Novels like Siheyuan: A Hero for Half a Lifetime
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- 51 I Transmigrated as Jia Zhangshi's Nephew and Hit the Jackpot 穿越成贾张氏的侄子，赢麻了 Zhang Xiaobei, a young man from the modern day, was in a car accident on his way to a blind date. He died on the spot. But by chance, his soul transmigrated into the body of another Zhang Xiaobei, who was out catching fish in a river. To make matters worse, he had no house, no parents, and no job. Just when he had given up all hope, he suddenly remembered his distant aunt in the capital. So he packed his bags on the spot and set off to find his family. 165Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Siheyuan: A Level 10 Fitter from the Start, Shocking Everyone 四合院：开局十级钳工，震惊全场 A young man transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan and accidentally gains a sign-in System. Daily sign-ins, weekly sign-ins, monthly sign-ins, yearly sign-ins... As long as the Host signs in every day, he can receive all kinds of rewards, including metalworking skills, master-level cooking, exceptional throwing-knife techniques, miraculous medicines, spatial rings, invisibility talismans, silence talismans, and more. The rewards keep coming, and there is something for everyone. “Ding! Congra 38Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 53 Siheyuan: The Super Procurement Officer 四合院之超级采购员 People transmigrate into new bodies all the time. Is it my turn today? Zhao Dezhu wakes up looking the same, but his living conditions have changed beyond recognition. Would a young man with no morals, manners, or education care about Yi Zhonghai and the others trying to guilt-trip him? Would he fall for Qin Huairu’s manipulative act? Could he put up with pretentious bootlickers and petty villains? 165Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 54 Siheyuan: I’m a Hidden Big Shot 四合院：我是隐藏大佬 Qin Huairu: “Stop messing with Silly Zhu. Come after me!” Jia Zhangshi: “Go sit somewhere cool, old man!” Silly Zhu: “You pick a fight with me, and you deserve to spend your whole life without a wife!” Xu Damao: “I just love watching you hate me and still be powerless to do anything about it.” Wu Zhibai accidentally eats Longyuan and transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He invests in technology companies, buys the rights to manga from Japan, and builds up a fortune in mines. He 82Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 55 From the Siheyuan to the Worlds Beyond: A Transmigration Novel 从四合院到诸天穿越书 While hiking alone one day, Chen Feng was looking at his phone and failed to watch where he was going. He tripped over a rock and stumbled a few steps toward a nearby cliff before falling off. Somehow, he transmigrated into a TV series he had just been watching, Love in the Courtyard. 1kReads5.8Score10414d adds
- 56 Living in Siheyuan, I Start Out as a Chef! 人在四合院，从厨师开始！ Cheng Jianguo, who transmigrated to 1955, arrives in the world of Love in the Courtyard, and obtains a Favorability System. From the start, he happens to catch Silly Zhu's father running away, so he immediately decides to take Silly Zhu on as his apprentice. Later, he discovers that Lou Xiao'e has yet to marry Xu Damao, and immediately decides to bring her home as his wife! As the System levels up, Chen Jianguo's life grows more and more prosperous. 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Siheyuan: Cross Me, and I'll Steal Qin Huairu Right Out from Under You 四合院：敢惹我，反手截胡秦淮茹 Li Weiguo transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1953. After someone steals his arranged date, he turns around and arranges a date with Qin Huairu. From then on, he sits back and watches the drama unfold in the courtyard... 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: Did I Cut Off the Jia Family's Lifeline from the Start? 四合院：开局断了贾家命脉？ Chen Feng transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he was bound to the Assassin System. After feeling the mistreatment his predecessor had suffered, he decided to teach that pack of beasts a proper lesson on his predecessor’s behalf. 18Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 59 Siheyuan: In 1948, Tian Zao Took Me Home 四合院：48年，被田枣捡回家 [A feel-good power fantasy + opens in the Republican era + fighting crime and helping the common people + romance. Not for readers looking for a story about scraping by on gruel and petty family squabbles.] Zhou Li transmigrates to the Forty-Nine City in 1948, starting out as a refugee before the pretty young Tian Zao carries him home. After learning about Zhou Li’s past, Tian Zao accompanies him to a courtyard house, where their beastly neighbors frame and torment them. At the crucial moment, Z —Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: King of the Beasts 四合院：众禽之王 A work of pure villainy. People say the residents of the courtyard are all beasts. Wang Pili refuses to believe it. As far as he’s concerned, who could possibly be more beastly than him? After all, he’s the king of beasts!! