Novels like Siheyuan: Lou Xiao'e and I Make the Perfect Pair
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- 1 Siheyuan: Turning Qin Huairu into a Tea Art Expert 四合院：调教秦淮茹成茶艺师 Photographer Wang Wenjun discovered that he had transmigrated into the series "The Birds Fill the Courtyard". The characters had once made him so angry that his liver hurt. Now that he had transmigrated into their world, he decided to start with Qin Huairu and give her a thorough lesson. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: Kicking Old Deaf Granny to the Curb and Leaving Yi Zhonghai Without an Heir 四合院：脚踢聋老太，绝户易中海 [Transmigration, Siheyuan, decisive action, System] Zhao Cheng transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, where the beasts scheme against him and cost him his job. Just then, Zhao Cheng awakens a System space. From that day on, the beasts begin living through endless misery. Yi Zhonghai commits a crime? Send him straight to prison! Did Deaf Granny become a five-guarantee household by making up her life story? Zhao Cheng exposes her past and leaves her begging in the streets! The hypo 10.4kReads6.0Score923Shelves
- 3 Siheyuan: God-Tier Breeding, Starting with a Thousand-Pound Sow 四合院：神级养殖，千斤母猪开局 He wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan as He Yuzhu. From the start, he awakens the Divine Livestock Farming System: whatever he puts inside, it can duplicate. And the copy will be even better than the original! He Yuzhu casually grabs a scrawny little piglet, and the System immediately produces an enormous sow. It gives birth to a litter of piglets, and he even has delicious pork to eat for the New Year. The whole courtyard of vermin is left drooling with en 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu 四合院之重生傻柱 Given a second chance at life, He Yuzhu sees the true faces of the courtyard's beasts. He is no longer the Silly Zhu who can be easily guilt-tripped, nor the Silly Zhu who gets bled dry by Widow Qin every day. In this life, he swears to trample the beasts underfoot and slap the ungrateful right across the face. This time, he will live brilliantly and enjoy the good life! 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Living in a Siheyuan: My Froglet Travels the World 人在四合院：我家蛙崽会旅行 Chen Yuejin transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and receives a job offer from the Five-Star Steel Rolling Mill. He also raises a traveling frog that can journey between worlds and occasionally bring him local specialties. “Your frog has brought you a travel souvenir: [Mechanical Mastery]” “Your frog has brought you a travel souvenir: [Interdimensional Storage Ring]” “Your frog has brought you a travel souvenir: [Machine blueprints that can boost work efficiency by thirty percen —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Siheyuan: I'm He Yuzhu, and I'll Never Be a Doormat 四合院：我何雨柱，绝不做舔狗 He woke up to find himself as He Yuzhu in a siheyuan courtyard. This time, he was going to make something of his life. From the start, a System sign-in rewarded him with a powerful fruit. Add in his extraordinary cooking skills, and he was soon thriving at the steel mill. What? Qin Huairu still wants to mooch off him? You can forget about it. Jia Zhangshi wants to stir up trouble? She can try taking a couple of slaps! Everyone in that courtyard, every last one of you: starting this life, I, He Y —Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 7 Siheyuan: Tormenting the Jia Family from the Start 四合院：开局折磨贾家 Repay them in their own coin. After arriving in the courtyard, Bai Ze torments the Jia family and takes Silly Zhu on as a servant, leaving Yi Zhonghai with no one to support him. You treated me this way, so I'll do the same to you, and repay you double. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: Banggeng's Theft, A Visit to Huairu's Home 四合院：棒梗偷窃，淮茹家里坐坐 After transmigrating into the courtyard compound, he catches Banggeng stealing soy sauce from the kitchen. Qin Huairu comes over that night to plead for him. Why not come in and sit for a while? He can let Banggeng off, sure. The daytime is too crowded, though. Come to my place tonight, and the two of us can discuss it in private! Lou Xiao'e can't get pregnant and asks for a secret recipe. Let me take your pulse... And help her get her wish. After being reborn, He Yuzhu is the same as before, ye —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Siheyuan: My Invincible Beast-Taming Plan 四合院：我的无敌驯兽计划 [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] After transmigrating into a siheyuan, Liu Xuan