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- 101 Siheyuan: I’m the Madman, and I’m Invincible 四合院：我是癫公我无敌 Zhang Weiguo was already fed up with having transmigrated into the courtyard compound. Then he heard Jia Dongxu and Silly Zhu plotting against him. How could he put up with that? As the old saying goes, the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, and the ruthless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die are afraid of someone like Zhang Weiguo... 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Siheyuan: I Picked Up a Child from the Start 四合院：开局捡了一个娃 This book is all about “lighthearted, humorous, and a little edgy.” One winter day in 1950, a young He Yuzhu was walking down the street, pushing his bicycle. The wind bit sharply. He Yuzhu instinctively pulled his collar tighter and quickened his pace home. Just then, faint cries came from a trash can in the distance. “Waaah, waaah...” He Yuzhu frowned at the sound, but stopped his bike and walked over anyway. “What a lovely little girl.” He looked into the middle of the rubbish pile and saw a 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 I Transmigrated into Siheyuan and Became He Yuzhu 穿到四合院，变成何雨柱 Bound to the System, he begins the main quest “Congratulations, Host! You have successfully bound the ‘Time Traveler’ System!” “I am System 092, and I am now loading your tasks.” “This is the year 1960, in a courtyard in Beijing.” “Host identity: He Yuzhu.” “Occupation: Canteen cook at a university in Beijing.” “Task loading complete. Host, please accept your task.” In 1960, I was a cook in a university canteen in Beijing. I had only just transmigrated, and my mind hadn't cleared yet. I was comp 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Siheyuan: I’m Xu Damao, and Now I’m Singing a Victory Song 四合院：我许大茂，翻身把歌唱 Looking at Love in the Courtyard as a whole, Xu Damao is absolutely the sort of man everyone loves to hate. Yet somehow, this very man thrives in the courtyard! He has a respectable job and a wealthy wife. The courtyard’s so-called battle gods and moral paragons can scheme all they like, and they can chase official positions all they want, but in front of me, Xu Damao, they can all step aside! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 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. 19Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 106 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
- 107 Siheyuan: From the Start, Qin Huairu Takes Up Farming 四合院：开局秦淮如种地 My name is Old Cao… no, Old Wang. Wang as in Wang Dezhu, De as in Wang Dezhu, Zhu as in Wang Dezhu. I seem to be in the world of "The Courtyard of Birds", but there’s a woman who seems to have her eye on my food. She says her name is Qin Huairu, and there’s an adorable little one beside her… 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 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
- 109 Siheyuan: Cai Jianban's Happy Life 四合院之蔡减半的幸福人生 [This is a slow-burn story, not about seducing other men's wives, and not overly hostile. It leans toward daily life. Xu Damao is a subordinate, and Silly Zhu is a nephew. If you like protagonists who recklessly fight at the drop of a hat, you can stop reading here.] After an accident, Cai Jianban transmigrates to the 1960s in City 49, and finds himself in the world of “Beasts in the Siheyuan.” Silly Zhu, Yi Zhonghai, Xu Damao... And even more absurdly, his brother is Cai Quanwu and his sister-i 124Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 110 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 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Siheyuan: A Master of Toxic Schemes, Silly Zhu Begs Me to Calm Down 四合院：毒士圣体，傻柱求我冷静 After transmigrating into the courtyard, Zeng Weiguo was nearly beaten to death by its schemers. Faced with their aggressive bullying, he awakened a Poison Strategist System. A poison strategist stays behind the scenes, using schemes to turn the schemers against one another, filling them with suspicion and setting them at each other’s throats. Zeng Weiguo, meanwhile, simply watches with a smile as they take one step after another toward prison. Xu Damao: “Yi Zhonghai, you covered for Silly Zhu a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, That Child Isn't Yours 四合院：傻柱，孩子不是你的 A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 113 Siheyuan: Little Jia’s Comeback 四合院：小贾的逆袭 [A little mean-spirited, not a one-woman romance, somewhat invincible, no demonizing characters, and no major changes to the timeline] Chen Xuan transmigrated into a courtyard and took Jia Dongxu’s place on his wedding night. But he wasn’t going to let the courtyard hold him back. Rooted in his era, he carved out a legend of his own. Over the decades, young Jia weathered winds and waves, lived through golden years, and witnessed a magnificent age. He founded Bureau 749 himself, turning it into t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Siheyuan: Li Yunlong's Great-Nephew, and My Surname Is Zhao! 四合院：李云龙他大侄我姓赵！ This is an extremely chaotic fanfic: the timeline is a mess, the order in which characters appear is a mess, the plot is a mess, and the relationships between characters are even more tangled. It perfectly reflects that chaotic era. [If it's not your cup of tea, please don't flame me. Thanks!] 486Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 115 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—14d adds