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Sent Xu Damao to Prison 四合院：开局送许大茂进监狱 [Transmigration + feel-good power fantasy + slightly altered setting] Zhou Zheng transmigrates into the world of the Courtyard House and discovers that the previous owner was sabotaged by Xu Damao. Using the System, Zhou Zheng sends him to prison. When the devious residents of the Courtyard House start causing trouble, watch how Zhou Zheng handles them... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Siheyuan: Rooted Deep, Unable to Break Free 四合院：扎根而入，无法自拔 Song Xiangdong transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and awakens a sign-in System, earning all kinds of astonishing rewards. He unlocks a spatial farm, tempting Qin Huairu to come knocking for meat. He awakens his musical talent, leaving the cultured Lou Xiao'e wishing they had met sooner. His ability to spend money like water has the down-to-earth Qin Jingru begging to be his. His vast knowledge leaves the intellectual Ran Qiuyue utterly impressed. As Song Xiangdong rises rapidl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Siheyuan: The Proud Police Officer 四合院：笑傲江湖的警察 Thanks for asking. I’m in the 1960s, fresh off the battlefield. With nothing better to do, He Kun had no idea how the transmigration god had noticed him. All he’d been doing was playing QQ Farm, yet somehow he transmigrated to the 1960s. He even ended up living in a famous courtyard compound. Was someone going to try to take his room from the start? No way. The people in the courtyard seemed pretty reasonable to He Kun. They even helped him move his furniture and tidy up. Let’s see how He Kun, a 759Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 64 Siheyuan: I'm Trash, and You're All Beasts 四合院：我是垃圾，诸位是禽兽 (Courtyard House + farming + feel-good novel + everyday life in a bygone era + System) In his previous life, college student Li Tiancai coasted through life and slacked off every day. After an accident, he transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes a lonely tenant with no family in the courtyard. Fortunately, he has a System, as if bestowed with imperial robes and destined to rule the world. First Uncle, the Supreme Paragon of Morality! Second Uncle, hopelessly obsessed with officialdo 145Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 65 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated Several Decades Too Early 四合院：穿越早了几十年 Everyone wants to transmigrate, but what do you do if you end up in a courtyard compound decades too early? What do you do when someone points a bayonet at your face? We need answers, and fast! Follow the exciting life of a skinny weakling, from the War of Resistance against Japan to the courtyard compound. 3Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 66 Love in the Courtyard: Two Guns Against the Beasts 情满四合院之双枪战禽兽 The courtyard is a microcosm of life, with Character No. 1 and Character No. 2 transmigrating one after the other. They bomb the courtyard like fighter jets, battling the beasts and taking on the schemers… 307Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Siheyuan: I Have a Farm 四合院【我有一座农场】 (This book has little angst and is mostly about everyday life. It may not suit some readers.) Zhao Jie transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan stories. His father is the chief engineer at a steel mill, and his mother is the head of the hospital’s internal medicine department. He himself is the head of the steel mill’s procurement department. His little sister is in primary school, and his girlfriend is Lou Xiao'e. On his eighteenth birthday, the System arrives and gives him a space farm he 3Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 68 Siheyuan: The Ultimate Connections! 四合院：最强人脉！ After staying up all night working construction, Lin Yao opens his eyes and discovers that he has transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard. Faced with all the beasts living in this courtyard, he isn't worried in the slightest. From the start, he awakens the Super Connections System. With each sign-in, he can turn a person into one of his connections and gain their abilities. When twenty-year-old Lin Yao arrives at the courtyard, he discovers that someone has occupied his home. Without a word, he 146Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 69 Siheyuan: Saving the Courtyard's Misfits 四合院之拯救众禽 He Lai obtains a Celestial Master’s inheritance and is reborn in a courtyard house. Watch him use magic to save all the troublesome residents: the white lotus becomes a skilled expert, Silly Zhu stops obsessing over widows, the First Master has someone to care for him in his old age, the Second Master puts down his cudgel, and the Third Master stops being so stingy. He Lai’s goal is to turn the courtyard house into a famous tourist attraction, build an inn and a tourism industry group, make ever 3.1kReads8.6Score14814d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: I Shed My Loser Label from the Start 四合院：开局摆脱败家子头衔 The moment Lin Qiufeng opens his eyes, he discovers he’s transmigrated into a siheyuan full of beasts, and he’s currently a good-for-nothing wastrel! Plenty of vermin are scheming against him and sucking up to him! Lin Qiufeng just laughs. In response to their contempt and schemes, he turns every trick right back on them! Got a problem with that? Go eat shit! Looking for trouble? Watch your step on those dark roads, or you might break a leg! While he’s at it, he’ll become a Level Eight fitter 2.2kReads5.6Score10514d adds
- 71 Siheyuan: I Got Beaten to Death from the Start 四合院：开局就被打死 A man works himself to death at his desk from overwork. He transmigrates to a courtyard compound in the 1960s. To his surprise, Silly Zhu kills him as soon as he arrives. With the System’s help, let’s see how I turn the tables and shake things up. Beasts, our battle begins now. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Love in the Courtyard: My Underground Bunker System 情满四合院之我的地窟系统 On hiatus. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 It All Began When Liang Ladi Knocked Me Down in the Siheyuan 四合院从被梁拉娣撞倒开始 Xu Damao transmigrates and discovers he has landed in a parallel world that combines stories from various eras. So why wait? Some villains have been itching to get at him for a long time. It's time to let them feel the fist of justice. Please ignore minor timeline inconsistencies~ 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 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—14d adds
- 75 In a Siheyuan, From the Start I Called a Beast My Father 人在四合院，开局认禽作父 [Cunning protagonist] + [Doesn't grovel to the old lady] + [Puts the courtyard's fools in their place] The best is yet to come. Please give it a chance, dear readers! When Cao Jian'an opened his eyes, he discovered he had transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming an orphaned tenant in the compound. To establish himself there, Cao Jian'an immediately asked Yi Zhonghai, the First Master, to become his adoptive father. He set the courtyard's residents against one another and c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 In Siheyuan, I Give Jia Zhangshi Three Deer Milk Powder from the Start 四合院之开局就送贾张氏三鹿奶粉 A new story is out! You can find my work 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! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Beasts of the Siheyuan Are Jealous of Me to the Point of Madness 四合院禽兽们嫉妒我到发狂 —Reads—Score114d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: I Just Want to Live My Own Life 四合院：我只想过好自己的日子 (Courtyard life + no System + slice of life + changing the plot + renovating the courtyard + many courtyard residents as antagonists + one female lead, He Yushui) (A new author, so mistakes are inevitable. If you spot one, please leave a comment. I read almost all of them and will fix what I can. If I can’t, I’ll explain separately.) After transmigrating to a courtyard, Du Ruo has no golden finger. But after putting certain residents surnamed Yi and Jia in their place and making it clear he isn’ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Join the Procurement Office and Drive the Courtyard's Beasts Wild with Envy 四合院：开局入职采购员馋疯众禽 Wang Fan accidentally arrives in the 1960s and, after an unexpected mishap, becomes a resident of a courtyard. From the start, the nasty old deaf lady comes over to smash his windows and demands that he cook meat for her every day. As if he'd put up with that! He starts gathering evidence right away, first stripping her of her status as a household supported by the state, then reporting her with ironclad proof that she's an enemy spy! Silly Zhu wants to come beat him up? Then Wang Fan will make 3Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 80 Siheyuan: The Legacy of Cao Wei 四合院之曹魏遗风 Cao Wei dies and unexpectedly transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, becoming one of the courtyard’s residents. Cao Wei, who has relied on his elder brother Cao Zheng for support, now finds the courtyard’s scoundrels plotting to take away his and his brother’s home. In the empty house, Cao Wei is reborn. Cao Wei is furious. I’m not a pushover anymore! In this life, Cao Wei decides to stand up for justice. This time, he’ll take back what belongs to him, get his job back, and reclaim everything 4Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 81 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—Score114d adds
