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- 1 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—14d adds
- 2 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—14d adds
- 3 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. 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 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—14d adds
- 5 Across Time and Space 跨越时空 Li Jun: Should I take Qin Huairu in? Should I stand up to Yi Zhonghai? Should I beat up Sha Zhu? Should I help Jia Zhangshi meet a man? What should I do about Bang Geng, Xiao Dang, and Huai Hua? Li Jun: Should I be Changle's big brother, or her man? Li Jun: My dad and big brother went from ordinary people to leading Huaxia to prosperity. My brothers-in-law are powerful regional officials, and my sisters-in-law are the richest women in the world. What should I do? Li Jun: Should I save Zeng Moyi? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 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 195Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Unusual Life 四合院：傻柱的别样人生 He Yuzhu went to sleep and woke up as He Yuzhu. What the hell, this is such a raw deal! And to make matters worse, that little brat Bang Geng is rummaging through his house looking for something. What kind of nonsense is this? 9.6kReads6.9Score48914d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: I’m Silly Zhu, What Should I Do? 四合院之我是傻柱，咋办？ Mi Lu runs a package pickup station, and spends every day dealing with parcels. She once heard people talking about the TV series The Story of the Courtyard, but she doesn't like family dramas and has never watched it. Then an accident somehow turns her into the young Yuzhu. What now? Just go with the flow! Do whatever feels right! Handle it however she likes! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: In the Famine Years, I Was Rolling in Wealth! 四合院：饥荒年代，我富的流油！ After transmigrating to the 1960s, Li Jianguo binds himself to a System Space. It can store anything. It’s the famine years, and the beasts can’t sit still anymore. Li Jianguo, why won’t you donate grain to us? We’ll only take one spoonful, just one! But all they get in response is a single word! That is: Get lost! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: The Head Elder Apologizes, So I Put the Courtyard Vermin in Their Place 四合院：一大爷道歉，我整治众禽 [Siheyuan Fanfiction + System + Face-Slapping Wish Fulfillment] Qin Zhen transmigrates into Siheyuan. With the System's help, he quickly becomes a rich man in the turbulent 1960s! The scheming neighbors are green with envy and come over to provoke me. Just watch me deal with every last one of them! Qin Huairu dumps Silly Zhu and tries to hit on me? Sorry, I only have eyes for Teacher Ran Qiuye! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Siheyuan: A Bronze Treasure Chest from the Start! 四合院：开局获得青铜宝箱！ Zheng Fan accidentally transmigrates into a Siheyuan and activates a God-Tier System that gives him a Bronze Treasure Chest from the start. How could he pass that up? The courtyard's vile residents keep giving him a hard time, but he's no pushover! 196Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Transmigrated into a Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Starts Out Using PUA on Qin Huairu 穿越四合院傻柱开局pua秦淮茹 After He Yuzhu, a Hunan cuisine chef with the same name, dies in a car accident, he transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan. Knowing the truth about the courtyard's schemers, he sets out on a very different path from Silly Zhu. Qin Huairu, who spent a lifetime manipulating Silly Zhu, finds herself manipulated in turn. Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady, who had plotted to make him support them, are outmaneuvered by him instead. If you're planning to scheme your way into having me support you i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 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—14d adds
- 14 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—14d adds
- 15 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! 158Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 16 Beasts in the Siheyuan: I'm a Beast Tamer! 禽满四合院：我是训禽师！ Li Guang transmigrates into the world of "Four-Courtyard Shadows", where sign-in rewards make life a joy. Uncle One earns a high salary. Li Guang says he’s only a tiny bit behind him. How much is a tiny bit? About as much as Mount Everest. Uncle Two is obsessed with becoming an official? Consider it done. You’re now the director of the steel mill toilets! Uncle Three is stingy. Great. I’ll make sure you don’t even have a door to skimp on. Silly Zhu? Hold on. What did you just call me? Your godfa 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Siheyuan: My Luck with Women Is Impossible to Resist 四合院：我的桃花运挡都挡不住 A new work is out! You can read my story 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! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: The Beasts Are Sickos, but I'm Even Worse 四合院：禽兽变态，我更变态 Liu Junlin transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and activates the Ghost-Control System from the start. If those scoundrels come looking for trouble, they’re just asking for trouble. Starting with Jia Dongxu, they’ll all come knocking just to get themselves killed! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: With the Heavenly Lord of Morality on My Side, I Can Do Whatever I Want 四合院：靠道德天尊，我为所欲为 Zhang Jianjun transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard. Soon afterward, he activated a System of his own. At first, he thought he’d be perfectly content just using the System to deal with the neighborhood troublemakers. But he never expected Yi Zhonghai to see him as someone who would care for him in his old age. And so, the whole courtyard changed. Zhang Jianjun focused on putting the troublemakers in their place, while Yi Zhonghai stood behind him as his protector. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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—14d adds
