Novels like Siheyuan: Don't Try to Manipulate Me
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- 51 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. 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Sets the Fowl Straight 四合院之傻柱调理众禽 Wang Chengcheng transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes Silly Zhu. He takes on everyone and specializes in putting Xu Damao in his place. This time, he will make Silly Zhu live for himself, turning the whole courtyard upside down while quietly reaping the rewards. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Get a Piece of a System 四合院：开局一块系统碎片 A fragment of the System brings Song Youlin, a man from a later era, to the world of Love in the Courtyard. See how Song Youlin matches wits with the scoundrels and shakes things up in this world. 313Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 54 Transmigrated into Siheyuan: I’ve Got Cheats 穿越四合院：开挂了 Lin Le transmigrates to a courtyard house. In his previous life, he was an orphan. Now, all at once, he has a wife and son. He binds to a sign-in System. “Divine-level medical skills, divine-level cooking, divine-level restoration.” He makes a thriving life for himself in the courtyard. Teasing the troublemakers is pure bliss. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Siheyuan: Driving Everyone Mad at the Compound Meeting 四合院：从全院大会逼疯众人 When Lin Hai arrived at the courtyard compound, he looked at all the familiar faces and gave them a benevolent smile. What, you want me to support you? What, you want me to give you money? Get lost, all of you. A story about a post-2000s youngster whipping the courtyard compound into shape. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Reborn to Fill the Siheyuan 重生之噙满四合院 Reborn as He Yuzhu in Love in the Courtyard, he thought, if you want to bleed me dry, just see if I don't knock your teeth out. Qin Huairu, Xu Damao, just watch me beat you all down. And you so-called uncles? You're nothing in front of me. 946Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 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. 4Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 58 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, with Lou Xiao'e as My Wife 四合院：重生傻柱，老婆娄小娥 For the Jia family, for Qin Huairu, and for Banggen, He Yuzhu gave it everything he had! When he grew old and could no longer earn a living, he was thrown out of the courtyard and froze to death beneath an overpass! Worse still, as he lay dying, wild dogs gnawed at his flesh! But his archenemy, Xu Damao, snatched his body away from a stray dog, leaving him with an intact corpse. He opens his eyes and is reborn at eighteen. With extraordinary talent and an incredible knack for mastering the culin 5Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 59 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—Shelves
- 60 Siheyuan: Qin Jingru Regrets It and Wants to Throw Herself at Me? No Chance 四合院：秦京茹后悔想倒贴？没门 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, Qin Hao is humiliated and rejected by Qin Jingru from the start. Qin Hao refuses to indulge her. He exposes her ugly true colors on the spot! He inherits the old man’s house and moves into the courtyard. When Bang Geng steals from him, Qin Hao sets a trap that leaves him with a broken leg! Qin Huairu wants to use her charms to bleed him dry, and Qin Jingru regrets turning him down and tries to throw herself at him? No way! The First M 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 A Comeback Journey Starting in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始的逆袭之旅 In The Courtyard House, he was He Daqing, the man widows adored. In Nothing But Thirty, he was Chen Yu, the master of keeping women on the hook. In Blossoms Shanghai, he was Zhang Anren. In Ode to Joy, he was Wang Baichuan, Fan Shengmei’s classmate... 310Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 62 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, Could You Pick Up the Soap? 四合院：何雨柱，帮捡捡肥皂吧？ After transmigrating into the world of "The Birds of the Courtyard", Zhen Cheng wants nothing more than to move out of the compound. By chance, he binds to a sign-in System. All he has to do is sign in to receive all kinds of generous rewards. The neighbors dare to mess with him? Silly Zhu, off to the station with you! Yi Zhonghai, same goes for you. The station can take care of you in your old age, so go on! At the compound's residents' meeting, Zhen Cheng shouts, “You birds of the compound, if —Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 63 Siheyuan: If You Won't Let Me Live in Peace, None of You Will Live 四合院：不让我好过，你们还想活 After transmigrating into the world of "The Birds of the Courtyard", Zhou Dong becomes a sent-down youth. With the time to head to the countryside fast approaching, he's about to join the great wave of young people sent out to help build rural communities. But the courtyard's scoundrels want to ship him off to the Great Northern Wilderness instead, so he won't get to enjoy a good life. When Zhou Dong finds out, he understands. These scoundrels are going to pay! —Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 64 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Make Waves in the Security Department 四合院：开局从保卫科狂飙 Yang Changwen, an overworked 996 wage slave, transmigrates into the wildly fantastical drama The Courtyard Full of Beasts. From then on, the courtyard’s whole world changes. First Uncle, did you even ask me before saying that? Silly Zhu, looks like you’re itching for a beating! Xu Damao, I hear you’ve got quite a few little gold bars hidden at home. Watch how our protagonist, Yang Changwen, uses the System’s golden finger to blaze his way up, starting from the steel mill’s security departmen 1kReads5.5Score103Shelves
