Novels like Siheyuan: Don’t Try to Guilt-Trip Me
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- 1 Siheyuan: Jia Zhangshi Abandoned Me, Then She Cried 四合院：贾张氏遗弃我后，她哭了 Siheyuan. Jia Dongyu discovers that he’s living in a TV drama, and the comments tell him that all the neighbors around him are one kind of oddball or another. They’re also coveting his home, and the worst of them all is his own mother. But none of that matters. As a top student from Yan University, he’s a Level 9 engineer from the start. With an automatic washing machine, solar power, a giant color TV, and more, he climbs step by step to the top. The Clown Country: What’s going on? How can Jia D 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 I'm in Siheyuan, and I Have a Modern Cargo Port 人在四合院，我有一个现代化货港 An era of sweeping change is just beginning, and the five-star red flag is about to pierce the darkness. Chen Jianghe returns to an age of scarcity with a modern cargo port, becoming a soldier discharged from the military due to injury... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Siheyuan: My Carefree Life 四合院之我的逍遥人生 Fang Xing, a 21st-century graduate student, is hit by a car while saving a little girl as he crosses the street. When he wakes up in the hospital, he thinks he made it. But when he asks a nurse, she tells him it's the 1960s. After finally being assigned a place to live, he discovers it's a courtyard house! Heaven, why are you doing this to me? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: I Was Reborn as a Cat 四合院我重生变成一只猫 Feel-good story + System + a fantasy world in the later parts. After an accident, Xiao Yan discovers that he has been reborn in the world of the Siheyuan, and has even turned into a cat. He also awakens a mysterious System. To trigger quests, complete them, evolve, and become human, Xiao Yan becomes the nightmare of all the scheming residents of the courtyard. In order to repair the System's damaged core mechanism, he experiences a series of supernatural events and eventually evolves into a Devo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Love in the Courtyard: Stealing Everything 情满四合院之偷取万物 Warning! Warning! Warning! This story has a dark tone. Do not read if you’re a self-righteous do-gooder. This is a dark courtyard story that stays true to the original. The male lead is no good guy. His principle is simple: if you treat me well, I’ll treat you well. If you don’t, that’s fine. But if you dare mess with me, I’ll make you wish you were dead. 99Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Siheyuan: Sending Jia Zhangshi to the Hell of Tongue-Ripping from the Start 四合院：开局送贾张氏进拔舌地狱 Wang Jianguo transmigrates into the world of "The Courtyard Teeming with Birds" and somehow brings along an eighteen-level Hell. Jia Zhangshi dares to curse me, so I send her straight to the Hell of Tongue-Ripping. The Thieving Saint, Bang Geng, steals my chicken, so I send him to the Hell of the Blade Mountain. Officer, Wang Jianguo knows witchcraft. Wang Jianguo says, “Comrades, you must believe in science.” Qin Huairu even tries to seduce me, so I send her to the Hell of the Ice Mountain. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Siheyuan: Tender Feelings Set My Heart Soaring 四合院：柔情之我心飞扬 A lucky nobody dies in an accidental collision and transmigrates to a world much like the one in Birds Fill the Courtyard. With powerful help constantly coming his way, he enjoys life in this world of Birds Fill the Courtyard... 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: I Can Take Anything from My Virtual Farm 四合院：我可从虚拟农场取万物 [City life, courtyard houses, stockpiling supplies, period setting, System, transmigration, TV-inspired fiction, farming] Chen Feng transmigrates into a world from a TV drama and gets a farm System from the start. He can take anything from the farm into the real world. From then on, his life is on easy mode. He takes it easy, playing farming games every day. All he has to do is sow seeds, tend flowers, water crops, and sneak a few vegetables, and he’ll never have to worry about food or clothing. —Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 9 Siheyuan: My Buildings Have Special Attributes 四合院：我的建筑有属性 After transmigrating into the world of the courtyard house, Yang Jian became a construction worker. What’s more, every building he constructs comes with its own attributes. Build a toilet, and the chance of falling into the pit goes up by 50%! The deaf old lady took one careless step and fell straight into the cesspit. Build a kitchen, and the dark-cuisine attribute goes up by 50%! Silly Zhu was fired on the spot while cooking a special meal for the factory leaders. Repair doors and windows, and 95Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: Tame the Beasts and Find a Home Full of Love 四合院：驯服禽兽终会情满 This story is mostly free of hostility. It simply tells of the ordinary, uneventful lives of neighbors, with the protagonist observing and getting to know the Siheyuan. It follows how everyone’s attitudes change. