Novels like Siheyuan: This Cadre Has a Cheat
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- 1 Reborn in the Siheyuan: I’m a Little Hunter 重生四合院之我是小猎人 Wei Chen, a low-level corporate drone in modern society, is reborn in the world of a traditional courtyard house. He brings along a game world and changes class to become a hunter in the game. This System lets him hunt and level up in the game, and he can also bring his game skills into the real world. Even the prey he catches can be brought into reality. With the System's help, Wei Chen thrives in that extraordinary era. In the courtyard of Love in the Courtyard, he looks after his family, sets 8.1kReads6.1Score588Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: My Dad Is an Army General 四合院：我有个军长老爹 Li Zhenhua transmigrates to 1960 and becomes Li Yunlong's son. From the start, he's caught in a family storm: he refuses to join the army and insists on taking a factory job! His father, Li Yunlong, slams the door in a fury. “My son wants to swing a sledgehammer? What would that do to my reputation!” His mother, Xiuqin, quietly supports him, hoping only that her son can change his fate. After activating the [Pinduoduo Mall System], Li Zhenhua stuns the courtyard house with ten jin of pork belly 2.1kReads6.4Score159Shelves
- 3 Siheyuan: A Life of Freedom After Saving a Beauty 四合院从英雄救美后的逍遥 Liu Aiguo, from 2023, travels back to the 1960s and a courtyard compound. After saving Lou Xiao'e and her daughter, he unlocks the golden finger he brought with him and enjoys a carefree life from then on. This book has multiple female leads, so don't read it if that's not your thing. He doesn't trade advanced technology or supplies for status, and there won't be any trips to Hong Kong. The focus is on a carefree, easygoing life, though he'll deal with anyone who makes his life unpleasant... All —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Keep Acting Like a Doormat and You'll Be the Death of Me 四合院：傻柱你再当舔狗我会死的 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Siheyuan, Thank You, System 四合院，感激系统 In the turbulent year of 1965, our country has just detonated a nuclear bomb, greatly raising its standing on the world stage. In this era, our protagonist, Lin Yang, inexplicably transmigrates into the body of someone with the same name. He also acquires a special System. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Siheyuan: The Top Student Returns, Now Get on Your Knees 四合院：高材生归来，全都给我跪 After waking up, Zhang Fei from the modern era transmigrates to the 1960s. Armed with modern knowledge, he can take on the whole courtyard with brains alone. And with the System’s arrival, he thrives in this era! 15Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 7 Siheyuan: Nobody Messes with an Eight-Year-Old 四合院：八岁娃娃惹不起 A soldier king transmigrates into the body of an eight-year-old boy. Orphaned, with Japanese invaders running rampant, he flees alone with his three-year-old little sister to the capital. He moves into a courtyard residence, summons his brothers, dotes on his sister, and stirs up trouble. 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Transmigrated to the Siheyuan, and I'm Marrying Silly Zhu from the Start 穿越四合院，开局就要嫁傻柱 Lin Wanqiu, a seasoning supplier, transmigrates with a warehouse full of spices to the time just after her blind date with Sha Zhu. In this life, she’s a country girl, and the turbulent years are just around the corner. Having watched the entire story unfold, she knows that marrying Sha Zhu is the best choice! So you can guess what happens next... 483Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Siheyuan: Killing Jia Geng Is Just the Appetizer 四合院：弄死贾梗只是开胃菜 On a cold winter's day, Han Xiaodong transmigrated into a courtyard house. He woke up completely bewildered. Looking at his surroundings and the original owner's memories, Han Xiaodong decided he was done being human. And so, one bizarre incident after another began unfolding in the courtyard! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: I Hit Whoever I Want! 四合院我想打谁就打谁！ After waking up, he finds himself transmigrated into He Yuzhu, who froze to death. Once he understands how he got there, he decides to do something about it. He gradually changes his personality, cleverly takes care of Xu Damao, stops the Jia family from leeching off him, and breaks away from Yi Zhonghai to live his own quiet life. 418Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 11 Siheyuan: The System Helps Me Become a Miracle Doctor From the Start 四合院：开局系统助我成神医 Cao Zhi was watching the TV drama Love in the Courtyard late at night when, unexpectedly, he transmigrated into it and became an assistant to a factory doctor at a steel mill. Just as he stood there in a daze, a sudden “Ding!” rang in his mind. The Myriad Worlds Divine Doctor System had activated, allowing him to draw anything from the myriad worlds. Most unexpectedly of all, he could even draw the Four Great Beauties! From then on, Cao Zhi outwitted the courtyard’s troublesome residents and pla 166Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Siheyuan: It Starts with Tearing into Jia Zhangshi 四合院：从怒怼贾张氏开始 In one courtyard house, this group of neighbors, who may be good or bad, lays bare greed, anger, delusion, hatred, love, evil, and desire. Wang Gang, who unexpectedly transmigrates there, doesn't care about any of that. His happy life begins when he helps Qin Huairu deliver her baby. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Siheyuan: After the Earthquake, the Jia Family Begs Me to Take Them In 四合院：地震后，贾家求我收留 After an earthquake, he is reborn as He Yuzhu. As fate would have it, the Jia family across the way had cut corners on their house, and it collapsed in the quake. With nowhere to go, several members of the Jia family come knocking, begging him to take them in. As He Yuzhu, who knows the entire epic history of the courtyard, he refuses to repeat the same mistakes. He gets a Super Farm System from the start and decisively turns the Jia family away. Those bloodsuckers can stay away from me! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 I Transmigrated with Only One Pocket Dimension 穿越我只有一个空间 (Period setting + transmigration into a drama + spatial dimension) Wang Yang transmigrates to the 1950s as an eight-year-old child. His parents died when he was young, and in an era when people could barely get enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, he struggles to survive as a rural child. 3Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Slapped Jia Zhangshi Across the Face 四合院：开局赏给贾张氏一耳光 Yang Gang transmigrates to 1959. After his uncle passes away, he leaves Yang Gang an inheritance. Armed with a letter, Yang Gang heads to the capital. What? Jia Zhangshi is trying to steal his house? He gives her a slap right away. What? First Master wants to set him up? Hey, why is there a strange sound coming from the cellar? What? Rumors are flying everywhere. Sor-ry about that, sor-ry about that. I’m the one who spread them. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Siheyuan: The Beasts Set Off Firecrackers, So I Lit the Fuse 四合院：禽兽放炮，我点引信 Transmigrating into a courtyard compound in the 1950s, Gao Liping manages to live a fairly comfortable life thanks to his System. But the people in the compound are not easy to get along with. So, under the circumstances, Gao Liping decides to have some fun with them. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Lin Xiu Investigates 林修探案 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Siheyuan: I Take On Qin Huairu, Then Yi Zhonghai! 四合院：怼完秦淮茹怼易中海！ In 1965, Lin Weiguo unexpectedly transmigrates into a courtyard compound in the Red Star Steel Mill. After awakening the Home-Guarding and Prosperity System, he can earn ration coupons, supplies, and technical qualifications by protecting his own interests and refusing to let others take advantage of him. Qin Huairu comes over with a sob story to ask for grain coupons? He sees right through her and gives her nothing! The First Uncle uses his status as an elder to guilt-trip him into helping the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Scamming Silly Zhu Out of His Money and House from the Start in Siheyuan 四合院开局先讹傻柱钱和房 [Transmigration]+ [Low Aggression]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [No Goody-Two-Shoes]+ [Other Characters] I transmigrate into a courtyard. I don't care about anything else for now. I'll focus on enjoying myself. Everything else can wait. 2.5kReads6.2Score143Shelves
- 20 Siheyuan: I Steal Qin Huairu Away and Make Jia Zhangshi Furious 四合院：截胡秦淮茹，气哭贾张氏 Wei Jianguo transmigrates to a Siheyuan in the 1950s. After graduating from university, he’s assigned to the transport team at a steel mill. On his first day in the Siheyuan, he meets Qin Huairu on her way to a matchmaking date with the Jia family and promptly steals her away! The courtyard’s scourge, Jia Zhangshi, has to be driven out! Yan Bugui is trying to take advantage of me? He can keep dreaming! Granny Deaf’s identity is suspicious? Shoot her on the spot! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 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—Shelves
