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- 151 Siheyuan: The Truth Is Out, I Am the Supreme Instigator 四合院：摊牌了，我就是拱火天尊 I transmigrated into the world of The Beast-Filled Siheyuan in the 1960s, into the body of a stupid drunk who grovels at a woman's feet. Everyone around me is a beast. Sorry, but I'm worse than all of you. When I deal with these beasts, I start by laying into them with a couple of punches. Bang Geng stole a chicken? He's just a kid, no need to punish him. Let's have Qin Huairu pay for it instead. Stole food from the public canteen? Silly Zhu, you wouldn't want everyone to hear about this, would 991Reads8.0Score10314d adds
- 152 Siheyuan: I Take Silly Zhu as My Little Brother 四合院，我收傻柱做弟弟 Transmigrating to a parallel 1950, I never expected to end up living in the courtyard from Love in the Courtyard. I don't want to see the scheming and petty squabbles in the compound all over again in this new life, so Zhang Jianguo simply takes Silly Zhu on as his younger brother. To change the plot, he even puts up the money and effort to help He Daqing marry Qin Huairu. Now the courtyard should have a few fewer headaches, right? 11Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 153 Siheyuan: After Ending the Jia Family Line, I Take Off 四合院：绝种贾家后，直接起飞 Chen Feng unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan, becoming an ordinary resident there. From the start, he awakens the Killer System and receives a mission. After learning that the original owner took his own life because Jia Dongxu led the others in ostracizing him, Chen Feng immediately decides to get revenge. From that moment on, he starts a killing spree through the entire compound! Jia Banggeng, the chicken thief: dead! Liu Haizhong, the pompous hypocrite: dead! Granny Dea —Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 154 Climbing to the Top in the Siheyuan 四合院之向上攀登 A comparatively gentle story about life in a courtyard. There are conflicts and disagreements, but it doesn't have such a hostile tone. Li Jianjun is a man and the captain of the First Security Squad at the steel mill. The rest is his story... 128Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 155 Siheyuan: From the Start, My Peach-Stealing Hands Drove the Whole Menagerie Crazy 四合院：开局偷桃手，逼疯众禽兽 Yi Zhonghai, fair and impartial. Liu Haizhong, a loving father and dutiful son. Yan Laoxi, cheerful and generous. Jia Zhangshi, kind-faced and benevolent. Jia Dongxu, destined for a long life. Qin Huairu, pure as ice and clean as jade. Wielding the little whip of education, Chen Luo watches them with a sinister grin. 280Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 156 After One Dream, Silly Zhu Was No Longer Silly Zhu 一梦之后，傻柱不再是傻柱 When he returns to the time Jia Dongxu was injured, He Yuzhu has a dream one night. In it, he gets his wish and marries Qin Huairu, but his later years are utterly miserable. After waking from the dream, he finds that he has gained some mysterious abilities and is no longer the foolish, impulsive He Yuzhu he used to be. Yi Zhonghai and Granny Deaf want someone to care for them in their old age? Fine, he'll take care of them. But matchmaking him with Qin Huairu? They can forget it. Drawing on his 345Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Siheyuan: I, He Yuzhu, Can Travel Back and Forth 四合院：我，何雨柱可以来回穿梭 An idle young man transmigrates into the role of He Yuzhu in the novel The Birds Are Full in the Courtyard. Unlike the character in the original story, this He Yuzhu has a powerful System. By completing missions, he can not only travel back to the modern era, but also use the differences in supplies between the two eras to get rich with ease. He Yuzhu had only wanted to live a quiet life, but he discovers that some people in the courtyard are always trying to take advantage of him. Faced with th 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Take Down Silly Zhu, and the Troublemakers Rage 四合院：开局干翻傻柱，众禽怒了 Li Jiafei transmigrates into the world of The Courtyard Full of Scheming Neighbors and unexpectedly binds to the Outrage System. To make myself stronger, I go up against all those scheming neighbors. They’re furious! I’m making a killing... 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Siheyuan: System Activated, Qin Huairu Visits Me at Night 四合院：系统激活，秦淮茹夜访我 Ancient architecture restoration expert Su Chen transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, where he becomes a descendant of a renowned traditional doctor and awakens the Ancient Architecture Legacy System. Faced with his ancestral home, occupied by a pack of opportunists, and a web of tangled personal rivalries, he relies on long-lost mortise-and-tenon craftsmanship, traditional medical wisdom, and a vision far ahead of his time. Not only does he reclaim his family estate, he also tr 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 I'm He Yuzhu, the God of Cooking in the Siheyuan 四合院我何雨柱是厨神 A modern man transmigrates into He Yuzhu. He refuses to be a doormat, and he certainly won’t support a bunch of people who have nothing to do with him in their old age. He Yuzhu is not only the king of the courtyard, but also a master chef. Dongpo pork, kung pao chicken, twice-cooked pork, mapo tofu, Dongpo pork knuckle, husband-and-wife lung slices... It smells so good, enough to make every beast in the courtyard drool with envy. 11.6kReads7.5Score44914d adds
