Novels like Siheyuan: I'll Take Back Everything I Lost
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- 101 Siheyuan: From the Start, Swapping the Beams and Pillars During an Earthquake 四合院：开局地震之偷梁换柱 System + Slice of Life During an earthquake in the late 1970s, Xia Feng accidentally transmigrates into the story of Love in the Courtyard and becomes Silly Zhu. In the end, he marries the Queen of the Daughters’ Kingdom... All his life, the shameless Jia family has leeched off him, while Yi Zhonghai has held him hostage with moral pressure. Now the protagonist has changed. Let’s see how he handles things... 5.1kReads8.4Score188Shelves
- 102 Siheyuan: Bringing Lou Xiao'e to the Modern Era to Have a Child 四合院：带娄晓娥回现代生孩子 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! 2.3kReads7.0Score139Shelves
- 103 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. 260Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 104 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 41Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 105 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—Shelves
- 106 Siheyuan: I Just Want a Peaceful Life 四合院：我只想安逸的生活 Zhang Xiaotian transmigrates to the world of Love in the Courtyard, surrounded by beasts on all sides. He outwits them all, beating the ungrateful wolves of the Jia family and kicking the courtyard's “war god.” He gets Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong so worked up that they cry, “I'm going home to tell my mom!” He just wants to live a peaceful life, so why is it so hard? Whoever messes with him gets taken out! 222Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 107 Siheyuan: I Opened My Eyes and Beat Jia Dongxu to a Pulp 四合院：睁开眼暴揍贾东旭 He Chao, a young man in the modern era, is editing videos about a Beijing courtyard compound. His computer gives him an electric shock. When he opens his eyes, he finds that he has transmigrated to a courtyard compound in the 1960s! Since he’s here, he’s going to make something of his life. He incites Yi Zhonghai to get Jia Dongxu killed, beats Liu Haizhong with his fists, and kicks Jia Zhangshi. They can forget about leeching off him. The fake white lotus and the so-called Thief Saint will both —Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 108 Siheyuan: Reborn, I Refuse to Take the Usual Path 四合院：重生之后，我不走寻常路 Reborn as He Yuzhu in the very year He Daqing left. He Yuzhu spent his whole life being spineless and foolish, but this time, after being reborn, he’s going to change everything! If he follows the old path, he’ll just continue down the same bumpy road to adulthood. How could he accept that? In the end, he’d still be stuck at the bottom of society, still the blood bank for the beasts of the courtyard. This time, he’ll forge an unconventional path! Martial arts, the college entrance exam... With h —Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 109 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
- 110 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 345Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 Silly Zhu in the Siheyuan: Starting in 1976 四合院傻柱从76年开始 Slice of life + a personal space + one heroine + business Chen Guoqing accidentally transmigrates into the world of the TV drama "The Courtyard", taking over the body of its protagonist, Sha Zhu. But the timing couldn't be worse: it's 1976. By now, Sha Zhu has already been sucked dry of just about everything. Watch as he takes it all back. He uses his wits to battle the beasts in the courtyard, but gradually discovers that these people aren't as stupid as they are in the novels. They're terrifyi 232Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 112 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Isn't Silly Anymore, and the Whole Courtyard Is Stunned 四合院：傻柱不傻了，全院蒙了 A top-notch period piece. Lin Qi woke up one day and transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard, becoming the male lead, Silly Zhu. Silly Zhu's father, He Daqing, ran off with the White Widow, leaving his son and daughter behind. Qin Huairu already saw Silly Zhu as her meal ticket. Silly Zhu worked as a chef in the cafeteria, but his wages were low. Between the grueling physical labor and caring for his younger sister, the young Silly Zhu wore himself down, came down with a fever, and fell into a 61Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 113 Siheyuan: Life Doesn't Always Go as Planned 四合院之人生不尽如意 After watching courtyard dramas and reading courtyard novels for many years, I still hadn’t seen some of the things I wanted to see, so I finally picked up a pen and started writing. This is a beginner’s work, so please don’t flame me if it isn’t your cup of tea. I’ll do my best to write as many of the stories I want to tell as I can! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 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
- 115 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
- 116 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Changes His Fate After Being Reborn 四合院：傻柱重生后逆天改命 He Yuzhu, who was driven out of the courtyard and froze to death beneath a bridge, is reborn at the age of sixteen. In 1951, He Daqing abandons He Yuzhu and his younger sister, who is only six years old. That year, He Yuzhu is still an apprentice at Jinfeng Garden, and he’ll be able to take the college entrance exam in 1952. With the help of his Slightly Overpowered Life System, he gets stronger by working himself to the bone. He becomes not only the top chef in the capital, but also the city’s 1.5kReads5.4Score100Shelves
