Novels like Siheyuan: The Family Split from the Start
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- 151 Siheyuan: I Strike Out on My Own from the Start and Build a Fortune 四合院:开局另起炉灶发家致富 Transmigrate to a courtyard and return to the 1960s. How do you survive in an era without a System or pocket dimension? He Yu, a vocational-school-trained chef, transmigrates into the body of Silly Zhu, a lovesick fool who can't face Qin Huairu as she pursues him relentlessly. But he's not the original owner! Qin Huairu, back off, back off, back off! Every day as Silly Zhu, He Yu wonders when his wages will go up and hopes the era of reform and opening up will arrive soon. 85Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 152 I Really Don’t Want to Be Xu Damao in Siheyuan 四合院真不想做许大茂 Xu Damao transmigrated into the world of a Beijing courtyard. He had often been mocked because he shared a name with Xu Damao, but now he had transmigrated straight into the courtyard and become the real Xu Damao, bringing a God-Tier Choice System with him. See how Xu Damao stirs up the winds of change in this era. 629Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 153 Xu Damao Gets Divorced from the Start 许大茂开局就离婚 No brutality, no darkness. If you like dark stories, please move along! Set against the backdrop of Love in the Courtyard and another TV drama, this story tells of a very different life for Xu Damao. 1Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 154 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—Shelves
- 155 Siheyuan: Starting by Snatching Qin Huairu 四合院,从截胡秦淮茹开始 Wang Zicheng transmigrates into the body of a minor character with the same name in Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he runs into Qin Huairu, who is on a blind date with Jia Dongxu. She is young, naive, and full of energy! 226Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 156 In the Siheyuan, I Use the Beasts' Own Tactics to Leave Them Nowhere to Turn 四合院走禽兽的路让禽兽无路可走 Take the beasts’ path and leave the beasts with nowhere to go Synopsis: In the winter of 1952, Ye Chen transmigrates into a courtyard compound and becomes an ordinary resident. Faced with a whole courtyard full of beasts, he suddenly awakens the Beast System. He takes the beasts’ path and leaves them with nowhere to go. Silly Zhu: Ye Chen, my dad and Jia Zhangshi have even slept together. Why was he still heartless enough to abandon me and Yushui? Ye Chen: Uh... I have no idea either. Maybe Jia 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 Siheyuan: I, Li Hongwei, Race Ahead at Full Throttle 四合院:我李宏伟一路狂飙 Li Hongwei, the local bully of Mang Village, was killed by a cold fish before transmigrating to the 1960s and into the body of an idiot in a courtyard house. After years of being bullied by the courtyard's pack of beasts, his family was so poor that all they had left was a bed. Luckily, he bound himself to an Emotion Harvesting System. As long as he made the courtyard's residents feel resentment, he could earn points and exchange them for rewards. Now, with the System backing him, he takes on th 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 Siheyuan: A Hero for Half a Lifetime 四合院:半世枭雄 [No supernatural powers + no System + little hostility] Cao Qianji is reborn as the illegitimate son of a high-ranking leader. After his mother dies, the leader, feeling guilty, arranges for him to move into Silly Zhu's Siheyuan and tells Director Yang to look after him and help him get ahead. But Cao Yu Lian, the pampered legitimate son of the leader's family, has always seen Cao Qianji as a threat and secretly resorts to one scheme after another to kill him. As a result, the steel mill and the 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 Siheyuan: Everyone in the Courtyard Is My Ultimate Tool 四合院,满院都是我的最强工具人 A temporary crossover between The Courtyard, Under the Zhengyang Gate, and The Little Woman Under the Zhengyang Gate. Multiple heroines; readers who prefer a single heroine, please don’t read. Li Yun dies of cancer and unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of The Courtyard, where he is rescued by the Nine Gates Commander and then gains a “spirit spring” that strengthens the body! But when he wakes up, he discovers that the courtyard’s so-called “beasts” have not only taken over his home but 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 Siheyuan: The Easy Road to a Winning Life 四合院:躺赢人生 Li Aidang, a street loafer with a troubled past, shows a girl just a little extra kindness and suddenly finds himself in Qin Man's Siheyuan, where supposedly everyone is a bad person. From the start, a shrew forces him to get a divorce. Luckily, the Selection System arrives and sends him soaring. Now, let Comrade Li Aidang take us on a tour of a different kind of Beast-Filled Siheyuan, where we can experience a different sort of warmth and humanity. 81Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 161 Siheyuan: Sending the First Lord to Jail from the Start 四合院:开局把一大爷丢进局子 From the start, he was a penniless beggar. Following his second uncle’s last will, he came to the Siheyuan! But he discovered that his bankbook and money had been stolen, and someone had seized his house! Right from the start, he had the hypocritical Yi Zhonghai thrown in jail, where he could work on an assembly line to earn his own peanuts! What’s that? You want me to show respect to Deaf Granny and Director Yang? I’ll show you a whole string of respect! Actually, I’ll grind all your dignity in 2.5kReads6.8Score103Shelves
