Novels like Liu Guangqi's Carefree Life Between the Siheyuan and the Modern World
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- 1 Love in the Courtyard: Stealing Everything 情满四合院之偷取万物 Warning! Warning! Warning! This story has a dark tone. Do not read if you’re a self-righteous do-gooder. This is a dark courtyard story that stays true to the original. The male lead is no good guy. His principle is simple: if you treat me well, I’ll treat you well. If you don’t, that’s fine. But if you dare mess with me, I’ll make you wish you were dead. 101Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Siheyuan: I Can See Hints About Everything 四合院：我能看到万物提示 Xu Fan transmigrates into the world of "The Birds Crowing in the Courtyard" by accident. To his surprise, he discovers that he can see written prompts about everything around him. He also awakens a Trouble-Making System, which lets him win prizes as long as he stirs up trouble in the courtyard. Xu Fan starts scheming to turn the courtyard upside down, happily collecting his rewards along the way. But what leaves him speechless is that the prizes seem to get more and more outrageous... At first, 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Went on a Face-Slapping Rampage 四合院：开局疯狂打脸 I opened and closed my eyes, and suddenly I was in the 1960s. What kind of life does a factory union worker lead? I'm going to become the richest person in the world... Face-slapping the rich, handsome young master? Watch me stage a comeback! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Siheyuan: I Have a Hundred Empress Sisters 四合院：我有一百个女帝妹妹 Pang Hu, the food supermarket instructor: “Congratulations, Host! You’ve received ingredients from your younger sister. Within 24 hours, prepare one million lunch boxes with meat and vegetable options.” He Xiaohu: “Hey, Pang Hu! What are the prices for the lunch boxes?” Pang Hu: “Host! One meat lunch box costs just ten one-jin grain coupons. Coupons from any province are accepted. One vegetable lunch box costs just two jin of grain coupons.” “As long as a million people can eat their fill, who c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: From the Start, I’m Silly Zhu, and I Have No System 四合院：开局傻柱，从无系统开始 [Siheyuan] [No System] Right after finishing Love in the Courtyard, He Yuzhu transmigrated into the show as its male lead, Silly Zhu. Faced with the bloodsucking Qin Huairu, He Yuzhu started breaking away from her and refused to let her take advantage of him. You want me to admit I stole the chicken? I’ll turn around and report Bang Geng! You want me to steal cornmeal for you? Keep dreaming. With no System, He Yuzhu relied on his own abilities to rise step by step to the top. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Silly Zhu and Became Everyone’s Favorite 四合院：穿越成傻柱，我成香饽饽 Chen Yu was a nobody among online novelists. When the pandemic left him unemployed at home, he started writing web novels. One stormy night, as thunder rumbled and lightning flashed and the magnetic field went haywire, Chen Yu was writing by candlelight when he transmigrated to the era of "Love in the Courtyard". He suddenly became He Yuzhu, the very man he had looked down on most. What Chen Yu hadn't expected was for a plague of rats to break out in the courtyard. The N95 mask he had brought wi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: Lou Xiao’e, My Godmother 四合院：干娘娄小娥 My name is Li Tianfang, my courtesy name is Huoran, and my nickname is Li the Cleft-Lip. I transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. [My parents died young after being sick, leaving me all alone. I’m lame in the leg and have a cleft lip. My godmother is Lou Xiao'e.] 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: I Quit My Job to Study, and Now I’m a Spendthrift? 四合院：辞工就学，成败家子了？ Li Weiguo transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes an ordinary resident. In his predecessor’s family, Li Weiguo’s father is a seventh-grade fitter who earns over seventy yuan a month. Li Weiguo spends his days living off his father and enjoying himself, squandering the family’s savings. Now the family is dirt poor, and after an accident at his father’s factory, Li Weiguo has the chance to inherit his fitter position. But Li Weiguo resolutely decides to go to school. Everyone in t 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: First Things First, I’ll Build a Wall 四合院，开始我先砌道墙 I'm still in the beginner stage and figuring out how to write! Here's the premise of my new story: Wang Zhuo is unwillingly transported to a newly created world, to a courtyard house. Should he live quietly, or do something different? That depends on how powerful his cheat is! With his laid-back personality, he'll just take things as they come. Life is an adventure, full of surprises! A messy life feels all the more real! 47Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 10 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
- 11 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
- 12 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
- 13 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