- 21 Siheyuan: A Life with Cheats Enabled 四合院之开挂的人生 Who could have seen this coming? He Yuzhu, history’s biggest fall guy, unexpectedly gained a System and began turning his life around. Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi, all of them would have to take a back seat this time! A friendly warning: this story favors the perspective of the locals, with no all-knowing viewpoint at the start. It’s a slow burn, so readers should proceed with care... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Turning My Fate Around in the Siheyuan 人在四合院逆天改命 He Yuzhu is reborn in the world of Ode to Joy, but what he really wanted was to be reborn in the world of Love in the Courtyard. Fortunately, he has a portal that lets him travel back and forth between the two worlds. This is the story of how He Yuzhu defies fate in both worlds... 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 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. 400Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 24 A Century-Old Family Rises to Power, Starting in Siheyuan 家族百年，从四合院开始崛起 Synopsis: Rong Yao transmigrates to 1952 and, to his surprise, finds himself in the Siheyuan Courtyard from a TV drama. He also gains a pocket dimension. After getting to Qin Huairu first, Rong Yao secretly makes his way to Hong Kong. He starts out in the media industry, then branches into clothing, beverages, real estate, retail, hotels and entertainment, and more. He establishes a security group and builds the Rong family empire. After the turn of the century, people are astonished to discover 2Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 25 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Gets Married from the Start 四合院：开局傻柱直接娶媳妇 A 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! 1Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 26 Siheyuan: I Chop Bricks with My Bare Hands and Drive the Beasts Insane 四合院：我空手劈砖，禽兽吓疯癫 [Period setting + farming + courtyard life + reborn + System + from the start] Li Tiancai, the ruthless heartbreaker, has arrived! A pig-slaughtering street thug, he’s tough and doesn’t waste words. If you cross him, he’ll throw down in an instant and beat those scoundrels into the ground. Qin Huairu, you want to take advantage of me? Fine. Let’s see if you live long enough to enjoy what you get! Bang Geng, you little brat, you want to steal the meat I’m saving to go with my liquor? Fine. I’ll t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 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—14d adds
- 28 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—14d adds
- 29 Siheyuan: My Gourmet Supermarket in 1952 四合院：1952年我有美食超市 He Tianbao transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and successfully unlocks a gourmet supermarket. It is now 1952, and the Flower Planter is taking on seventeen gangs all by itself. [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have successfully produced one million servings of medicinal cuisine to treat frostbite. Eat it, and frostbite will be cured.] [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have successfully produced Strength Medicinal Cuisine, Agility Medicinal Cuisine…] ] ] ] 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: My Golden Finger Is the Everyman 四合院：我的金手指是路人甲 Liu Hao transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, activates the System, and receives ten thousand background characters as a reward from the start. At first, he goes looking for his own underlings. Only later does he realize that everyone living nearby, not just in the Red Star Courtyard, is one of his people. Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip him at a meeting, but the neighbors drown him in spit. Silly Zhu challenges him to a spar, only to have the crowd beat him until his arms and legs are broke —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: The System Makes Me Complete Missions 四合院：系统要我完成任务 Wang Jian was on his way to work when he was suddenly in a car accident. After waking up, he found himself inside Love in the Courtyard, and the System had designated him as its Host. From that moment on, his life took a different path... 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Siheyuan: I Became a Master Fortune-Teller 四合院：我成了算命大师 [Courtyard + Fan Fiction + Feel-Good Story] Transmigrating into the courtyard, you think you can make me the sucker who takes the blame? Not a chance! Watch as I use the fortune-telling System to shatter the beasts' assumptions and expose them all. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Siheyuan: Reborn After Activating the System 四合院：激活系统重生 My new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Unbelievable! I Spent My Entire Fortune Buying a Siheyuan 离谱！我竟然倾家荡产拍了四合院 A wildly reworked courtyard drama, snark, and a director of cringeworthy shows A failed web novelist transmigrates into the body of a third-rate director of cringeworthy dramas! And this guy has sold his house and car and taken out a loan to make a show, and the show is Season Two of Love in the Courtyard! To avoid going bankrupt, Su Cheng has no choice but to revamp the show on set. Nobody wants to watch melodramas, but surely people will love a cringeworthy drama about someone reborn in that e —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Save the Lou Family's Daughter 四合院：开局救下娄家千金 He Yupeng accidentally transmigrated and became an honorably discharged military doctor. He was bound to a good-deeds System. As long as he did good deeds, he would earn System points. The points could be exchanged for anything from any world. From then on, the capital gained a warmhearted, upright benefactor. He Yupeng: “Qin, you’re washing Silly Zhu’s underwear. You’re only doing it to stop him from dating, so you can leech off him for the rest of his life, aren’t you?” He Yupeng: “Yi Zhonghai —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Siheyuan: I Refuse to Be Silly Zhu! 四合院：我，拒绝当傻柱！ When Silly Zhu transmigrates and activates a System, gaining a mysterious space, he unexpectedly goes into business in this era. With the System at his feet and a space at his command, getting rich is no dream. 197Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 37 Siheyuan: The Neighbors Are So Terrified They Beg Me for Mercy 四合院：几位大爷怕得要命直求饶 One Female Lead + Everyday Life + No System or Storage Space A doctoral student drives into a river and transmigrates, only to be inexplicably rescued by the protagonist of a TV drama! To his surprise, he ends up in the body of someone with an extraordinary identity. Right from the start, he sends Banggeng to prison. Even Deaf Granny treats him especially well. Lou Xiao'e has run away, and Qin Huairu is figuring out how to marry Silly Zhu. Then a stranger suddenly shows up and ruins her plans. I 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 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—14d adds