- 117 Siheyuan: I'm the God of Medicine 四合院，我就是药神 (One female lead, no angst, and the story doesn't follow the original plot all the way.) Wang Teng, heir to a traditional Chinese medicine practice, was reborn in a Beijing courtyard compound. Seeing all the sick people living there, he secretly made up his mind. I'm going to cure them. A physician heals illnesses, people, families, the nation, and the world. Wang Teng may not have such lofty ambitions, but he doesn't want to fade into the crowd, either. So he'll start with this little courtyard 3.2kReads8.0Score111Shelves
- 118 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
- 119 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... 744Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 120 Siheyuan: Starting as a Seventh-Level Machinist! 四合院：从晋升七级钳工开始！ Su Ning transmigrates to the 1960s, into Love in the Courtyard, where he becomes an ordinary resident of a Beijing courtyard. He was originally set up on a blind date with Qin Huairu, but Jia Dongxu beat him to her and then spread rumors that he had been fooling around with a woman. From then on, the courtyard's bullies ostracize him. Su Ning throws himself into his work and takes just six years to rise from a first-grade fitter to a seventh-grade fitter. He also activates a System, and with its 528Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 121 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—Shelves
- 122 Siheyuan: I'm Done Being a Doormat 四合院：再不当老实人 By accident, Zhang Xiaofan transmigrates into a courtyard compound and becomes the hapless He Yuzhu. Zhang Xiaofan is so furious he wants to curse. Fortunately, He Yuzhu is only in his teens when Zhang Xiaofan transmigrates, and the beasts in the courtyard haven't started leeching off him yet. This time, he's going to live a different kind of life. 825Reads5.5Score102Shelves
- 123 Siheyuan: I'm a Layabout, and the Whole Courtyard Wants Me to Get a Divorce 四合院：我街溜子，全院劝离婚 The wealthy Song He is reborn as a resident of a courtyard compound, the sole survivor of a family of fallen heroes, and becomes a notorious layabout in the surrounding villages. Looking at his hungry daughter and beautiful wife, Song He decides to change everything. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 My Father Ran Away from the Start 开局父亲跑路 My new work is here! You’re welcome to 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! 30Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 125 Siheyuan: Am I Qin Huairu? 四合院之我是秦淮茹？ Because she shared a name with Qin Huairu, people mocked her as a hypocritical saint. In a fit of anger, she wrote a ten-thousand-word rant. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had transmigrated into a courtyard house and become the hypocritical saint Qin Huairu. She's a modern woman. Why should she bow down and beg others? She won't let people take advantage of her, pretend to be pitiful, or ruin someone else's romance. Refusing to accept ill-gotten gains is her bottom line. Just 511Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 126 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
- 127 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. 589Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 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—Shelves
- 129 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 38Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 130 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
- 131 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—Shelves
- 132 Siheyuan: I, Silly Zhu, Want to Marry and Build a Career 四合院：我傻柱要娶老婆，干事业 [A hilarious tale of taking down scoundrels, with love and career both in the picture!] He won't fawn over Deaf Granny or Qin Huairu, and he definitely won't let Bang Geng off the hook! Given a second chance at life, Silly Zhu uses his System to take down scoundrels, find a wife, and build his career. He keeps his head down and develops before the times change, then snaps up antiques and paintings when they do. Once the storm passes, Director He’s career takes off! Qin Huairu clings to the car w 1.5kReads6.7Score—Shelves
- 133 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
- 134 Siheyuan: I Ruined Your Reputation from the Start. Are You Asking to Die? 四合院：开局毁我名声，找死是吗 From the start, Lin Fan is accused by the Jia family of being a quack. They claim he botched an emergency treatment, ruin his reputation, then demand compensation and that he give up his home! Lin Fan flips the table. “I’m done with this!” He reports them and moves out, gets Yi Zhonghai stripped of his position as the courtyard’s head, then moves into a private courtyard right across the way! With a god-tier sign-in System, he can sign in from time to time and receive max-level medical skills, a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 Starting in the World of Siheyuan 从四合院世界开始 A soul from modern times transmigrates and is reborn in the world of Love in the Courtyard. As he grows older, what kind of waves will he make? Will he uncover the truth about the world? 9Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 136 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 1.1kReads8.0Score103Shelves
