheyuan: I Break Silly Zhu's Leg and Give the Qing Dynasty a Beating 四合院，打断傻柱腿，保定抽大清 Fifth of May, Fortune upon Fortune五月五发发Male-Channel Fanfiction545k WordsCompleted For a military doctor who had dissected more than a thousand “corpses,” forensic medicine was the perfect career choice. His knowledge of human tissue was nothing short of masterful. To put it this way, he could hang his great-nephew He Yuzhu up and beat him for a day and a night, and still guarantee he wouldn't die. He could do the same to Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Fugu, making sure the pain cut to the bone. And so, He Hongtao returned after fifteen years away from the siheyuan. 17.4kReads7.0Score590Shelves
24. 624 四 Siheyuan: One-Yuan Instant Deals, Meat Every Day in the Famine Years 四合院：一元秒杀，荒年天天吃肉 Holding One Hundred Thousand手握十万Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing Cao Weimin transmigrates to the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes an ordinary resident there. He discovers that Qin Huairu hasn't married Jia Dongxu yet, so he promptly tries to steal her away. Who knew Qin Huairu would look down on him, and that the neighbors would ostracize him? As the One-Yuan Instant-Kill System awakens, everyone else is going hungry during this famine, while Cao Weimin enjoys meat prepared in a different way every day and sees his life grow better and better. Qin H 46.8kReads5.9Score4.8kShelves
25. 625 四 Siheyuan: I Received My Ancestor's Legacy from the Start 四合院之开局得到先祖遗赠 Wild Garlic野蒜Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted An accident sends Zhang Ping'an back to the early days of the founding of the nation. He becomes Jia Zhangshi and Zhang Xiaohua’s younger half-brother, twenty-one years younger than his sister. Old Jia is rescued from the start, and He Daqing never leaves for Baoding. Will the courtyard still be ruled single-handedly by Yi Zhonghai and the Deaf Granny? 43.6kReads7.8Score2.3kShelves
26. 626 四 Siheyuan: A Treasure Trove Secret Realm from the Start, Leaving the Neighbors in Tears 四合院：开局百宝秘境，众禽泪崩 Flowers Bloom in Spring春天花开了Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a courtyard house, he became a sickly young man, poor and destitute, with the neighbors constantly causing trouble. Fortunately, the System arrived just in time. When the whole courtyard pressured him to give up his room, he calmly took something out of his secret realm. The moment everyone saw it, they completely lost it… 42.4kReads6.8Score3.6kShelves
27. 627 四 Siheyuan: Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations, Slaughtering the Entire Courtyard 四合院：地煞七十二变，杀光全院 Azure Dragon Tangerine青龙橘Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan Courtyard] [No System] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Female Lead] [Torture the Birds] A brutal rampage through the courtyard, starring a protagonist who goes to prison. Explorer Gao Wan is reborn as a hapless resident of a siheyuan courtyard, armed with the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Transformations. His parents were murdered by corrupt officials, his sister was sold and took her own life, their family property was seized, and Silly Zhu even beat him to death! Silly Zhu wants to make sure 10.4kReads6.1Score604Shelves
28. 628 四 Siheyuan: Moral Blackmail? I Can Play That Game Too 四合院：道德绑架？跟谁不会一样 Frost Flowers Are Flowers Too冰霜花也是花Male-Channel Fanfiction395k WordsCompleted After freezing to death beneath a bridge, Silly Zhu was reborn at the very beginning of the story. Before he died, he had come to understand many things. Having lived through two lifetimes, he was determined to repay every grudge and settle every score. What he never expected was that the Siheyuan was hiding a huge conspiracy. 710Reads6.4Score106Shelves

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    That basin! That basin! It's absolutely hilarious!