- 162 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. 1.7kReads7.5Score—Shelves
- 163 Siheyuan: I’m Just Here to Join the Fun 四合院之我也来凑热闹 Yang Feiyang was an utterly ordinary 996 office drone, lucky enough to join the army of transmigrators. At first, he grinned so hard his gums nearly bled, but before long, he couldn't smile anymore. He hadn't transmigrated into a xianxia world where he could become an immortal patriarch and fly through the skies, nor into an ancient battlefield where he could take countless wives and concubines and rule as a king. Instead, he had landed in the courtyard world, already poked full of holes by coun 19Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 164 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
- 165 Siheyuan: Life Is So Wonderful 四合院:生活如此美好 A jade bead took Zhang Chen fifteen years back in time to the Siheyuan. Using his knowledge of the future, he set out to make the greatest contribution he could to his country and people. Now middle-aged, Zhang Chen had finished his demanding work and was preparing to head home. On the way, he came across a street vendor selling jade. Zhang Chen knew that none of the goods here were anything special, but it was still worth spending a little money for fun, so he went over to see if there was anyt 7.9kReads8.2Score167Shelves
- 166 Siheyuan: From the Start, My Parents Are Sacrificed to Heaven! 四合院:开局父母祭天! Modern-day overworked office drone Tang Xingguo transmigrates into the world of “The Beastly Siheyuan.” Faced with the moral blackmail of Yi Zhonghai, the spirit-summoning Jia Zhangshi, the original green tea girl Qin Huairu, Banggeng, who bears the title of the Great Thief, and He Yuzhu, the king of simps, see how Tang Xingguo, who knows the story inside out, takes them all in hand! 1.4kReads8.0Score—Shelves
- 167 Siheyuan: I Want to Live to See the New Century 四合院之我要活到新世纪 Watch how someone with a modern soul survives into the new century by using his knowledge of the future. See how an overlooked nobody in a Beijing courtyard manages to live well in the 1950s. A story about pursuing a happy life. 941Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 168 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Is Too Much to Handle 四合院:秦淮茹水太深你把握不住 Du Xiaotian has only just transmigrated when he discovers that he’s become He Yushui’s boyfriend. Then he finds himself at the neighborhood meeting called after Jia Dongxu’s death. Yi Zhonghai, the First Master, suggests that He Yuzhu take better care of Qin Huairu, and He Yuzhu is about to agree on the spot. But Du Xiaotian speaks up at once. “No. This concerns Yushui’s reputation, so you can’t agree.” “Besides, Qin Huairu is more than you can handle!” That’s what Du Xiaotian tells He Yuzhu... 152Reads—Score—Shelves
- 169 Living in a Siheyuan, I Married a Refugee Woman from the Start 人在四合院开局娶了逃荒女 Siheyuan: Everyone in This Courtyard Is a Good Person! Elder One: There’s genuine kindness in this world! Elder Two: Spare the rod and spoil the child! Xu Damao: I’m riding the waves~~ He Yuzhu: Don’t say your brother’s a monster! Qin Huairu: An orphan, a widow, and a wicked mother-in-law. Life is just one disaster after another! Ma Youfu: Watch me slap the living daylights out of you! 9Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 170 Life in the Siheyuan with He Yushui 四合院之跟何雨水过日子 Old bachelor Liu Guangming is watching the TV drama Love in the Courtyard at home, while middle-schooler Liu Guangming gets heatstroke during an exam at school. A little notebook accidentally gives him an electric shock, sending the old bachelor from 2022 to 1959. He moves into a courtyard house and ends up with He Yushui. 8.3kReads6.8Score228Shelves
- 171 Siheyuan: Leave Me Alone 四合院:别烦我 Li Fan transmigrates, apparently into a TV drama. What a disaster! And of all shows, it had to be this one. Wouldn’t a xianxia world be much better? The problem is, now that he’s here, there’s no going back! He arrives just in time for his parents to die in an accident at the steel mill, and for the whole courtyard to gather for a feast. Once they’ve finished eating, he can leave, right? But they want his family’s house too! And they’re even holding a full-courtyard meeting! They’ve got quite th 3.4kReads7.9Score113Shelves