- 14 Living in a Siheyuan: I Turned Out to Be He Yuzhu 人在四合院：我居然是何雨柱 He woke up one morning and found he had transmigrated into He Yuzhu in a Siheyuan. Standing at the entrance to the infamous courtyard, He Yuzhu wore a cold smile. With He Yuzhu’s arrival, the train of the times began picking up speed. The courtyard full of beasts would no longer be ruled by beasts. A warm, simple, everyday story... Come along and step into that era... 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: Starting Out by Working Hard for Two Stars 四合院：从为两颗星努力奋斗开始 A modern martial arts enthusiast loses consciousness in a car accident, then transmigrates through space into the Dragon and Snake world, carrying with him the methods of traditional Chinese martial arts. He arrives a hundred years in the past and becomes Qin Huairu's older brother. Unwilling to live an unremarkable life, he resolves to make something of himself. After declaring, “A true man should wield a three-foot sword and achieve deeds without equal. How can he toil in the fields as a mere 2Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: The Legacy of Cao Wei 四合院之曹魏遗风 Cao Wei dies and unexpectedly transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, becoming one of the courtyard’s residents. Cao Wei, who has relied on his elder brother Cao Zheng for support, now finds the courtyard’s scoundrels plotting to take away his and his brother’s home. In the empty house, Cao Wei is reborn. Cao Wei is furious. I’m not a pushover anymore! In this life, Cao Wei decides to stand up for justice. This time, he’ll take back what belongs to him, get his job back, and reclaim everything 4Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 17 Siheyuan: The Rise of the Pocket Dimension 四合院之空间崛起 One day, Hou Xiaotian transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. He was so annoyed that he never finished watching the show and only got through a little over twenty episodes, so he only has a vague grasp of the plot. Fortunately, he brings a pocket dimension with him when he transmigrates. It starts out only as big as a fist. Now watch him use it to truly rise to prominence. 249Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: The Sea King's Pinduoduo System 四合院，海王的拼夕夕系统 A simp in his past life, a womanizer in this one Plus an endlessly nagging System He never backs down when stirring up trouble, but readily admits defeat when playing the victim A petty crook, a freeloader, a hoodlum, a thug This is how you do a siheyuan story right —Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: Don’t Try to Guilt-Trip Me 四合院：不要道德绑架我 Ma Tengfei has just transmigrated from the future when he finds himself at the utterly absurd whole-courtyard assembly. Jia Dongxu had died only recently, and the First Master is already using moral pressure to make me help the Jia family. But if I want to get married someday, I'm not about to let the Jia family bleed me dry. 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Siheyuan: It All Began When Silly Zhu Reunited with His Family 四合院：从傻柱认亲开始 Xia Ming transmigrates into the world of a Beijing courtyard compound, just as He Yuzhu is claiming a child as his own. Silly Zhu, you may be happy now, but in the end you still never divorced that pretty widow. Lou Xiao'e raised your son for over ten years for nothing. How can that be right? And you, Qin Huairu, an outsider who took advantage of him for years while pretending to be the victim? The three uncles ate and drank for free, acted unfairly, and still had the nerve to blame Lou Xiao'e? 229Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Siheyuan: I Stole the Protagonist’s Cheat and Made It to the Modern World 四合院：我抢主角外挂后通现代了 Han Aijun had only happened to watch a few clips from the TV series Love in the Courtyard before transmigrating into the role of Silly Zhu’s neighbor, in a story starring a total sucker. He wasn’t unhappy about it at all. In fact, he felt lucky to have arrived in such a momentous era. Becoming a capital resident with a skilled trade, a steady job, and a home was enough to make him ecstatic. Though life here had plenty of inconveniences, and everyone in the courtyard had their own flaws and schem 530Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 22 Love in the Courtyard: I Am Silly Zhu 情满四合院之我是傻柱 The train of time thunders forward, bound for an unknown destination, and He Yuzhu furrows his brow. Having transmigrate into the body of a man with the same name, he silently vows never to meet the fate of the original story and never to live a miserable life. First things first: he will keep his distance from the widow. [Courtyard House: currently serialized] Next world: [An Ordinary Life]. 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Siheyuan: I Show Up at Her Door to Break Off the Engagement from the Start 四合院：开局我直接上门退婚 Jiang Xiaoyu wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into a beastly Siheyuan, and it's already the late 1980s. Everyone here has their own agenda and is scheming to suck him dry. To make matters worse, he is a hopeless pursuer of Jia Huaihua. Their families betrothed them as children, and from then on, her family has been sucking him dry like demons. Jia Zhangshi: “Don't even think about marrying my Huaihua unless you have ten thousand yuan! Our Bang Geng still isn't married, and he needs mon 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is No Fool 四合院，傻柱不傻 After transmigrating into the Siheyuan as Sha Zhu, the pretty widow still wants to borrow money from him? Not a chance. Not only will he refuse to lend her any, he'll make her pay back everything she owes from before. What do you mean, you don't have it? Then tell me how you plan to repay me. Xu Damao wants to steal his girl? I'll make sure you can't even get a bite of my leftovers. Any other shameless jerks have a problem with that? I'll tame them one by one... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Siheyuan: I Eloped with Lou Xiao'e on My Wedding Day 四合院：结婚时，我带娄晓娥逃跑 Just after Li Jianhua transmigrated, he faced a difficult choice: his lifesaver, Lou Xiao'e, was about to be forced into marrying Xu Damao. She was unwilling and asked him for help. So here's the question: should he help her or not? If he helps her, how can he get her out of the heavily guarded Lou family home? Li Jianhua racked his brains but still couldn't think of a way out, until he saw Xu Damao passing nearby. A flawless plan immediately sprang to mind. Heh, Brother Damao, sorry about this~ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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
- 27 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. 991Reads5.8Score10414d adds
- 28 The Mastermind of the Siheyuan 四合院之幕后大佬 On April 12, 2023, at 10 p.m., Zhang Zhicheng was struck by a beam of light from the sky while walking home. When he opened his eyes again, he had arrived in the Bird-Filled Siheyuan of 1959. Ding! The legacy crystal of a higher civilization has been successfully activated. Zhang Zhicheng: "Damn, what rotten luck. How did I end up in this bird-filled courtyard?" Ugh, just thinking about these people gives me a headache. Since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it. I'll take things one st 2Reads5.4Score114d adds
- 29 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
- 30 The Doctor of the Siheyuan 四合院的医生 In his previous life, the protagonist was a master physician who collapsed on the operating table after exhausting himself during surgery. After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, he became He Yuzhu’s biological older brother. Watch him teach those villains a lesson. —Reads—Score114d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: I Handed the Technology to the Nation, and the Ne'er-Do-Wells Panicked 四合院：技术交给国家，禽兽慌了 Xu Guoqiang transmigrates to the 1960s world of Love in the Courtyard. His notebook, computer, and phone all come along with him, and he suddenly discovers that his computer and phone can connect to Wi-Fi. From then on, he begins a cheat-powered life in the capital. 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Siheyuan: I Smile Like a Psychopath. What Are You Afraid Of? 四合院：我笑的核善，你们怕什么 If you want to read about Li Zhendong using his space and the main plot to deal with Silly Zhu, start at Chapter 73. Li Zhendong transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, bringing with him a mysterious Spirit Domain space. Inside is a magical tree that grants powerful skills, and Spirit Spring water that boosts brainpower. Living creatures placed in the space can reproduce rapidly. From then on, Li Zhendong never has to worry about food again... After a series of conflicts, he decid —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 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—14d adds
- 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—14d adds
- 35 Siheyuan: Finding Bargains as a Community Police Officer 四合院：捡漏做片警 [Siheyuan courtyard + period setting + farming + no System] Chen Qiqiang transmigrates to the 1960s, when life is desperately poor. Fortunately, his father is a procurement officer, so he doesn’t have to go hungry every day. From the start, an unexpected lucky break lands him a job as a neighborhood police officer. To make his work easier, Chen Qiqiang moves into a courtyard full of scoundrels. From then on, the courtyard’s troublemakers are in for a rough time. Jia Zhangshi tries to seize someo 3Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 36 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Threaten the Heavenly Venerable of Morality 四合院：开局威胁道德天尊 I transmigrated. I thought I'd be able to dominate everyone, but all I could do was get beaten up. A new life in the courtyard. A different path through life begins, with a System as standard. In the most brilliant of eras, I'll let my own light shine. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Siheyuan: I Have a Dream Space 四合院：我有一个睡梦空间 [The protagonist is a little evil. Righteous readers, stay away] In the dream realm, Li Wenbin has a hundred ways to make other people suffer. Qin Huairu plays the poor victim? He’ll put her on the tiger bench and make her drink pepper water, so she’ll have a real reason to cry. Jia Zhangshi refuses to listen to reason? He’ll pit a souped-up Jia Zhangshi against Yi Zhonghai and Silly Zhu. Fight poison with poison! Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip people with morality? You, Silly Zhu, want to be a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 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—14d adds