- 82 Siheyuan: An Engineer from the Start, Defying Fate 四合院：开局工程师，逆天改命 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, Li Yang becomes an engineering student. After graduating, he is assigned to work at the Hongxing Steel Plant. With his own intelligence and the System's incredible abilities, Li Yang thrives at the factory. The beasts want to make things difficult for him? He won't go easy on them! Lou Zhenhua wants to marry his daughter to him? He'll think about it! 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: Qin, You Don't Want Banggeng to Get Scolded, Do You? 四合院：秦，你不想棒梗被批评吧 Xu Damao, a food delivery guy, transmigrates to a Siheyuan Courtyard in the 1960s and begins his delivery career. Bang Geng stole my stuff? Let it go. I can just go find Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu, I’ll put on a movie for you. Once you’ve watched it, we’ll call that chicken Bang Geng stole a settled matter. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Siheyuan: The Sea King's Pinduoduo System 四合院，海王的拼夕夕系统 A simp in his past life, a womanizer in this one Plus an endlessly nagging System He never backs down when stirring up trouble, but readily admits defeat when playing the victim A petty crook, a freeloader, a hoodlum, a thug This is how you do a siheyuan story right —Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 85 Siheyuan: I Have a Dream Space 四合院：我有一个睡梦空间 [The protagonist is a little evil. Righteous readers, stay away] In the dream realm, Li Wenbin has a hundred ways to make other people suffer. Qin Huairu plays the poor victim? He’ll put her on the tiger bench and make her drink pepper water, so she’ll have a real reason to cry. Jia Zhangshi refuses to listen to reason? He’ll pit a souped-up Jia Zhangshi against Yi Zhonghai and Silly Zhu. Fight poison with poison! Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip people with morality? You, Silly Zhu, want to be a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Siheyuan: From the Start, Becoming a Security Guard and Taking the Easy Road 四合院：开局当保安，少走弯路 [This novel combines hostility and everyday life for a dual experience!] In the 1960s, Zhou Sheng retires from the military and transfers to a new job, proudly becoming a security guard at a steel mill. On the train back to Beijing, he subdues a criminal with his bare hands. He happens to meet Chang Qing, a police officer from Nanluoguxiang. From there, everything takes off. He also gets bound to a Slacker System! Who knew slacking off could let him trounce the scoundrels? He begins a happy life 189Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 87 Siheyuan: I, Xu Damao, Want a Son! 四合院：我许大茂要生儿子！ A top student from the 21st century accidentally transmigrates into a courtyard house, only to find himself in the body of Xu Damao, the man everyone loves to hate! He’s going to change all that. He’ll turn Xu Damao into a good person, and make sure Xu Damao has a son, too! 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Sign-In at the Siheyuan: 1964 签到四合院之一九六四 Ye Jianjun’s soul transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1964. From her memories, he discovered that this really was the world of Love in the Courtyard. Worst of all, Silly Zhu had beaten him into an eunuch when he was a child. 2Reads8.3Score114d adds
- 89 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Became Twelve-Year-Old Silly Zhu 四合院：开局成了12岁傻柱 A middle-aged man from modern times is hit by a car and killed while delivering food. He transmigrates into the body of twelve-year-old Silly Zhu. “System? Why can’t I transmigrate directly?” “You’re too weak. The story needs time to develop. You can only influence things occasionally. You won’t awaken for another fourteen years...” “System, you can go to hell...” Once I awaken, just watch how I deal with all those animals. 11.8kReads7.9Score29014d adds