helplessly finds himself on the fringes of the neighborhood. With the courtyard packed full of beastly neighbors, Liu Xuan honestly has no idea how he’s supposed to get along with them peacefully. Because they don’t deserve it! So Liu Xuan, once an honest, simple man who let everyone walk all over him, transforms overnight. He becomes the sharpest-tongued, most forceful, and most domineering man in the courtyard. Bang Geng: 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I Transmigrate to a Siheyuan and Discover I Can Disguise Myself 穿越四合院：竟然可以易容 He transmigrates to a courtyard compound, becomes a full-time factory employee, and moves into the compound! To his surprise, he can disguise himself... Ever since he gained the ability to change his appearance, the courtyard compound has grown more and more chaotic... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Siheyuan: The Thief Saint Is My Son 四合院：盗圣是我儿 After transmigrating into a period drama, Cui Dake was a little confused. What? You say I stole a cow? Don't you dare slander an innocent man! He'd planned to become a factory worker, marry the factory's prettiest doctor, and build a good life. But before he knew it, he'd been transferred to the main factory and assigned a place in a courtyard full of troublemakers. He couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Silly Zhu: "Sister Qin has another old flame?" Some Thieving Sage: "So my name isn't J —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, One Chance Encounter with the Storm and I Become a Dragon 四合院：何雨柱，一遇风云便化龙 More than eighty years old, He Yuzhu has been bedridden for ten years, only to be thrown out of his home by a family of ungrateful wolves. Looking back on the twenty years he devoted himself to the Jia family, only to end up like this, fills He Yuzhu with bitter hatred. “If only... I could have... another chance to start over.” Perhaps through divine mercy, or perhaps as a devil's joke, He Yuzhu, who froze to death, returns to the 1950s. This year, He Yuzhu is only thirteen, and Qin Huairu has n —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Siheyuan: Starting in Childhood, I Ruthlessly Punish the Brutes 四合院：幼时开始，狂虐禽兽 He is unexpectedly reborn into a courtyard filled with vile people. His System awakens, making him a peerless miracle doctor. Though Li Xiangdong is not yet ten years old, he wreaks furious revenge in the courtyard. The First Master picks a fight? Drag him off and lock him up with the widowed neighbor! The Second Master flaunts his official position? Sorry, the factory manager is my uncle! They retaliate and threaten to call the police? Officer, they bullied me first! Watch young Li Xiangdong sh —Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Ordinary Life 四合院：何雨柱的平凡生活 He Yuzhu transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1951. A resident of the Beastly Courtyard, he is already seventeen and working as an apprentice in the cafeteria at the Red Star Steel Mill. He Yuzhu experiences the changing lives, human stories, and social landscape of the courtyard from the 1960s through the 1990s. All he wants is to live a quiet life until the opportunities of the era arrive, then work hard to give himself a somewhat comfortable life. Who could have expected a 391Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: I Am He Yuzhu 四合园之我是何雨柱 I was unexpectedly reborn, and somehow became He Yuzhu, the ultimate simp. That’s not even the scariest part. The scariest part is that I’m about to face these awful neighbors: Yi Zhonghai, who weaponizes morality; Liu Haizhong, who lives for a government post; Yan Fugu, who schemes about everything; Jia Zhangshi, the harbinger of death; and Deaf Granny, who pretends she can’t hear or see... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, the God of Calamity Himself 四合院：何雨柱，真是人间太岁神 The bitter winter wind howled, and snow covered He Yuzhu as Bang Geng drove him out of his home. Lying beneath a bridge, he looked back on his life. Almost all of it had been spent living for others: the Jia family, Yi Zhonghai, and everyone in the courtyard. Not a single day had been lived for himself. And in the end, this was what he had come to... Resentment swelled in his heart, and his burning hatred awakened the jade pendant on his chest. This extraordinary pendant had actually made He Yuz —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, The Wind Rises and the Clouds Soar 四合院：何雨柱，大风起兮云飞扬 Silly Zhu is reborn at sixteen with a personal space. He realizes it is the very day his father, He Daqing, is about to run off with the White Widow. Silly Zhu goes straight to the police, and He Daqing is arrested. He successfully transfers the house into his own name. Then he uses his personal space to raise livestock and grow crops, amassing a fortune. In the end, he marries Qin Huairu and lives a life everyone envies. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu's First Deal from the Start 四合院：秦淮如，开局第一单交易 He Yuzhu transmigrates into a Siheyuan courtyard. At first, all he wants is to live quietly and be a good person. Then one day, he gets a System called Cao Thief, and everything changes... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: Bet You Didn't Know I'm a Beast Too 四合院：没想到吧，我也是禽兽哦 From the start, he was given a beastly task: trade food for young women. Jin Shuang transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard and was panicking over how to survive. Then he unexpectedly received a sign-in System that gave him supplies every time he signed in: ration coupons, cash, food, and all kinds of rare treasures. Jin Shuang means real comfort! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 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! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Siheyuan: Huairu, Put on a Maid Outfit! 四合院：淮茹，请穿女仆装！ My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Siheyuan: The Troublemaker Takes Action 四合院：混球在行动 Sun Zhengqiu, a 29-year-old bachelor and overworked manufacturing worker, transmigrates into the world of a TV drama set in a Beijing courtyard house, becoming Sun Zhenqiu, a man with elderly parents to care for and children to raise. He obtains the Courtyard Sandbox Game System, which lets him simplify the crafting and repair of items. He figures he’s about to take off and can finally enjoy life in another world. But then he sees the main quest: “Capture Qin Huairu.” The main quest reward is fo 21Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 23 Siheyuan: I'm the Security Chief, and I Get Itchy Hands If I Don't Hit Someone 四合院，我保卫处长，不打人手痒 The plot of this book moves so fast you can't keep up. Even the author can't keep up. The goal of this book: Get everyone in the courtyard admitted to Qingshan Hospital… The author's integrity fluctuates wildly. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Siheyuan: I'm Not the Simp Silly Zhu 四合院之我不是舔狗傻柱 Wang Wei is a divorced single father who loves pretty young women. He spends all day holed up at home playing games with them, until his mother smacks him with her phone and sends him crashing into the courtyard drama she's watching. He becomes Silly Zhu. Remembering that Silly Zhu only fawned over Qin Huairu, Wang Wei decides he ought to fawn over several pretty young women to make the most of his transmigration. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: Back from Studying Abroad, Starting as an Engineer 四合院：留学归来，开局工程师 Li Weidong transmigrates into the world of Full Courtyard! From the start, he returns from studying abroad and awakens a golden finger, setting his life on easy mode. This is an age of heroes, an age when the motherland is developing and building at full speed! Since he's here, he might as well make the best of it and devote his passion to the country! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: My Unbelievable Background Leaves the Whole Lot Stunned! 四合院：背景逆天，吓傻众禽！ Five years ago, Meng Dong transmigrated to the 1960s and joined the military to research weapons. Now, the master craftsman of a great nation has returned! The leaders of the entire capital are stunned and rush out to welcome him from afar. But who could have imagined it? The scoundrels in the courtyard are plotting to take Meng Dong's house! He kicks the door open. Let's see which blind fool dares to steal my house! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Siheyuan: So You're All Just Messing with Me, Huh?! 四合院：合着你们逗我玩是吧！ Scheming against Silly Zhu is one thing. Pulling the wool over the eyes of those rubberneckers is one thing, too. Heh! I, Wang Erdan, have barely stepped into the courtyard, and you’ve already joined forces to guilt-trip me? You want a house? You want money? Oh, come on! Silly Zhu, no wonder you’re such a fool! Wow! Granny, you’re getting on in years! Wouldn’t it be nice to stay home and enjoy your retirement? Stop sticking your nose into everything! Hey! I flip the table, and you still say it’s 410Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: Rising Step by Step at the Steel Mill 四合院：在轧钢厂步步高升的日子 20Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 29 Siheyuan: I Spout Nonsense, and