Novels like Siheyuan: A Reckless Man
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- 1 The Happy Life of Siheyuan 四合院之幸福生活 [This story isn’t too dark or intense] Li Wenguo transmigrates to the late 1950s. Amid the quiet routines of life, he watches the everyday squabbles in the courtyard. He doesn’t want to get involved in all the petty disputes there. He just wants to protect the people around him and live a peaceful, simple life. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: Reborn as Xu Damao’s Dad, I’m Back in the Game 四合院：重生许大茂他爸我又行了 A car accident sends Xu Fu transmigrating into the body of Xu Damao's father in the courtyard, and he accidentally activates the spatial ring he brought with him. What, Lou Xiao'e can't have children? Qin Huairu wants to welch on her debt and pay it off with her body. Yan Fugui wants to take advantage of me? Fine, I'll give you a grandson. With his extraordinary abilities, what kind of empire will he build in this era? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I Became a Rich Young Master by Selling My Landlord's Siheyuan 成为阔少从卖掉房东四合院开始 Not a siheyuan series! This is not a siheyuan novel! Not a siheyuan! Wealth fantasy + antique treasure hunting + emotional healing After inheriting his landlord’s siheyuan, wage slave Chen Pi turns around and sells it. Unexpectedly, he activates the Heavenly Eye System, and from then on there’s no stopping him. He finds hidden treasures in Panjiayuan and apprentices himself to Pohuai Hou. He attends an antique appraisal convention and becomes an overnight sensation. People in the business call h 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 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 148Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 5 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
- 6 Siheyuan: First-Class Merit from the Start, and Xu Damao Is My Nephew 四合院：开局一等功，侄子许大茂 Xu Tian wakes up on a train bound for the capital and regains his memories. The original owner’s life was practically a cheat code, and with those achievements to his name, Xu Tian figures he should be able to coast to victory. Then he discovers that he has transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard and awakened a System. That’s when things start to get interesting. 5.1kReads—Score153Shelves
- 7 Siheyuan: Adopted by Qin from the Start 四合院：开局被秦收养 Cao Meng transmigrated into the adopted son of Qin Huairu, only to be thrown out from the start. From the start, he gained a sign-in System, along with a spatial spring. Then Jia Dongxu unexpectedly died, leaving behind his wife and daughter. He signed in to get top-tier medical skills and brought Yu Li on as his assistant! He signed in to get appraisal skills, found a priceless treasure, and made all the busybodies green with envy! The greater his abilities grew, the more responsibilities he ha 10Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: No Saintly Acts, Just Putting the Whole Courtyard of Moochers in Their Place 四合院：绝不圣母，专治全院白嫖 After transmigrating to 1962, into a courtyard teeming with greedy neighbors, Lin Chen becomes an honest man whom everyone in the compound can bully and the Jia family has been exploiting for years. The original owner dies resentful after working himself to the bone. A ruthless soul from the modern era takes over his body and awakens the Good and Evil Punishment System: anyone who does evil will be richly rewarded, with punishment! Banggen steals grain? Catch him red-handed, give him a face-slap —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 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. 988Reads5.8Score104Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: A Different Kind of Siheyuan 四合院之不一样的四合院 (Wei Wu’s legacy + becoming a dad by happy accident and all kinds of shameless schemes) A soul from the future takes over He Yuzhu just after the incident in which He Daqing ran off. He is destined to lead this story down a different path. Jia Dongxu still wants to marry Qin Huairu? Xu Damao still wants to stir up trouble and get close to Jingru? Dream on! Bang Geng still wants to grow up to be an ungrateful brat? I’ll make sure you’re gone! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Siheyuan: The Strongest Mailman, Living Freely in This World 四合院：最强邮递员，潇洒在人间 After transmigrating to the 1960s, Qin Tian became a proud postal worker. And so, he began a golden age of measuring the land on foot and experiencing its people and customs by bicycle. A carefree life was ready and waiting! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 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—Shelves