- 65 Siheyuan: Filling Workers' Stomachs to the Brim 四合院，让工人的胃满满登登 (This novel focuses on everyday life and realistic details, mainly depicting local customs and the historical traces of that extraordinary era.) Liu Dong, furious after being bullied by fifteen-year-old Silly Zhu, heads back to his hometown. He arrives just as his village is fighting with neighboring Qin Family Village over water. Rushing in to help, Liu Dong is unlucky enough to be beaten to death with a stick by Qin Gang, Qin Huairu's younger brother. A twenty-first-century man named Liu Don 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 My Cultivation Life in the Siheyuan 四合院我的修仙生活 This book has no angst. It’s all about taking it easy, enjoying life, and having fun~ Multiple heroines Song Cheng transmigrates into the world of the courtyard houses. As the only cultivator, watch how he lives his life. Relaxed, happy, carefree, and at ease 1Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 67 Siheyuan: The Bystander Life of an Extra 四合院：路人甲的围观生活 [System + growing male lead + lots of inner monologue + adorable kids and young men] He transmigrates to the 1960s, into a courtyard-house world headed for an unknown future. As an ordinary passerby, all he wants is to live quietly in the capital, enjoying an easy life beneath a roof with a fish tank and pomegranate tree, alongside a boy, a fat dog, and a chubby girl. Every now and then, he can enjoy a bit of gossip and watch the colorful lives of the characters unfold (in glorious chaos). But t —Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 68 Siheyuan: The System Won’t Let Me Be a Slacker 四合院：系统不允许我做咸鱼 In the capital’s old city, in a traditional courtyard house. Li Aiguo woke from a drunken stupor and reached for the water by his bedside, but his hand found nothing. He touched only empty air, which struck him as strange. He reached around several more times, but still came up empty-handed. Only then did he realize this was no joke. He opened his eyes and saw an old, spacious house. The room was bare, everything in its most untouched state. He was utterly astonished… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 The Business Tycoon of Siheyuan 禽满四合院之商业大佬 Back in 1960, in a courtyard house, he breaks free from those who’ve been bleeding him dry. Using his knowledge of the plot and history, he makes smart use of the resources at hand. Watch him use his cutting-edge technology to climb, step by step, to the top. If you’re poor, focus on bettering yourself; if you’re successful, help the whole world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 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—Shelves
- 71 Siheyuan: You Forced Me to the Countryside, and Now You Expect Things to Go Well? 四合院：逼我下乡，你们还想好？ Ren Zhen transmigrates into the courtyard. The original owner was timid and had lost both parents. From the start, Yi Zhonghai joins forces with Silly Zhu and the Jia family to seize his home. That’s not all: Yi Zhonghai also wants to pocket the compensation money owed to Ren Zhen’s parents and even force him to register as a rural resident. He insists that he’s doing all this for Ren Zhen’s own good… As a member of the 21st-century transmigration wave, how could Ren Zhen put up with that? Ren Z —Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 72 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—Shelves
- 73 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Train Qin Huairu 四合院：开局调教秦淮茹 There are too many beasts in this courtyard? Qin Huairu is leading the way in bleeding me, Silly Zhu, dry? I used to think that being a good person would pay off, but all I got was misery. Fine, I'll come clean: I, He Yuzhu, am the biggest bloodsucker of them all. Not one of you is getting away! With the System on my side, I'll teach them all a lesson. In this courtyard, I call the shots! 151Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Siheyuan: My Life as a Cannon Fodder 四合院：我的炮灰生涯 He transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan and becomes He Yuzhu. When He Yuzhu transforms himself, the entire courtyard’s balance of power changes. Because of him, the times themselves gradually begin to head in an unknown direction. 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Siheyuan: I Just Can't Figure It Out 四合院：我百思不得其解 “What? I’ve been reborn? And in Love in the Courtyard? OMG, oh my god, are they trying to get this clueless little idiot killed?” Ding! The Completely Incomprehensible System is online. Quest System activated. Quest 1: … Quest 2: … Oh, what’s this thing? Isn’t this the hehehe System? I’m Cao Cao’s heir, after all. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Across the Myriad Worlds: From the Start in Siheyuan, I Beat Qin Huairu to a Pulp 诸天开局四合院，我暴打秦淮如 Lin Xiaoqiang transmigrates into the world of "The Birds Fill the Courtyard". He awakens the Face-Slapping System. Face-Slapping System: Slap someone in the face to earn rewards. “Smack! Yi Zhonghai’s face swells up, and he gets ten jin of grain coupons as a reward.” “Smack! Xu Damao loses a tooth, and he gets a green hat as a reward.” “Smack! Jia Zhangshi gets a black eye, and she gets ten bills of Great Unity as a reward.” “Smack, smack, smack! Qin Huairu’s face turns red, and the reward is... 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Running Rampant in the Siheyuan, Toying with All the Beasts 在四合院横行霸道，肆意玩弄诸禽 The courtyard isn't about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and social savvy. But when you're fantastically wealthy, what do you need social savvy for? Believe it or not, you could turn into a casualty the very next second! Liu Xuan gained access to 9,999 film and TV worlds and can transmigrate into any of them at will. He transmigrates into the courtyard, and from the start beats up Peng Geng. He only has to make a slight move to become invincible against every beast in the co 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 A Journey That Begins in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始的旅程 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Siheyuan: Starting Out as a Photographer in the Publicity Department 四合院：从宣传科摄影师开始 Everyday life, low on conflict, so read without worry. The courtyard isn’t about fighting and killing, it’s about navigating human relationships. Lin Xiang transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a photographer in the propaganda department of a steel mill. Life seems peaceful, but under the surface, currents are running strong. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Siheyuan: A Good Life, All Thanks to the Netizens 四合院：美好生活，全靠网友 [Reader Interaction] + [Serving the Motherland] + [Building the Nation Through Science and Technology] + [One Female Lead] Zhang Fan transmigrated into a courtyard compound, bringing with him the online shopping System from his previous life. Qin Huairu wants to mooch off me? I’ll kick her out! Yi Zhonghai wants to guilt-trip me? Go ahead, try it on me! He Yuzhu is a big idiot? What’s that got to do with me! Zhang Fan stands above the fray, ignoring all the squabbling in the courtyard. In this l 2Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 81 Siheyuan: This Is Ridiculous! I Have an Infinite Supply of Meat 四合院：离谱！我竟然有无限肉吃 [Courtyard-house setting + System + slice of life + mild edge + period flavor + historical inventor] The story has a mild edge, so there won't be violence at the drop of a hat, though there'll still be schemes when needed. The tone is light and cheerful. Reborn as He Yuzhu, he brings his little sister along and takes in Xiaodang, whom she was supposed to replace, so he can dismantle the bloodsucking family from within. The bloodsucking mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can't drain He Yuzhu anymo 414Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 82 Siheyuan: A Veteran Detective Arrests Every Criminal in the Courtyard 四合院：退伍刑警，抓捕满院罪犯 In the 1950s, Ma Baoguo, who has transmigrated from another time, becomes a demobilized soldier. As soon as he steps off the train, he catches several pickpockets and two spies, awakens the Police God System, and unlocks the Eye of Evil. Before he's even assigned a job, the police bureau recruits him, and he becomes a proud neighborhood officer. When he follows the neighborhood committee to his assigned housing, he discovers that it's a whole courtyard full of scoundrels. And with the Eye of Evi 342Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 83 Siheyuan: My Name Is Jia Dongxing 四合院：我叫贾东兴 Upright gentlemen, please steer clear. Much appreciated. I transmigrated into Jia’s second son and enlisted at a young age. After leaving the army, I found myself caught in one predicament after another. Jia Zhangshi: Dongxing, you can’t fall for men... Qin Huairu: Little brother-in-law, in our village we believe in brotherly... Lou Xiao’e: Why do you always like to poke holes in things? Yu Li: Dongxing, you wouldn’t want people finding out about all that, would you... Qin Jingru and He Yushui w 12Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 84 The Egg-and-Meat Lover's Second Book 爱吃鸡蛋肉的第2本书 When I was little, I was always hearing my parents talk about the 1960s: how honest people were and how wonderful life was. I came to long for that era too. Never in a million years did I expect to end up there, in a courtyard house, awakened to an unreliable System, and start... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 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 500Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Livestreaming from the Siheyuan: Pranking Every Beast 直播四合院：整蛊所有禽兽 [Livestreaming + period story set in a Beijing courtyard, with a fun, humorous tone] Zhang Sanfeng wakes up one day to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Birds Filling the Courtyard and activated a Livestreaming System. The more viewers his livestream attracts, the more points he earns. He can redeem his points for all kinds of items in the System's shop. To build a better life, Zhang Sanfeng sets out to drive the courtyard's troublemakers crazy with one prank after another. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Reborn 四合院之傻柱重生 If He Yuzhu returned to the past with a divine-artifact System space, what kinds of trials would he face? Let's wait and see, actually, this synopsis is nonsense. This story is meant to be satirical. 4.3kReads8.6Score168Shelves