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Siheyuan: Starting Out by Working Hard for Two Stars 四合院：从为两颗星努力奋斗开始 A modern martial arts enthusiast loses consciousness in a car accident, then transmigrates through space into the Dragon and Snake world, carrying with him the methods of traditional Chinese martial arts. He arrives a hundred years in the past and becomes Qin Huairu's older brother. Unwilling to live an unremarkable life, he resolves to make something of himself. After declaring, “A true man should wield a three-foot sword and achieve deeds without equal. How can he toil in the fields as a mere 3Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 12 Transmigrate to the Siheyuan: How a Villain Is Made! 穿越四合院：坏蛋是怎样炼成的！ Just because Banggeng objected, Silly Zhu waited eight years for Qin Huairu without marrying her. Yet when Banggeng got married, Silly Zhu eagerly handed over a house for him to use as his wedding home! Silly Zhu, Silly Zhu... was he really stupid? Why had Jia Zhangshi, despite her family’s straitened circumstances, become addicted to painkillers? Had Granny Deaf really been kind to First Master just so he would look after her in her old age? Jia Dongxu died unexpectedly in a “workplace acci 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 A Good Life in the Siheyuan 四合院：美好生活 If an ordinary person inexplicably returned to the past, how would they make the most of their life? This book has no System, only a slightly useless pocket dimension. There’s no hostility in this book, and the protagonist doesn’t know what happens in the original story. 4Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: I Can See Hints About Everything 四合院：我能看到万物提示 Xu Fan transmigrates into the world of "The Birds Crowing in the Courtyard" by accident. To his surprise, he discovers that he can see written prompts about everything around him. He also awakens a Trouble-Making System, which lets him win prizes as long as he stirs up trouble in the courtyard. Xu Fan starts scheming to turn the courtyard upside down, happily collecting his rewards along the way. But what leaves him speechless is that the prizes seem to get more and more outrageous... At first, 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: A Country Doctor Who Knows His Stuff, Putting the Neighbors in Their Place 四合院：乡野小神农，专治众禽 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to keep writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Siheyuan: I Transmigrate with My Dad 四合院：带上老爸一起穿越 Intern doctor Li Rui and his father, Li Xinmin, transmigrate together into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Here, Li Rui is a young doctor in the Hongxing Steel Mill’s infirmary, while his father works in the repair shop... Li Rui’s family had constantly supported the Jia family, even as they struggled themselves. Unable to afford Jia Dongxu’s medical bills, the original Li Rui resorted to stealing medicine from the infirmary. Who could have expected that Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu would be —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Snatch Qin Huairu 四合院：开局截胡秦淮茹 Li Baoqiang discovers that he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He unlocks a mysterious sign-in System, gaining financial freedom and a limitless supply of food. Using his intelligence and ingenuity, he successfully steals Qin Huairu away from the male lead of the courtyard. He tricks the sweet-talking Qin Huairu into taking his place at the steel mill, so she can earn money and take care of the family at the same time. He takes on all the animals in the courtyard by him 96Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 18 Love in the Courtyard: I Am Silly Zhu 情满四合院之我是傻柱 The train of time thunders forward, bound for an unknown destination, and He Yuzhu furrows his brow. Having transmigrate into the body of a man with the same name, he silently vows never to meet the fate of the original story and never to live a miserable life. First things first: he will keep his distance from the widow. [Courtyard House: currently serialized] Next world: [An Ordinary Life]. 48Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: I Eloped with Lou Xiao'e on My Wedding Day 四合院：结婚时，我带娄晓娥逃跑 Just after Li Jianhua transmigrated, he faced a difficult choice: his lifesaver, Lou Xiao'e, was about to be forced into marrying Xu Damao. She was unwilling and asked him for help. So here's the question: should he help her or not? If he helps her, how can he get her out of the heavily guarded Lou family home? Li Jianhua racked his brains but still couldn't think of a way out, until he saw Xu Damao passing nearby. A flawless plan immediately sprang to mind. Heh, Brother Damao, sorry about this~ —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Siheyuan: I Came from the Mountains 四合院：我从山中来 I came down from the mountains with an orchid in hand, settled in a Siheyuan, and now the troublemakers are knocking at my door! No golden finger, but plenty of relatives. They show no mercy, sending the troublemakers packing one by one! Xie Qi transmigrates to a place called Xiangya Mountain, thinking he can enjoy a peaceful life in the countryside. But after rescuing a man named Lou Zhenhua from the river at the village entrance, he moves to the city to work and settle down. He also moves 1Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 21 Siheyuan: I Smile Like a Psychopath. What Are You Afraid Of? 