29. 629 神 God-Tier Bill Payer: I Spend, the Whole World Picks Up the Tab! 神级代付：我花钱，全世界买单！ Li Xiaofeng, Who Loves Yao Hu Ancient Wine爱吃瑶瓠古酒的李晓峰Urban234k WordsOngoing Mei Youqian is a down-and-out young man betrayed by his girlfriend and publicly humiliated by a rich heir. At his lowest point, he awakens a god-tier Payment System. As a newly born source of the universe, the System is looked down on by the veteran Systems of the myriad heavens. It sets a date three years later for the Cosmic System Tournament, where it will livestream a showdown against the Hosts of the myriad heavens. From then on, Mei Youqian begins his path to turning his life around by s 8Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 630 X Professor X: Silly Zhu! Accept My Gift! X教授：傻柱！接受我的馈赠吧！ Carefree All My Life一生任逍遥Male-Channel Fanfiction810k WordsCompleted Professor X senses the Dark Phoenix taking over Jean Grey’s body and goes alone to reason with her, but the berserk Phoenix Force shatters his physical form. At death’s door, his mind rides a rift in space and time torn open by the Phoenix Force and plunges into the world of Love in the Courtyard. His consciousness enters He Yuzhu’s mindscape, only to run into the embodiment of fate entrenched within: “A Simp Gets No House.” Moved by He Yuzhu’s fate of hardship and mistreatment, the professor 1.9kReads7.3Score105Shelves
31. 631 开 From the Start: I, Silly Zhu, Move Out of the Courtyard 开局：我傻柱搬离四合院 Second Young Master Wei魏家二少Male-Channel Fanfiction526k WordsCompleted He Yuzhu lived in the twentieth century. Since he shared the same name as Silly Zhu from the courtyard compound, people around him never stopped teasing him. One day, after drinking at home, his soul transmigrated into the world of the courtyard compound, where he became Silly Zhu. With help from the System, he eventually became a business and entertainment mogul. 9.5kReads6.2Score177Shelves
32. 632 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Awakening 四合院：傻柱的觉醒 Second Young Master Wei魏家二少Male-Channel Fanfiction533k WordsCompleted My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 17.7kReads6.5Score346Shelves
33. 633 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...? 20.2kReads8.2Score634Shelves

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    These books are alright; I've grouped them on my bookshelf.

34. 634 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Report the Old Deaf Lady as a Spy 四合院开局：举报聋老太是间谍 Second Young Master Wei魏家二少Male-Channel Fanfiction419k WordsCompleted A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 8.4kReads6.0Score181Shelves
35. 635 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Have a Dream Space 四合院：开局一个梦境空间 First Dawn After the Rain沐雨初晨Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [A completed, million-character Four-House Courtyard novel is already available. Updates are guaranteed, so read with confidence.] Zhang Jianguo transmigrated into the world of Four-House Courtyard and gained a dream dimension. As long as he interacted with someone, he could get them to farm and increase their crop yields. From then on, Zhang Jianguo settled down peacefully in the courtyard, and everyone there began a life of farming. Yi Zhonghai: “Why am I even more tired after a night’s sleep? 7.8kReads7.3Score273Shelves
36. 636 万 All Illusions Return to Truth: Whatever I Imagine Becomes Real! 万虚归真：我想即为真！ Li Xiaofeng, Who Loves Yao Hu Ancient Wine爱吃瑶瓠古酒的李晓峰Urban369k WordsCompleted Xiao Shiyi’s life seems to hit rock bottom overnight. His girlfriend drains him with her endless demands, and he even takes out online loans to satisfy her, only to get dumped in the end. She can’t even get his name right. When debt collectors show up and beat him, he struggles on the brink of death, only to unexpectedly unlock the Divine Treasure and awaken the supernatural ability “Return All Illusions to Truth.” It can turn false things into real ones. By mistake, he transforms a dollar-store 247Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 637 四 Siheyuan: From the Song Dynasty to the Present Day 四合院，从宋朝活到现在 Reading and Writing阅读创作Male-Channel Fanfiction114k WordsCompleted A new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can give this a try.

38. 638 我 I, He Daqing! Mount Fuji: A Mountain God? 我，何大清！富士山：山神？ Li Xiaofeng, Who Loves Yao Hu Ancient Wine爱吃瑶瓠古酒的李晓峰Male-Channel Fanfiction354k WordsCompleted 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! 3.1kReads6.8Score133Shelves
39. 639 四 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Life at Its Peak 四合院何雨柱：巅峰人生 Zhang Laohui张老辉Male-Channel Fanfiction372k WordsCompleted I became "Silly Zhu" from the courtyard. Faced with the First Master using moral blackmail, a leeching ingrate, and a whole courtyard full of scheming beasts... I just smiled. In this life, my God of Cooking hands will shape my destiny. Yi Zhonghai, I'll tear your hypocrisy to shreds; Qin Huairu, I'll turn your schemes into a joke. Watch me cook up the pinnacle of my life in this little courtyard and settle every score, one by one! 180Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    [Laughing][Laughing][Laughing] Not bad, take a look! He Yuzhu's book has quite a few readers.

40. 640 四 Yan Bugui of Siheyuan: A Scheme with No Room for Error 四合院阎埠贵的算漏无疑 Zhang Laohui张老辉Male-Channel Fanfiction507k WordsCompleted 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 1.2kReads6.4Score—Shelves
41. 641 四 Siheyuan: How Did I End Up Here? 四合院我怎么来了 Wheel Sea Secret Realm轮海秘境Male-Channel Fanfiction258k WordsCompleted I became “Silly Zhu.” What the heck! I’m not even surnamed He! My name doesn’t sound anything like his, either! And I can’t cook! Just a couple ounces of liquor and I transmigrated! No truck, no speeding car. The story hasn’t even begun, and I’m already flipping the table and smashing the pot. Who has time to put up with you people? I’ll follow the course of history and, every now and then, toss a pebble into the river. 18.9kReads8.4Score608Shelves

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    No entanglement, no loss of intelligence; no letter of forgiveness; swift and decisive action.

