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- 101 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Beat Silly Zhu to a Pulp 四合院：开局暴打傻柱 “I'm arrogant, crazy, and violent?” “Heh! So what?” Yang Fei looked around the siheyuan courtyard. “I'll break it with force, tempt them with profit, and crush them with power.” There was no way it wouldn't change. “Whether the people in this courtyard are beasts or decent folks is for me, Yang Fei, to decide.” As Yang Fei went about his work, he led the country to the forefront of the world. In this world, traditional Chinese medicine is the main form of care, with Western medicine as a supplem 2.4kReads7.6Score10014d adds
- 102 He Yuzhu's Passionate Life 何雨柱的激情人生 This is a brand-new Siheyuan story. What? I'm He Yuzhu? Hu Xiaohu is a little bewildered. But never mind. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. I'm done being a doormat. I'll be the master of my own life. White lotuses, holier-than-thou busybodies, and ungrateful wolves, get lost and stay away! (Please don't copy the original TV series wholesale.) 2kReads8.1Score10114d adds
- 103 Siheyuan: You Want My Martyr's Home? I'll Teach You All a Lesson at Gunpoint 四合院：抢我烈士房？持枪训众禽 I transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard as the only son in a family of six martyrs, born and bred with an impeccable revolutionary pedigree! Yet on my very first day home, Jia Zhangshi dared to block my door and throw a tantrum, trying to steal my family's house. Jia Dongxu even brought people along, hoping to teach me some “rules” with his fists! “Rules?” He Tianxia laughed. His God-Tier Instant-Kill System activated, and a freshly acquired Type 54 pistol was instantly pressed t 342Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Siheyuan: Life Is So Wonderful 四合院：生活如此美好 A jade bead took Zhang Chen fifteen years back in time to the Siheyuan. Using his knowledge of the future, he set out to make the greatest contribution he could to his country and people. Now middle-aged, Zhang Chen had finished his demanding work and was preparing to head home. On the way, he came across a street vendor selling jade. Zhang Chen knew that none of the goods here were anything special, but it was still worth spending a little money for fun, so he went over to see if there was anyt 6.9kReads8.2Score15314d adds
- 105 Siheyuan: Am I a Native? 四合院：我是土著？ [Social savvy + Smart protagonist + Everyday life in a bygone era + A believable edge of ruthlessness + All-new plot + Fresh character portrayals] [The story focuses on the flavor of the era, with the transmigrator serving as an additional plotline. The golden finger is given a plausible explanation.] [The story enters the courtyard setting in Chapter 5. The golden finger is given a plausible explanation, and the story strives to capture the feel of novels set in that era.] Name: Liu Jianguo. Ge 1.5kReads5.8Score—14d adds
- 106 Siheyuan: I'm a Jerk, So I Get to Enjoy Life Right Away 四合院：我缺德嘛，就立享人生了 Ding Bo transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, starting with a System that gives him a headache: he has to do a hundred million good deeds every day. It’s easy to be a bad person, but hard to be a good one! It isn’t until he beats up an old man who was faking an accident to extort money that he gets it: picking on bad people might just be a truly great good deed! So when faced with the courtyard’s schemers, he casts aside his principles and embraces a life of shamelessness. Bette 202Reads5.9Score10014d adds
- 107 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated While Watching My Former Self Get Beaten 四合院：看着前身被打我穿了 Peng Xinglong, who worked himself to death in the 21st century, has his soul transmigrate into the beast-filled Siheyuan and is completely stunned! What? I really get to live again! But these neighbors are anything but friendly. "Outsmart the whole courtyard of troublemakers, kick Xu Damao, punch He Yuzhu, turn the First Master’s own moral blackmail against him, slap Jia Zhangshi until she cries, and send that little white-eyed wolf off for reform." No! That's not what I want. I just want to liv 1.2kReads7.6Score—14d adds
- 108 Siheyuan: Teacher He 四合院之何老师 When He Daqin wakes up, he’s completely bewildered. What, this is a courtyard where birds and beasts roam? It’s the 1960s? And I have a foolish son named He Yuzhu and a daughter named He Yushui? Faced with the whole courtyard’s snickering and the Jia family’s scheming, I, He Daqin, have to rise up. I’ll put an end to the courtyard’s crooked ways, and protect all the flowers and grass here, too. 1.1kReads8.6Score—14d adds