- 116 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—14d adds
- 117 Siheyuan: I Really Don't Want to Deal with You People 四合院：我真不想收拾你们 After transmigrating to the countryside in the 1960s and unlocking his golden finger, Lin Ping'an is brimming with fighting spirit. He knows these are hard times: food and clothing are scarce, and a turbulent period lies ahead. But none of that is a problem. What he never expected was to end up living in a “Beasts-Fill-the-Courtyard House.” He never wanted to get too involved with the courtyard’s residents. But they can’t help envying Lin Ping'an’s life... 2kReads5.8Score10114d adds
- 118 Siheyuan: Starting from A Place Where the Wind Is 四合院：从去有风的地方开始！ (Courtyard House + System + Daily Life + Changing the Plot) He Aiguo transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Silly Zhu’s younger cousin. He calmly watches the world change and savors all the ups and downs of life. He won’t bother anyone who doesn’t bother him; he’ll enjoy the show and make a game of life. Watch as the young He, a future big shot, joins life in the courtyard house. 1Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 119 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… 315Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 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—14d adds
- 121 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 1.7kReads—Score10014d adds
- 122 Siheyuan: Working at a Newspaper, Exposing the Courtyard’s Beasts from the Start 四合院：报社上班，开局揭发众禽 Shen Liang transmigrates to a courtyard in the 1960s and becomes a newspaper employee. One day, the editor-in-chief asks him to write a long-running serialized novel. After much thought, Shen Liang decides to base it on the story of the courtyard's shameless residents. "Yi Zhonghai, a sanctimonious hypocrite with no children of his own, spends all day scheming to get other young men to support him in his old age." "Liu Haizhong is all ambition and no ability. He only finished elementary school, 979Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 123 Siheyuan: Opening Treasure Chests at the Security Office 四合院：在保卫科开宝箱 At first, given his background and abilities, he thought he could treat the beasts in the compound as targets to fleece, so everyone could get along and be happy. But Chen Youli soon realized it was all too easy. There was a reason the place was known as the Beast-Filled Courtyard. Chen Youli decided to bring the axe down on some of those beasts. 16Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 124 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Is My Brother 四合院之许大茂是我哥 An ordinary girl gets so furious watching Love in the Courtyard that, when she wakes up one morning, she finds herself in the TV series as Xu Damao’s younger sister… A story about how she has to fight to save herself so she won’t be turned into an idiot like him. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 A Cultivator's Journey in Siheyuan 四合院之修仙旅途 A new story is here! You're welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you like it! Ahem, this is my first time writing a book, so please forgive me if there are any rough spots! 454Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Siheyuan: As Xu Damao, I'll Live It Up One Day at a Time 四合院：成许大茂能浪一天算一天 Trapped by the System in the world of the courtyard house, he restarted his life nine times and became Xu Damao, the one character everyone hated, both people and dogs alike, and the story's sole villain. Forget personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. Make each day count, and take things as they come. Going to the countryside to screen films is a way to bring warmth to people's spirits. Eating and lodging at other people's homes is a way to bring warmth to their lives. As long as you give —Reads—Score114d adds
