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- 1 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Beat My Way Through the Courtyard 四合院：开局打穿四合院 Siheyuan courtyard + System + one heroine Jiang Fan transmigrates into a Siheyuan courtyard and learns what happened to the original owner's family. He swears that everyone in the courtyard will have a miserable time. In short, nobody gets off easy! 23Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 2 Yin He Sha's 8th Book 银河沙的第8本书 Wei Jianguo, a great scientist who studied time and space, was reborn in the 1960s in a courtyard compound, bringing along the portable space he had created before an accident in the lab. Knowing nothing about the vicious residents of the courtyard, he used a scientist's intelligence and instincts to enjoy a good life in the compound and at the steel mill. From the start, he sent Deputy Factory Director Yang Huaide to prison. Qin Huairu, Qin Jingru, Liang Zhaodi, and Lou Xiaoe all had something 7Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: A Lapdog’s Life, Reborn to Be a Dog Again 四合院之舔狗舔狗，重生做狗 After He Yuzhu died beneath a bridge and was devoured by wild dogs, a wisp of his soul arrived in the underworld. He had thought that since he had done nothing shameful in life, he might not be reborn as a king or minister, but at least he would be born into a wealthy family. But after the Judge reviewed his life, he unexpectedly sentenced him on the spot to be reincarnated as a dog... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Turns Foolish and Torments the Whole Lot 四合院之变傻柱虐众禽 After reading so many stories about the courtyard, I decided to write one myself. My writing isn’t great, so please don’t flame me in the comments. If you like it, keep reading. If not, feel free to leave. Thank you, everyone! 2.9kReads8.1Score11314d adds
- 5 Jia Zhangshi of the Siheyuan: While Others Fight for the Household, I Farm 四合院之贾张氏，别人宅斗我种田 After transmigrating into the drama Love in the Courtyard as Jia Zhangshi, a character disliked both on and off screen, Zhang Jiajia can only shake her head and sigh. Her good-for-nothing son Jia Dongxu is already dead, and Qin Huairu, who spent more than a decade mourning him in the show, is actually planning to remarry?! Zhang Jiajia says: Respect other people's choices, and stop trying to save them! She'll just grow crops, raise the kids, and enjoy her own little life! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Extraordinary Life 四合院：傻柱的妖孽人生 Petty, trivial matters were the most genuine reflection of how neighbors interacted in that era. He Yu accidentally transmigrates to the Red Star Courtyard in the 1960s and awakens a simp System! From the eighty-year-old deaf Granny to little Huaihua, who's only three or four, every single one is a target! This is utterly depraved, worse than an animal! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: I Took Advice from the Start, and the Troublemakers Lost Their Minds 四合院：开局听劝，禽兽们气疯了 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Transmigrating to a Siheyuan: I'm the Living King of Hell 穿越四合院：我是人间活阎王 Chen Fei is thriving in the modern world, but after drinking counterfeit liquor, he transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. In this era, the residents of the courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang are all a bunch of brutes. In a turn of events both unexpected and somehow inevitable, Chen Fei activates the Living King of Hell System. Now, beasts, face my fury! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Silly Zhu and Liangzi Take on the World 傻柱和亮子闯世界 After becoming Silly Zhu, he thinks that in this special era he'll be stuck in the courtyard house and the steel mill. Unexpectedly, he gets to travel all across the country and overseas. After the reforms and opening up, he figures being a restaurant owner will be enough, but he unexpectedly becomes an Olympic champion. He thinks that being a champion, then a coach, and eventually a leader is a fine way to spend his life, but then he accidentally shows off his talents in the investment world. 111Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: Zhou Wenzhong 四合院之周文忠 Zhou Wenzhong's story of striving, viewing the world from another perspective. 33Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 11 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Give Yi Zhonghai a Son 四合院：开局就送了易中海一个儿 In 1953, a weighty page of history turned. The story of the siheyuan courtyard was far from over, and Wang Baoguo unexpectedly found himself in Love in the Courtyard, where he began a legendary life! —Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 12 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated While Watching My Former Self Get Beaten 四合院：看着前身被打我穿了 Peng Xinglong, who worked himself to death in the 21st century, has his soul transmigrate into the beast-filled Siheyuan and is completely stunned! What? I really get to live again! But these neighbors are anything but friendly. "Outsmart the whole courtyard of troublemakers, kick Xu Damao, punch He Yuzhu, turn the First Master’s own moral blackmail against him, slap Jia Zhangshi until she cries, and send that little white-eyed wolf off for reform." No! That's not what I want. I just want to liv 1.2kReads7.6Score—14d adds