- 22 Siheyuan: I Say You're Sick, So You Must Be 四合院：我说你们有病，指定有病 No morals + absurd humor + sly tricks + terrible puns + comedy. After transmigrating into the world of Birds Full of the Courtyard, he becomes a psychiatrist. Liu Jianshe says: I’m a psychiatrist. If I say you’re sick, then you’re sick. Silly Zhu is a simp? No! You’re not a simp, you’re a lunatic! It’s a kind of delusional disorder, and you need an amputation from the eyebrows down. Yi Zhonghai is using moral blackmail? No! You’re sick too. One slap, and you’re cured on the spot! Years later, lo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Siheyuan: Starting by Reclaiming My Property 四合院：从收回房产开始 [Kindness gets you pushed around. Being too kind makes you an idiot.] After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, Xu Anping receives the house his father left him. He immediately sets out, traveling from the Northeast to the capital. On his very first day there to claim the property, he catches Qin Huairu bathing in his house! Only then does he realize that the Jia family had long since taken over his home! The other courtyard residents have even divided up all the furniture! U —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Siheyuan: Returning from Abroad, with Li Yunlong as My Subordinate 四合院：留学归来，下属李云龙 [Science and Technology to Strengthen the Nation] [High-Profile Humiliation of the Enemy with a Dimensional Strike] [A Masterpiece Handcrafted by the Author] After eight years studying abroad, He Bing, an eighteen-year-old genius from RWTH Aachen University in West Germany, resolutely gave up his lucrative overseas prospects and overcame countless obstacles to return home and serve his country. Just then, the nation's air defense lines collapsed. Its outdated J-5 fighters were powerless to inter 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: Rising Up from a Job in the Foreign Trade Department 四合院，从入职外贸部开始崛起 Huang Zhiwen wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. With a martyr for a father and a mother who works at a steel mill, Huang Zhiwen has impeccable revolutionary credentials. He gets into university with ease and becomes one of the best and brightest. Assigned to the steel mill? Posted to the technical department? Knowing how the future will unfold, he turns down the department head’s offer and resolutely joins the Foreign Trade Department as an ordina 241Reads6.2Score114Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: Starting Out on the Fast Track to Becoming Deputy Factory Director 四合院：步步高升成为副厂长开始 Reborn in the 1960s, he unexpectedly becomes Silly Zhu. He thought ignoring the Qin widow's family would be enough, but when he came home with his lunchbox, he caught Bang Geng stealing and eating chicken. Then Xu Damao falsely accused him. “Ding! Quest triggered: Xu Damao has accused the Host of stealing chicken. Does he think the Host is an easy target? Give Xu Damao a piece of your mind and show him the Host can't be pushed around. Reward: All attributes +1, cooking skill +1!” 391Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 27 Reborn: Lending a Helping Hand in the Siheyuan 重生之四合院帮扶开始 He Jianguo, a young man from modern times, was up late at home watching Love in the Courtyard when a ding suddenly rang in his mind: he had successfully awakened the Support System. He then transmigrated to the day before He Yuzhu's father, He Daqing, left, and became He Daqing's younger cousin. He also got a Support System containing billions of supplies. Its only task was to help Silly Zhu get married and have children, after which he could return to the present. He Daqing found He Jianguo and 772Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: I Have Infinite Supplies, and It Drives the Beasts Crazy 四合院：我有无限物资，气死众禽 Su Wuwei transmigrates into the world of the Beast-Filled Siheyuan. From the start, he falls victim to Qin Huairu’s honey trap? Watch how Su Wuwei turns the tables and leaves Qin Huairu humiliated and disgraced. Silly Zhu wants to fight you? Watch how Su Wuwei tricks Silly Zhu into losing everything and being abandoned by everyone. Yi Zhonghai tries to hold you down? See how Su Wuwei wrecks Yi Zhonghai’s plans for a comfortable old age. Before long, Su Wuwei has dealt with every beast in 173Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 29 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Taught Yi Zhonghai a Lesson 四合院：开局教训易中海 After transmigrating into The Birds of the Courtyard, the whole lot of them actually want to gang up and get me killed? Fortunately, I transmigrated with a golden finger. After turning the tables, I snatch victory from the jaws of defeat! It’s either you die or I do! 