- 127 A Different Kind of Life in the Siheyuan 四合院不一样的烟火 Multiple heroines + changing the plot After transmigrating into He Yuzhu in the courtyard-house world, he rises to a high position from the start, attracting women left and right. He changes the global order and makes the whole world submit to our great China. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Siheyuan: More Children, More Blessings, While the Troublemakers Suffer 四合院：多子多福，禽兽叫苦 Chen Deming transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and, of all things, finds himself a beautiful wife. Over the next few years, they have seven children in a row. Each of his seven sons has a special talent. Some are highly skilled in martial arts, some are exceptionally intelligent, and others have extraordinary abilities… Then one day, Bang Geng tries to teach Chen Deming's seven sons a lesson. Chen Deming's sons break his ribs on the spot. Jia Zhangshi: “You dare hit my grandson? I'll kill —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 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 147Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: I Fused Everything and Beat Silly Zhu to a Pulp 四合院：融合万物后，暴打傻柱 He transmigrates into the courtyard house one day. Chen Chen's father is deemed by the steel mill to have died due to an operational error. The family receives only 300 yuan in compensation, and Chen Chen is not allowed to take over his father's job. He refuses to accept the decision and wants to confront the factory for an explanation. Yi Zhonghai does everything he can to stop him. Silly Zhu, acting as Yi Zhonghai's enforcer, thinks Chen Chen has shown disrespect to the elder and immediately m 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Siheyuan: Reborn in the Body of a Cannon-Fodder Simp, I Turn My Life Around 四合院：魂穿炮灰舔狗，反转人生 [Courtyard drama + period setting + building a career + no pocket dimension or System + one heroine] While everyone else who transmigrates into Birds in the Courtyard ends up in a parallel version of the TV series, Liu Jie transmigrates into the world of a book called Courtyard: The Reborn Cao Cao, Yang Weimin, Rises Through the Ranks, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character who shares his name. Liu Jie had thought he'd get a golden finger like a System or a pocket dimension, but reality 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 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—14d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: Immortality, Marriage, and the Art of Taming Birds 四合院：长生娶妻从戏禽开始 [Feel-good fiction + courtyard house drama + cultivation through stat points + immortality and taking wives + more children, more blessings] Gao Qiangsheng, a low-ranking security guard, transmigrates to 1965 and binds to an attribute cultivation System from the start! As long as he makes decisive choices and completes missions against the beasts in the courtyard, he earns attribute points to boost his physical stats and skills! Bang Geng is bullying his little sister? Jia Zhangshi is taking ove 1Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 134 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—14d adds
- 135 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
- 136 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Beat Bang Geng to a Pulp! 四合院：开局暴打棒梗！ [Siheyuan Courtyard + Transmigration + System + Spoiling His Younger Sister + Comedy] He transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes He Yuzhu, known as “Silly Zhu,” in a Siheyuan courtyard full of vile people. His mother is dead, his father has left, and He Yushui is the only family he has left. He Yuzhu becomes utterly devoted to spoiling his younger sister. He Yuzhu rises from canteen supervisor to deputy director, then director, and eventually becomes the top boss at the steel mill. Life in the co 7Reads5.6Score314d adds
- 137 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Rejects Qin Huairu and Becomes a Chef God 四合院：拒绝秦淮茹，傻柱成厨神 He Yuzhu transmigrates into the Beastly Siheyuan and becomes He Yuzhu, binding himself to the Poultry Punishment Comeback System. Silly Zhu is no longer silly. The three senior masters of the courtyard keep getting outmaneuvered, the parasitic widow Qin Huairu reaps what she sows, the wicked mother-in-law Jia Zhangshi gets what she deserves, and the hypocrite Xu Damao gets bullied... He Yuzhu thrives at the steel mill and becomes the richest man in the courtyard. 3.6kReads8.0Score16314d adds
- 138 A Screwed-Up Life That Begins in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始的操蛋人生 Lin Ping'an wakes up to discover that he has transmigrated into the TV drama world of Love in the Courtyard. To his shock, he has the identity of a remnant of the Qing dynasty. In an era obsessed with class background, won't he be dragged off to face a firing squad in no time? But that's all right: the System gives him a tiny chaos world from the start. Inside this little world, Lin Ping'an is the very will of Heaven. Given enough materials, he can theoretically produce anything. Looks like thin 40Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 139 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Use My Divine Healer Identity to Bring Yi Zhonghai to Heel 四合院开局从神医身份拿捏易忠海 Yang Mo transmigrated to the 1960s and obtained a mysterious space. A spiritual spring inside could irrigate all things. He started raising livestock, growing crops, and farming fish, and from then on he had plenty to eat and lived in comfort and wealth. He also inherited the legendary physician Bian Que's knowledge, gaining superb medical skills and striving to uphold the