- 13 Jia Dongxu’s Happy Life 贾东旭的幸福生活 Love in the Courtyard? Or a courtyard full of scoundrels? I'm Jia Dongxu. My mother, Jia Zhangshi, is nicknamed the Necromancer for her ability to summon the dead. My son, Bang Geng, is hailed as a child of fate and a master thief. My wife, Qin Huairu, is supposedly a saintly white lotus. She leeches off He Yuzhu, yet devotes herself wholeheartedly to the Jia family. I've arrived, and it's still the same courtyard, but life here will be different. 112Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 14 Siheyuan: Jia Dongxu's Wedding, and I'm the Groom? 四合院:贾东旭大婚，我做新郎？ [Siheyuan courtyard + 1960s + multiple women + System + pocket dimension] Zhao Yan, a university student from the twenty-first century, transmigrates by accident. Still reeling from the shock, he discovers that he's landed in the infamous Beastly Siheyuan! He arrives on the very day of Jia Dongxu's wedding. But on their wedding night, the drunk Jia Dongxu has no idea that his bride will wander into the wrong room in the middle of the night... 10.3kReads6.5Score49914d adds
- 15 The Siheyuan Playboy 四合院海王 He transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and obtains a womanizer sign-in System. And so, a romantic rake is born. From then on, the courtyard fills with the scent of love, its air ripples with the sweet troubles of happiness, and its residents struggle through tales of unbridled caprice. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: What’s Wrong with Being a Little Overbearing? 四合院：我霸道点怎么了？ Chen Changwu transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard just as his family falls apart. His maternal aunt by marriage, Jia Zhangshi, wants to take over his house. As if he'd put up with that! He beats her up, then goes and smashes up the Jia family home. Yi Zhonghai takes her side? He gets beaten! Silly Zhu sticks his nose in? He gets beaten! Liu Haizhong throws his weight around? He gets beaten! The foul-mouthed Xu Damao, the stingy Yan Bugui, the white lotus Qin Huairu... There's no 3.1kReads8.1Score10014d adds
- 17 Siheyuan: Reborn as Damao, I Ruin the Beasts' Lives 四合院：重生大茂，坑惨众禽 At death's door, Xu Damao finally saw the light. He realized that everything he'd done over the years had been utterly ridiculous. Sadly, he was already old, with no chance to make amends. He had completely failed to return Lou Xiao'e's deep devotion, and marrying Qin Huairu's cousin, Qin Jingru, had been a disastrous move. Everyone despised him. He'd also been so blinded that Li Huaide swindled him out of every last cent, leaving him destitute and alone in his old age. It seemed being left with 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: I'm on a Rampage! All That's Left Is the Show's Title 四合院：我！杀疯了，就剩剧名了 Lu Ning transmigrates into a courtyard compound and awakens a Killing System. He discovers that the original owner was tormented to death by Jia Dongxu and the other brutes, ending his life beneath a crooked tree in the suburbs. Thus begins a campaign of revenge and slaughter against the brutes. 26Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: My System Is a Little Overpowered 四合院：我的系统有点强 [Decisive and ruthless + always repays a grudge + ambitions of a prime minister + stockpiling supplies] Cao Haotian is bitten while catching eels, and then finds himself in the 1960s, where there’s a courtyard known as Love in the Courtyard... From the start, he is framed and has one of his legs broken. Just as he’s fallen into utter despair and has no idea what to do, a mechanical voice sounds in his mind: “Host detected to have less than a day to live. Samsara Gate System emergency startup in 2.1kReads6.9Score12114d adds
- 20 Siheyuan: The No-Holds-Barred System 四合院之无节操系统 Li Feng died after being struck on the head while helping catch someone cheating. He was reborn as another Li Feng in the capital, and became a security guard in the security department of a steel mill. He moved into the Red Star Courtyard, yes, the very same courtyard from the novel Full of Beasts. There didn't seem to be a single decent person in this courtyard! They were all beasts! Just as I was lamenting this, a crisp voice rang out in my mind. “Ding! The No-Morals System is starting up. 83Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 21 Siheyuan: Taking Silly Zhu on a Budget Trip 四合院：拎着傻柱去穷游 [Poverty Travel System (the kind of “poor” where you don't even have underwear!) + Deadpool Template + Deserted-Island Survival] By day, he tames the unruly birds in a courtyard house, turning the place into chaos. By night, he takes girls and idiots on budget trips to island getaways for seafood