- 13 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Li Kui, the God of War 重生四合院之战神李逵 After an old man watched the provincial city channel airing Love in the Courtyard, memories from more than fifty years ago came flooding back, painful memories he'd rather have left behind. He died with a heart full of resentment, never expecting to transmigrate back to the past. Heaven had given him a second chance at life. How could he let the opportunity to put the whole courtyard's beasts in their place pass him by? Yi Zhonghai used moral blackmail, so he could play that game too. Jia Zhangs 107Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: If I’m Not a Beast, Then Who Is? 四合院：我不做禽兽谁做禽兽 [Courtyard Drama + Slice of Life + Wild Ideas + Plot Changes + Period Fiction] Chen Dagou used to waste his days at a screw factory in his previous life. After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, he realized that his arrival was slowly stripping Qin Huairu of her leading-lady aura and tying her to Xu Damao. The storylines of everyone around him also changed beyond recognition. They’re beasts, but Chen Dagou is an even bigger beast. Just you wait. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Reborn in 1960: Starting in the Siheyuan 重生1960年：从四合院开始 In his previous life, Li Jinnian transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan. After countless trials and tribulations, he ultimately ascended to immortality! In this life, Li Jinnian has become an Immortal Emperor, but was ambushed by an enemy and escaped with only a wisp of his remnant soul. He has returned to the world of the Siheyuan to begin his cultivation journey anew! 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Siheyuan: Famous Scene Check-In System 四合院：名场面打卡系统 [Feel-good fiction + smart protagonists + two heroines + good and evil both meet their just deserts] Li Yu is a mechanical maintenance technician from the future, but he gets kicked back sixty years into the world of the Courtyard of Beasts. The System orders him to visit all the iconic scenes from the original story and make sure every scoundrel gets what they deserve. Li Yu can only say: This is so hard. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Siheyuan's Super-Lucky Star 四合院超级无敌幸运星 A modern-day genius helps He Yuzhu achieve fame and success. His life seems to be on cheat mode, and his luck is incredible. But “Silly Zhu” still faces plenty of twists and turns in love. This time, though, he isn’t being played. Instead, he has to deal with all kinds of potential partners. The failures are the same, but the stories are different. New characters will be introduced to make the story richer. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Love in the Courtyard: My Underground Bunker System 情满四合院之我的地窟系统 On hiatus. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 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—Score—Shelves
- 20 Siheyuan: My Sister Is Being Forced to Marry? I'll Go on a Rampage 四合院：亲姐被逼嫁人？我杀疯了 [Love in the Courtyard + Man Is Iron + Beneath the Zhengyang Gate + Blood-Colored Romance + Days of Our Youth, with the story centered around the courtyard] Jiang Shan transmigrates into the courtyard, where he now has a lovely older sister and a mother who has worked herself ragged all her life. What?! You’re forcing my sister to marry someone in exchange for a chicken right from the start? That’s the only thing our family owns that’s worth anything! Fine! Silly Zhu, you can kiss your job 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Siheyuan: Just an Ordinary Man 四合院之平凡的我 A big mash-up of period dramas! The story won’t always follow the original plots. I’ll write whatever comes to mind, covering all kinds of lives from the 1950s and ’60s through to the present day. I’m no good at writing blurbs, so feel free to roast me. New author here! 1.1kReads5.7Score—Shelves
- 22 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Beat the Yard’s Troublemakers to a Pulp 四合院：开局吊打众禽兽 After transmigrating into the notorious courtyard, Li Dabao’s fiancée, Qin Huairu, is snatched away by Jia Dongxu, who uses a sewing machine to win her over. From then on, the Jia and Li families are sworn enemies. Jia Zhangshi and her son join forces with the courtyard’s other troublemakers to bully Li Dabao as a group. Their abuse leaves the original Li Dabao miserable, and he dies young. Li Dabao, who transmigrated from the new century, can’t stand the other residents’ ugly behavior. He takes 322Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I, He Yuzhu, Am a Modern-Day Scumbag in the Siheyuan! 我，何雨柱，当代四合院渣男！ [Siheyuan fan fiction + scumbag + wish fulfillment + System] He transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes He Yuzhu. From the start, he discovers Xu Damao sneaking around with another man's wife at night. He promptly scares them off, then takes the opportunity to extort a chicken and an egg! Bang Geng likes stealing chickens to eat? He's still just a kid, so we have to make sure he spends some time in juvenile detention. Qin Huairu strips naked, revealing her fair, tender 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu, Please Just Stop! 四合院：秦淮茹你别了吧！ I just transmigrated, and Second Uncle is already at my door trying to take my house! As expected, there are hardly any good people in this Beastly Courtyard! The others want to stick their noses in too. They should take a good look at themselves first! I threw Second Uncle in jail right from the start! Bind to the System with a drop of blood. Just watch how I beat all these beasts into submission! First Uncle, why are you pretending to be such a good person? Second Uncle, just how thick is your —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: I Just Want to Live in Peace 四合院：我只想安静活着 (Multiple heroines, don’t read if that’s not your thing!) Three years ago, Wang Jingfeng somehow found himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard. At first, he was on the verge of a breakdown. Here, good people weren’t good, fools were truly foolish, bad people were rotten, and schemers were even more devious. Luckily, he had a golden finger… What? Honest people deserve to have guns pointed at them? They get used up, drained to the bone, and then praised as good people? Then I’ll be more beas —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: I’m a Rogue, So What? 