- 39 Siheyuan: A Different Silly Zhu 四合院：不一样的傻柱 A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 322Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 40 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Marry Chen Xueru 四合院：开局娶妻陈雪茹 But Wei Ming didn't realize that his words had hit Yu Ning right where it hurt, Ye! Yu Ning had been about to deceive herself with some excuse like “checking in,” but she never expected him to say that. Wasn't he just asking for a beating? 99Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 41 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! 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Siheyuan: I Really Am Just Helping People 四合院：我真的在助人为乐 A young man from the modern era transmigrates into Silly Zhu in 1965. Luckily, he brings along a “Do Good Deeds” System. The first thing he has to face is Xu Damao accusing him of stealing a chicken! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Siheyuan: I’m a Lunatic, and I’ll Drive All Those Fools Crazy 四合院：我神经病，逼疯众禽 Li Weimin transmigrates into the world of "The Birds Are Full in the Courtyard". He finds himself in the body of a mentally ill man named Li Weimin, who has little time left to live and is on the verge of death. Fortunately, there is always a way out. He awakens the golden finger every transmigrator needs. "Ding! Emotional Value System successfully bound. Host can exchange emotional values collected from the people in the courtyard for anything." Looking at all the food, medicine, and other item —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Ordinary Life 四合院，何雨柱的平凡生活 Their father ran off with a widow, leaving the brother and sister to depend on each other. Everyone minds their own doorstep and leaves others to deal with the frost on their roof. Low on hostility, low on violence, and a little saintly: just an ordinary person living an ordinary life. The blurb doesn't do it justice, so please read the novel. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Siheyuan: I'm a Cautious Street Loafer 四合院：我是慎重的街溜子 When Gao Qiming transmigrated, he discovered that someone else had transmigrated before him. But that senior had already been taken out for being too conspicuous. From that moment on, Gao Qiming decided to be more cautious. He would keep a low profile and handle everything quietly. 511Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 46 Siheyuan: Please Don’t Lecture Me on How to Be a Person 四合院：请不要教我做人 Siheyuan + soldier king + tycoon + urban life + System Gu Fan is 24 years old. Orphaned by a fallen soldier at 15, he was taken by his parents' comrades into the military, a fiery crucible where he spent nine years tempered and tested on the southwestern border of his country. Two months ago, while leading his troops in a fierce battle against the Indian army, Gu Fan was struck in the head by a rock blasted loose by an enemy shell in the trenches. He was gravely wounded and lost consciousness on 37Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 47 Aunt Huairu, You Don't Want Banggeng Getting Hurt, Do You? 淮茹阿姨，你也不想棒梗出事吧 One day, Chen Shiwu transmigrates. He wakes up in the back courtyard of Love in the Courtyard. After he was injured while saving Banggeng and became an idiot, Jia Zhangshi had been taking advantage of him for half a year. Once he comes to his senses, he unexpectedly awakens an Affinity System. As long as he gets along with the residents, he earns rewards. Sigh... wait! Affinity? Does this mean he has to build a harmonious, happy courtyard? 2Reads—Score214d adds
- 48 Love in the Courtyard: I Am Qin Jingru 情满四合院之我是秦京茹 Qin Jingru, a modern, dazzling and vivacious beauty, was a dedicated career woman. After working herself to exhaustion, she died at her desk and transmigrated into a world based on the television drama Love in the Courtyard, where she became Xu Damao's future wife, Qin Jingru. Bound to a strategy System, she had to stop the villain Xu Damao from turning evil. From then on, she stirred up a storm in this unfamiliar era. Like an enchanting woman who could steal anyone's heart, she embarked on a jo 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Siheyuan: What a Mess! Playing Matchmaker for the Troublemakers? 四合院：乱套了！帮禽兽做媒？ Lin Weidong accidentally transmigrates into a courtyard. The moment he opens his eyes, he finds himself “flying” through the sky, and awakens a bizarre Matchmaker System. He thinks it's the most useless System there is. But who could have imagined... First Uncle: “Become a live-in son-in-law. Start by changing your name to Jia Zhonghai.” Second Uncle: “Marry a woman three years older and you'll strike gold; marry one thirty years older and she'll give you an empire.” Jia Zhangshi: “Fro —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Siheyuan, Starting in 4660 四合院从4660年开始 The protagonist, Li Chenghao, has his soul transmigrate from 2022 into the body of someone from the past who shares his name. A few days later, a System appears. Its first demand is that he move into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. When Li Chenghao arrives, he finds himself amid all the chaos in the courtyard. To earn the System’s rewards, he has to pull a few little tricks there from time to time, but the benefits are simply irresistible. From the moment he arrives at the courtyard, Li Cheng —Reads—Score—14d adds
