Novels like Siheyuan: The Beast King Arrives, and All the Beasts Retreat
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- 51 Siheyuan: The Super Beast Tamer 四合院之超级驯兽师 [Siheyuan courtyard + transmigration + System] A university student from the modern era transmigrates back to the famous siheyuan courtyards of the 1960s. With his animal trainer System, the protagonist cherishes family bonds and finds love. There's no earth-shaking transformation of the world, but those ungrateful pests still need to be tamed... 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 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
- 53 Siheyuan: I’m Jia Dongxu, and I’m Critically Ill from the Start 四合院之我是贾东旭，开局病危 Lighthearted laughs + a crafty schemer + pure power fantasy After transmigrating into a courtyard compound, I became Jia Dongxu, with only three days left to live! Little Jia says, no need to panic. There's still time to have some fun! With three days left, shouldn't I have Qin Huairu take good care of me? After all, we're legally married! Who knew that one little session of being taken care of would nearly send me to the grave? Mostly because this body of mine is just too frail! Luckily, I've g —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Siheyuan: My Name Is Cao Chengxiang 四合院之我叫曹成象 Cao Chengxiang transmigrates to a parallel world based on the novel "The Birds Fill the Courtyard", where he has no overpowered status, just an ordinary job inherited from his predecessor. After observing the place for a few months, he realizes these jerks aren't nearly as formidable as he'd imagined. They're just people with two shoulders and one head like anyone else. When the Jia family starts trouble and Yi Zhonghai backs them up, Cao Chengxiang refuses to put up with it. He beats Yi Zhongha 5Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 55 Siheyuan: Don't Try to Manipulate Me 四合院：不要算计我 5.3kReads6.6Score11814d adds
- 56 Siheyuan: I Have a House of Gold and a Beauty Like Jade 四合院：我有黄金屋，也有颜如玉 The demonic path's great overlord He Yuzhu transmigrated into the body of He Yuzhu from the Siheyuan. The hundreds or even thousands of acres of blessed aperture land that should have exploded into existence upon his ascension had shrunk to a mere three acres. He Yuzhu used those three acres to build a never-ending treasure trove of resources. Standing at the entrance to the Siheyuan, He Yuzhu gave a cold laugh. The tide of the era was coming, sweeping everything before it. All your schemes will 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Siheyuan: I Don’t Understand My Own System Either 四合院：我的系统我也不懂 He transmigrates into a courtyard, and what does it mean that the System is still loading? This tsundere girl of a System won’t even let me hurry her along. The System has changed the courtyard beyond recognition. Where’s my Bang Geng? When did Qin Huairu become about the same age as Lou Xiaoe? What’s the point if everyone’s the same age? Come see a different courtyard and different people, with no hostility, violence, or gore, only an abundance of human kindness. 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Turning My Fate Around in the Siheyuan 人在四合院逆天改命 He Yuzhu is reborn in the world of Ode to Joy, but what he really wanted was to be reborn in the world of Love in the Courtyard. Fortunately, he has a portal that lets him travel back and forth between the two worlds. This is the story of how He Yuzhu defies fate in both worlds... 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Siheyuan: A Feast Right from the Start? 四合院：开局就吃席？ Li Yang transmigrates into the world of Fowl-Filled Siheyuan. He plans to stay away from those beasts, but the sudden arrival of a System leaves him no choice but to return. After going back, Li Yang gets a good look at what these so-called beasts are really like. He resolves to rely on the System and do his best to survive in this era. A series of chance encounters brings him to Lou Xiao'e, who has yet to marry Xu Damao. So Li Yang marries Lou Xiao'e and takes each day seriously. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: Fleeing Famine to the Forty-Nine City 四合院：逃荒来到四九城 Wu Guoqing grew up in a famine-stricken village. After his parents died, he had no choice but to flee with his younger sister. On the way back, he fell gravely ill and his memories awakened. Protecting his sister every step of the way, he eventually ended up at a street relief center in Sijiu City. Through his own efforts, he got a job at a steel mill and a home of his own. He realized he was doing quite well, and he and his sister went on to live happily together. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Siheyuan: I, He Yuzhu, Have Descended from the Heavens! 四合院：我何雨柱就是天神下凡！ The Jade Emperor obtained a scroll depicting an extremely masculine man named He Yuzhu, then sent his soul into the River of Time. But unexpectedly, just as the River of Time was about to head for its intended world, a flash of light suddenly appeared from nowhere and smashed into it, knocking it toward a different point in space. That chosen one, He Yuzhu, was struck by the flash and sent straight into the year 1950, five years before the founding of Xia Country. When did I become a pillar? Wha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Nice Guy of the Siheyuan: The Road to a Strong Nation 四合院的老好人，强国之路 (A heavily altered plot, the legacy of Wei Wu, a parallel universe) Zhang Changsheng, a transmigrator and the “good guy” of the courtyard compound, obtains a System and helps others while building up his influence. The story is a little disjointed. The courtyard compound is just a stepping stone. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Siheyuan: From the Start, Bang Geng Shows Up to Steal My Fiancée 四合院：开局棒梗上门抢我未婚妻 After an unexpected turn of events, Li Yan arrives in a Beijing courtyard compound in the 1980s. Before he's even had a chance to settle in, Banggeng shows up with his fiancée to break off their engagement. I'm a young man in the prime of my life. It's only fair that you pay me compensation for emotional distress, right? Silly Zhu's family opens a big restaurant, so of course I can open one across the street from them and hire He Daqing as my chef, right? This is a story about starting a busines 3Reads5.6Score114d adds
- 64 Siheyuan: I Send Jia Zhangshi to Prison from the Start 四合院：开局送贾张氏进牢房 Siheyuan: Taming the Beasts, Building Wealth, and Using Black Technology to Change the Nation [Taming the Beasts] + [A Rising Superpower] + [Collecting Beautiful Women] He Yufeng, a cargo van driver, transmigrates to the 1960s and discovers he is Silly Zhu’s younger brother! Bound to the [Beast-Taming System], he earns 10,086 Enlightenment Points whenever his beastly neighbors stir up trouble! What? Enlightenment Points can buy black technology in the System Shop! Black tech crushes all opp —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Siheyuan: Everyone Becomes a Slave, and I Just Laugh 四合院：众禽当奴隶，反而笑嘻嘻 My new work is out! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Siheyuan: Cursing Out Yi Zhonghai 四合院：怒骂易中海 After transmigrating as a minor character in a courtyard, he was only nineteen when he was literally angered to death. Then, to his surprise, he gained an emotion System. As long as he could influence other people’s emotions, he would earn rewards. Reborn with a System at his side, he was determined never to live such a miserable life again. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 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
- 68 Reborn in the Siheyuan with a Prank System 带着恶作剧系统重生四合院 [Transmigration] [Siheyuan] [Period] [No Simping] [Scheming]. This story has multiple female leads, so readers who dislike that should proceed with caution! Yi Liang can only sigh at his bad luck: he has transmigrated to the Red Star Siheyuan, a place crawling with scoundrels where there isn’t a decent person in sight. Fortunately, he awakens a System and, from the start, throws Xu Damao into a cesspit… Thus begins his campaign to punish the Siheyuan’s scoundrels! In this passionate, fie 541Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 My Happy Life in the Courtyard House 四合院我的快乐生活 305Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm a Culinary God, Competing with Silly Zhu for Women 四合院：开局食神，跟傻柱抢女人 [God of Food System + Justice Arrives + Sharpening Knives to Slaughter Poultry + Gradual Growth] As everyone knows, The Birds Fill the Courtyard is also known as Silly Zhu's Diary of a Lovesick Fool. The bloodsucking widow Qin Huairu, the village beauty Qin Jingru The innocent young Lou Xiao'e, and the steel mill beauty Yu Haitang I, Liu Changjun, am a bona fide graduate of Lanxiang Technical School, a three-star chef with a gourmet System. In no time, I'll shove Silly Zhu aside and take over as —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Siheyuan: Starting by Driving Jia Zhangshi Mad 四合院：从气疯贾张氏开始 [Courtyard Setting + Lighthearted Humor + Taming the Harem + One Female Lead] Li Yang transmigrates to the courtyard and is framed by Jia Zhangshi for stealing a chicken. Then he awakens the Insulting