42. 642 四 Siheyuan: I Can Issue Quests! 四合院：我能发布任务！ Carefree All My Life一生任逍遥Male-Channel Fanfiction308k WordsCompleted 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 451Reads5.5Score—Shelves
43. 643 四 The Siheyuan Is Just the Beginning 四合院只是开始 An Insignificant Social Nobody无关紧要的社会边角料Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted (This is not a slice-of-life story set in a Beijing courtyard. The courtyard is only part of the early plot, and the female characters get much less screen time once they leave their original storylines. The pacing is fast. The protagonist is a womanizer, there is no female lead, but there are female supporting characters. Don't read if that bothers you.) [Ding! Dear Host Lin Yu, congratulations on successfully activating the Apocalypse Survival System. In this perilous apocalypse, where resourc 2.7kReads5.5Score177Shelves

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44. 644 我 I'm a Cash-Grabbing Streamer! But the Big Spender Really Does Send Gifts! 我，圈钱主播！但大哥是真刷啊！ Blue Chalk蓝色粉笔Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Jiang Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a livestream money-grabbing System! As long as he earns gifts and tips and meets his cash-grabbing targets, he can receive random rewards from the System! And so, the internet's most shamelessly money-hungry streamer is born! "Boss! Singing, dancing, doing stunts, rapping, standing on my head, whatever other streamers can do, I can do too. And whatever they can't do, I can do even better!" "Boss, just tell me what you want me to do! As lon 162.3kReads9.4Score14.6kShelves
45. 645 爆 Going Viral Starts with Calling the Cops 爆红从报警开始 Yu Siyuan余四元Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Microdrama style, silly and lighthearted. The protagonist has no romantic pairings, male or female. Actor Mo Fei gets a Role System. From a holy monk, he gains an ability to attract criminals; from a serial killer, he learns human anatomy; from a detective, he learns to talk to cats; from a master thief, he learns sleight of hand... To everyone else, all of this seems downright bizarre. Would a normal actor radiate murderous intent? Would a normal actor know the human body so well? Would a norma 60.5kReads9.5Score8.1kShelves
46. 646 四 Siheyuan: I Started Fighting the Japanese in 1943 四合院：我从四三年开始打鬼子 Garuda伽楼罗Urban859k WordsOngoing Transmigrate to Beiping in 1943 and start by fighting the Japanese. This is a War of Resistance novel with no AI. The author has two completed novels of over a million words, so feel free to check out their previous works. Not one of them was written by AI, so readers who dislike AI can dive in with confidence. The writing style is lighthearted and funny. 76.2kReads7.1Score5kShelves

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    The first book is a comedy about fighting the Japanese invaders. After escaping from Nanjing, the protagonist's only thought is to fight the Japanese. The story begins in a courtyard house in 1943, and the system is quite unique. It's truly innovative and hilarious.

47. 647 四 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1958 四合院之重生1958 The First of the Great Houses世家第一Male-Channel Fanfiction751k WordsCompleted For reasons unknown, Chen Ping'an transmigrates to 1958. With both his parents gone, he has no choice but to shoulder everything himself. Even with a cheat, he's still just an ordinary person who happens to have one. 987Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    There is nothing new under the sun; history simply repeats itself.

48. 648 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 538.5kReads9.5Score43.9kShelves
49. 649 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn, from the War Against Japan to Liberation 四合院：傻柱重生从抗战到解放 Silly Pillar Reborn in the Courtyard四合院傻柱重生Male-Channel Fanfiction529k WordsCompleted In 1943, with war raging all around, eight-year-old He Yuzhu is playing with his friend Jia Dongxu. They set off firecrackers to blow up cow dung, but it accidentally splatters onto a Japanese officer. He is beaten and kicked until he loses consciousness. When he opens his eyes again, another soul has taken over his body, a soul from another world that has transmigrated and bound itself to the [Hunter System]. With the System's support, he receives a beginner's welcome package, awakens expert ma 7.5kReads7.4Score432Shelves
50. 650 四 Siheyuan: The Ultimate He Yuzhu 四合院：最强版本何雨柱 Pei Ming沛溟Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy + tormenting villains + golden finger + all-powerful] He Yuzhu is a chef, but he's more than just a chef. He transmigrates into a courtyard compound and becomes another He Yuzhu, with the same name. He unexpectedly awakens an omniscient, omnipotent, invincible divine System. Whatever he studies, he masters; whatever he does, he knows how. Cooking, martial arts, technology, medicine... Refitting an aircraft carrier, polishing nuclear warheads, tiling the Great Wall... In 81Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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