- 161 Siheyuan: He Daqing, 1965 四合院之何大清1965 A veteran spy in his fifties wakes up in He Daqing's body. Watch this middle-aged man whip the courtyard's miscreants into shape! There's a little violence and a bit of aggression. My first work has its flaws, and I hope to learn alongside all my readers. 1.2kReads8.9Score—14d adds
- 162 I Became He Daqing in the Siheyuan 四合院我成何大清 With the System, he transmigrates and becomes He Daqing, the father of He Yuzhu. Though he is getting on in years, the System helps him thrive all the same, making him the one person in the courtyard no one dares to mess with. 595Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Siheyuan: The Happy Life of Xu Damao 四合院：穿成许大茂的快乐人生 After studying all night, he never expected to wake up in a courtyard house, transmigrated into a man named Xu Damao. But since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. He feared none of the scoundrels filling the courtyard. With memories of the future, he was determined to live freely and enjoy himself. But after Qin Huairu arranged to meet him at the warehouse, everything began to take a different turn. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Siheyuan: I'm a Thug, and I Mean It 四合院：流氓我是认真的 Am I a Hooligan? Have I Been Reborn? The Siheyuan! Am I a street loafer? Do I live off women? Do I even flirt with them? Qin Huairu blinked, gazing at Liu Mang with longing. Hooligan: Qin Jingru, look what you've done to my bike! Pay up! Five hundred! You don't have it? Then you'll be my slave! Hooligan: Lou Xiaoe, I've sent Damao away. Now you can give birth to my child in peace! Hooligan: Hey, hey, stop pushing! Any more and you'll get pregnant! Hooligan: Yu Li, I got you a jar of Xuehua cream 24Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 165 Siheyuan: Qin Jingru’s Happy Life 四合院：秦京茹的幸福生活 Qin Jingru, a college student, stays up late binge-watching a drama and unexpectedly is reborn as Qin Jingru in the world of a courtyard house. Drawing on the wisdom of 21st-century Blue Star, Qin Jingru takes up the lie-flat lifestyle. Every day, she counts her money, enjoys delicious food, and flirts with rugged men! What does she do in her spare time? Of course, mess with all the troublemakers in the courtyard. How does she mess with them? It’s a long story. Better read the novel and see for 349Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 A Master Plan for the Siheyuan: Everyone Is in the Palm of My Hand 计定四合院：所有人在我股掌之间 Silly Zhu died and transmigrated back to 1976. In his previous life, once he was old and useless, the whole Bang Geng family drove him out of the courtyard compound, and he froze to death beneath a bridge. In this new life, Silly Zhu awakened the Prank System. The crueler his pranks, and the closer he pushed people to death, the richer his rewards! Qin Huairu, wasn’t everything you did for Bang Geng? Weren’t you afraid the Jia family would have no heirs? Fine, then I’ll castrate Bang Geng first! 102Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 167 Siheyuan: An Engineer from the Start, Defying Fate 四合院：开局工程师，逆天改命 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, Li Yang becomes an engineering student. After graduating, he is assigned to work at the Hongxing Steel Plant. With his own intelligence and the System's incredible abilities, Li Yang thrives at the factory. The beasts want to make things difficult for him? He won't go easy on them! Lou Zhenhua wants to marry his daughter to him? He'll think about it! 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Reborn 四合院：傻柱重生 “Cough, cough, cough. I, He Yuzhu, have done right by Banggeng and by you, Qin Huairu. I never thought I’d die such a miserable death. I regret it...” Silly Zhu watches as dogs tear apart his body and sheds tears of humiliation. With hatred in his eyes, Silly Zhu looks toward the courtyard and recalls his life. Scene after scene flashes through his mind. If he could start over, would he make the same choices? Would he stay away from them, or take revenge? A flash of golden light follows, and his 554Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 169 Siheyuan: Starting by Slapping the Black Widow at a Blind Date 四合院之从相亲局掌掴黑寡妇开始 A new beginning, a new chapter. What kind of life should a reborn person lead? How will he treat the people he gave his whole heart to in his previous life? Will he see through Qin Huairu’s fake innocence? Can he recognize Yi Zhonghai’s true nature? This is a long novel with nothing unusual about it except the rebirth. Everything is written from the perspective of an ordinary person, so its appeal is a little different from that of other novels in the same genre. [Slow-paced] [The heroine appear 59.7kReads8.8Score4.3k14d adds