- 172 Love and Fulfillment: What a Disaster! From the Start, I Took My Girl into a Wolf's Den 情满:夭寿啦!开局带妹进了狼窝 Zhang Ming was dumbfounded. How did a post-90s old-timer like me suddenly transmigrate just from going shopping with a post-2000s kid? Heaven, why are you doing this to me? I thought I’d be able to make something of myself, but instead I’ve transmigrated into a courtyard full of beasts! How am I supposed to survive… Since I’m here, I might as well make the best of it. I can’t fight fate, but with a System at my side, surely I can handle a bunch of beasts? (This is my first novel, so some details 150Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 173 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Married a Pretty Widow 四合院,开局娶个俏寡妇 After transmigrating into the world of Birds All Over the Courtyard, he married a pretty widow from the start. The whole courtyard full of scoundrels thought he was an easy target? He turned around and reported them. Auntie Qin wants to set someone up? He'll dig a deep pit and bury her in it. Silly Zhu won't serve meals properly at the factory? He'll get him fired so he can't serve anyone a meal. First Uncle wants to play the good guy? He'll teach him what being a good person really means. 810Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 174 Siheyuan: Punishing the Beasts and Sending Them to Their Doom 四合院:整治禽兽,送上西天 In 2021, He Wei was so worked up ranting about the plot that he dropped his water glass onto a power strip. A flash of sparks later, our protagonist He Wei had transmigrated to the 1960s! From the start, he publicly tears into Yi Zhonghai, then gradually sends all those vile neighbors off to the underworld to have tea with King Yama! The story is fairly mild in the early chapters, but gets intense and brutal later on. If that's not your thing, don't read! No System! No System! No System! Intense 2Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 175 A Brief Respite in the Siheyuan 四合院之偷得浮生半日闲 Li Fusheng is reborn in the Forty-Nine City of 1961. The bad news is, he discovers that something is off about the world. How did he end up in the world of Full Courtyard of Birds? This story has a relatively realistic portrayal of Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu. If you don’t like Qin Huairu, please don’t read. There’s no need to waste your time and then give me a bad review. 10Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 176 Siheyuan: The Battle of Lake Changjin 四合院:从长津湖开始 Qin Bing was a modern special forces soldier and king of the battlefield. After a strange stone he bought at an antique market drew him into a conspiracy by a foreign mercenary organization, Qin Bing died and transmigrated to Longguo in 1949... 582Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 177 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Unlocked Infinite Space 四合院:开局解锁无限空间 Transmigrate into the world of Love in the Courtyard? Sounds fun. No need to panic! Sign in every day to claim prizes, stash money and food in an infinite space, and become filthy rich in no time! Become a head chef, open a hotel, ride around in a luxury car... Color TVs, refrigerators, washing machines? Those are no big deal! Trample Xu Damao, put the Second Uncle in his place, and beat the stuffing out of Deputy Director Li... I’m justice incarnate. I love beating people up! Qin Huairu has a c 1.2kReads—Score104Shelves
- 178 Siheyuan: Forcing Qin Huairu to Marry Me and Subduing the Beasts 四合院:强娶秦淮茹,镇压众禽兽 Liu Jianshe unexpectedly arrives in Love in the Courtyard and starts by winning over the White Lotus! He activates the Fortuitous Encounters System, then reclaims all the money the beasts have bled from him, exposes their hypocritical faces, and rises to success! As for his admirers, Lou Xiao'e, Yu Li, Ding Qiunan, and the others, Liu Jianshe can only sincerely apologize: he's a saint, after all! 882Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 179 Siheyuan: I, Yan Jiefang, Dominate the Southeast 四合院:我闫解放称霸东南 Reborn in a Siheyuan, he starts by battling the courtyard's nasty neighbors, sweeps up antiques from the Four Olds, and experiences the Down to the Countryside Movement, with Blood Romance woven in along the way. Seizing his chance, he sweeps through the old villages and becomes the richest hegemon in Southeast Asia in the twentieth century. 5.3kReads8.3Score233Shelves
