What Would Happen to the Story If He Yuzhu Weren't in the Siheyuan? 四合院里面没有傻柱，剧情会变成什么样？

1. 1 四 Siheyuan: We Transmigrated Together, but Yu Li Insists on Marrying Me! 四合院：双穿，于莉非要嫁给我！ Sword in the Mortal World剑凡尘Male-Channel Fanfiction615k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard as “Silly Zhu,” He Yuzhu, a rich man with a pocket dimension, set himself a goal: he wanted to live like Meng Dejun. But then the unexpected happened. Yu Li, who was supposed to marry Yan Jiecheng, suddenly started pursuing him. He Yuzhu was utterly bewildered. “Why isn’t the plot going the way it’s supposed to?” Little did he know that Yu Li was screaming inside: “I went on the offensive just to activate the System, and you, you idio 56kReads7.4Score4.3k14d adds

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   These are all good books; those who like courtyard houses can check them out.

2. 2 四 Transmigrated into Xu Damao at the Siheyuan 四合院穿越成许大茂 Sword in the Mortal World剑凡尘Male-Channel Fanfiction340k WordsCompleted A modern man transmigrates into Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard. On his very first day, people nickname him Foolish Mao, and he becomes brothers with Silly Zhu. With the help of his System and his knowledge of the plot, the two fools join forces and live a very different life! 7.9kReads7.2Score28814d adds
3. 3 贾 The Jia Family Has No Heirs Left 贾家绝后了 Sword in the Mortal World剑凡尘Male-Channel Fanfiction357k WordsCompleted No pocket dimension, no System. The story tries to recreate the hardship and frugality of life in that era. The first few chapters focus on setting things up, so they may feel a little slow. A hotel chef who often stays up late reading courtyard-style novels suddenly drops dead one night... When he wakes up, he discovers he has become the protagonist of a novel, Silly Zhu... The protagonist is no saint, so readers who prefer saintly characters should steer clear... 3.2kReads5.9Score10214d adds
4. 4 四 Siheyuan: I Saved Qin Huairu from the Start 四合院，开局救下秦淮茹 Love You, Longlong爱你的龙龙Male-Channel Fanfiction895k WordsOngoing Cao Mengde, a modern mechanical and electrical engineer, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a nineteen-year-old namesake in 1951. At the train station, he saves Qin Huairu from being robbed by thugs, activates a space, and ends up marrying her by a strange twist of fate. Thus begins his comedic life in the Number 95 Courtyard. He helps Qin Huairu escape the mire of the Jia family, preserving her innocence and goodness and giving her a happy life. He builds a luxurious east courtyard and 24.9kReads8.0Score1.8k14d adds

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5. 5 四 Siheyuan: Living Next Door and Watching the Show 四合院：住隔壁笑看风云 Lonely Ghost孤独幽灵Male-Channel Fanfiction447k WordsOngoing Low on aggression, no cultivation, but with a powerful golden finger. The female lead is Qin Huairu. She is not promiscuous, but she does enjoy the occasional brief fling. She will use a secret identity to do things that are inconvenient to do openly. Fight Japanese pirates, root out traitors, collect antiques, and buy courtyards. When foreign enemies invade, she will head to the 38th Parallel to have some fun. Earn honors, become a general, catch enemy spies, and keep her family and country saf 7.5kReads8.0Score32614d adds

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6. 6 傻 Silly Zhu Reborn in 1951: Paralyzing Ring from the Start 傻柱重生51，开局获得麻痹戒指 Drunk Moon, Clear Breeze醉月清风Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing [Siheyuan] + [Bright Sword] + [Under the Zhengyang Gate] + [Hutong] + [Bright Sword] + [Snow Leopard] + [Blood Romance] + [Legendary Special Ring] + [Dragon-Slaying Saber] + [Rebirth Ring] + [Love Ring] Reborn in Siheyuan, Silly Zhu, He Yuzhu, had endured a miserable half-life. As he closed his eyes, he spotted his old nemesis Xu Damao rubbing his hands together, waiting to collect his body! Xu Damao slipped Lou Xiao'e's dowry snuff bottle into his pocket, awakening the Hit-for-Hire System! The 23.4kReads7.5Score1.5k14d adds

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   Sha Zhu moved out of the courtyard house