四合院：我笑的核善，你们怕什么 If you want to read about Li Zhendong using his space and the main plot to deal with Silly Zhu, start at Chapter 73. Li Zhendong transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, bringing with him a mysterious Spirit Domain space. Inside is a magical tree that grants powerful skills, and Spirit Spring water that boosts brainpower. Living creatures placed in the space can reproduce rapidly. From then on, Li Zhendong never has to worry about food again... After a series of conflicts, he decid —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, a Scoundrel 四合院之刁民何雨柱 In his old age, his wife begged him to give all his family wealth to their adopted son and daughter, only for them to throw him out of the house. On a snowy winter night, he returned to the winter of 1963. Given another life, He Yuzhu vowed to change everything that had happened before and make everyone who had wronged him pay the price they deserved. 578Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 23 Siheyuan: Breaking the Old Lady's Finger from the Start 四合院：开局掰断聋老太太手指 He Yun transmigrates into the courtyard and only wants to live a simple, frugal life, but the scoundrels have all set their sights on his compensation money. Jia Zhangshi: "I can tell at a glance you're going to die young. Your parents were killed by you, and your family is destined to die out. With a weak body like yours, I doubt you'll live much longer. There's no point holding on to that money. Go join your parents soon. You'd be better off leaving it to me to buy a coffin!" Qin Huairu: "Give 235Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 24 Siheyuan: Lou Xiao’e, My Godmother 四合院：干娘娄小娥 My name is Li Tianfang, my courtesy name is Huoran, and my nickname is Li the Cleft-Lip. I transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. [My parents died young after being sick, leaving me all alone. I’m lame in the leg and have a cleft lip. My godmother is Lou Xiao'e.] 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: Bullying the Yard's Worst Residents 四合院：欺负众禽 Zhao Jiu transmigrates to a rural village in Northeast China. One day, he is summoned to the capital to claim his second uncle's inheritance, only to discover that the Jia family has seized the house, taken the money, and even sold his job. Just you wait. This young master will send every last one of you to prison. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: Be Kind! Your Reward Comes After Death 四合院：要善良！死后福报就来了 The protagonist transmigrates to 1965, arriving outside No. 59 Nanluoguxiang in B-Jing. He kicks the courtyard’s top dog flying, then farts so badly that ten cows in the East District drop dead! The steel mill invites him to drink Red Star Erguotou. He then punches Xu Damao and his gang of cronies, his moves driving the widow Qin Huairu and two dogs wild. All three masters of the courtyard are taken away! This inspires He Yuzhu, Jia Huaihua, Lou Xiao'e, Ran Qiuye, Qin Jingru, Yu Haitang, and oth —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Siheyuan: An Ordinary Life 四合院：平凡的生活 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, Bai Xiangyang feels a little disheartened. But since he’s here, he might as well make the best of it and live a good life. He has no intention of hurting anyone, but other people do... 172Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, the Thief-Swashbuckler 四合院：盗帅何雨柱 An ordinary college student, He Yuzhu, is browsing an antiques market when he unexpectedly inherits the legacy of the Thief King. During his training, he accidentally goes into qi deviation and blows himself up, only to transmigrate to the Beast-Filled Courtyard as another He Yuzhu. Relying on his peerless martial arts, he takes on all the courtyard's troublemakers, marries the girl he loves, and lives a life unlike any other. 299Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 29 Siheyuan: An Ordinary Person’s Extraordinary Life 四合院之平凡人不平凡的生活 The newly liberated capital welcomes the founding of New China, and the Four-Courtyard Compound’s troublesome residents are slowly coming back to life. Watch how He Yuzhu, transmigrated here with decades of experience and hard-won life lessons from his previous life, reforms and sets the compound straight. 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: First Things First, I’ll Build a Wall 四合院，开始我先砌道墙 I'm still in the beginner stage and figuring out how to write! Here's the premise of my new story: Wang Zhuo is unwillingly transported to a newly created world, to a courtyard house. Should he live quietly, or do something different? That depends on how powerful his cheat is! With his laid-back personality, he'll just take things as they come. Life is an adventure, full of surprises! A messy life feels all the more real! 51Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 31 Splitting Up the Family from the Start: Taking on the Scoundrels of the Siheyuan 开局就分家：四合院里斗众禽 Would you believe it? He opened and closed his eyes, and somehow he’d become Silly Zhu’s younger brother? But Silly Zhu was such a heartbreaking older brother, using his own younger brother’s money to support someone else’s future wife. What a fine example of giving away someone else’s things! Didn’t he have any