- 180 Building a Shelter in the Siheyuan Courtyard 四合院里建避难所 (Siheyuan world, apocalyptic survival game, cheerful comedy, holds a grudge and always gets even, keeps a low profile while growing stronger...) Xue Youcai was on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of success in real life when he accidentally got caught up in a battle that was impossible to look at or describe. Then he was tossed into the world of Siheyuan! Xue Youcai: Since there’s no turning back, I might as well take the “compensation” and keep living it up! 562Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 181 Entertainment, Rising to the Top After a Breakup 文娱,从分手开始逆袭 He had only just transmigrated to Blue Star, and now his girlfriend was coming over to break up with him? Fine! A breakup is a breakup. Let’s see how Tang Xiangyu uses the resources of Earth to become Blue Star’s godfather of entertainment, one step at a time! 521Reads6.8Score102Shelves
- 182 Siheyuan: Your Uncle Is Still Your Uncle 四合院:你大爷还是你大爷 He transmigrated into the Siheyuan and became the Second Uncle. How was an uncle supposed to live again? He thought about it for a long time, but was still completely stumped. As far as he could remember, the uncles did nothing but go to work and attend meetings. Quite impressive. Not bad. Then he’d be a proper uncle in the 1960s! Of course... He couldn’t just follow the crowd. He had to be a different kind of uncle. Being a heartless uncle seemed like a pretty good idea. 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 Siheyuan: Prosperity Through Agriculture 四合院:农业兴民 By a stroke of luck, Wang Heping transmigrates to the 1950s. He unexpectedly activates a Farm System. Its crops not only yield a plentiful harvest, but also come with special effects. He just wants to live a peaceful life, use the System to contribute to his country, and make up for the regrets of his past, so that his coming here won’t have been in vain. But he never expected to find a courtyard full of beasts here. Guided by the principle that he won’t bother anyone who leaves him alone, Wang 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 I Came to Siheyuan to Watch the Show 我来四合院当吃瓜群众 Zhou Bin was suffering from cancer. As he lay bedridden, he found himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard. With impeccable revolutionary credentials and memories of his past life, he decided to make something of himself in this world, so his journey here would not be in vain. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 Love in the Courtyard: I'm Not Silly Zhu 情满四合院之我不是傻柱 The tough modern-day He Yuzhu transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. He has no System, no skills, no pocket dimension, nothing at all, and he can’t even leave the story of the courtyard behind. He Yuzhu can’t help feeling helpless. When it comes to hitting people, he goes for the face; when it comes to exposing someone, he digs up their weaknesses. Silly Zhu’s sharp tongue is child’s play by comparison. —Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 186 Siheyuan: I Married Qin Huairu and Headed for Lake Changjin 四合院:娶了秦淮茹,赶赴长津湖 After transmigrating to 1950, Guo Geming met Qin Huairu while visiting his family, and the two fell for each other at first sight. They hastily got married, only for him to be called back the very next day. As he left, Guo Geming told her over and over, “Huairu, you have to wait for me to come back.” Qin Huairu swore to the heavens, “Brother Geming, I’d rather die than marry anyone else.” But three years later, when Guo Geming returned, his daughter was at home cutting pig fodder, and Qin Huairu —Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 187 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Triumphant Return 四合院之傻柱强势归来 A young man from the modern era accidentally transmigrates into He Yuzhu's body. With a System at his side, he rises to become the cafeteria director and marries a stunning beauty. As for the assorted nuisances in the courtyard, they can go cool their heels somewhere else. 5.9kReads6.3Score200Shelves
- 188 Siheyuan: I Bring Bad Luck to All the Jerks 四合院:我给众禽送霉运 Zhao Hao transmigrates into a courtyard and awakens the “Wish for Misfortune” System. Write a target’s name in the misfortune ledger, along with the bad luck they should suffer, and the System will make it happen within the allotted time! Best of all, it leaves no trace and even gives you rewards! Life gets worse and worse for the courtyard’s scoundrels, while Zhao Hao enjoys a warm home with his wife and children and a life that keeps getting better! 10Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 189 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 1.3kReads7.6Score—Shelves
- 190 Siheyuan: The Second Son of the Yan Family Is a Cao 四合院之阎家老二姓曹 With space at my fingertips, the world is mine... A descendant of the Cao family travels through time and space with a family heirloom. He merges with Yan Jiefang's soul and inherits Cao Aman’s preferences. See how he rides against the tide in an era of tumult and upheaval... 362Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 191 Siheyuan: Yan Jiecheng 四合院:之阎解成 System + space + spirit spring Yan Cheng falls asleep and wakes up transmigrated into the body of Yan Jiecheng, who is in the middle of getting married. Let’s see how he manages to live comfortably in this era. 20.4kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
