Novels like The A, B, C, and D of the Siheyuan
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The A, B, C, and D of the Siheyuan, best match first.
- 101 Siheyuan: Starting by Drawing Bang Geng, I'm Ruthless and Soft-Spoken 四合院：开局抽棒梗，人狠话少 He Yuzhu transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he awakens the Tycoon System. The System comes with an upgrade feature. As long as he earns enough experience points, he can level up. He also receives a corresponding cash reward each time. As He Yuzhu cooks more and more dishes, the experience meter on his System keeps climbing. He Yuzhu was already a skilled chef. With this System, he's in his element. From this moment on, He Yuzhu's life takes off. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Conquering the Siheyuan, Starting with Enslaving Jia Zhangshi 制霸四合院，从奴役贾张氏开始 [Witty and funny] [Low angst] [A crafty schemer] [Enslaving Jia Zhangshi and her son] [Character ages have been adjusted] After transmigrating as Old Jia, Jia Dongxu’s father, he faces a lazy, gluttonous Jia Zhangshi, a son who lives off him, and just two months left to live. From the start, everything is going wrong. He divorces Jia Zhangshi, steals Qin Huairu away from someone else, sends her to work at the steel mill, and begins a laid-back life... P.S. Upright gentlemen and readers who insis 1.1kReads6.3Score12114d adds
- 103 I, Xu Damao, Swear to Heaven, This Is Absolutely True 我许大茂对天发誓，这绝对是真的 Zhang Qing was busy in his vegetable garden, single and unemployed, enjoying his freedom. Today, he transmigrates into Xu Damao. Making a little trouble won't hurt. What a disaster! Zhang Qing had grown tired of city work and was enjoying a peaceful country life back home. But while picking vegetables in his garden, he was struck by an object falling from the sky, turning his life upside down... 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Raising Hell in the Siheyuan 在四合院里炸街 (No angst, no doormat protagonist, no saintly do-gooder, sole heroine. This is the author’s first novel, so please be kind.) The protagonist focuses on building himself up early on and gets along very well with Silly Zhu and Xu Damao. He helps them develop too, then later builds his own economic empire and ultimately retires to the countryside. 443Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Begin Cultivating Immortality in the Siheyuan 灵气复苏：从四合院开始修仙长生 [Infuriatingly Funny + Hilariously Ridiculous + Absurd + Multiple Heroines] His soul transmigrates into Silly Zhu, leaving him angry, heartbroken, and miserable. In the end, he decides to go all in and take them all. As for the beasts in the courtyard, of course he says goodbye to them. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Siheyuan: Starting in 1950, Cooking Like a God 四合院：50开局，烹饪逆天 Hello, everyone! Please support my new novel. This is a story set in the Courtyard House. The protagonist transmigrates into the Courtyard House, devotes himself to learning how to cook, and begins a life unlike any other. 56Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 107 Siheyuan: Marrying Lou Xiao'e and Tormenting All the Scoundrels 四合院：迎娶娄晓娥，我虐惨众禽 He transmigrates to a courtyard house and binds himself to a System. From the start, he marries Lou Xiao'e, and from then on his life reaches new heights. With overwhelming abilities, he sweeps through the courtyard house and takes down all the scheming tenants! I'm the one and only true First Master! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Siheyuan: I Took Advice from the Start, and the Troublemakers Lost Their Minds 四合院：开局听劝，禽兽们气疯了 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Siheyuan: I'm Jia Zhangshi's Nephew 四合院：我是贾张氏内侄 I transmigrated. I get to live another life. I become Jia Zhangshi's nephew, return from military service, and become the head of the procurement department at the steel mill. Facing Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu, and the rest of their family... that's where the story begins. 8Reads6.6Score414d adds