- 170 Siheyuan: Their Messy Feuds? What Do I Care? 四合院：禽兽关系乱？管我叼事？ [Entirely handwritten, no AI] + [Doesn't fawn over Qin Huairu or Silly Zhu] + [Fast-paced plot] Su Wen has barely transmigrated when he gets some bad news: to protect himself and fall in line with government policy, Lou Zhenhua has decided to dismiss all the workers living in his household. Come on, it's already the end of 1957! The Great Famine is just a year away! How is Su Wen, an orphan with no family, supposed to survive? That's the question! 51.8kReads6.9Score3.6k14d adds
- 171 Siheyuan: Reborn in Silly Zhu’s Body, I Embark on a Dark Path 四合院：魂穿傻柱，开启黑化之路 “Damn, I'm still alive?” “Who am I?” “Where am I?” “Didn't I die beneath a car after saving a little girl?” “I've become He Yuzhu, also known as Silly Zhu.” “Since things have come to this, I'll be He Yuzhu. But I'm no fool, and you can forget about squeezing any more out of me.” 460Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Second Uncle, the He Family's Guardian Deity 四合院：傻柱他二叔，何家守护神 After transmigrating into a courtyard house, He Dayi became Silly Zhu's second uncle. Because Silly Zhu was kindhearted, every scoundrel in the courtyard wanted to take advantage of him. As Dayi and Silly Zhu's lives grew better and better, the entire He family became a target for these people to exploit. Qin Huairu was a bloodsucker, Bang Geng was an ungrateful brat, and the First Master was a hypocrite. In short, there wasn't a single decent person in the courtyard. As the second uncle, whoeve 236Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 173 Siheyuan: Starting Before the Founding of the Nation 四合院：从建国前开始 Li Dahai transmigrated to the years before the founding of the People’s Republic and ended up in the body of a boy who was barely grown. The good news: New China was about to be founded, and he had a sign-in System. The bad news: he was frail and had two younger brothers to support. The System was also a crippled version. For him, the most important thing now was simply to stay alive. 189Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Siheyuan: The Late-Blooming Golden Finger 四合院：迟到的金手指 Liu You, a doctoral student in pharmacy at Peking University, accidentally transmigrates into Liu Tieniu, who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning in 1951. After waiting in vain for the System to arrive, Liu You vents all his frustration on the scoundrels in the courtyard, until the day that person appears. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Siheyuan: Sign-In with Yang Mi from the Start, and I'm on Top 四合院：开局签到杨蜜，我赢麻了 Lu Bai transmigrates to the 1960s, to Love in the Courtyard, and from the start signs in and gets an 18-year-old Yang Xiaomi. See how Lu Bai schemes, bluffs, and cheats his way into marrying the goddess of the entertainment industry. Yang Mi: Lu Bai, when we first met, you seemed so honest. Lu Bai: That was fake. I was fooling you. If I weren't dishonest, you wouldn't have dared come home with me. Yang Mi: But you gave me your job at the steel mill. Surely that wasn't a trick? Lu Bai: No. I just 205Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Siheyuan: Few Words, No Mercy 四合院：人狠话不多 Xu Weiguo, born into a military family, wakes up in the early days of the new nation. He’s a rough sort, not much for talk, and besides, this is an age when people have plenty of fighting spirit. Who’s going to prattle on like some delicate woman? Just get on with it. 24Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 177 Siheyuan: Zhou Wenzhong 四合院之周文忠 Zhou Wenzhong's story of striving, viewing the world from another perspective. 33Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 178 Siheyuan: This Cadre Has a Cheat 四合院：这个干部有外挂 [Not too dark, one heroine, smart characters, sensible plot] As the ancients said: “In books, you will find a beauty; in books, you will find a golden house.” At first, Zhao Weiguo didn't believe it. Then one day, after his golden finger came online, he discovered that books really did contain a golden house, and it was made of pure gold. The only catch was that it was too soft to live in. 4.6kReads7.3Score10414d adds