People System. Watch as the protagonist gradually drives the ungrateful Jia Zhangshi mad, humiliates the hypocritical Qin Huairu, and beats up the ultimate simp, Silly Zhu... 749Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 72 Keeping a Low Profile in the Siheyuan, Watching the Neighbors Fight Among Themselves 苟在四合院看众禽内斗 If you accidentally transmigrated into a courtyard, and happened to arrive just as Banggeng stole a chicken, what would you do? Slap all those awful people? Or work hard to build your own career? Following the principle, “If you don't mess with me, I won't mess with you. If you do, I'll hit back,” Zhang Cheng makes his way through the courtyard and thrives at the steel mill. Of course, he hasn't forgotten his goal: to build his own career in this era of surging change. And his goal is to reach f 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: The Big Boss Is My Father-in-Law 四合院：大领导是我岳父 [Farming]+ [Period]+ [Putting the birds in their place] Chen Ming transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and gains a Criminal Suspect Alert System. On his very first day, it detects a criminal: He Daqing. His crimes include stealing public property from the Red Star Steel Plant for years, then absconding with the money and eloping with White Widow. After He Daqing is arrested, he reports the other criminals in the courtyard as well. Yi Zhonghai, Deaf Granny, Jia Zhangshi, Liu Haiz 211Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 74 Love in the Courtyard: He Yuzhu, Changing His Fate One Point at a Time 情满四合院：加点改命的何雨柱 [Courtyard House + Everyday Life + System + Scheming + He Yuzhu] He Yuzhu, who transmigrated here, is dark-hearted and wicked. After arriving at the courtyard house, he’s like a mouse that’s fallen into a rice jar. Moral blackmail and clever schemes are nothing to him. With an all-seeing perspective, he plans every move in advance. He not only wins over all the women in the show, but also makes a fortune in that era and reaches the pinnacle of life. 279Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Siheyuan: Stealing Qin Huairu Away and Driving Jia Dongxu Mad 四合院：截胡秦淮茹，气疯贾东旭 Li Xiangdong transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and awakens a snatching System. He hears Jia Dongxu is going on a blind date, so of course he has to swoop in. Isn’t Qin Huairu, fresh off the market, just perfect? With a little guidance, she can still be set straight. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you successfully snatched her! You’ve been rewarded with a ten-mu pocket dimension, three thousand yuan in cash, and various supplies!” “Ding! Reward...” What? Jia Dongxu is furious? What’s t 311Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 76 Siheyuan: Cao Cao Transmigrates into Xu Damao 四合院：曹操穿越许大茂 After waking from a nap, Cao Cao found himself transformed into Xu Damao, the good man of the courtyard. What golden finger? I, Cao Cao, am the greatest golden finger of all. Do the Jian'an literary style and the poems of Wei Wudi count? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 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
- 78 Siheyuan: A Spirit Spring Space from the Start, Living Life to the Fullest 四合院：开局灵泉空间，快意人生 [Farming + Spirit Spring Space + Claiming a Mountain] He woke up one day and transmigrated to the famine years of the 1950s. While everyone else was digging up wild vegetables and eating tree bark, he had an entire Spirit Spring Space at his disposal. He could grow whatever he wanted and raise whatever he pleased. Not only did he transform from a scrawny, ugly toad into a handsome young man with rosy lips and pearly white teeth, he also raised his little sister to be plump and rosy-cheeked. In a 40Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 79 Siheyuan: A Furious Slap for the Old Man with No Heirs 四合院：怒扇老绝户 Liu Ming wakes up one morning to discover that he has transmigrated into the TV drama set in the courtyard. What? The three courtyard officials are forcing his mother to remarry? And they keep saying they’re doing what’s best for his family. Yeah, right. What a joke. Those shameless beasts saw his father die in the line of duty and figured they could gang up on his family. But Liu Ming, a man from the 21st century, has arrived, and he’s brought a golden finger with him. The Beast-Bullying System 1.5kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 80 Silly Zhu’s Second Life 傻柱的二次人生 Everyone knows that Silly Zhu sacrificed his entire life for the greater good, but no one knows how miserable his final years were. Now that he has been reborn once more, how will he face it all?... Step into the story and discover a different kind of life in the courtyard. 395Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 81 The Hall of Reincarnation: Starting in Siheyuan 轮回殿堂从四合院开始 Lin Jianguo transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan and successfully stole Xu Damao's wife, Lou Xiaoe. Just as the couple were planning to settle down and live a good life, the Reincarnation Space descended upon the Siheyuan. This story is complete nonsense. Any resemblance to actual events is even more damn ridiculous. 2.4kReads7.1Score11314d adds