- 109 Siheyuan: Getting Roasted Pig Trotters Through Sign-In 四合院：从签到获得烤猪蹄开始 Dawn brightened, and a streak of orange-red crept over the rooftops in the distance. The whole world seemed to wake up bit by bit. The breakfast stalls outside the residential complex began steaming, while office workers on electric scooters zipped past in their coats. Everything was proceeding as usual. 711Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 110 Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's Life 四合院之阎解旷的人生 Yan Jiekang had just graduated from college in the 21st century. After spending several years trying to make it in a big city, he had no house, no car, no wife, and no savings. He planned to return to his hometown and find an easy job, but then he came across two old women arguing. In the scuffle, someone shoved him, and through no fault of his own, he ended up transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard as the youngest son of Third Master Yan. (This is an alternate version of the past, so please 3kReads8.2Score11314d adds
- 111 The Heavenly Master's Legacy in the Siheyuan: Debts and Grudges Must Be Settled 四合院天师传承恩怨分明 Qin Feng transmigrates into a courtyard house full of troublemakers. When Jia Zhangshi runs her foul mouth, he silences her with a Talisman of Muteness! When the deaf old lady schemes against him again and again, he offers her a Puppet Talisman! He uses his inherited medical skills to help his family and friends recover! 5kReads8.4Score16014d adds
- 112 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Tells Me Not to Spoil Her Alone 四合院：秦淮茹劝我别独宠她一人 Low on hostility! Low on hostility! Low on hostility! Slow pace! Slow pace! Slow pace! Important things must be said three times!!! Chen Hao had barely woken up when the Jia family set their sights on his house. He couldn’t let that stand, so he married Qin Huairu before Jia Dongxu could. When he discovered that the heroine had good fortune and could help the System, he decided to take them all for himself. A week into their marriage, Qin Huairu took the initiative and urged Chen Hao to consider 25.9kReads7.1Score2.1k14d adds
- 113 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1962, with Qin Huairu as My Sister-in-Law 四合院：重生六二年，嫂子秦淮茹 [Farm + mild hostility + taking on the courtyard bullies + collecting + raising] Jia Aiguo is reborn in a parallel world's courtyard house, starting in 1962. He's Jia Dongxu's cousin. His parents are both dead, and he and his six-year-old sister have only each other. Fortunately, the farming game he played in his previous life has become real. He can grow all kinds of crops and raise all kinds of livestock and poultry. His carefree life begins, with the occasional run-in against the courtyard bu 2Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 114 I Live in the Siheyuan's Side Courtyard, Free and at Ease 四合院，我住跨院自逍遥 For a thousand years, Nanluoguxiang has stood, its courtyard homes as solid as iron, while transmigrators have come without end. The protagonist, Lin Yang, inexplicably transmigrates to the 1950s, bringing the blazing post-liberation era to life. He experiences the everyday lives of ordinary people at the time and feels the pulse of history moving forward. With an indomitable spirit, he writes an even more colorful life story. Watch as he fights fire with fire and uses violence to stamp out evil 10.6kReads7.3Score42614d adds
- 115 Rising to Prominence in the Siheyuan as a Welder 四合院从焊工开始崛起 Luo Xiaobao lost both his parents, struggled to make ends meet, and suddenly had his house forcibly demolished. The people behind it were rich and influential, with extraordinary beings backing them up. One night, while he was asleep, the pendant his parents had left him suddenly activated the Myriad Worlds Transmigration System. Luo 9.3kReads7.9Score27914d adds
- 116 Siheyuan: The Days of Opening Loot Boxes at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 四合院：在供销社开宝箱的日子 (The protagonist's surname is Cao, Cao Cao is his ancestor + punishing all kinds of scoundrels + building a career) A ray of righteous sunlight falls across Cao Dapeng’s face. 1960 is a difficult year. Cao Dapeng arrives as a purchasing agent for the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, complete with a personal cheat, and suddenly the whole story takes a strange turn. 6.4kReads6.1Score34814d adds