the Beasts Take It Seriously 四合院：我胡说八道，被禽兽当真 Wang Kun transmigrates into a courtyard house and somehow acquires the ultimate Matchmaker System. Set people up with partners and he earns rewards. He gets a score based on how compatible the match is, and the higher the score, the better the reward. Great, great! What are we waiting for? Time for the master matchmaker to get to work! Yan Bugui: “I think Second Auntie still has plenty of charm!” Silly Zhu: “A widow? If you’re going to find one, go for a longtime widow. Qin Huairu is nowhere nea 8.3kReads8.1Score408Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: Reborn as He Yuzhu, Defying Fate 四合院：重生何雨柱，逆天改命 He Yuzhu froze to death beneath an overpass, bringing his miserable life to an end. As he lay dying, he hated the Jia family with every fiber of his being. Heaven gave him the chance to be reborn, sending him back to the 1950s. With a mindset ahead of his time, he rose to incredible heights. From then on, everything in the courtyard changed completely! All the residents were left with nothing but envy, jealousy, and endless regret... 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Siheyuan: The Shameless One 四合院之无耻之徒 After Wang Jianjun uses his System to rob the world, he is assigned to a courtyard compound, where he starts tormenting the beasts with shameless, vile tactics! He has unlimited supplies and an indestructible body! He kills without batting an eye, and is ruthless and cold-hearted! 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Siheyuan: I’m One of Them 四合院：我是其中的一员 Li Weiguo was staying up late at home watching a TV drama when, out of nowhere, he transmigrated into the legendary courtyard house and became one of its residents. As Li Weiguo stirs up trouble and watches the show unfold in the courtyard house, he uses the golden finger that came with him to build a happy life. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 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
- 34 Reborn in Siheyuan: I Get Liu Lan to Divorce from the Start 重生四合院之开局让刘岚离婚 Reborn in a world where someone has transmigrated into Silly Zhu, only for that transmigrator to lose control and repeat Silly Zhu's life. Although he rises to prominence early on, he still ends up falling for Qin Huairu later. Watch how I, a reborn man, help Silly Zhu and the transmigrator expose the true face of the hypocritical Qin Huairu, one step at a time. And from the start, I help Liu Lan get a divorce. 72Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 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
- 36 Siheyuan: Hello, Qin Huairu 四合院：你好！秦淮茹 Ever since Chen Da moved into the courtyard, one thing after another went wrong. A curious reporter went in to investigate. The first person interviewed was Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai gave a bitter smile. “That apprentice of mine... Sigh!” The second was Jia Zhangshi. Jia Zhangshi grabbed at her remaining strands of hair in frustration. “That neighbor of mine... Sigh!” The third was Silly Zhu. Silly Zhu looked up at the sky, his face full of indignation. “That grandfather of mine... Sigh!” The fou —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Lin Xiu Investigates 林修探案 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Siheyuan: Be Kind! Your Reward Comes After Death 四合院：要善良！死后福报就来了 The protagonist transmigrates to 1965, arriving outside No. 59 Nanluoguxiang in B-Jing. He kicks the courtyard’s top dog flying, then farts so badly that ten cows in the East District drop dead! The steel mill invites him to drink Red Star Erguotou. He then punches Xu Damao and his gang of cronies, his moves driving the widow Qin Huairu and two dogs wild. All three masters of the courtyard are taken away! This inspires He Yuzhu, Jia Huaihua, Lou Xiao'e, Ran Qiuye, Qin Jingru, Yu Haitang, and oth —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 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