- 82 Siheyuan: As Long as I'm Alive, No One Can Turn This Place Upside Down 四合院之我活着，院里翻不了天 This story doesn't aim for historical accuracy, since I'm not very familiar with the history of that era. Because the story takes place before the TV series, some details will be reimagined to make the plot fit the novel better. Everyday family life, warm and cozy, with little drama. Jia Dongxu: As long as I'm alive, nothing in the courtyard house can get out of hand. Qin Huairu: Hand in hand, we'll grow old together. Jia Zhangshi: Hardworking, devoting her whole life to making the Jia family's 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Films and TV Across the Heavens: Starting in Siheyuan, I Play a Loving Father 诸天影视：从四合院开始扮演慈父 Fu Ci transmigrates into the Courtyard and activates the All-Heavens Loving Father System. From then on, he travels through the worlds, embarking on a journey of playing loving fathers everywhere. First world: The Courtyard Second world: All Is Well Third world: If There Is No Tomorrow Fourth world: The Qiao Family Children Fifth world: A Little Reunion … 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Reborn in the Siheyuan, I Won't Be a Fall Guy Like Zhu 重生四合院，我不当冤种柱 Given a second life, He Yuzhu turns the tables from the very start! He won’t fawn over Qin Huairu or indulge any of those awful people. Just watch as he uses his cooking skills and future knowledge to turn the whole courtyard upside down! 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Ordinary Life 四合院之何雨柱普通人生 Reborn as He Yuzhu, he uses his foresight to make money, buy antiques and houses, trade stocks, exchange yuan for dollars, and snap up the assets of Little Ukraine and Russia. He makes a small contribution to his country and people, then lives an ordinary life. 5Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 86 A Novel That Burst Onto the Scene and Stood Above All 横空出世站乾坤的一本书 Li Mumu transmigrates into a Beijing courtyard and becomes an orphan adopted by the old lady. He plans to find a job and settle down to a peaceful life of his own. Who could have guessed that on his very first day at work, Banggeng would try to frame him for an accident and extort money from him? Jia Zhangshi seizes the opportunity to stir up trouble, and the courtyard's Number One Master starts playing dumb because it could affect his retirement plans. Faced with a whole courtyard of shameless 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Siheyuan: I Chop Bricks with My Bare Hands and Drive the Beasts Insane 四合院：我空手劈砖，禽兽吓疯癫 [Period setting + farming + courtyard life + reborn + System + from the start] Li Tiancai, the ruthless heartbreaker, has arrived! A pig-slaughtering street thug, he’s tough and doesn’t waste words. If you cross him, he’ll throw down in an instant and beat those scoundrels into the ground. Qin Huairu, you want to take advantage of me? Fine. Let’s see if you live long enough to enjoy what you get! Bang Geng, you little brat, you want to steal the meat I’m saving to go with my liquor? Fine. I’ll t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Siheyuan: Starting on June 1, I Immediately Began Buying Scrap 四合院：人在六一开局直接收废品 Liu Yue thought he’d run into disaster, but his allotted lifespan wasn’t over yet. That was why he was reborn more than sixty years in the past, in an era when no one went hungry. Bound to an overpowered System, he starts out by collecting scrap and gradually climbs to the pinnacle of life! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 I'm the Beast King of the Siheyuan 四合院我是禽兽之王 A stunt double from the 21st century accidentally transmigrates into a courtyard compound and becomes Xu Damao, the worst scoundrel among a yard full of scoundrels. How will she survive in this den of beasts? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Siheyuan: My Uncle Is Yi Zhonghai 四合院：我大伯是易中海 He grew up in a major heavy-industry city in Northeast China. Only then did he learn that he also had an uncle in the Forty-Nine City, named Yi Zhonghai. What the hell, how could there be such a coincidence? Could it be that they just had the same name? By then, he was already a seventh-level engineer and had been assigned to a steel mill in the Forty-Nine City. There was no choice but to seek out his uncle, his own uncle, that is. When he entered the courtyard house, he saw that everyone there —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Siheyuan: A Freewheeling Life That Began with Five Yuan 四合院，从五块钱开始的肆意人生 In the Siheyuan, Jia Zhangshi hurriedly shoved Qin Huairu into his home. Lou Xiaoe gave him the warmest affection, the First Master made him the courtyard's role model, the Second Master pestered him for advice on how to become an official, and the Third Master treated him like a lifelong friend despite their age gap... Who is he? He's the adorable Ye Qingchen, loved by everyone, whose arrival makes flowers bloom, cars burst their tires, and dogs stare in a daze. 6Reads6.0Score314d adds
- 92 Siheyuan: I Became Xu Damao 四合院：我成为了许大茂 Reborn as Xu Damao in the Love in the Courtyard world, he receives a God-Tier Choice System. With not a single worthy opponent in his courtyard, Xu Damao feels utterly helpless!!! And with Xu Damao's arrival, the times slowly begin to take an unknown turn. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Siheyuan: The Truck Driver with a Pocket-Space Portal 四合院之带空间通道的卡车司机 After pulling all-nighters to work overtime, Ye Lin gets a transmigration plot as a bonus. He wakes up as a truck driver at the Jianguo Steel Mill, with a pocket dimension at his disposal. As he feels his way forward through uncertainty, he finds success in both his career and family life. 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Siheyuan: Awakening the God of Cookery System from the Start 四合院：开局觉醒食神系统 Lu Ming'an woke up to find that he had transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard, becoming Silly Zhu's neighbor. In the courtyard, where everyone was constantly scheming against one another, Lu Ming'an proceeded cautiously, gradually bringing all the properties there under his name and starting a happy new life. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Siheyuan: A Different He Yuzhu 四合院之不一样的何雨柱 Zhang Ming unexpectedly found himself reborn as He Yuzhu in this era. Remembering He Yuzhu’s tragic fate in his previous life, he resolved to take down the holier-than-thou Qin Huairu and kick the treacherous thief Jia Geng to the curb. Neighborhood solidarity? Qin Huairu’s saintly act? Just watch me turn the tide and ride the waves of this era. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm Worth Ten Thousand Yuan 四合院之开局万元户 The rich kid Lin Sen accidentally transmigrates back to 1960. What if there's no System? No problem. We'll make it on our own. What if the three years of famine leave us with nothing to eat? No problem. We'll provide for ourselves. What if there's no entertainment? No problem. The whole courtyard is full of clowns to keep us amused. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 A Leisurely Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之悠闲小日子 The early chapters focus on family and everyday life, with the story developing later on. Now that he’s returned to this era, he’ll simply take the time to experience life as it was. No angst, just Cao Cao’s laid-back life as he enjoys the little things. There’s a System in the early part of the story, but it leaves around the middle. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Siheyuan: I Refuse to Be Silly Zhu! 四合院：我，拒绝当傻柱！ When Silly Zhu transmigrates and activates a System, gaining a mysterious space, he unexpectedly goes into business in this era. With the System at his feet and a space at his command, getting rich is no dream. 197Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 99 Siheyuan: From the Start, Taking Qin Huairu to a Motel 四合院：开局带秦淮茹去小旅馆 Xia Yang transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan stories. He became a deliveryman for Hulu Commune. With no parents and still a virgin at twenty-three, he had no one to rely on. To get a Beijing household registration, he tricked Qin Huairu into marrying him from the start. He also married into Jia Zhangshi's family and immediately started living off them. The already struggling Jia family found themselves in even worse straits. From then on, a powerful newcomer arrived in the Siheyuan. The 332Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 100 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