- 117 Reborn in a Siheyuan, I, He Yuzhu, Won't Be Anyone's Beast of Burden 重生四合院我何雨柱不做牛马 A new work in the genres of Courtyard Drama, Reborn, and Animal Abuse is now available. You’re welcome to read my work 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! After He Yuzhu was thrown out of his home, he froze to death beneath a bridge in the outskirts. He witnessed Xu Damao collecting his body and recounting what had happened. Then, for some inexplicable reason, he was reborn. In this life, I, He Yuzhu, will no 13.5kReads6.9Score54814d adds
- 118 Siheyuan: Unleashing My Edge 四合院之锋芒毕露 New Book 1959: Silly Gen No gross-out humor, no super-advanced technology, and no demons or monsters. Just the everyday growth of ordinary people in peaceful times. Come experience a different kind of story set in a bygone era. We hope you enjoy it. 5.4kReads8.2Score24114d adds
- 119 Siheyuan: The Banners Fly High, Starting with Qin Huairu 四合院：彩旗飘扬从秦淮茹开始 He opens his eyes and discovers that he has transmigrated into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. The original owner was honest and simple-minded. After Yi Zhonghai talked him into it, he lent Qin Huairu 300 yuan. First, he catches Banggeng stealing a chicken and soy sauce, and gets him to write a confession. Qin Huairu has no choice but to borrow money to pay off the debt. She even has to introduce Qin Jingru to him, against her will. After Hao Dali punishes Qin Huairu, he faces pressure from 628Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 120 Siheyuan: Laying Low in the Steel Mill’s Security Office Is the Good Life 四合院：苟在轧钢厂保卫科很舒服 There's plenty of anger and family drama, just like real life, which is never one-dimensional. If you lovely folks enjoy it, please leave a good review. If you don't, please still give it five stars, then have a good rant to get it out of your system before you go. Thanks! Wang Weidong's soul transmigrates into the body of a badly wounded company-level officer in 1965. After leaving the army, he becomes head of security at a steel mill. When he moves into a courtyard compound, he enjoys helping 4.1kReads7.9Score10214d adds
- 121 Siheyuan: Steal Luck to Make Delicious Food 四合院：夺人气运做美食 Lin Hai became an orphan at twelve. One night, drunk, he crashed into a TV and transmigrated into a siheyuan. After activating the Big Boss System, Lin Hai set out to steal other people's fortunes and trade them for gourmet skills. At the factory, he keeps a low profile as the cafeteria director. At home, he enjoys the company of beautiful women and delicious food. One day, his soul arrives in the courtyard, and all the scheming neighbors gather. If you ask how to deal with them, Lin Hai cries o 5kReads8.1Score25014d adds
- 122 Siheyuan: Put a Wolf's Face on a Sheep? 四合院：给羊换张狼脸？ Siheyuan: Giving a Sheep a Wolf's Face? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Reincarnation Begins in 1951 四合院之何雨柱轮回从51年开始 Endless cycles of rebirth, endless lives. See how He Yuzhu makes a better and better life for himself in the world of the Siheyuan, living more comfortably with every passing day. In his previous life, he sucked up to the White Widow for his sister’s sake. This time, to hell with all that! Yi Buqun, Qin Bailian, those ungrateful wretches: they can all get lost! 17.9kReads8.3Score52214d adds
- 124 This Silly Zhu in the Siheyuan Is Quite the Charmer 四合院这个傻柱有点潇洒 (If you don't like Qin Huairu, feel free to skip this.) He Yuzhu is reborn with a Negative Emotion Value System. Starting in 1952, he gets to Qin Huairu first and lives a full, satisfying life with little bitterness. Come see the everyday life of Silly Zhu! 6.9kReads8.9Score21714d adds
- 125 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Gets Killed from the Start, and Somehow It's My Fault? 四合院开局傻柱被杀怪我了？ Qin Fen is reborn in the Courtyard Siheyuan and awakens the System of Good Deeds Rewarded. As long as he does good deeds, he can grow stronger. But on the second day after being reborn, he gets caught up in a murder case. Silly Zhu is dead. He beat Qin Fen the day before, then died that very night. Everyone suspects Qin Fen killed him. Qin Fen feels more wronged than Dou E. He finally clears his name, only for the System to send him to a time of war. The blurb can’t do this story justice. Read t 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Stole Lou Xiao'e Away 四合院：开局我截胡了娄晓娥 Original title: Siheyuan: I Snatched Lou Xiao'e from the Start Li Shengli wakes up one morning and realizes he has transmigrated. There are no business wars of the 1990s or market reforms of the 1980s. That's because he has traveled back to Beijing in the 1960s. And when he spots Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui, he realizes he's in the TV drama he once watched, The Courtyard of Beasts. Now that I'm here, no one is going to bully me. 6.7kReads7.3Score23914d adds