- 137 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
- 138 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—Shelves
- 139 Siheyuan: I Have Powerful Connections, So Who Should I Fear? 四合院：我有后台我怕谁 [Courtyard, System, skills, face-slapping, putting the courtyard’s pests in their place] Unemployed and at home, Lin Weipeng just wanted to relax and watch some TV, but Love in the Courtyard disgusted him. The show featured the “foolish” He Yuzhu, the pitiful yet hateful Qin Huairu, the selfish and fiery Qin Jingru, the womanizing villain Xu Damao, the self-righteous Yi Zhonghai, the pompous Liu Haizhong, the calculating Yan Bugui, and the meddlesome Jia Zhangshi, a master at summoning spirits.. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 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 453Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 141 The Pinnacle of Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之人生巅峰 A modern-day overworked employee, a 007 who never stops working, is reborn in a parallel world. By chance, he gains a golden finger. This is the story of how, starting with nothing but a middle-school education, he gradually leads his whole family out of poverty and into prosperity. It all begins in a courtyard house. 4.1kReads8.3Score161Shelves
- 142 Siheyuan: Even More Hypocritical Than Yi Buqun 四合院：比易不群更岳不群 A transmigration story set in Love in the Courtyard, with no System... He Yuzhu transmigrates into the body of He Yuzhu, a resident of a courtyard in 1954. He has never watched the Love in the Courtyard TV series, but he has read quite a few novels about it, giving him a rough idea of what life in the courtyard is like. He Yuzhu has no System, nor is he a professional with a knack for invention. As an ordinary wage slave, all he can do is make a decent life for himself. He has no power to change 2kReads6.8Score—Shelves
- 143 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Past and Present Lives 四合院：何雨柱的前世今生 A different kind of new courtyard-house story. He Yuzhu is reborn in his later years and sees the fickleness of human nature for what it is. Given another life, he is determined to live it differently. To his surprise, once he leaves the courtyard's lowlifes behind, his life becomes remarkably brilliant. 2.9kReads8.2Score101Shelves
- 144 Seasons in the Siheyuan 四合院春秋 The Li family: Owners of the courtyard house, where generations of the family have lived The Wang family: The Li family's neighbors, with complicated family ties to them Professor Zhang: A scholar who studies traditional Chinese architecture and has a deep affection for courtyard houses 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 Siheyuan: I Became a Big Shot by Claiming Red Packet Rewards 四合院：我靠刷红包成了大佬 Li Jianguo never dreamed that after staying up late to finish a manuscript, he would end up in the world of the courtyard houses. He inherits a grand mansion as soon as he arrives, which is great, but then he also activates a red-envelope group made up of cannon fodder from various worlds. There are unlimited storage rings, delicacies from every corner of the world, longevity fruit, interstellar warships, and more. Not to mention Qin Huairu, who was supposed to marry Jia Dongxu... Hey, wait a se 771Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 146 Siheyuan: I Am He Yushui 四合院之我是何雨水 He Yushui woke up one morning. Why had the scenery changed? At least she was on her own. Anywhere could be home. What's more, she now had two family members. She would never have to envy others again. She wouldn't be alone anymore. … … 1.7kReads7.1Score104Shelves
- 147 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—Shelves
- 148 Siheyuan: I Just Want to Be a Bystander 四合院：我只想当，看客 In his thirties and from Qing City, Wancheng, Wang Xiaowu was riding his electric scooter along a country road when a box truck knocked him into the nearby river. He fought to swim upstream, but the scooter shorted out and electrocuted him. The current swept him to the riverbed, where, as he lay dying, a black hole sucked him in. When he opened his eyes again, he was in Beijing in the 1960s. He had landed in the world of a TV drama. Fortunately, transmigration always comes with cheats that are b 5.3kReads7.1Score141Shelves
- 149 Siheyuan: I Beat the Crap Out of the Birds, Then Turned Around and Married Yu Li 四合院：虐爆众禽，我反手娶于莉 [A Love in the Courtyard fan fiction with a System, satisfying face-slapping, and ruthless comeuppance for scumbags] Song Yu transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, equipped with a god-tier System to make the courtyard’s vermin cry. He catches Qin Huairu cheating, beats Jia Dongxu to a pulp, and takes the place and prestige of the courtyard’s three elders. Then he casually chats up Yu Li. Life couldn’t be sweeter! 3.6kReads5.2Score220Shelves
- 150 Siheyuan: Conquer Lou Xiao'e from the Start! 四合院：开局征服娄晓娥！ He transmigrates to a courtyard house and becomes a character who never existed. After inheriting his uncle's estate, he becomes a thorn in the side of all the scheming tenants. They are always cooking up schemes to drive him out of the courtyard house. But he is a transmigrator with a System space. Those scheming tenants? He doesn't even take them seriously. —Reads—Score—Shelves