- 39 The Siheyuan's Troublesome Neighbors: Begging for Forgiveness 四合院众禽：求原谅 Fang Chang is reborn in a Beijing courtyard compound in 1963. In the courtyard opposite the Beast-Filled Courtyard, Yi Zhonghai shows up from the start with his apprentice Jia Dongxu and his family, trying to force Fang Chang to lend them his house. Fang Chang smiles and sends Yi Zhonghai off to the station for a cup of tea, then slowly strips Qin Huairu of her henchmen one by one. 3Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 40 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Refuse Yan Bugui 四合院：开局拒绝阎埠贵 He transmigrates into a courtyard and becomes someone who never existed in the original story. He activates a System and gains a mysterious pocket dimension. He plants all kinds of crops in the dimension while the System assigns him missions. Life couldn’t be more relaxing, but when everything is going too well, the jealous busybodies start making trouble… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 A Man in the Siheyuan Becomes the Strongest Silly Zhu! 人在四合院，成为最强傻柱！ He transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, expecting to become Silly Zhu, who’s hopelessly entangled with a widow! But instead, he transmigrates into Silly Zhu’s body when he’s not quite eighteen. That night, He Daqing sneaks away, planning to leave without saying goodbye! He Yuzhu chases him all the way to the bus station, hoping to squeeze one more handout out of him! There, he unexpectedly runs into nineteen-year-old Chen Xueru?! But this year, he’s no longer He Yuzhu, the famo 191Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 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. 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 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
- 44 Siheyuan: I Have a House of Gold and a Beauty Like Jade 四合院：我有黄金屋，也有颜如玉 The demonic path's great overlord He Yuzhu transmigrated into the body of He Yuzhu from the Siheyuan. The hundreds or even thousands of acres of blessed aperture land that should have exploded into existence upon his ascension had shrunk to a mere three acres. He Yuzhu used those three acres to build a never-ending treasure trove of resources. Standing at the entrance to the Siheyuan, He Yuzhu gave a cold laugh. The tide of the era was coming, sweeping everything before it. All your schemes will 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Siheyuan: I Don’t Understand My Own System Either 四合院：我的系统我也不懂 He transmigrates into a courtyard, and what does it mean that the System is still loading? This tsundere girl of a System won’t even let me hurry her along. The System has changed the courtyard beyond recognition. Where’s my Bang Geng? When did Qin Huairu become about the same age as Lou Xiaoe? What’s the point if everyone’s the same age? Come see a different courtyard and different people, with no hostility, violence, or gore, only an abundance of human kindness. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Siheyuan: I Caught Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai Kissing 四合院：碰见秦淮茹易中海在亲亲 Yi Erju is terribly unlucky: He tries to drown his sorrows over being cheated on, then pees on a power strip. The electric shock transmigrates him to a strange world. He happens to witness someone else's intimate encounter. After an awkward moment, someone knocks him out from behind. Fortunately, he has a System golden finger with him. He can still live for a few more decades. But the whole courtyard is full of beasts. How is he supposed to live with such a huge headache? 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Siheyuan: I Came to Seek Refuge, but Was Turned Away at the Door 四合院：开局投奔，被拒门外 Zhang Nan transmigrates to the world of the courtyard houses and becomes Silly Zhu's cousin. From the start, he decides to head into the city and seek refuge with him. But to his surprise, Silly Zhu refuses to acknowledge his cousin and, egged on by Qin Huairu, treats Zhang Nan like a poor beggar. Just as Zhang Nan is at his wits' end, he happens to help put out a major fire at the neighborhood office's warehouse. In recognition of his meritorious actions, the neighborhood office arranges a plac —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: Fleeing Famine to the Forty-Nine City 四合院：逃荒来到四九城 Wu Guoqing grew up in a famine-stricken village. After his parents died, he had no choice but to flee with his younger sister. On the way back, he fell gravely ill and his memories awakened. Protecting his sister every step of the way, he eventually ended up at a street relief center in Sijiu City. Through his own efforts, he got a job at a steel mill and a home of his own. He realized he was doing quite well, and he and his sister went on to live happily together. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 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—14d adds
- 50 The Nice Guy of the Siheyuan: The Road to a Strong Nation 四合院的老好人，强国之路 (A heavily altered plot, the legacy of Wei Wu, a parallel universe) Zhang Changsheng, a transmigrator and the “good guy” of the courtyard compound, obtains a System and helps others while building up his influence. The story is a little disjointed. The courtyard compound is just a stepping stone. —Reads—Score—14d adds