- 127 Siheyuan: Joining the Security Department and Marrying Qin Huairu 四合院：入职保卫科，迎娶秦淮如 Liu Yun transmigrates into the world of a 1950s courtyard compound and joins the army for three years from the start. As soon as he returns to the village, the village chief wants to introduce the fair-skinned, beautiful Qin Huairu as his wife! He gets assigned a job at the steel mill, where he becomes head of security. His home is at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. When the courtyard’s troublemakers try to push around newcomer Liu Yun by flaunting their seniority, they discover that he’s no newcomer at a 8kReads6.9Score28914d adds
- 128 Siheyuan: System, Don't Be So Ridiculous 四合院之系统你不要太离谱 Li Polu wakes up on a train bound for the capital. After merging with his predecessor's memories, he discovers that the man's life was practically that of a child of destiny. With such a strong foundation, he should be able to coast through this era. That is, until the System awakens and demands that he move into a courtyard house. That's when he realizes things aren't so simple. Being strong and healthy, with a hearty appetite? Now that's a good perk. A self-help book from the twenty-first cent 9.6kReads6.3Score32114d adds
- 129 Siheyuan: This Resident Is Terrifying 四合院：这个住户恐怖如斯 [Decisive and ruthless + steamrolling all the way + taking the initiative] Samsara survivor Chen Ping'an accidentally entered a courtyard-house dungeon and discovered he couldn't leave. So he began a new life, beating every beastly neighbor into the ground with his adorable little sister by his side! From the start, he sends three villains from the courtyard house straight to the police station! Not a single one of those beasts is getting away! 11.2kReads6.9Score53514d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: Stop Trying to Talk Me Out of It, or I'll Become Invincible 四合院：别劝了，在劝我就无敌了 Wang Yaozu wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard in the 1950s. In this place where everyone schemes against everyone else, Wang Yaozu binds himself to the [Take Advice] System from the start. He can earn rewards by following other people's suggestions. If someone gives advice with malicious intent, the rewards are doubled, and may even score a critical hit. As the schemers patiently urge him again and again, Wang Yaozu starts to lose control. Wang Yao 9.6kReads7.0Score44714d adds
- 131 Siheyuan: Lucky Koi, Snatching Lou Xiao'e Away 四合院：好运锦鲤，截胡娄小娥 Gao Wan is reborn in a courtyard compound as an ordinary resident, and happens to awaken the Good Fortune Koi System. Once his luck kicks in, nothing can stop it. Lou Xiao’e shows up at his door while he’s sleeping at home; fishing through the ice, he lands a ten-pound fish with no bait! He deals with Banggeng and gets promoted to head of the grade division... 871Reads6.6Score10414d adds
- 132 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Refuses to Die Childless 四合院之许大茂不当绝户 Xu Damao, a modern single young man, has an accident and transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, where he gets a more children, more blessings System. The System is a bit unscrupulous, forcing him to be a bad guy. It’s just so satisfying. 4.1kReads8.3Score16314d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: The Fool Who Loves Watching the Fun 四合院，傻子爱看热闹 Lin Sheng was reborn in the world of the siheyuan as the courtyard’s resident fool. Lou Xiao’e cared about him, He Yushui protected him, and Qin Huairu wanted to take advantage of him. Yi Zhonghai and Deaf Granny wouldn’t dare go near him. Yan Bugui wouldn’t dare provoke him. Jia Zhangshi’s schemes were no use against him, no matter what she tried. Banggeng wouldn’t dare go near him either. 12.3kReads8.7Score50514d adds