- 179 Siheyuan: The Second Uncle Gave Me a Bicycle Right After Graduation 四合院，才毕业二大爷就送自行车 [Courtyard + One Female Lead + Sign-In + Raising Kids + Beautiful Wife] [The time period and characters' ages have been changed to suit the story. If that bothers you, please don't read. My apologies to readers who wanted to see the original TV plot.] Liu Guangqi receives modern information and changes his fate. He becomes a dutiful son, follows in his second uncle's footsteps as a minor official, changes his brothers' destinies, and marries a beautiful foodie wife. What? Jia Zhangshi is steali 41Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 180 Siheyuan: I Have a Cultivation System 四合院之我有一个修行系统 Given another life, I’ll live it with my eyes open and enjoy every minute. I’ll never let anyone control me again. For my own happiness, let them all hate me if they want. I’m He Yuzhu. Same old courtyard, a completely different life. I’m here, dear neighbors! 526Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 181 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Roast Qin Huairu and the Whole Courtyard of Beasts 四合院：开局锐评秦淮茹全院禽兽 [If I, Qin Huairu, had not been born, the scoundrels' path would have been shrouded in darkness for eternity] [Silly Zhu] [Xu Damao] [Yi Zhonghai] [Lou Xiao'e] The entire courtyard's pack of pests gets picked apart one by one! An exclusive, in-depth breakdown and critique of the original plot of Love in the Courtyard! The video comments are flooded with reactions! Episode 1: Qin Huairu's life of leeching off others? Episode 2: Xu Damao, the most devoted man in the courtyard? Episode 3: The cou 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Siheyuan's Top Chef 四合院之顶级厨师 Xiao Ran, an ordinary college graduate, had finally found a job that barely paid enough to get by when he suddenly transmigrated to Love in the Courtyard, set in the late 1950s. What kind of sparks will a young person from the 21st century create in the 20th century?! [A lighthearted story! Low on angst! Everyday life!] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Siheyuan: Bringing Qin Huairu to the Modern Era to Work Like a Horse 四合院：带秦淮茹回现代当牛做马 Li Xu obtains the “Movie and TV Survival System.” He has to bring characters from Love in the Courtyard to the modern day and help them survive for ten days, while making sure his chosen target earns ten thousand yuan. For his first target, he chooses Qin Huairu. Watch Qin Huairu figure out how to survive in modern society! 2.2kReads7.0Score13214d adds
- 184 Siheyuan: Well, I Know a Little Too 四合院：那个，我也会一点点 Maybe it was because he shared the protagonist’s name, maybe it was because he felt the protagonist had been treated unfairly, or maybe it was because the ending was simply too hard to accept... This promising young man from the 21st century just couldn’t get over the ending of Love in the Courtyard. He wished he could take the protagonist’s place and change everything! He had often imagined that if he were the protagonist, wouldn’t the ending be much happier? But just as he became so immersed i 3.4kReads7.6Score13114d adds
- 185 The Siheyuan System Wants Me to Stir Up Trouble 四合院系统让我搞事 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.5kReads7.7Score10014d adds
- 186 Siheyuan: The Short-Tempered Liu Guangtian 四合院之暴躁刘光天 A young modern man transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. No manners, no morals: two strokes and it's a fight, two dots and a strength stroke and it's done! (Check out my profile for completed Siheyuan novels!) 118.6kReads8.2Score8.7k14d adds
- 187 Siheyuan: I Made My Fortune in the 1980s 四合院：我从八十年代发家 A man from the 21st century has his soul transmigrate into Shen An, a man with the same name in Love in the Courtyard. What kind of life will he make for himself in this parallel world? It all begins in 1978. Watch as Shen An builds his fortune, changes his family’s fate, and makes all the courtyard’s beasts green with envy. P.S. You can think of this as a period novel about transmigrating into a courtyard-house story. There are conflicts with the courtyard’s residents, but the tone isn’t quite 984Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 188 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu from the Future 四合院：来自未来的何雨柱 A small machine-shop owner from the twenty-first century has his soul transported into Silly Zhu's body in the TV series Love in the Courtyard. From then on, he begins his rags-to-riches reversal and rewrites the life of this foolish simp. 2Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 189 Reborn in an Era of Great Change 重生大变革年代 Zhang Yang was sleeping in a park when he transmigrated to the year 1965. Starting out in a courtyard, he gradually made his way onto the world stage… Any similarities are purely coincidental. 286Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 190 Siheyuan: I'm Really Not Silly Zhu 四合院：我真不是傻柱子 I made one snarky comment and somehow transmigrated into Silly Zhu! I'm a modern-day wage slave. You think you can bully me? No more talking. When it's time to throw a punch, I won't hesitate! See how this transmigrator makes himself a comfortable life. No messy entanglements, with a moderate amount of grit. Later on, he gets mixed up with the Soviet Union. 136Reads6.3Score15314d adds