四合院：我是无赖我怕谁 A young rascal from the 21st century transmigrates into the story of Love in the Courtyard while watching the TV series, becoming Silly Zhu, a man people both love and hate. Watch him outwit the whole bunch of scoundrels and become a winner in life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Siheyuan: From the Start, I’m Rich, Handsome, and Hunted by Every Vixen 四合院：开局高富帅，被诸禽盯上 He transmigrates into a siheyuan courtyard in the resource-scarce 1960s. His parents died in the line of duty, leaving him the family of fallen heroes. Meanwhile, the residents of the courtyard, controlled by the Three Elders, exploit him. Looking at everything before him, he can only sigh. How did he end up transmigrating here out of nowhere? Well, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Though resources are scarce in this era, the people are simple and kind, and their happiness levels are high! (Ex —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 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—Shelves
- 29 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. 2Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 30 The Good Life in Siheyuan 四合院的美丽生活 A college student from the twenty-first century accidentally travels to the capital in the 1960s while hiking in the wilderness. He gets a System of his own and meets characters from a TV drama he watched in the past. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 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
- 32 Siheyuan: Old Madam Deaf Wants Me Dead, So I’m Feasting at Her Funeral 四合院：聋老太要我死，我吃她席 Li Jianmin transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes the deaf old lady’s nephew? At first, all he wants is to live a decent life. Then he discovers that the wicked deaf old lady has repeatedly tried to kill him and steal his parents’ compensation money. If that’s how it is, then there’s nothing more to say. I’ll just eat at your funeral feast. What about her accomplices, Silly Zhu, Yi Zhonghai, and the others? I’ll send them straight off to sing “Tears Behind Bars”! Not a 1.1kReads5.3Score—Shelves
- 33 Siheyuan: Reader, Sir, I Was Wrong! 四合院：读者大爷，我错了！ Watching the computer keys tap away like raindrops, typing on their own, clatter-clatter-clatter, Lu Ren clutched his heart, his hair standing on end. He was genuinely terrified! Right now, he wanted to say just one thing to his readers: Dear readers! I was wrong, I really was! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 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—Shelves
- 35 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
- 36 Siheyuan: Who Needs to Work Hard When You Have a System? 四合院：谁有系统还努力啊 (No causing trouble, no womanizing, low on angst, high on laughs) I've already transmigrated and even have a System. Who in their right mind would keep working hard? At first, I only wanted to look after my family and coast through life with the rewards from the System. But the System's rewards just kept getting more and more outrageous. What else could I do? With the System in hand, the world is mine. Guns, tanks, and cannons from Earth: who approves, and who objects? 295Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 37 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Feed the Dogs and the System Makes Me a Star 四合院：开局喂狗，被系统捧上天 [Slice of Life in a Bygone Era]+ [Raising Pets into Gods]+ [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger]+ [Easygoing and Invincible]+ [Siheyuan] Let's get one thing straight: I'm Jiang Ping'an, an honest man from a Siheyuan, and I couldn't hurt a fly. (System: What are you barking about?) Jiang Ping'an thought his life story would go something like this: Go to work, come home, live frugally, and save up to get married. But the System wouldn't have it! Jiang Ping'an thought he was just rescuing stray animals. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Siheyuan: Too Many Scoundrels, They’re After My Treasure Bag 四合院：禽兽太多，要抢我百宝袋 (Siheyuan + System + Slice of Life in the 1960s + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Farming) A fast-paced, satisfying story about crushing the scoundrels of the siheyuan! Quick, cathartic, and oh-so-satisfying! Li Qiufeng is A man of few words who hits hard, known around the jianghu as Brother Qiufeng. Reborn after transmigrating, he’s here to sweep through this siheyuan like an autumn gale and crush every last scoundrel! “Tell Xu Damao I’m in the mood for fish!” No fish? One kick will teach him a lesso —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Everyone, Come Play Fight the Landlord 大家都来斗地主 Wang Hao, who loved playing Dou Dizhu, unexpectedly transmigrated. He transmigrated to a parallel world in the 1960s. He had planned to earn a little money in peace and spend the rest of his life with a wife, children, and a warm home. Then the Dou Dizhu System suddenly activated! This System was downright bizarre, something no one had ever heard of or seen before! Watch how Wang Hao uses it to make a name for himself in that era! Come on, everyone, let’s play Dou Dizhu! 1Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 40 Siheyuan: I Build Chinese-Made Products to Lead the World! 四合院：我打造国产引领世界！ Lin Yang transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard! After returning from studying abroad, he takes on a foreign engineer who embezzled research funding. He is fortunate to have arrived in this era, and he intends to contribute to his country and break free from foreign restrictions. He will build domestic brands and lead the world! He can’t be bothered with the petty affairs of the courtyard. Still, he underestimates He Yuzhu, Qin Huairu, Lou Xiao'e, Xu Damao, and the others. Lin Yan —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Siheyuan: Dumped from the Start, I Came Out on Top 四合院：开局被甩，我赢麻了 Shen Yuan dozed off for a moment and transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. What’s there to fear about getting dumped from the start? I’m a future engineer with five houses to my name. Surely I can find a wife? Who knew he’d run into Qin Huairu, who’d gotten lost on her way to the bathroom, as soon as he stepped outside? One look at Shen Yuan, and Qin Huairu fell for him for life. From then on, she wouldn’t leave him alone. Jia Dongxu: “But you were the girl I was set up with!” H 209Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 42 In the Siheyuan: I Drive for the Factory Manager 四合院之我为厂长开车门 In the winter of 1962, Huo Yaoguang returned from the southwest and set out on the journey home. One heroine. No womanizing, no saintly do-gooding. He lives only for himself and has absolutely no grand ambitions. 2Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 43 Siheyuan: I'm Old Jia, and I'm Everyone's Cup of Tea 四合院之我老贾，老少皆宜 [Courtyard life + farming + period fiction] While others transmigrate into the courtyard as rich, handsome men, he transmigrates into the father of Jia Dongxu, the best-looking man in the whole courtyard. People call him Jia Daring. His given name is Gui. He can't believe who he's transmigrated into: Old Jia, Jia Zhangshi's husband, in the year 1950. At this point, Jia Zhangshi is still a beautiful woman in her prime, looking like a movie star. Since she'd only given birth to Jia Dongxu, she sti —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 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—Shelves
- 45 Siheyuan: Beating Up Silly Zhu, I Call the Shots in This Courtyard 四合院：暴打傻柱，这院我说了算 Zeng Zhenguo transmigrates into a courtyard house at the very start of the TV series. Bang Geng has just stolen a chicken, and Zeng Zhenguo, who hasn’t had meat in days, steals one too. He was planning to frame Silly Zhu, but unexpectedly, this gives him the chance to activate the System. When the First Grandpa twists the truth, Zeng Zhenguo, as a transmigrator, naturally steps forward and exposes him for what he is. Yi Zhonghai is instantly enraged and sends his top enforcer, Silly Zhu, into th 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Siheyuan: Family Bliss 四合院之阖家欢乐 Cao Mengde wakes up to find himself in the world of Siheyuan, where every neighbor is a complete oddball: Liu Haizhong, the big-stick patriarch; Yi Zhonghai, the master of mind control; and Jia Zhangshi, the necromancer... This world is just fascinating. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Siheyuan: Choosing Creation Mode from the Start 四合院：开局选择创造模式 After transmigrating to a courtyard house, Wang Jianlin unexpectedly gained the Creative Mode abilities from the world of Mini World! From then on, no one in the courtyard had to worry about having no descendants, and no one went hungry! Whichever family is in trouble, your good neighbor Jianlin is here to help! Heh heh... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Siheyuan: Power, Wealth, and Desire 四合院之权财色 Jiang Zhiqin inexplicably transmigrates to another world and into a siheyuan. He discovers that: Huaguo is one of the world’s great powers; The level of technology in this world is still very low; The influential figures here are all different; The only thing that hasn’t changed is the bunch of people in the siheyuan, each with their own schemes. Since none of them are good people, Jiang Zhiqin has no choice but to learn from the enemy in order to defeat them and fit into this big siheyuan famil 120Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 49 Siheyuan: Life Beginning in the 1950s 四合院：五零年代开始的生活 I don’t need gifts or positive reviews, but please don’t be abusive either. Everyone has their own views on how to live, work, and treat others. My writing is pretty average. If you can put up with it, feel free to keep reading; if not, just leave. 45Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 50 Siheyuan: I Have a Million, but Pretend to Be Broke from the Start 四合院：开局百万我装穷光蛋 Love on Jiudao Bay: one family of bloodsuckers. Watching the show will send your blood pressure through the roof, as fortunes shift unpredictably. One day, he transmigrates as Yang Shumao, with a million supplies in hand from the start and an infinite storage space. Watch him drive away the beasts and bloodsuckers infesting the place! 57Reads—Score—Shelves