- 134 Siheyuan: I'm He Yuzhu's Cousin 四合院：我是何雨柱堂哥 No System, no cheats, and I haven't watched the show. I transmigrated as Silly Zhu's cousin. From the start, He Daqing ran off, so I worked hard to build a life of my own, changing the fate of the He family and many people in the courtyard along the way. I won't get caught up in petty squabbles. Everything I do is to give my family a better life. 18Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 135 Have a Baby with the Yi Surname and Make Uncle Number One Blush 生个孩子姓易，把一大爷钓成翘嘴 [Moderate-to-low angst + Li Xiuzhi as the sole heroine + Turning Uncle Yi into a lovesick fool + Giving Deaf Granny a warm home + The eldest son is named Wei Xiaobao + The second son is named Yi Xiaochuan (already born)] Wei Dongyi arrives at the Beijing courtyard with a family letter in hand, only to discover that he has transmigrated into Birds Crowded in the Courtyard. Even more shocking, he's Deaf Granny's long-lost biological grandson! The peaceful courtyard is thrown into an uproar: Yi Zho 2.1kReads6.8Score10614d adds
- 136 Siheyuan: I Become a God of Cooking and Take Goddesses Worldwide by Storm 四合院，我当厨神拥女神全球封神 Siheyuan + No System + Invincible + Master Chef + Historical Transmigration. The world's only nine-star master chef transmigrates into Silly Zhu. He'll defy fate and change his life, and never again dig his own holes just to fill them in! He'll never again let Qin Huairu's family leech off him, either. And he'll make Xu Damao's life a living hell! He'll become a master chef, marry Lou Xiaoe, and get to know the top leaders! He'll go to Hong Kong and become the boss of a company under his tutelag 76Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Pointed a Gun at Jia Dongxu 四合院：开局用枪指着贾东旭 Not too much hostility + Undermining Others + Scheming. There are two letters of forgiveness! Don't read if you dislike that! Yang Chu was an ordinary office worker in 2025. One day, he happened to overhear his colleagues talking about Love in the Courtyard. Curious, he watched the TV series too, and thought Silly Zhu was a good guy who hadn't done anything wrong. But after reading a few fanfics, he realized Silly Zhu was a huge sucker, and felt that he had been treated unfairly. Just as Yang Ch 4.5kReads7.5Score13114d adds
- 138 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Inherited Jia Dongxu's Estate 四合院：开局接收贾东旭遗产 746Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 139 Siheyuan: Be More Beastly Than Beasts! 四合院：做人要比禽兽更禽兽！ [Siheyuan Courtyard + Big Villain + System + No Saintly Goodness + Punishing Beasts] Good people don't live long, but disasters endure for a thousand years! Jiang Zhengyi was such an overly good-hearted person that others conned him into donating a kidney, a second kidney, and his corneas! When he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn as an ordinary resident in the TV drama "Beasts Fill the Siheyuan". Faced with the beasts' moral blackmail, he secretly swore that he would never be a good per 636Reads6.1Score16014d adds
- 140 Siheyuan: The Whole Yard of Beasts Covets My Wife. Eradicate Them! 四合院：满院禽兽馋我老婆，灭！ After the college entrance exams, an accident leaves Cheng Yu struck by lightning and transformed into He Yuzhu from "The Full Courtyard of Beasts". He also awakens the [Troublemaker System]. As long as the protagonist goes looking for trouble, he gets rewards! And so... The beasts in the courtyard get chewed out every day, and they can hardly take it! The neighborhood committee director personally brings him a wife? He accepts! His wife is so alluring that the beasts all covet her? He crushes t 3kReads6.4Score10114d adds
- 141 Siheyuan: Returning from the Army 四合院之从军归来 After the War of National Liberation, Cheng Tiefeng returned to the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, where his parents lived. To his surprise, this was the very place that later generations of internet users jokingly called the "Chaotic Siheyuan." With Yi Zhonghai testing him, Liu Haizhong currying favor, Yan Bugui scheming, and Jia Zhangshi making snide remarks, what kind of waves will this little Siheyuan stir up? 3kReads6.6Score10014d adds
- 142 Hello, My Eleventh Book hello第11本书 My new work is out! You can 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! 20Reads8.1Score114d adds