7. 7 从 From Deputy Director to Army Commander: The Yan Family's Rise 从副局长到入朝军长阎家逆袭 Drunk Moon, Clear Breeze醉月清风Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan] + [Romance in the Blood] + [Glorious Era] + [The Little Woman Under Zhengyang Gate] + [Under Zhengyang Gate] + [Hutong] + [Bright Sword] + [Snow Leopard] Yan Suma, the cousin of Yan Bugu and Yan Shuzhai, joins the honored ranks of the public security forces when the city of Beiping is liberated. Yang Ruihua: “Dear, what's your cousin's background?” Yan Bugu: “I'd like to know that myself! The guy won't tell us a thing. Everyone drinking with him last night was bragging like crazy!” 12.3kReads6.1Score45414d adds
8. 8 四 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 Green Mountain Woodcutter青山樵Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing 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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   What a beautiful courtyard house!

9. 9 傻 Reborn as Silly Mao: Sending Banggeng to Juvenile Detention from the Start 傻茂重生，开局送棒梗儿进少管所 Chonghua Hall重华殿Male-Channel Fanfiction289k WordsOngoing “Drawing Sword,” “Under the Zhengyang Gate,” “The Little Woman Under the Zhengyang Gate,” “Snow Leopard,” “Hutong,” “The Age of Galloping,” “Man Is Iron, Rice Is Steel,” “Glory Era” Xu Damao is reborn on the very day Banggeng steals a chicken. He sends the thief's whole family to prison, gets the Lou family out of town, and begins his unstoppable comeback! 2.4kReads—Score10014d adds

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   The plot of the first book, "Silly Zhu's Mother Is Still Alive," is as follows:

10. 10 四 Siheyuan: I Only Want to Live a Quiet Life 四合院：只想平淡过一生 Beneath the Stars, Just for You披星戴月只为你Male-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsCompleted 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 35.9kReads7.9Score1.3k14d adds

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    A broader perspective reveals that no one is indispensable. Currently serialized at two million words, this book rejects formulaic plots. All characters are intelligent, the writing style is humorous, and the book is clean and straightforward, free of scatological humor. Set in 1953, it features a rigorous and logically sound portrayal of a powerful industrial nation. There's no hostility; the protagonist, Lao Liu, initially seems saintly, but later reveals his scheming nature towards everyone and everything around him. It avoids simplistic black-and-white characterizations, showcasing a protagonist with a grand vision, a deep concern for his country, and clear goals. He quietly dedicates himself using his advanced knowledge, while the courtyard disputes serve merely as background.

11. 11 四 Siheyuan: I Stop Time at the Start and Support My Family by Solving Cases 四合院：时停起手，我靠破案养家 Rabbit Gets Grass兔得草Male-Channel Fanfiction262k WordsCompleted In 2026, forensic pathologist Wang Zhili accidentally transmigrates to the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang in 1965, thanks to a Shanghai-brand watch made in 1965. At the time, unsolved cases abound and enemy agents are active. But life at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang is even more exciting than solving cases! Silly Zhu: What’s so great about being a cop? You can’t even solve the case of the missing chicken in our courtyard! Qin Huairu: Comrade Wang Zhili, I can do your laundry. Just give me ten jin of 1.9kReads—Score11414d adds

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    Silly Zhu died at the start [laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing]

12. 12 四 Siheyuan: The Beasts Drove Me Away, Now I Return as a King 四合院：禽兽赶我离开我王者归来 Zhang Shizhongyu张石中玉Male-Channel Fanfiction500k WordsCompleted In 1962, Zhang Jianghe fled famine with his younger sister and arrived in the capital. The local neighborhood office arranged for them to stay temporarily at the Red Star courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang. After just one night, he was driven out by the courtyard residents who looked down on the poor, and the scheming beasts had their reasons for doing it. With no choice, Zhang Jianghe had to leave the courtyard. In those days, you couldn’t just make money whenever you wanted: jobs required letter 4.7kReads8.3Score14714d adds

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    It's all courtyard houses, highly recommended! 😠😠😠😠

13. 13 四 Siheyuan: The Courtyard's Atmosphere Takes a Turn 四合院：院内风气发生偏移 On Ink, People Are Like People墨上人如人Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Wang Chaoqun, an ambitious young man from 2025, arrives in 1953 in the world of Love in the Courtyard. Slacking off, getting promoted, being a spectator, pulling strings behind the scenes, an ordinary life, and low levels of hostility. He trades wits with the courtyard's young people. The residents of the courtyard: “You animals! Every last one of you is an animal!” Watching as the courtyard's tone grows increasingly bizarre, Wang Chaoqun takes it from stabbing the courtyard in the back to steal 50.8kReads6.9Score3k14d adds

