Looking for New 2026 Courtyard-House Novels, Not Over-the-Top or Brain-Dead 四合院要那种新的2026的，不是无脑太夸张的小说

1. 301 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and Now I'm a Refugee? 穿越六零，我成难民了？ Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Male-Channel Fanfiction114k WordsOngoing Drop your personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. Reject pointless self-torment and go completely off the rails when something happens. Better to make trouble for others than suffer in silence. That was Su Tianci in 2026. He’d only joined a cycling club and wanted to talk about cycling technique. Who could have guessed he’d somehow fall off a cliff? When he opened his eyes, he found himself in the materially deprived 1960s. 906Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 302 双 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Urban3.3M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 691Reads7.7Score135Shelves
3. 303 双 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 210Reads7.2Score149Shelves
4. 304 穿 Transmigrate to the Song Dynasty: The Empire's Mighty Rise 穿越之大宋雄风 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Historical673k WordsCompleted A wondrous transmigration, invincible from the start. See how our protagonist, Wu Yue, recruits the heroes of Liangshan, gets up close and personal with Li Shishi, defeats mighty bandits and sweeps away powerful invaders. See how we Han people conquer the world. 651Reads7.2Score—Shelves
5. 305 昨 Yesterday Flowed into the City 昨日流入城 Thorny Bougainvillea有刺三角梅Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Officialdom] + [Workplace] + [Business World] + [Family] A scholar, two business magnates, three boxing champions, four great families, the Gao family's five tigers, the Twelve Beauties of Jiangling, and 108 concubines... A man who had lost all hope and decided to lie flat is thrust into officialdom overnight, only to become the talk of the whole city as he indulges in wine, women, wealth, and power... Where does his path ultimately lead? Will there be an ending? 388Reads9.2Score366Shelves

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   The book does mention several courtyard houses...

6. 306 四 Siheyuan: How Did This Returnee from Studying Abroad Turn So Wicked? 四合院：这留学回来的心咋这么黑 When You're Mad, Be Sneaky About It生气时要悄咪咪Male-Channel Fanfiction220k WordsOngoing [No System] [Slow-paced] [Everyday Life] [Lighthearted and Funny] Before he transmigrated, Chen Weiguo was a miserable coding grunt. He made a couple of snarky comments about the plot of Love in the Courtyard, and then actually wound up inside it. At first, he thought he'd come to set the courtyard house in order. Then he realized: did this dump even need him to fix it? He only had to stir things up a little, and the place went crazier than anywhere else. Silly Zhu: Is Chen Weiguo even better —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is really good [cool][cool][cool]

7. 307 兵 Marching Out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to Reclaim Our Homeland and Expand Our Borders 兵出十万大山，复故土拓新疆 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Historical812k WordsOngoing Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to gather firewood. In a dream, an old man told him that he was a mighty general who should defend his home and protect his people. When he woke, he also had a new set of memories from the future. Liu Yongfu decided that, besides defending his homeland, he should find the Han people a place to settle, help them survive more than a decade of war and natural disasters, and fight against imperialism... [Some parts of this story take liberties with history, or happen 4kReads—Score212Shelves

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   The male protagonist is reborn to take over his homeland and build a Han world for the people.

8. 308 回 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Urban841k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.5kReads—Score132Shelves
9. 309 四 Siheyuan: The Wind of That Year 四合院：风吹那年 Yi Xin奕歆Male-Channel Fanfiction425k WordsOngoing After transmigrating because of a strange chat group, don't get hung up on the courtyard house. Come take a look at the era I have in mind. The courtyard-house story begins when the main plot reaches its era. I'm stacking the thickest armor up front... The author likes to grind levels like a sword god on Shili Slope. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 310 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, Qin Huairu Came Knocking 四合院：开局秦淮茹主动上门 The Cardcaptor Who Transmigrates Across Myriad Worlds穿越万界的库洛魔法使Male-Channel Fanfiction412k WordsCompleted Qin Huairu hesitated. “Dongxu, are we really doing this?” Jia Dongxu sneered. “How else are we going to get his family’s money and his job at the steel mill? Don’t you want a secure job for life?” Qin Huairu steeled herself at once. “Fine, I’ll do as you say!” Jia Dongxu continued, “When the time comes, you climb in, shut the door, and yell that someone’s trying to molest you. Leave the rest to me!” 126Reads—Score582Shelves

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    This and this are not violent.

11. 311 四 Siheyuan: Reborn in He Yuzhu's Body, I Quit to Become a Hoodlum 四合院：魂穿何雨柱，辞职做流氓 Where Are the Best Scallion Pancakes?哪的煎饼好吃Male-Channel Fanfiction118k WordsOngoing I transmigrate to 1963 and become He Yuzhu, a resident of Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. I activate the Scoundrel System. The less human I act, the more rewards the System gives me. I, He Yuzhu, break every shackle, refuse to be pushed around ever again, and live life on my own terms. A fake scoundrel, a true gentleman. 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a good book

12. 312 四 Siheyuan: Who Taught You to Solve Cases Like This? 四合院：到底谁教你这么破案的？ Hardworking Ox奋进的牛Male-Channel Fanfiction103k WordsOngoing [Scheming protagonist] [Criminal investigations] [Lighthearted] [Everyday life] [Funny crime-solving] Li Jianye, a proctologist from the future, transmigrates to 1960 and becomes a trainee police officer at the Luoguxiang precinct. The era has changed, and he’s also bound to an unreliable Crime Nurturing System. Fortunately, the work he did in his two lives overlaps considerably. Criminals in this life won’t confess on their own, while in his previous life, he saw that patients with these proble —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The new book "Seedlings" is really well written.

13. 313 四 Siheyuan: Supply and Marketing Cooperative Director, Snatching Qin Huairu 四合院：供销社主任，截胡秦淮茹 Brain Devourer脑子吞噬者Male-Channel Fanfiction658k WordsCompleted [Wishing all exam candidates top marks and a fortune-filled future] [Low on angst] [Keyword Stealing System] He returns to 1952 and becomes the head of a supply and marketing cooperative! What do those eight public service jobs have on me? They can’t hold a candle to the head of my cooperative! While everyone else can’t even get a steamed corn bun, Shen Weiguo awakens the Stealing System and lives like a king. “What was the name of the girl who went on a matchmaking date with Jia Dongxu?” “Qin H 552Reads5.4Score359Shelves

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    Siheyuan novels with multiple heroines are highly recommended

14. 314 四 Siheyuan: I Snatched Qin Huairu, Leaving Jia Dongxu Weeping 四合院，截胡秦淮茹，哭晕贾东旭 Unusual Ye Jiangshen II非同一般的野江伸二Male-Channel Fanfiction767k WordsOngoing (The rating has just come out and will rise later.) Read with confidence: updates are guaranteed to be steady, and the story delivers plenty of satisfying moments. [Low angst] [Multiple Heroines] [Awakens a God-Tier Intercepting System] After transmigrating into a courtyard house, Yu Rui is a Level Four factory doctor from the start. The System issues its first mission: intercept Qin Huairu. Reward: ten gold bars and an activated portable space. Yu Rui doesn’t hesitate for a second before claimi 10kReads6.1Score899Shelves

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