- 143 Siheyuan: Li Huaide Is My Uncle, and Now You're All Scared 四合院：李怀德是我叔你们都怕了 Bai Jingxuan transmigrated into the world of "The Birds Fill the Courtyard". At first, he thought that if he kept his head down and stayed invisible, he could live in peace. But he never expected the Jia family to be a bunch of bloodsuckers. They wanted not only the protagonist’s job and compensation money, but also Bai Jingxuan’s house. Bai Jingxuan had had enough. Luckily, he had the Super Connections System. The big leader, Director Yang, and Deputy Director Li were all on his side. With conn 3.1kReads7.4Score10114d adds
- 144 Siheyuan: Returning from Studying Abroad with Heaven-Defying Comprehension 四合院：留学归来，悟性逆天 In 1949, Lin Changqing returned home early from his studies in Eagle Sauce, never expecting to awaken heaven-defying comprehension and a small world. Now that he had heaven-defying comprehension and a small world, what should he do? Cultivate immortality? Practice martial arts? Or pursue scientific research? There was no spiritual energy here, so how could he cultivate immortality? After the founding of the nation, no one was allowed to become a spirit! Lin Changqing: I want to become an immorta 5.6kReads5.4Score17614d adds
- 145 Siheyuan: Bound to a Game, Silly Zhu Comes Out on Top 四合院：绑定游戏，傻柱赢麻了 On New Year’s Eve, old Silly Zhu was thrown out of his home by Bang Geng. He froze to death beneath a bridge, then was torn apart and eaten by wild dogs. Silly Zhu got a second life, returning to the resource-poor 1960s. He acquired a game System that let him learn skills from game worlds and even bring items from those worlds into reality. From then on, Silly Zhu changed his and his sister’s fates against all odds. The birds in the courtyard went hungry and cold, green with envy and driven to d 720Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 146 Yan Jiecheng's Cheat-Code Life in the Siheyuan 四合院阎解成的开挂人生 I woke up as Yan Jiecheng from Love in the Courtyard, the shrewd eldest son of Third Uncle Yan Bugui. It was 1958. The courtyard seemed calm on the surface, but beneath it, currents were already stirring. The shadow of famine had yet to fall over this capital, and I planned to use my foreknowledge to change everyone's fate: save Jia Dongxu, give Silly Zhu some guidance, and talk sense into Xu Damao... Yet I soon discovered that this world seemed to have a stubborn power that corrected itself. G 501Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Siheyuan: Caught Right After Transmigrating, I Want to See the Sun 四合院：刚穿就被抓，我要见太阳 [Transmigrating into a 1959 courtyard house: my body weight is my critical-hit multiplier!] Others transmigrate into a courtyard house with their souls, a new identity, and a plan to lie low and survive. Pang Dahai, on the other hand, transmigrates in the flesh, stark naked from the start. The moment he opens his eyes, he’s mistaken for an enemy spy and is about to be shot! With no way out, he stakes everything on revealing top-secret information from the future. The news climbs the ranks overni 28.7kReads6.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 148 An Ordinary Life in the Siheyuan 四合院平凡人生路 After transmigrating to 1958 and into Love in the Courtyard, at least he had a useful skill to rely on. The System wasn't very helpful, but it was just enough. Moral blackmail? Not a chance. Once I decided to have no morals, no one could blackmail me. There'll be a little bullying of the courtyard's schemers, but no picking fights with the whole world. The right way to live in this era is to make the most of life. 15Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 149 I'm Really Not the Dragon King 我真不是龙王 [There’s a little bitterness, but plenty of satisfying moments and laughs. The protagonist isn’t a doormat.] Ye Changge transmigrates into a courtyard house and awakens the negative-energy System, “Treasure Chest,” from the start. As long as he earns negative points, he can exchange them for anything. As soon as he arrives, he discovers that the courtyard residents have schemed against him and caused him to get divorced. There’s no way he’ll let that slide! And so, the courtyard gains a ruthless 1.8kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 150 Siheyuan: I Want to Be a Good Person! 四合院：我要做一个好人！ Someone who never wanted to transmigrate ends up in the world of Love in the Courtyard. His System is useless, he isn't very brave, and his “cheap father” is the big villain. There don't seem to be many good people around him either. They all need to be taught a lesson. So he can only scheme against people behind their backs, while trying to be a good person in public. 12.1kReads6.9Score33514d adds