- 90 Siheyuan: Living Life to the Fullest 四合院：积极生活 (Siheyuan + System + everyday life + changing the plot) Huo Heping transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, quietly watching the world change and savoring life's many flavors. If no one wrongs me, I won't wrong anyone. I'll enjoy the spectacle and make light of life. Watch as the little demon king Huo joins life in the courtyard. —Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 91 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Became Silly Zhu’s Younger Brother 四合院：开局穿成傻柱弟弟 This is fiction. Take it seriously and you lose! My name is He Yugen, nicknamed Silly Root. I’m Silly Zhu’s younger brother and Zhong Yuemin’s comrade-in-arms. Soldier and doctor, transmigrator, and a System fanatic! I’ll help Silly Zhu see the bloodsuckers for what they are and help Yushui see through that scumbag. Bro, there’s nothing good about the Qin family. Tell them to get lost and stay lost. Bro, Ran is a nice girl. She’d make a great sister-in-law. Xu Damao: Brother Silly Root, that ton 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Siheyuan: Rising to the Top, Starting With Slaughtering Pigs 四合院：从杀猪开始崛起 Ma Li is reborn in the world of Love in the Courtyard and gets a Pig-Slaughtering System. While everyone else is still going hungry, Ma Li has already achieved pork freedom... Slaughter pigs for meat, slaughter pigs to unlock skills, slaughter pigs for equipment, slaughter pigs to gain expertise... The main worlds featured are Love in the Courtyard, Hong Kong crime dramas, Blood Romance, Beneath the Zhengyang Gate, Man Is Iron, Rice Is Steel, and The Silent War. 13Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 93 An Ordinary Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之普通的人生 Zhang Zhiguo, who has come from the future, thrives in the courtyard, getting along with everyone and making a name for himself. See how he deals with the people there and chooses to help those in need. 60Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 94 Siheyuan: Old Deaf Granny's Little Grandpa from the Start 四合院：开局聋老太太的小爷爷 Lin Feng transmigrates to the courtyard, and his very first reward is the Lin Family Genealogy. Although he's only twenty-one, he's the great-grandfather of Lin Xiuying, the deaf old lady and courtyard matriarch. When the deaf old lady sees Lin Feng, she starts by calling him “you little brat.” Lin Feng immediately pulls out the Lin Family Genealogy. The deaf old lady drops to her knees and calls him Grandpa. Yi Zhonghai is forced to give up his position as the courtyard's First Uncle. “Why, He 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 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 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Siheyuan: Don’t Try to Guilt-Trip Me 四合院：不要道德绑架我 Ma Tengfei has just transmigrated from the future when he finds himself at the utterly absurd whole-courtyard assembly. Jia Dongxu had died only recently, and the First Master is already using moral pressure to make me help the Jia family. But if I want to get married someday, I'm not about to let the Jia family bleed me dry. 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Defy Fate and Change My Life 四合院开局逆天改命 He Yuzhu's modern-day self transmigrates into his character Silly Zhu from the drama. Amid the courtyard's family squabbles and the sweeping tides of the times, He Yuzhu reshapes his worldview and changes not only his own fate but also that of his country, leaving a shining mark on the road to national rejuvenation! PS: This is a faithful-to-the-plot tale about the beasts of the siheyuan. There is no System and no aggression. After teaching the courtyard's beasts a lesson, he lives a good life, 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Siheyuan: Li Ergou, You're Such a Dog 四合院之李二狗你真狗 Li Ergou is ostracized in Qin Family Village and has no choice but to leave. As luck would have it, he becomes neighbors with his sworn enemy, Qin Huairu! The Jia family’s troubles begin right away. Yi Zhonghai, Deaf Granny, and Xu Damao all hate Li Ergou so much their teeth ache, cursing him in their hearts as a real scoundrel! After living in the courtyard for a long time, Li Ergou realizes something is seriously wrong with the place. Deaf Granny is actually Yi Zhonghai’s biological mother? An 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Siheyuan: I'm Just Too Talented 四合院：我太有才了 Who could have expected that an ordinary man, carried away by a moment of excitement, would transmigrate into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, arriving just as Jia Xudong and Qin Huairu were starting their life together? Watch how he steals Qin Huairu away and takes on the courtyard once more. 1.5kReads7.5Score—14d adds
- 100 Serve the Nation! Bang Geng’s Dream of Making the Siheyuan Strong! 尽忠报国！四合院棒梗的强国梦！ In the world of the Siheyuan, Bang Geng was originally headed down the path of becoming the Thieving Saint. After accidentally witnessing his master being executed by firing squad, he ran a fever for several days. While he was burning up, the Life Simulator System selected him. But Bang Geng’s resistance, the prayers of Qin Huairu, Xiao Dang, and Huai Hua, and the interference of Jia Zhangshi’s spirit-summoning screech disrupted the System’s attempt to take over his body. Instead, he gained a co 69Reads5.9Score—14d adds