- 40 Siheyuan: My Simple, Beautiful Life 四合院：我平淡的美好生活 After waking up, Li Qingshan transmigrated to 1963. Once he received a worker's assignment to be sent from the steel mill to the countryside, he became an ordinary resident of a courtyard house. With the System activated from the start, he began enjoying a life that was peaceful yet extraordinary in an era of scarcity. A warm, happy life, the legacy of A Man, and one stroke of good luck after another... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Siheyuan: From the Start, My Peach-Stealing Hands Drove the Whole Menagerie Crazy 四合院：开局偷桃手，逼疯众禽兽 Yi Zhonghai, fair and impartial. Liu Haizhong, a loving father and dutiful son. Yan Laoxi, cheerful and generous. Jia Zhangshi, kind-faced and benevolent. Jia Dongxu, destined for a long life. Qin Huairu, pure as ice and clean as jade. Wielding the little whip of education, Chen Luo watches them with a sinister grin. 291Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 42 Myriad Worlds: Starting in the Siheyuan 诸天：从四合院开始 A reincarnator accidentally transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. Qin Huairu, Lou Xiao'e, Yu Li... The whole courtyard is full of women with tragic lives, all waiting for Lu Ping'an to save them. “Godfather, please, help us out.” Twenty years later. As he watched the now-grown Dang and Huaihua cling to his legs and beg desperately, Lu Ping'an looked a little troubled. “Well... it’s not impossible.” 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Siheyuan: I Wanted to Lie Flat from Day One 四合院一来就想躺平 “You can't go on like this! When everyone else arrives in this vibrant new era, they're eager to do their part for the country. Why is the first thing you want to do lie flat?” “I don't want to either! But in this day and age, even making money is forbidden, and you have to be careful with every word you say. Why can't I lie flat? Let me do it for twenty years first!” “Then why did you go and mess with Widow Qin? Aren't you afraid she'll bleed you dry?” “I didn't want to mess with her either! Bu 4Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 44 Siheyuan: Reborn in the 1960s, Like a Dragon Entering the Sea 四合院：重生六零年，如龙入海 Synopsis: He Yuliang, a business magnate in his previous life, a regional tycoon and the wealthiest man around, transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He was a demobilized military officer entitled to special allowances. He was also He Yuzhu's cousin. After arriving in the courtyard, He Yuliang used his extraordinary knowledge and wisdom to bring the entire place under his control. Go ahead and fight. Go ahead and make a fuss. What can you do to me? —Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 45 Siheyuan: I Transmigrate and Steal Qin Huairu Away 四合院：穿越截胡秦淮茹 “I transmigrated? I actually transmigrated!” By chance, he transmigrated into a courtyard home and became an ordinary resident. His older neighbor had a promising blind date, so he activated a steal-the-match System and made her his wife... He seemed ordinary, but he wasn’t. Just yesterday, the original owner inherited all of his maternal grandfather’s property: two courtyards and three storefronts. He was so thrilled that he drank himself silly. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Siheyuan: I’m He Yuzhu, No Ordinary Man 四合院：我何雨柱，岂是池中物 He Yuzhu, who died a tragic death away from home, is reborn at the age of sixteen. With unexpected help from a System, he gains a cheat that changes his life. He becomes the finest chef in the capital, its top entrepreneur, and its greatest collector. In this life, he keeps his distance from all the courtyard’s beasts and their moral blackmail, determined to live life on his own terms! 1Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 47 Siheyuan: The Tan Family Cuisine Heir, Rewarded for Hard Work 四合院：谭家菜传人，天道酬勤 He Yuzhu died a miserable death beneath a bridge, but at the very end, he finally saw the truth. The parasitic white lotus Qin Huairu, the ungrateful brat Banggeng she'd painstakingly raised, the First Uncle who used moral pressure to control him, the Second Uncle who threw his weight around, the scheming Third Uncle, and the little man Xu Damao! That little courtyard was full of beasts. He was the only one who was truly human. As he closed his eyes, he swore to the heavens: if he got another —Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 48 Love in the Courtyard: Transmigrated with a Pocket Dimension 情满四合院：穿越携带随身空间 A new novel is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Did Your Old Man Beat You Up Again? 四合院：傻柱，你大爷又揍你了？ Reborn as Silly Zhu’s real uncle, He Daqing rules the courtyard with shameless antics In 1962, He Daqing transmigrates into the body of He Yuzhu’s uncle, another He Daqing who should have “disappeared” long ago. He even gets an “Old-Man Entitlement System”: the more he bullies shameless troublemakers with his antics, the more points he earns, which he can trade for food, medicine, and a comfortable life! As soon as he enters the courtyard, he catches Jia Zhangshi stealing Silly Zhu’s food and Xu 452Reads6.1Score121Shelves
- 50 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