- 191 Siheyuan: I Stockpile Supplies Through Sign-In Rewards 四合院：我靠签到囤物资 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! 130Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 192 Siheyuan: After I Transmigrate, the Courtyard Falls into Chaos 四合院：我穿越后，院子乱套了 Tang Zhu, from the twenty-first century, transmigrates for no apparent reason into the world of this notorious courtyard-house drama. Drawing on what he learned from TV shows and novels in his previous life, he immediately breaks the arm and leg of Yang Cuilan, the First Auntie, leaving Yi Zhonghai and the Deaf Old Lady without their strongest ally. He then uses his spatial ability to take the money of the courtyard's troublemakers, drives Liu's two sons to flee their home, and leaves Yan Bugui 1.5kReads5.5Score12214d adds
- 193 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
- 194 Siheyuan: I’m He Yuzhu, and I Don’t Eat Beef! 四合院：我何雨柱，不吃牛肉！ Lots of people have demonized courtyard life, but have you ever seen a version with immortals and Buddhas? When the plot of a Journey to the West-style courtyard story comes together, you'll find plenty of exciting moments. Faced with the gods and Buddhas of heaven putting on a show of force, He Yuzhu declared, “I am the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and I don't eat beef! Come at me if you've got the guts. Let's see whether the horses at the Imperial Stables listen to me or to you!” 249Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 195 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Starting with Rural Work in 1979 重生四合院：从1979年下乡种田开始 After transmigrating to the 1970s, into Love in the Courtyard, Li Jianguo obtained a spatial System. The spatial System was a farm System. As he developed it, Li Jianguo's life just kept getting better and better. Just as Li Jianguo was getting ready to eat instant noodles, sausage, and a braised egg, the newly appointed Second Uncle informed him that he was being sent to the countryside as an educated youth. His destination: the Greater Khingan Mountains. 870Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Cousin Causes Trouble and Checks In 四合院：傻柱表弟搞事打卡 [Siheyuan + transmigration + System + skills + daily life] Liu Cheng transmigrates into a siheyuan courtyard and becomes Silly Zhu's cousin. As soon as he arrives, Silly Zhu knocks him out with a brick and steals all his belongings! Having made his name in the business world, Liu Cheng has seen the TV series. He wants nothing to do with Silly Zhu as a relative, lest Silly Zhu take advantage of him. Liu Cheng calls the courtyard's three elders to settle things. At the courtyard meeting, he intend 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 Siheyuan: Taking Silly Zhu’s Place from the Start 四合院开局替代傻柱 9.2kReads7.5Score22614d adds
- 198 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Story Begins in 1943 四合院：何雨柱1943年开始 A modern young man transmigrates into the body of Silly Zhu at age eight and saves his mother. Before the Japanese surrender, he kills Japanese soldiers and joins the underground resistance. He trains the beasts and protects his family, making himself a force to be reckoned with in the Siheyuan. When Granny Deaf acts superior on account of her age and shamelessly picks a fight with him, or Yi Zhonghai tries to rule the courtyard with an iron fist, he takes them on and carves out an extraordinary 4.2kReads6.6Score10014d adds
- 199 Siheyuan: Wiping Out the Beasts 四合院之灭杀众禽 An accident sends Ye Guan transmigrating to the early 1960s! A former soldier reassigned to civilian life, he returns to the courtyard compound from the start, only to find that Yi Zhonghai and the others have been bullying and exploiting his daughter! In a fit of rage, he sends Yi Zhonghai straight to the executioner's block! With the protagonist's arrival, all the courtyard's vermin tremble in fear! As their numbers dwindle, the courtyard compound begins to change! This story is entirely ficti 444Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 200 Siheyuan: A Brand-New Life, Nobody Better Mess with Me 四合院之全新人生，谁也别来惹我 Silly Zhu had a life that was golden from the start. So why did he end up freezing to death under a bridge? It just doesn't make sense. How can he change his fate? This Siheyuan fanfiction is told mainly from He Yuzhu's perspective, following the story of his new life. It focuses more on everyday family matters, with no hostility or holier-than-thou characters, just an ordinary person's way of getting by in the complicated Siheyuan. No over-the-top drama or hostility, and a cozy tone, though ev 22.1kReads6.3Score72914d adds