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: Starting in 1962, I Put the Jia Family in Their Place 四合院：1962开局整治贾家 No System + Slice of Life + Period Piece + One Female Lead Isn't a System essential when transmigrating into a courtyard house? My transmigration was an absolute failure. I saw with my own eyes how old I looked. No wonder no girls liked me. I don't care what happens to Silly Zhu, but anyone who messes with me will pay for it! 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Siheyuan: Plenty of Funny Antics 四合院：趣事不少 Lin Feng, a 21st-century man, transmigrates into the body of an orphan named Lin Feng in the 1950s, during three years of famine. This is a feel-good power fantasy, and characters from other films and TV shows will appear. Follow Lin Feng as he makes the most of life in the courtyard. Multiple heroines, low on hostility. 173Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Siheyuan: Reborn in the Sixties, I Awaken a Traditional Medicine System 四合院：重生六零，觉醒中医系统 Why is a master of traditional Chinese medicine willing to wait in line in a little alley? Why have retired senior officials, absent for years, practically worn down the threshold of a courtyard house? Ye Cheng of the courtyard transmigrates from the modern world and awakens a god-tier traditional medicine System! From then on, a single silver needle can decide life and death; one dose of medicine can turn the tide. He treats patients with lost ancient remedies and sees through chronic, stubborn 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Siheyuan: First-Class Merit from the Start, and Xu Damao Is My Nephew 四合院：开局一等功，侄子许大茂 Xu Tian wakes up on a train bound for the capital and regains his memories. The original owner’s life was practically a cheat code, and with those achievements to his name, Xu Tian figures he should be able to coast to victory. Then he discovers that he has transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard and awakened a System. That’s when things start to get interesting. 5.1kReads—Score153Shelves
- 34 Transmigrated? I Snapped Up a Little Shop! 穿越？小商铺直接拿下！ 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Siheyuan: No Saintly Acts, Just Putting the Whole Courtyard of Moochers in Their Place 四合院：绝不圣母，专治全院白嫖 After transmigrating to 1962, into a courtyard teeming with greedy neighbors, Lin Chen becomes an honest man whom everyone in the compound can bully and the Jia family has been exploiting for years. The original owner dies resentful after working himself to the bone. A ruthless soul from the modern era takes over his body and awakens the Good and Evil Punishment System: anyone who does evil will be richly rewarded, with punishment! Banggen steals grain? Catch him red-handed, give him a face-slap —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Siheyuan: The Army Marches into the City, and My System Runs Away in Fear 四合院：大军进城，我系统吓跑了 Lighthearted slice of life, one heroine: Qin Huairu Zhou Jingming arrives in 1949, in the world of the Siheyuan. He thought that with a System, life in this era would be easy. But when the army entered the city, the System got scared and ran away! All it left him was one basic function. Wasn't he completely screwed? 242kReads7.2Score19.8kShelves
- 37 Reborn in the Siheyuan: A Web of Espionage 重生四合院之谍影迷踪 My name is Wang Jianguo. I close my eyes, open them again, and find myself in the capital in the autumn of 1948. Just then, someone outside yells, “Silly Zhu, stop right there! Run again and I'll break your legs.” Good grief! How did I end up in this “concentration camp for good people”? This story will weave together elements from The Glorious Era, Kite, Little Woman, and Blood-Colored Romance. And of course, a System is a must. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Siheyuan: Back to an Era of Passion 四合院：重回激情时代 Back to that era of hunger, how will our protagonist, Fang Dali, use his ability to control the land to make sure he and the people close to him have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear? A new writer with a new book. Thanks for reading! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 I Was Reborn as Silly Zhu in the Siheyuan 我重生成了四合院里的傻柱 Winter, 1950. Winter. On a railway in the Forty-Nine City. He Yuzhu was no longer the He Yuzhu he used to be. He was none other than He Yuzhu, who had come back to life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Siheyuan: It All Begins When I Meet Qin Huairu 四合院：从遇到秦淮茹开始 Transmigrating into the Beast-Filled Courtyard: From the Start, He Runs Into Qin Huairu In his previous life, Qin Shousheng was a fitness streamer with 250 followers, not 250,000. Though he had a decent physique and good-looking muscles, he just couldn't get views or followers. With no other choice, he followed others in taking steroids. His muscles grew, but his strength stayed exactly the same as before, without the slightest improvement. Then one day, during a livestream, his followers finall 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Siheyuan: Starting Out in Patched Trousers 四合院，从穿补丁裤开始 He Kun, a graduate of the National Medical College, transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. On his very first day there, Qin Huairu ambushes him with a shell attack. He Kun can only lament, “What a fate!” He cries out that he's let down his ancestors! What a coincidence! He Kun transmigrates into the body of He Yuzhu's brother, He Erzhu. They share the same surname. He Erzhu is also a traditional Chinese doctor, trained by Guan Nianren, the renowned Hua Tuo of the capital. On the 39Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 42 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
- 43 When the Lead Actor Comes to Live in the Siheyuan 当主演到了四合院生活 (The rating starts at 6.1 and will rise later.) Characters who have appeared: He Bing as Sha Zhu, Hai Yitian as Xu Damao, and Hao Lei as Qin Huairu. (Guest appearances: Fang Zige as Liu Haizhong, Wei Xiaojun as Lou Xiaoe.) Characters appearing later: Sha Jingchang as Yi Zhonghai, Li Guangfu as Yan Bugui... (More to be added) 3.1kReads6.6Score175Shelves
- 44 Siheyuan: Lou Xiao'e and I Make the Perfect Pair 四合院：和娄晓娥成双入对 Li Xiangdong stood up, stretched, and took a deep breath. The sunlight was a little harsh, but it helped him feel more alert. He pushed open the window and felt the cool air outside. The street below was busy and noisy, pedestrians hurrying past as if everything were constantly spinning and turning. 118Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 45 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
- 46 Siheyuan: Spirit Spring Nourishment, and Beautiful Women Lose Themselves 四合院：灵泉滋养，美妇沉沦 On the first day after Ma Xiaodong transmigrates, Qin Huairu corners him at the door and calls him a “pervert.” The whole courtyard waits to see him get kicked out. He fires back, “Where were you last night?” Qin Huairu turns deathly pale. The courtyard falls silent, and the onlookers find their legs going weak. On his very first day, he’s turned the whole place upside down. 4.9kReads5.0Score251Shelves
- 47 Siheyuan: Settling Scores with the Retirement Care Group and Rising in Handong 四合院：清算养老团，崛起汉东 [Siheyuan] + [In the Name of the People] + [Crossover between film and TV dramas] Li Xiangrong wakes up to find himself in the infamous vermin-filled Siheyuan, where hypocrisy is everywhere and everyone is scheming to leech off one another! For the sake of his retirement, Yi Zhonghai uses moral blackmail to manipulate everyone. Granny Deaf throws her weight around and bullies people, while Silly Zhu is kindhearted but brainless, letting anyone push him around. The Jia family runs amok in the cou 35.7kReads6.5Score1.8kShelves
- 48 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Feed the Dogs and the System Makes Me a Star 四合院：开局喂狗，被系统捧上天 [Slice of Life in a Bygone Era]+ [Raising Pets into Gods]+ [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger]+ [Easygoing and Invincible]+ [Siheyuan] Let's get one thing straight: I'm Jiang Ping'an, an honest man from a Siheyuan, and I couldn't hurt a fly. (System: What are you barking about?) Jiang Ping'an thought his life story would go something like this: Go to work, come home, live frugally, and save up to get married. But the System wouldn't have it! Jiang Ping'an thought he was just rescuing stray animals. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Siheyuan: Sending Someone to Prison from the Start 四合院：开局送人进监狱 He transmigrated into the world of the courtyard. And in this world, his background was utterly tragic! So what should he do? Of course, send that person straight to prison! 475Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 50 Siheyuan: I’m Silly Zhu, and I Marry Ran Qiuyie from the Start 四合院：我傻柱，开局迎娶冉秋叶 [Ding! Mission triggered!] As someone who had transmigrated, He Yuzhu loved hearing that sound more than anything. In an era of shortages, a System was absolutely unbeatable! 169Reads6.3Score—Shelves