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    It's all courtyard houses, I strongly recommend it! [Angry][angry][angry][angry]

14. 14 四 Xu Damao's Road to a Comeback in Siheyuan 四合院许大茂的逆袭之路 Qin Huairen勤怀仁Male-Channel Fanfiction666k WordsOngoing Xu Damao transmigrates into the courtyard, with Qin Jingru as the female lead. Early on, he takes on Silly Zhu, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui. Yi Zhonghai gets something close to a happy ending later on. Qin Huairu's family gets no happy ending. 13.4kReads8.0Score89114d adds
15. 15 四 Siheyuan: The Elder Has a Son 四合院：一大爷有子 Endless Blossoms on Flowing Water花不尽的流水Male-Channel Fanfiction947k WordsOngoing What stories would unfold in this courtyard if Yi Zhonghai had a biological son and no longer had to spend every day scheming over who would care for him in his old age? Yi Feng, a college student from the twenty-first century, becomes Yi Zhonghai's late-born son in the 1950s and 60s. What sort of story will follow? Note: Yi Jiabao doesn't know the plot of Love in the Courtyard. No angst, a gentle, gradual pace, and a golden finger that's useful but not overpowered. The story is about the Yi Jia 16.5kReads8.2Score66114d adds
16. 16 四 Siheyuan: Tenfold Returns, Too Many Supplies to Use Up 四合院：十倍返还物资太多用不完 Wild Phoenix 1983乱凤1983Male-Channel Fanfiction830k WordsOngoing [A Guaranteed Quality Read from a Siheyuan Specialist] Chen Zizai, a modern lifestyle blogger who creates his own content, transmigrates to 1959 and has his house seized from the start. With no other choice, he sets fire to it, determined to go down with it: if no one can play fair, then he’ll flip the table! His resolve to go down with the house activates the “Self-Reliance, Tenfold Returns” System. Make one serving of pork braised with vermicelli, and the System gives him ten. What’s he suppos 273.2kReads8.5Score25.6k14d adds
17. 17 四 Siheyuan: My Cousin Is a Charlatan 四合院：我表哥是神棍 Alloy Bar Head合金杠头Male-Channel Fanfiction516k WordsCompleted A pretty ordinary book, just something to cheer you up and chase away the boredom in your spare time. If it makes you laugh, then it was worth writing. If it leaves you fuming, let me apologize in advance. I'm really sorry to have offended your eyes. Thank you. 199.1kReads8.6Score16.1k14d adds
18. 18 穿 I Transmigrated as Xu Damao: I'll Ruin the Lives of Every Scoundrel 穿越许大茂：我让众禽兽家破人亡 A Real Daydream真实的白日梦Male-Channel Fanfiction786k WordsCompleted He transmigrates as Xu Damao, and from the start catches Lou Xiao'e bringing her bastard son He Xiao back to the courtyard to kowtow to Silly Zhu. She looks at me like I'm a maggot. She's all high and mighty with me, but grovels before Silly Zhu and lets him suck her dry? If you want to be a bitch, that's your business. Then fall into hell with that beast and taste the bitter fruit of regret in an abyss with no way out! You ate the food I provided and lived under the protection of my former s 9kReads8.0Score27314d adds
19. 19 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Con the Deaf Old Lady Out of Two Rooms 四合院：开局我先讹老聋子两间房 Strange Case in the Clouds云中奇案Male-Channel Fanfiction285k WordsCompleted “Poultry-Tormenting” + “No Being Pushed Around” + “No Deadweight” + “Lone-Wolf Protagonist” + “Doesn’t Fawn Over Anyone” Li Wenyang transmigrates into the world of "The Courtyard Is Full of Poultry". From the start, he catches Grandma Deaf selling ration coupons on the black market, then extorts her out of two rear rooms. This, however, earns him the enmity of a whole bunch of beasts. Watch as Li sets the courtyard straight and takes down the beasts, starting with himself. 14.5kReads8.7Score64414d adds
20. 20 四 Siheyuan: On My First Day There, I Smashed the Jia Family's Home 四合院：入住第一天就砸了贾家 I Have a Chestnut我有一颗板栗Male-Channel Fanfiction725k WordsCompleted This book is complete. A new book from a veteran author. It isn't full of hostility, nor is it a brainless power fantasy. A modern person transmigrates into the body of a young, handsome man in Harbin. He thinks he'll spend the rest of his life there, but just after the Spring Festival of 1958, his whole family moves to the capital for work and settles into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. That's when he discovers that this is a 15.4kReads6.6Score53414d adds
21. 21 四 Siheyuan: Liu Haizhong’s Disciples Fill the Capital 四合院：我刘海中门徒满京华 Take a Big Flight放个大飞机Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted How can you coast through life? Become an official? Or do something more meaningful? If you laze around like a salted fish every day, what meaning does life have? It has meaning. What’s wrong with lying flat and enjoying yourself? How do you lie flat and enjoy yourself? Obviously, you get other people to do the work so you can lie flat and enjoy yourself. So here’s the question: how do you get other people to work while you enjoy yourself? Simple: teach more people. Once you have countless disci 62.9kReads8.4Score4.9k14d adds
22. 22 四 Siheyuan: I Wield My Brush and Stir Up the Storm 四合院：执笔搅风云 Picking Up Words Among the Pines松间拾字Male-Channel Fanfiction964k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1952, Wang Ping'an transmigrates to Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Alone in the world, he seems like a timid, easily bullied orphan to his neighbors. He makes a living writing articles and stories, often drawing on the people and events in the courtyard for inspiration. Anyone who deliberately gives him a hard time or schemes against him ends up as a villain in one of his stories, and the rumors soon spread throughout the entire compound. Everyone assumes he is a helpless writer, 8.6kReads5.4Score25414d adds