shame? As soon as He Wen arrived, he made up his mind: they were splitting up the family! No matter what, he had to draw a clear line between himself and Silly Zhu. From now on, I’ll tak 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Siheyuan: A Different Silly Zhu 四合院：不一样的傻柱 A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 335Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 33 A Screwed-Up Life That Begins in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始的操蛋人生 Lin Ping'an wakes up to discover that he has transmigrated into the TV drama world of Love in the Courtyard. To his shock, he has the identity of a remnant of the Qing dynasty. In an era obsessed with class background, won't he be dragged off to face a firing squad in no time? But that's all right: the System gives him a tiny chaos world from the start. Inside this little world, Lin Ping'an is the very will of Heaven. Given enough materials, he can theoretically produce anything. Looks like thin 38Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 34 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Use My Divine Healer Identity to Bring Yi Zhonghai to Heel 四合院开局从神医身份拿捏易忠海 Yang Mo transmigrated to the 1960s and obtained a mysterious space. A spiritual spring inside could irrigate all things. He started raising livestock, growing crops, and farming fish, and from then on he had plenty to eat and lived in comfort and wealth. He also inherited the legendary physician Bian Que's knowledge, gaining superb medical skills and striving to uphold the humanitarian spirit of healing others. Director Li, what are you and Liu Lan doing in the warehouse? I saw you! Madam Jia Zh 381Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 35 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Send Jia Zhangshi to Prison 四合院：开局送贾张氏坐牢 Jia Zhangshi pressured Liang Wenhe to give up his room, so Liang Wenhe threw himself into the river in despair. After transmigrating, Liang Wenhe was determined to avenge the original owner and send Jia Zhangshi to prison. Little did he know that Jia Zhangshi's imprisonment was all part of a scheme laid by his father... 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Siheyuan: A Carefree Life Begins With the Magic Brush of Ma Liang 四合院：逍遥人生从神笔马良开始 Bai Jingping transmigrates to the 1960s and gets bound to the Ten-Mile Gallery System from the start. He gains the power of a divine brush and becomes the legendary painter Ma Liang! He paints a villa in his personal space, then a bed, then a girl to keep him company. A warm home with a wife and kids, and a traditional Chinese doctor to help him stay healthy. Bai Jingping sweeps through the capital! He smiles as clouds drift by and calmly watches storms gather! The scoundrels have only three tho 9Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 37 There's a Strange Gate in My Backyard That Leads to a Siheyuan 我家后院有道奇异门通四合院 Liu Yang, a doctoral student at a prestigious university in the twenty-first century, offends a famous local rich kid because of his ex-girlfriend. The rich kid pulls strings to get Liu Yang’s doctoral enrollment revoked. After losing his place in the doctoral program, Liu Yang finds that his job hunt is thwarted at every turn, and he attracts plenty of strange looks. What Liu Yang doesn’t know is that someone has been manipulating everything from behind the scenes! Disheartened, he returns to t 3Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 38 Sign-In Across the Heavens, Starting in Siheyuan 签到诸天从四合院开始 “Ding, sign-in successful, First Master.” “Ding, Second Master signed in successfully. Blacksmith level increased to 7.” “Ding, Xu Damao signed in successfully. You have gained a new ability: you can't lay eggs.” After wandering for a long time in the world of Love in the Courtyard. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Siheyuan: A Level-Eight Fitter Gets a Livestreaming System from the Start 四合院：开局八级钳工有直播系统 Tang Ying dies suddenly at a factory and transmigrates to the 1950s. As an overseas student, he is assigned to the maintenance branch of Red Star Steelworks. Tang Ying activates a livestream System, and viewers' requests for updates let him learn other people's skills. The storage space for trading between the two eras keeps growing, too. See how Tang Ying uses his wits to thrive in the 1950s. —Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 40 Siheyuan: I Got Divine Medical Skills from the Start! 四合院：开局获得神级医术！ Qin Shou transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes a doctor who has just moved into the compound. From the start, after winning over Qin Huairu, he gains god-tier medical skills. As for the other ingrates, he wants nothing to do with them. The most important thing is to enjoy his own quiet life. As Qin Shou’s life gets better and better, the ingrates grow green with envy! Bring it on. With my miraculous medical skills, if you dare to provoke me, don’t blame me for showing no mercy... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Siheyuan: Don't Mess with Me! Want to Go to Jail Again? 四合院：别惹我！又想吃牢饭了？ Wang Yu transmigrates into a courtyard compound. Through his memories, he discovers that the Wang Yu of this world had no source of income. Because he refused to let the ingrates divide up his property, they had left him to die, and he had literally starved to death in his sleep! The three uncles and Jia Zhangshi have no idea what happened to Wang Yu. They block his doorway and offer a hundred yuan per room to buy his house. But Wang Yu awakens the Prison Meal System. The more ingrates he sends 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Siheyuan: I Beat Bang Geng, Piss Off Silly Zhu, and Enrage Jia Zhangshi 四合院：拘棒梗打傻柱气死贾张氏 Jiang Feng smashed the television in a rage and transmigrated into a courtyard house, becoming Old Mrs. Deaf's grandson. From the start, he had Bang Geng sent to juvenile detention, beat Silly Zhu until he was crawling on the ground, and angered Jia Zhangshi to death before scattering her ashes. Following the System's missions, he takes the courtyard's animals to task one by one! [Mission: Jia Zhangshi has no respect for her elders. Send her to join her own son.] [Mission: Qin Huairu's conduct i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Siheyuan: From the Start, Qin Huairu Offers Up Her Life Essence 四合院：开局秦淮茹献出生命源泉 (Cao Cao-esque protagonist + System + everyday life) Yang Baoguo transmigrates into the world of the 62nd-generation Siheyuan, only to find a house stripped bare. His sole possession is his niece, left behind when his elder sister died of illness. To find food for her and make a better life for them both, Yang Baoguo is willing to sacrifice himself and work hard to complete the System's missions. At last, the dawn of happiness returns to the world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Doctor of the Siheyuan 四合院的医生 In his previous life, the protagonist was a master physician who collapsed on the operating table after exhausting himself during surgery. After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, he became He Yuzhu’s biological older brother. Watch him teach those villains a lesson. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Liu Guangqi's Carefree Life Between the Siheyuan and the Modern World 刘光齐四合院与现代的逍遥日子 A working-class man from the modern world gets drunk one night and transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, becoming the beloved eldest son of Liu Haizhong, a man obsessed with officialdom. With the ability to travel back and forth between the modern world and his new world, Liu Guangqi takes advantage of the vast price differences between the two realms and easily builds a carefree life that everyone envies. 458Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 46 Siheyuan: Taking the Jia Family in Hand from the Start 四合院：开局收拾贾家人 Siheyuan Courtyard + Daily Life + Changing the Plot Chen Jianjun wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Siheyuan Courtyard and become an ordinary resident there. The Jia family has taken over his house, and people are even eyeing his job. Everyone thinks Chen Jianjun is a little lamb they can push around. Then Chen Jianjun turns around and gives the Jia family a thorough beating. The self-righteous First Master tries to take their side, only for Chen Jianjun to shut him dow —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Silly Zhu’s Second Life 傻柱的二次人生 Everyone knows that Silly Zhu sacrificed his entire life for the greater good, but no one knows how miserable his final years were. Now that he has been reborn once more, how will he face it all?... Step into the story and discover a different kind of life in the courtyard. 391Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 48 The Hall of Reincarnation: Starting in Siheyuan 轮回殿堂从四合院开始 Lin Jianguo transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan and successfully stole Xu Damao's wife, Lou Xiaoe. Just as the couple were planning to settle down and live a good life, the Reincarnation Space descended upon the Siheyuan. This story is complete nonsense. Any resemblance to actual events is even more damn ridiculous. 2.1kReads7.1Score102Shelves
- 49 Siheyuan: I Take Odd Jobs and Can Travel to the Underworld 四合院：我能接白活，也能通地府 Li Yong transmigrates into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, a place full of scoundrels and not a single decent person. From the start, he's cursed with the fate of a lone star, and his parents die on the very first day. The courtyard's scoundrels even try to drive Li Yong and his younger sister, Li Li, out. Li Yong fights back with everything he's got, shedding blood just to win a chance to breathe. Who could have guessed that his blood would drip onto a family heirloom and awaken an ancient —Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 50 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Silly Zhu and Became Everyone’s Favorite 四合院：穿越成傻柱，我成香饽饽 Chen Yu was a nobody among online novelists. When the pandemic left him unemployed at home, he started writing web novels. One stormy night, as thunder rumbled and lightning flashed and the magnetic field went haywire, Chen Yu was writing by candlelight when he transmigrated to the era of "Love in the Courtyard". He suddenly became He Yuzhu, the very man he had looked down on most. What Chen Yu hadn't expected was for a plague of rats to break out in the courtyard. The N95 mask he had brought wi —Reads—Score—Shelves