humanitarian spirit of healing others. Director Li, what are you and Liu Lan doing in the warehouse? I saw you! Madam Jia Zh 369Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 140 Siheyuan: They Stole My Bride from the Start, but I Became a Grade-Five Worker 四合院：开局被截胡，晋升五级工 I transmigrated by accident into the world of Full of Love, oh no, I mean, the world of The Cunning Courtyard. Faced with the First Master, who uses morality to bully people; the Second Master, who loves spouting official-sounding nonsense; the Third Master, who is stingy to the bone and thinks only of scheming; and Qin Huairu, who has her eye on my body, what is a grandpa like Xu Yan supposed to do? With a System borrowed... no, snatched from my many-times-great-grandson, I’m not afraid of anyo 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Siheyuan: I Steal Qin Huairu Away and Make Jia Zhangshi Furious 四合院：截胡秦淮茹，气哭贾张氏 Wei Jianguo transmigrates to a Siheyuan in the 1950s. After graduating from university, he’s assigned to the transport team at a steel mill. On his first day in the Siheyuan, he meets Qin Huairu on her way to a matchmaking date with the Jia family and promptly steals her away! The courtyard’s scourge, Jia Zhangshi, has to be driven out! Yan Bugui is trying to take advantage of me? He can keep dreaming! Granny Deaf’s identity is suspicious? Shoot her on the spot! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Foolish Father Returns and Won't Let Him Be a Simp 四合院：傻爹归来不让傻柱当舔狗 [Courtyard setting + absolutely no becoming a simp + taking Xu Damao in hand + growing more desirable with age] Peking University graduate He Tiesheng is attending a graduation party when he unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes Silly Zhu’s father. From the start, the courtyard’s three elders oppose him. Seeing Silly Zhu acting like a simp makes his blood boil. Silly Dad: “Your old man is back. You can’t be a simp anymore. A simp stays a simp, and in the 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 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 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Siheyuan's Strongest Tycoon System 四合院之最强土豪系统 “Guys, you’re not getting any younger, so take care of yourselves. Want to know how to stay healthy? Give up drinking and smoking.” “Brother Dong, what about you?” “I’ll hold off for now, but trust me, I’ll quit eventually.” Tian Dongdong was standing on the bunk bed in the dorm, bragging to his buddies, when he lost his balance. And then... well, there was no then. When he came to, he discovered he had transmigrated into a courtyard house. Yes, that courtyard house from all those online stories 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Siheyuan: My Life Is Anything but Simple 四合院：我的生活不简单 Liu Tieshu wakes up one morning and discovers that he has transmigrated to a remote mountain village, where he has become a baby... It isn't until he grows up that he realizes he lives in a world that's more than it seems... This isn't just the world of the Siheyuan; it also contains characters from novels. With the magical powers he brought from his previous life, he can give his mother and younger sister a safe, peaceful life. But after the Liu family moves into the Siheyuan, everything there —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 In Siheyuan, I Train the Miscreants and Reach the Pinnacle of Life 人在四合院我靠训禽走上人生巅峰 Zhou Heng returned to a time when supplies were scarce and moved into the beastly courtyard supposedly known as Love in the Courtyard. The beasts in the courtyard are all waiting for a chance to strike, but with his System, Zhou Heng trains them into submission and rises to the top of the world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Siheyuan: It All Began When I Became a Projectionist 四合院：从一个放映员开始 The media define an endless longing for the past as an extremely “leftist” trend of thought. Faced with this definition, Xu Dong asked himself honestly: he probably only counted as half of one, or perhaps less. He did indeed miss the past, but at the same time, he knew that life back then had been difficult. What he missed was the moral awareness and standards of the past, not its material comforts. A young man like him, who was afraid of hardship, transmigrated into the world of the courtyard h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 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
- 149 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. 954Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 150 Keeping House the Siheyuan Way 四合院，持家有道 Lin Ming quietly transmigrates into the world of the courtyard houses after a disaster. To make a better life for himself, he works hard without pause. With help from his space, his life keeps getting better. There is envy and jealousy here, but not to the terrifying extent shown in the book. Relying on his clever mind, he navigates life with the people in the courtyard. 475Reads8.4Score—14d adds