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    This book is really good! Try reading 10 chapters and see if you don't like it. Come at me if you don't like it! [Cool][Cool][Cool]

23. 23 四 Siheyuan: Transmigrating into Turbulent Times, Remember to Build Your Defenses First 四合院：穿越混年代，记得先叠甲 Lu Sheng Beneath the Pen笔下卢生Male-Channel Fanfiction317k WordsOngoing [Revenge + Business + Multiple Women + Strong-Willed Hero + Power Struggles Across an Era] After transmigrating to 1947, He Peng only wants to stay alive and, while he's at it, enjoy a somewhat better life. A little more money. A few more women. But before he knows it, his life has grown far beyond that. He earns five more First-Class Special Merits, gains a whole bunch of uncles, turns his business into a nationwide network, and even becomes the adopted son-in-law of the Chairman's wife. More s 1kReads—Score—14d adds

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    A new book, without a systematic structure. He joined the army in 1947 to pursue his career, and in 1950 returned to Beijing to attend a family banquet hosted by Hai Zi. Judging from the synopsis, he shouldn't be confined to a courtyard house; the early portrayal of characters living in courtyard houses is quite interesting.

24. 24 四 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as He Daqing and Was Blackmailed from the Start 四合院：穿越何大清，开局被要挟 Di Shu地术Male-Channel Fanfiction334k WordsCompleted Main character: He Daqing [Feel-good story + no saintly self-sacrifice + spiritual spring space + taking the initiative] A mercenary from the future transmigrates into He Daqing, Silly Zhu’s biological father! From the start, he faces a deadly trap laid for him by Deaf Granny, Yi Zhonghai, and White Widow working together... A honey trap? You all want to force me to leave the capital? Sorry, buddy. In my previous life, I was willing to risk my life on the battlefield for money. Do you really thi 10.7kReads6.4Score28214d adds
25. 25 四 Siheyuan: I Became the Patriarch from 1951! 四合院：从1951年开始当爷！ Di Shu地术Male-Channel Fanfiction205k WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy + No humiliation + The whole courtyard is full of villains + Pocket-space golden finger + Founding a country overseas] After transmigrating as He Yuzhu, he immediately finds himself facing his father, He Daqing, who plans to run off with the family’s assets! Awakening an [Extreme Physique + Stasis Space], Silly Zhu turns on him at once: Leave the house deed! Leave the recipes! Split the money in half! Want to abandon your family and children? Not a chance! 14.1kReads8.0Score42414d adds
26. 26 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Went to Korea to Fight. I'm the Nemesis of Evil 四合院：开局援朝，我是罪恶克星 Xiao Lu Loves Reading Novels小陆爱看小说Male-Channel Fanfiction778k WordsOngoing [System] [Small Worlds] [Crushing the Japanese] [One Female Lead] [Hunting Enemy Spies] [Cultivation Meets the Real World] This story follows a transmigrator who seeks to grow stronger by continually capturing criminals. It depicts events in Courtyard No. 95 from the perspective of an ordinary passerby. From the start, he captures Old Mrs. Deaf, Director Wang, Director Yang, and others. He has a cheat, encounters special cultivators, and eventually ascends after eliminating enough criminals. The 28.3kReads6.3Score1.2k14d adds

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    After Sha Zhu moved out of the courtyard house, it became a completely unfamiliar place.