barbecues! Guaranteed laughs! He's already taken Qin Huairu on a shoestring trip to Pacific islands and Lou Xiao'e on a budget journey through the forests and islands of Lake Baikal. Other characters ar 1Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 22 Siheyuan: I'm the Smiling Tiger 四合院：我就是笑面虎 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Siheyuan: I Invest in Goddesses and Get Ten Thousandfold Returns 四合院，我投资女神万倍返还 [Wild Ideas]+ [Cashback]+ [A Whole Lot of Heroines]+ [Scheming Big Shot]+ [Invincible] Qin Huairu wants to leech off me? Ha! I only hope she does. I’ve awakened an investment system that gives me ten thousand times my money back. If you don’t leech off me, how am I supposed to get rich? I’m not just going to let Qin Huairu leech off me… What about Qin Jingru, Lou Xiao’e, Liu Lan, Yu Li… Come on over, all of you! You don’t even have to leech off me. I’ll give you money myself! But let’s be clear: 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Siheyuan: What Should Be Done and What Shouldn't Be Done 四合院之有所为有所不为 [Put the Scoundrels in Their Place] [Decisive] [System] [Multiple Female Leads] Given a second life, Hu Zhengyang transmigrates into Silly Zhu, the easy target everyone in the courtyard takes advantage of. The original Silly Zhu was exploited all his life and met a miserable end. This time, he returns with a System and just one rule: Do what you should, and don't do what you shouldn't! He won't be a sucker or raise ungrateful brats. He won't put up with moral blackmail or indulge anyone's nasty 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Siheyuan: Choosing the Harshest Path from the Start, I Send Every Beast Packing 四合院：开局选最狠，禽兽全送走 [Male-oriented + courtyard + tycoon + invincible + close sibling bond + wish fulfillment + decisive and ruthless + System + period setting + golden finger] He transmigrates into a 1960s courtyard. From the start, both parents are dead, his little sister is sick and disabled, and the courtyard is crawling with beasts. What could possibly go wrong? [Ding! Detected that Silly Zhu is plotting against your little sister. Please choose!] [One: Swallow your anger and earn the title “Ninja Turtle”!] [Tw 1.6kReads—Score10014d adds
- 26 Siheyuan: Forced to Move, I Started Spreading Rumors 四合院：被迫搬家，我开始造谣 Li Xiangyang wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into a courtyard house. Then people spread a rumor that he died by suicide, and he is forced to move out. Fortunately, the System he awakens is a rumor-spreading System. So he gives them a taste of their own medicine and starts spreading rumors far and wide. “Ding! You spread a rumor that Yi Zhonghai slept with a widow. The scandalous rumor succeeds, and you learn eight great skills!” “Ding! You created a rumor about a ‘deaf secret agent’ a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Transmigrating into a Second Life in the Siheyuan 穿越之四合院人生重来 There is no System and no cheat. The protagonist relies on his own abilities to defy fate and change his life. On a rainy day, a 21st-century wage earner accidentally transmigrates into the hit TV series about a courtyard. Shock, pessimism, speechlessness, determination, composure,… 158Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Siheyuan: I Report the Deaf Old Lady for Speculation from the Start 四合院：开局举报聋老太太投机 Lin Zhen finds himself in Love in the Courtyard. After leaving the military, he becomes a Level 9 engineer. Then he awakens the Emotion Value System. Is it hard for technicians to get promoted? I, Lin Zhen, can level up in just ten minutes! Jia Zhangshi stole my house? I might as well have her sent to a labor camp! Is Qin Huairu playing me? I'll make you mine! I, Lin Zhen, am the master here. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Siheyuan: I'm Jia Zhangshi's Nephew 四合院：我是贾张氏内侄 I transmigrated. I get to live another life. I become Jia Zhangshi's nephew, return from military service, and become the head of the procurement department at the steel mill. Facing Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu, and the rest of their family... that's where the story begins. 8Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated with a System 四合院：自带系统穿越来 [Transmigrates early, in 1952; everyday life; the plot will change; crossover with other dramas] Li Zesheng, a senior at Blue Star University, is getting ready for an internship when, without warning, humanity transmigrates en masse to a deserted island to fight for survival… Fortunately, he awakens a sign-in System. What? There’s no hope of surviving here? Luckily, the System upgrades in time and brings him to the world of the courtyard houses! Having survived the brutal island, Li Zesheng just 35Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: My Grudges and Good Times with Silly Zhu 四合院之我和傻柱的快意恩仇 A young antique restorer meets his end because of his womanizing ways, only to transmigrate into a courtyard house caught in turbulent times, where he becomes entangled with the women of several households. All he can do is take things as they come and treasure every moment. After working hard to make his way, he ultimately gets both wealth and beautiful women. 426Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 32 Siheyuan: I Catch a Human Trafficker from the Start 四合院：开局抓个人贩子 Listen to good advice, and you'll never go hungry. After unexpectedly arriving in a Beijing courtyard compound, Xie Xizhou finds himself surprisingly at ease among all its colorful characters! From the start, he takes Jia Dongxu's advice and catches a human trafficker, earning himself a commendation and setting off down a path of no return... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Love in the Courtyard: He Comes from the Future 情满四合院，他来自未来 Transmigrating from 2023 to 1960 A different world, a different life The ability to come and go at will gives him boundless hope. From humble beginnings, he gradually rises to become a tycoon whose influence sweeps across the globe 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Siheyuan: After They Took My Advice, the Beasts Ended Up in Prison 四合院：听劝后，众禽牢狱之灾 Lin Chenghua transmigrates into the world of a TV-and-film fanfiction set in a courtyard. Listen to good advice, and you'll never go hungry. Whenever he follows someone else's advice and acts on it, he receives all kinds of rewards. Auntie Number One: “I only tricked that fool into going out to dig for wild vegetables with me. How did he end up digging up a whole box of gold bars? My heart...” Uncle Number One: “You offended me and still think you can get a job at the Red Star Steel Mill? I'll m 1.8kReads5.1Score—14d adds
- 35 Siheyuan: I Can Level Up My Skills! 四合院，我能刷技能熟练度！ A new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your follows are what keep me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 415Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 36 Siheyuan: Changing the Fate of the Yard’s Troublemakers 四合院：改变众禽命运 When He Daqing opened his eyes, he discovered he had been reborn in Baoding. He decided to return to the courtyard early and save his foolish son, Silly Zhu. At the same time, he would change the fates of all the courtyard's troublemakers and help them live like normal people. All the misfortune in the courtyard was because Silly Zhu lacked a good father: He Daqing, reborn. 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Siheyuan: A New Superpower Every Week 四合院：每周刷新超能力 Lin Yuan transmigrated into the famous Beast-Filled Courtyard. He had no System to back him up, but he could refresh a superpower every week. In the first week, Lin Yuan looked at the number above Jia Dongxu's head slowly ticking down to zero and thought, Brother Jia, you're done for... In the second week, everyone in the courtyard stared in disbelief as Yan Bugui insisted on taking Lin Yuan home for dinner. Lin Yuan said, “Hey! This hypnosis really works!” In the third week, Lin Yuan, who could 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Siheyuan: After My Sign-In, They're All Good Neighbors 四合院：我签到后都是好邻居 Lin Yu accidentally transmigrates to a Siheyuan in the 1960s, arriving destitute and down on his luck. Then fortune smiles on him: he activates a sign-in System, and his life changes. Xu Damao makes things difficult for him, Widow Qin schemes against him, and the First Master tries to win him over, but Lin Yu uses his wits and the System to overcome one crisis after another. His sign-in rewards teach him carpentry, and he starts a business, gradually building his wealth. He stays true to himself —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Siheyuan: I Made a Mess from the Start 四合院：开局捅了娄子 [Siheyuan + System + Multiple Heroines + Taming the Courtyard's Troublemakers] Li Bin transmigrates into a siheyuan courtyard and awakens the Ace Beast Tamer System from the start. Taming beasts earns him rewards, and his very first beginner mission is to tame the vicious beast Xu Damao. Thus begins his journey as an ace beast tamer. The beast of morality, Yi Zhonghai; the beast obsessed with power, Liu Haizhong; the miserly beast, Yan Bugui; the white-lotus beast, Qin Huairu; the undead beast, 8Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 40 A Siheyuan Villain's Life 四合院之小人的一生 A miserable wage slave from the 21st century dies from working overtime and ends up in the capital in the 1960s. To his dismay, he discovers he's landed in the world of that damn courtyard. Watch me carve out a brilliant life of my own! 403Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 41 Siheyuan: Level Up by Farming Rewards from the Beasts, All the Way to the Ministry 四合院：靠刷众禽奖励，一路进部 [God-Tier Rejection System + Period Drama Crossover + Science and Technology Powering the Nation + Desperate to Join the Ministry] In his previous life, Cao Yuan was a man who wore the Yellow Jacket of Imperial Privilege. During a lunch break, he unexpectedly transmigrated into a new body in 1940. He had landed in a