- 88 Siheyuan: Taking Jia Dongxu as My Disciple in the 1950s 四合院：50年代，收贾东旭为徒 After falling down the stairs drunk, I transmigrated to an impoverished era and became Li Huaimin, a quiet, taciturn man. Bound to the Disciple Recruitment System, I began taking on disciples in a courtyard house. Old Jia had just died, so I took Jia Dongxu as my first disciple... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Siheyuan: After Cutting Ties, the Second Master Breaks Down in Tears 四合院：断绝关系后，二大爷泪崩 [One heroine + Period setting + Farming + Siheyuan] Reborn as Liu Guangtian, the son of Second Uncle, the stingy miser. He gets a diligence-rewarded System: as long as he perseveres, he can become an all-around grandmaster! He had planned to contribute to the country's development, but first he has to deal with Liu Haizhong, who keeps squeezing him dry. And all the beasts in the courtyard! From then on, he uses the System to fight the courtyard's beasts while building the country, setting off on 2Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 90 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. 318Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Roaming Through Film and Television, Starting in Siheyuan 从四合院开始漫游影视 [Love in the Courtyard + The Knockout + ...] Chen Xing can transmigrate into TV dramas and change every regretful outcome. He walks other people's paths but lives his own life. After traversing myriad worlds, he is no longer lost. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Siheyuan: I Want to Be the Boss 四合院之我要当大爷 A young person from the new era finds their soul transported to the 1960s. With a scheming neighbor on one side and tangled workplace rivalries on the other, can they come out on top at every turn with nothing but an unreliable System? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 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—Shelves
- 94 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—Shelves
- 95 Siheyuan: Taking Yi Zhonghai Down First from the Start 四合院：开局先搞垮易中海 Wang Kaixuan transmigrates to the 1960s and gains a sign-in System, enjoying a carefree and happy life. His older sister marries into the capital, only to be viciously bullied by the Siheyuan's packed house of beasts. Wang Kaixuan rushes to the Siheyuan in the capital to help her, beating the courtyard's brutes and vowing to give his sister a fair and peaceful world! 514Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 96 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—Shelves
- 97 Siheyuan: With a Demon-Refining Gourd, I Remake China 四合院之手持炼妖壶魔改华夏 “I've got a juicy peach here. It's packed with juice.” “Liar. How much juice could it possibly have? Enough to drown me?” ...Help! There's a flood in my house, it's underwater... He only cut open a peach, and there was still a whole basket of them! Liu Yishou unexpectedly acquired an ancient man's chamber pot and gained the power to make good things fail and bad things come true. Thus began his absurd, unrestrained life. 168Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 98 Siheyuan: Cross Me, and I'll Steal Qin Huairu Right Out from Under You 四合院：敢惹我，反手截胡秦淮茹 Li Weiguo transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1953. After someone steals his arranged date, he turns around and arranges a date with Qin Huairu. From then on, he sits back and watches the drama unfold in the courtyard... 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Siheyuan: Serving the Nation Is the True Way 四合院：为国做贡献，才是王道 Transmigrate into the world of "The Virtuous Ones of the Courtyard", and become a university graduate! A university graduate, no less! Yet in the eyes of those beasts, he’s not worth a penny! What? They look down on people? They need to be taught a lesson! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Siheyuan: What Harm Could a Fishmonger Like Me Do? 四合院：我卖鱼的能有什么坏心思 In the midst of a wild ride, he ate a peanut and, through sheer luck, a big shot well-versed in Sun Tzu's Art of War was reborn in the 1960s. He meant to keep selling fish and building up his strength, waiting for the great tide to rise in the years ahead... Who knew that from the start, Yi Zhonghai and his wife would show up claiming to be his relatives? And he even got bound to a System that lets him choose how to make people suffer bad luck? If he can make it on a bigger, more influential sta —Reads—Score—Shelves