27. 27 四 Siheyuan: I Ruin Silly Zhu and Wipe Out the Whole Bunch 四合院：废了傻柱，全灭众禽 Xiao Lu Loves Reading Novels小陆爱看小说Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted From the start, he breaks Silly Zhu's right hand. After finding out how the Sixth Man System determines its verdict, he deals with the beasts by chapter 100. Silly Zhu ends up begging on the streets with all five limbs broken. Seriously, trust me, bro. 17.3kReads6.1Score59014d adds

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    The courtyard house started off with Sha Zhu moving out, and without him, it's too chaotic! [Laughing][making a face][awkward laughter][almost crying][awkward laughter]

28. 28 四 Siheyuan: Bully a Martyr’s Family? From the Start, Silly Zhu Goes to Prison 四合院：欺辱烈属？开局傻柱进牢 Xiao Lu Loves Reading Novels小陆爱看小说Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted A nineteen-year-old boy whose parents are both dead is cheated out of his family inheritance. After unlocking a golden finger, watch as he fights back, deals with the vile scoundrels, and finds a way to live well. With an Emotion Collection System, what will he do to gather enough emotion points? How will the fate of the courtyard change? 31.1kReads6.4Score1k14d adds
29. 29 开 Sect Master from the Start: I Level Up with Blue Star to Become a God 开局宗主，我靠蓝星加点成神尊 Xiao Lu Loves Reading Novels小陆爱看小说Eastern Fantasy676k WordsOngoing [Myriad Realms] [Invincible] [Transmigrating Across the Myriad Worlds] [Cultivation] [Honghuang] [One Female Lead] [Blue Star] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Myriad Realms Fusion] A transmigrator from Blue Star obtains a point-allocation System and binds himself to Blue Star, taking its inhabitants, primarily the people of Longguo, to other worlds. They cultivate the Dao, face invasions from other worlds, and witness the fusion of the Myriad Realms and the Spiritual Qi Revival on Blue Star. By steadily 1.5kReads—Score12214d adds
30. 30 万 Myriad Realms: From the Start in Siheyuan, I Rise to the Supreme 万界之开局四合院，万界成至高 Xiao Lu Loves Reading Novels小陆爱看小说Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted A new story is out! You can 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! 19.3kReads7.4Score69714d adds
31. 31 四 Siheyuan: Getting Rich Quietly 四合院：闷声发大财 The Silent Falling Leaves落叶无声的Male-Channel Fanfiction628k WordsCompleted 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 15.5kReads5.3Score48414d adds

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    Courtyard novels

32. 32 四 Siheyuan: Face-Slapping the Entire Courtyard and Stealing Lou Xiao'e Away 四合院打脸全院截胡娄晓娥 Zhou Yuan, Who Loves Tofu Stuffed with Meat爱吃豆腐酿的周元Male-Channel Fanfiction232k WordsOngoing System + transmigration + torment and face-slapping + control of the whole situation + reaping the rewards Reborn in 1958, he starts working at the steel mill and moves into a courtyard house. With a System and an all-seeing perspective, how will he deal with the vermin in the courtyard... 17.1kReads5.9Score49814d adds

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    The game started with a slap to Jia Zhangshi's face and a blow to Yi Zhonghai's head.

33. 33 四 Siheyuan: A Carpenter Moves into the Courtyard 四合院：院里来了个木匠 The Silent Falling Leaves落叶无声的Male-Channel Fanfiction770k WordsOngoing 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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34. 34 四 Siheyuan: A Life Reborn 四合院：涅槃人生 The Chubby Insomniac爱熬夜的小胖墩Male-Channel Fanfiction164k WordsOngoing [Reborn for Revenge + System Space + Period-Era Business + Harem + Global Expansion + National Pride] In his previous life, He Yuzhu drifted through life in a daze. At 63, he froze to death, alone, beneath a bridge in Beijing. The only person who had spent his whole life fighting him, his sworn enemy Xu Damao, was the one who arranged his funeral. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 1951. At 16, he was apprenticing as a chef at Fengzeyuan. The tragedy of his father being lured away by 10Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Sha Zhu returned with his spatial ability.

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