- 192 Siheyuan: My Scumbag Dad Regrets Everything After I Make It Big 四合院,成名后渣爹悔死了 Zhang Ming had just transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan when he was forced to give up a room for the Jia family. First Uncle: “Zhang Ming, we all live in the same courtyard. The Jia family has too many people and not enough space. You have three rooms, so show some generosity and give one to them. They’ll be grateful to you.” Jia Zhangshi: “Zhang Ming, you shameless bastard! Get out of my family’s house right now!” Everyone in the courtyard stood by to watch the show. Zhang Ming gave a 5.3kReads6.6Score209Shelves
- 193 Siheyuan: Back from Military Service, Don't Pick a Fight with Me! 四合院:转业归来,别和我斗! Cao Ze arrives in the world of the Siheyuan courtyard house. From the start, he encounters He Yushui drowning while trying to save someone. Cao Ze rescues her and uses the opportunity to move into the courtyard, ushering in the Cao Ze era. Whatever you do, don’t come looking for trouble with me, you moral paragons, Thief Sage’s successors, hypocritical white lotuses, and spirit-summoning masters. 92Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 194 Siheyuan: The Cautious King 四合院之谨慎为王 Hitting a low point in life isn't scary. Just hang in there, and you'll get through it. Maybe a rainbow will appear after the storm. Believe that you deserve something better... I'm not good at writing blurbs, so feel free to criticize. That way, I'll know what the problem is. 163Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 195 Siheyuan: I Really Am a Good Person 四合院:我真的是好人 [Siheyuan courtyard + System + fake nice guy + comedy + ruthless antics + transmigration across the heavens] “This book is full of ruthlessness. The protagonist isn’t actually a good person, so be warned!” The first time Ye Feng acts on a whim to save a little boy playing with a ball in the road, a truck runs him over and kills him on the spot. He transmigrates to an unfamiliar 1960s world where you need ration coupons for everything, and begins his life in a siheyuan courtyard! Because the Thie 64Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 196 The System Space That Began in a Beijing Courtyard 四合院开始的系统空间 Lin Shan transmigrates with a System into the world of Love in the Courtyard. This System has no sign-in feature, no god-tier choices, and no rewards for punishing scoundrels. Lin Shan suspects this System might be a fake. Luckily, it comes with a storage space and a subsidy feature. World One: Love in the Courtyard 145Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 197 Transmigrating into Siheyuan, Banggeng Becomes the Jia Family’s Pillar 穿越四合院,棒梗成贾家顶梁柱 After transmigrating into the body of Banggeng in the courtyard, he was faced with the Jia family’s plight. How could he help a widowed mother and her children survive without having to endure the scorn of others? Then he awakened the Thieving Saint System, mastered the art of stealing and the skill of fishing, and began a life of fishing to support his family. 816Reads6.4Score102Shelves
- 198 Siheyuan: The First Master’s Son 四合院之一大爷之子 If Yi Zhonghai, the moral paragon of Love in the Courtyard, has a child to carry on his family line, will He Yuzhu still end up following his old path of supporting a widow? And how will the Jia family change? A new story from a new author. 5Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 199 Siheyuan: I Am Yan Bugui 四合院:我是阎埠贵 Note: This is fan fiction based on the TV series! The story does not rewrite the original! The story does not rewrite the original! The story does not rewrite the original! [No hostility] + [Faithful to the original] + [Everyday life in a bygone era] + [System] Synopsis: After dying, Yan Bugui is reborn in 1964. With help from the System, he can acquire all kinds of supplies continuously. At the same time, he sees the true nature of the people in the courtyard and of his own children. So he deci 792Reads6.3Score101Shelves
- 200 Siheyuan: Huairu Is Panicking, This Stepfather Is Awful 四合院:淮茹心慌,这后爹好坏 I transmigrated into a Four-Sided Courtyard and became the unlucky neighbor of the Jia family? To hell with that. I'm not going to be some hapless fool. I'm going to be the old Wang next door! First, I'll sweet-talk Qin Huairu into marrying me, leave Silly Zhu stunned, and then switch into domineering stepfather mode! Bang Geng won't call me Dad? I'll give him a good smack! He dares to steal? I'll break whichever hand he used! And Jia Zhangshi? Sorry, I married Qin Huairu, not Jia Zhangshi. If s 3.6kReads7.9Score125Shelves

















