TV-and-film universe centered on Fowl-Filled Siheyuan. Things were already bad enough. Then his parents were caught in a skirmish with rogue soldiers on their way home from work, and 394Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 42 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Ate a Hamburger and Made the Whole Courtyard Drool 四合院：开局吃汉堡，全院馋哭了 He transmigrates into the Siheyuan as Zhou Baoguo, a dim-witted little fool whose parents died young. Everyone in the courtyard bullies him, seeing that he has no one to rely on. Banggeng shoves him, and he hits his head, develops a high fever, and falls into a coma. Instead of saving his life, these people want to let him die on his own and scheme to take his house. His overwhelming instinct to survive awakens the System. Whenever he triggers someone else's emotions, he can earn treasure chests 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Siheyuan: They Came to Borrow My House from the Start 四合院：开局找我借房 A Four-Eyed Courtyard from the Start: The Jia Family Shows Up Asking to Borrow a Room Have You No Manners? My Dad Is the Head of Security! Faced with the Retirement Crew's constant provocations, Zhao Dongsheng resolves to bring them down. Li Weimin is unpredictable, so Zhao Dongsheng must plan his moves at the right time. What will happen to the Four-Eyed Courtyard with an unruly Zhao Dongsheng living there? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Siheyuan: Watching the Courtyard's Fools with a Smile 四合院：笑看众禽 [System] [Not a do-gooder] [No dumbing down] [Overbearing] [Multiple female leads] The male lead, Li Tianyou, arrives in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He had planned to live peacefully through those turbulent years, but who could have guessed that a pack of troublemakers would keep trying to harm him? If you want to take me down, then striking first is better than sitting back and taking the blows. 701Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 45 Siheyuan: What Did You Say? Silly Zhu Is My Husband! 四合院之你说啥？傻柱是我老公！ Wang Zeqi transmigrates into a courtyard house and becomes He Yuzhu’s betrothed, promised to him in infancy. As a modern woman, how could she possibly become the wife of a complete sucker? She does everything she can to find Silly Zhu a wife, expose Master Yi’s benevolent facade, and send the Jia family straight to hell. She’ll bring some justice back to this world. 153Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 46 A Simple Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之平淡人生 After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, Wang Yue becomes the First Aunt from the TV series. With her golden finger, she changes the fates of most of the people around her and lives happily with the First Uncle. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Siheyuan: The Jia Family Owes Me Money, So Qin Huairu Will Pay It Off 四合院：贾家欠我钱，秦淮茹抵债 After transmigrating to the courtyard, the first thing he does is demand repayment of a debt. If Jia Zhangshi won't pay up, he'll use Qin Huairu as collateral. With no parents and only a supply and marketing cooperative left to him, how far can he lead the women? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Gets Killed from the Start, and Somehow It's My Fault? 四合院开局傻柱被杀怪我了？ Qin Fen is reborn in the Courtyard Siheyuan and awakens the System of Good Deeds Rewarded. As long as he does good deeds, he can grow stronger. But on the second day after being reborn, he gets caught up in a murder case. Silly Zhu is dead. He beat Qin Fen the day before, then died that very night. Everyone suspects Qin Fen killed him. Qin Fen feels more wronged than Dou E. He finally clears his name, only for the System to send him to a time of war. The blurb can’t do this story justice. Read t 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 How the Fierce Birds of Siheyuan Forged Their Ultimate Schemer 四合院众禽凶猛老六是怎样炼成的 Light comedy, mild angst. Zhou Ke, from the twenty-first century, transmigrated to Love in the Courtyard, where the original host turned out to be an idiot. Zhou Ke decided to play along at first, play the pig to eat the tiger, and mess with all the courtyard beasts. As he outsmarted them, Zhou Ke gradually grew stronger. The pocket dimension he carried with him also underwent a wondrous transformation. Traveling between worlds, he faced life-and-death trials time and again, and came to understa 400Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Siheyuan: The Last Normal Person 四合院：最后一个正常人 A food-delivery guy transmigrates to the Four-Nine City of 1961, and from the start finds himself in Love in the Courtyard. Luckily, he awakens a sign-in System and even has a pocket dimension treasure. As someone who likes to lie flat, what kind of story will unfold for him in this courtyard full of scoundrels? Will he quietly give in, or fight back hard? Come and see. This isn’t a traditional courtyard story, so please don’t nitpick. 73Reads5.5Score—14d adds