- 110 Siheyuan: The Happy Life of Xu Damao 四合院：穿成许大茂的快乐人生 After studying all night, he never expected to wake up in a courtyard house, transmigrated into a man named Xu Damao. But since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. He feared none of the scoundrels filling the courtyard. With memories of the future, he was determined to live freely and enjoy himself. But after Qin Huairu arranged to meet him at the warehouse, everything began to take a different turn. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Siheyuan: I Was Chosen 四合院之我被选召了 Online keyboard warrior Cao Feng gets sent to live in Love in the Courtyard after maliciously insulting someone he should never have crossed. A series of absurd and hilarious events unfolds in the compound. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Siheyuan: The Specialist in Dealing with Every Kind of Scumbag 四合院之专治各种人渣 There was no helping it. The protagonist transmigrated into a courtyard house. In this place, truth and falsehood are turned upside down, and right and wrong are indistinguishable. The three elders and the Deaf Old Lady have bewitched everyone living in the courtyard. 2Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 113 A Simple Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之平淡人生 After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, Wang Yue becomes the First Aunt from the TV series. With her golden finger, she changes the fates of most of the people around her and lives happily with the First Uncle. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu, You Two Can Stick Together 四合院：易中海秦淮茹你们绑死吧 He Yuzhu: First Uncle, since you don't have any children anyway, why not take Banggeng as your own? Qin Huairu: First Uncle, from now on Banggeng will be your son, and so will I. The Jia family can only depend on you! Yi Zhonghai: Thank you, all of you... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Urged the Old Men to Think Bigger 四合院：开局劝大爷们把格局打开 A pure period novel, with no golden finger. This is the story of a marketing instructor who transmigrates into a siheyuan! First Uncle: Dongxu’s vision is so lofty that I’ve been pushed into the spotlight and have no choice but to devote myself selflessly! Second Uncle: Dongxu really knows his stuff. So being a leader isn’t as easy as I thought! Third Uncle: My horizons have broadened. I’ll never be petty again! Everyone in the courtyard: Brother Dongxu is the man! Whenever there’s trouble, he’s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Siheyuan: I, He Yuzhu, Take the Initiative 四合院：我何雨柱主动出击 He transmigrates to 1965, at the start of the courtyard-house story, and becomes He Yuzhu, gaining an Emotion Value System that rewards him whenever he makes people feel negative emotions. From the start, he takes the initiative: beats Bang Geng, extorts Xu Damao, blackmails Qin Huairu, and drives Yi Zhonghai up the wall, racking up rewards left and right. He Yuzhu masters cooking, traditional Chinese medicine, chess, metalworking, and more. Wherever he goes and whatever he does, he's always the 135Reads5.8Score10214d adds
- 117 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Forced the Bullies to Move Out, Leaving the Whole Courtyard Stunned 四合院：开局逼禽兽腾房全院麻了 Li Cheng arrived in a courtyard house and became an ordinary man. He lived a happy life, and Qin Huairu and Yu Li often asked matchmakers to find them husbands, making many of the courtyard's scoundrels jealous. But after his parents passed away, Qin Huairu was egged on by Deaf Granny and Yi Zhonghai to marry Jia Dongxu. Yu Li, meanwhile, was introduced to Yan Jie by Yan Bugui's deaf old mother and got together with him. They even set their sights on one of the houses in Li Cheng's home, hoping 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 This World, Here I Come! 这世界，我来了！ On the eve of his university graduation, Zheng Hua got drunk and inexplicably transmigrated into The Misanthropic Courtyard, becoming He Yuzhu, the biggest sucker in the story. You pack of vultures, the man standing before you is no longer the Silly Zhu you used to push around. I sincerely hope you'll wise up from now on and stop provoking me. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't be able to handle the consequences! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Transmigrating into the Siheyuan, I Enjoy a Life of Tender Romance 穿越四合院，，温柔乡里享温柔 He Yuzhu, whose name and surname match the original, transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. Knowing the story in advance, why would he want to be anyone’s yes-man? Enjoying life in the arms of a gentle beauty is what a sensible man should do!! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Siheyuan: I Came Back from the Army to Find My Home Gone 四合院：转业后发现家没了 After his soul transmigrated into Li Weiguo, he thought things over carefully and gave up the chance to become an officer in the army, choosing instead to return home after leaving the service… But when he got back, he discovered that this was the world of Love in the Courtyard. He learned that his home was gone, his mother had died in an accident, and his younger sister was being bullied by the whole courtyard full of beasts. He exploded… 433Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Jia Dongxu’s Happy Life 贾东旭的幸福生活 Love in the Courtyard? Or a courtyard full of scoundrels? I'm Jia Dongxu. My mother, Jia Zhangshi, is nicknamed the Necromancer for her ability to summon the dead. My son, Bang Geng, is hailed as a child of fate and a master thief. My wife, Qin Huairu, is supposedly a saintly white lotus. She leeches off He Yuzhu, yet devotes herself wholeheartedly to the Jia family. I've arrived, and it's still the same courtyard, but life here will be different. 114Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 122 Yin He Sha's 8th Book 银河沙的第8本书 Wei Jianguo, a great scientist who studied time and space, was reborn in the 1960s in a courtyard compound, bringing along the portable space he had created before an accident in the lab. Knowing nothing about the vicious residents of the courtyard, he used a scientist's intelligence and instincts to enjoy a good life in the compound and at the steel mill. From the start, he sent Deputy Factory Director Yang Huaide to prison. Qin Huairu, Qin Jingru, Liang Zhaodi, and Lou Xiaoe all had something 7Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 123 Siheyuan: I'm a Good Person 四合院之我是好人 Li Qianjin transmigrated into the world of the courtyard compound and became an ordinary resident. From the start, he activated the sign-in System and married Lou Xiao'e. And so began his incredible journey of crushing all the vultures in the courtyard. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Siheyuan: I'm the Smiling Tiger 四合院：我就是笑面虎 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! 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Silly Zhu and Liangzi Take on the World 傻柱和亮子闯世界 After becoming Silly Zhu, he thinks that in this special era he'll be stuck in the courtyard house and the steel mill. Unexpectedly, he gets to travel all across the country and overseas. After the reforms and opening up, he figures being a restaurant owner will be enough, but he unexpectedly becomes an Olympic champion. He thinks that being a champion, then a coach, and eventually a leader is a fine way to spend his life, but then he accidentally shows off his talents in the investment world. 114Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 126 How the Fierce Birds of Siheyuan Forged Their Ultimate Schemer 四合院众禽凶猛老六是怎样炼成的 Light comedy, mild angst. Zhou Ke, from the twenty-first century, transmigrated to Love in the Courtyard, where the original host turned out to be an idiot. Zhou Ke decided to play along at first, play the pig to eat the tiger, and mess with all the courtyard beasts. As he outsmarted them, Zhou Ke gradually grew stronger. The pocket dimension he carried with him also underwent a wondrous transformation. Traveling between worlds, he faced life-and-death trials time and again, and came to understa 404Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Siheyuan: A Happy Life with Ding Qiunan 四合院：和丁秋楠过幸福人生 Lin Yun transmigrates to a courtyard house in the 1960s and gains an editing System. As long as he edits a video, its contents will appear in the dreams of the people depicted in it. He edits “Silly Zhu’s Tragic Life.” He Yuzhu awakens: “I worked hard my whole life, only to be driven out of the courtyard by Banggeng and freeze to death under a bridge?” He edits “Lou Xiao'e’s Unhappy Marriage.” Lou Xiao'e: “Xu Damao is infertile and cheated on me during our marriage? And who are my other two husb 293Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 128 Siheyuan: In the Twilight of Life 四合院：风烛残年 Born here, raised here. A world of countless strange and wondrous things, beginning in a courtyard house and ending in a universe of endless possibilities. From as far back as he could remember, Xiao Tianfeng had felt as if an invisible boulder weighed down on him. He could neither let go nor break free, wandering aimlessly amid the ways of the world. In a noisy, chaotic society, he lived with both resilience and timidity, again and again battering against the shackles of his heart. Like a man w 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 129 Transmigrating to a Siheyuan: I'm the Living King of Hell 穿越四合院：我是人间活阎王 Chen Fei is thriving in the modern world, but after drinking counterfeit liquor, he transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. In this era, the residents of the courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang are all a bunch of brutes. In a turn of events both unexpected and somehow inevitable, Chen Fei activates the Living King of Hell System. Now, beasts, face my fury! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: Starting in ’52, I Steal Qin Huairu Away! 四合院：52开局，截胡秦淮茹！ [This book has no angst, just funny everyday life!] Li Weiguo transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1952. He arrives just as eighteen-year-old Qin Huairu comes to the courtyard to meet Jia Dongxu on a blind date. He has to steal her away from Jia Dongxu. After doing so, he helps Qin Huairu get a job at the steel mill. From then on, Li Weiguo begins a leisurely, carefree life. Jia Zhangshi: Li Weiguo, how dare you steal my daughter-in-law? Old Jia... Li Weiguo: Old Jia, come take a look! Come get 3.7kReads5.9Score15714d adds
- 131 Siheyuan: Reborn in the 1940s, I Left the Whole Courtyard in Shock 四合院：重生40年代，全院麻了 At sixteen, Li Kaishan returned to the 1940s and joined the War of Resistance. During a battle to hold off enemy reinforcements, he held his position for eight hours. In the end, his entire company died heroically, and he was gravely wounded and fell into a deep sleep. Later, the villagers of Zhaojiayu rescued him. He awakened his System and unlocked sign-in rewards. After he recovered, he married Yang Xiuqin, the prettiest girl in Zhaojiayu. Old Li may not be particularly capable, but he's exce 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Siheyuan: The Classic Siheyuan 四合院：经典四合院 1950. Nanshan Village, Yanjiao. Chu Rongguang was getting ready to leave. He was going to Nanluoguxiang in Beijing to look for the family he had once known... His parents had already gone to another place... 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: Mom Knows My Heart 四合院之妈妈知我心 A different kind of feel-good story, with no golden finger. Beating people up isn’t satisfying, it’s reckless; shedding blood isn’t satisfying, it’s just gruesome. Real satisfaction comes from making people swallow bitter consequences, leaving them no room to argue, and making their hearts bleed... A fight feels good for a moment, but one sharp tongue can bring joy every day. That’s the difference... No fighting: mature people only use their words. No brawling: clever people only use their mouth 51Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 134 Siheyuan: Never Surrender 四合院：永不屈服 A demobilized soldier is reborn in a Siheyuan. In a courtyard crawling with scoundrels, a fifteen-year-old boy protects his older sister and takes care of his younger one. With his golden finger, he builds a good life, beats the scoundrels to a pulp, kicks the witch to the curb, and regularly looks after the neighbors. 8Reads7.5Score114d adds
- 135 Siheyuan: From the Start, the Jia Family Wants to Steal My Home 四合院：开局贾家要抢我房 [System + not a single heroine + no moral blackmail] I'll kick Silly Zhu, slap Jia Zhangshi across the face, and tear into Yi Zhonghai for his moral blackmail. I'll deal with every beast in this courtyard myself. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Reborn in a Siheyuan in 1960 四合院重生1960 A look at the many faces of life in the courtyard: family squabbles and everyday routines. This is a slice-of-life story without much hostility, about farming and fishing. I’m just an ordinary person who can’t save the world; I only want to enjoy a good, simple life at home. 63Reads6.5Score10114d adds
- 137 Siheyuan: He Xiao Returns and Strikes It Rich 四合院：何晓归来致富 At Courtyard House No. 95 on Nanluogu Lane in the capital, the bracelet Lou Xiao'e left for He Yuzhu suddenly flashes with dazzling light. At that very moment, He Xiao, who has been unconscious in Hong Kong for a long time, slowly opens his eyes. This is a proper Courtyard story, without all those ghosts and goblins. The first part follows the residents as they battle wits and schemes; the later part is about He Xiao making his fortune! 154Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Siheyuan: Taking Over a Job in the City 四合院：从进城顶岗开始 [Lighthearted Comedy + No Playing Fair + Building Wealth + Moderate Animal Torment + Clear Main Plot + Original, Brainy Story] Zhao Xiaoqian transmigrated to a poor village in 1961. From the start, he took a city job and moved into a courtyard compound. Bang Geng kept provoking him, so he immediately made Qin Huairu work off her debt! Yi Zhonghai wanted to adopt his younger sister, so Zhao hired Yi Zhonghai's wife as a full-time nanny! He also hired Yan Bugui as a private tutor! Xu Damao was 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Ate a Hamburger and Made the Whole Courtyard Drool 四合院：开局吃汉堡，全院馋哭了 He transmigrates into the Siheyuan as Zhou Baoguo, a dim-witted little fool whose parents died young. Everyone in the courtyard bullies him, seeing that he has no one to rely on. Banggeng shoves him, and he hits his head, develops a high fever, and falls into a coma. Instead of saving his life, these people want to let him die on his own and scheme to take his house. His overwhelming instinct to survive awakens the System. Whenever he triggers someone else's emotions, he can earn treasure chests 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Beat My Way Through the Courtyard 四合院：开局打穿四合院 Siheyuan courtyard + System + one heroine Jiang Fan transmigrates into a Siheyuan courtyard and learns what happened to the original owner's family. He swears that everyone in the courtyard will have a miserable time. In short, nobody gets off easy! 23Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 141 Siheyuan: Trading Food for Qin Huairu, I Made a Killing 四合院：粮食换秦淮茹，我赚麻了 Long Yizhi transmigrates to the world of the Courtyard, where he can travel back and forth between worlds. He becomes a middleman, trading grain for antiques and helping the Great Xia Kingdom rise to power. He also gets Qin Huairu for himself and goes on to live a happy life. 3.1kReads5.7Score14814d adds
- 142 Siheyuan: I'm the Biggest Beast in the Yard 四合院：我是大禽兽 After transmigrating into the Siheyuan, the protagonist faces a courtyard full of beasts. Watch as he becomes the biggest beast of them all and single-handedly brings the whole courtyard to heel! He uses whatever underhanded methods he can to deal with every injustice, one by one. But once he steps beyond the Siheyuan, the protagonist discovers just how many girls and women there are out in the world! 4Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 143 Siheyuan: What’s Wrong with Being a Little Overbearing? 四合院：我霸道点怎么了？ Chen Changwu transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard just as his family falls apart. His maternal aunt by marriage, Jia Zhangshi, wants to take over his house. As if he'd put up with that! He beats her up, then goes and smashes up the Jia family home. Yi Zhonghai takes her side? He gets beaten! Silly Zhu sticks his nose in? He gets beaten! Liu Haizhong throws his weight around? He gets beaten! The foul-mouthed Xu Damao, the stingy Yan Bugui, the white lotus Qin Huairu... There's no 2.9kReads8.1Score10014d adds
- 144 Xu Damao's Remarkable Life in the Siheyuan 四合院许大茂的精彩人生 An ordinary young man from the 21st century transmigrates into the 18-year-old Xu Damao. Watch Xu Damao make an exciting life for himself. How will he whip the entire courtyard compound into shape? He’ll show those courtyard pests what it means to be a beacon of righteousness. 674Reads6.3Score10414d adds
- 145 Siheyuan: The Beast He Yuzhu 四合院之禽兽何雨柱 Don’t call me Silly Zhu! I like it when people call me a beast. I just want to write a novel I’ll enjoy. This is my first time writing, so please share any valuable feedback. 9.1kReads7.9Score33214d adds
- 146 From Hong Kong Island to the Siheyuan 从港岛到四合院 Yet another novel wearing a siheyuan story's skin. The protagonist is a streamer from the future who transmigrates into the 1970s and becomes He Xiao, the stepson of a concubine-born son in a prominent Hong Kong family. What should he do next? Should he return to the siheyuan and get Silly Zhu to acknowledge him as family? But there's one condition: first, he has to survive this chaotic era. 185Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Siheyuan: I Became Extra Baggage 四合院：我成了拖油瓶 {Slice of life + no demonization + one heroine + System + no making characters stupid} Lin Qingfang transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan with a family consisting of his birth mother, a stepfather, a younger half-brother, and a younger sister who is also a burden to the family... 144Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Siheyuan: Starting in 1958, Rattling the Whole Yard of Brutes 四合院：58开局，破防全院禽兽 [Siheyuan + multiple heroines + pocket dimension + mild temper + no goody-two-shoes + putting the beasts in their place] Zhang Fan transmigrated into the world of The Courtyard of Beasts. After growing up for eighteen years, he awakened his very own spiritual farmland dimension. Relying on his spiritual farmland and hunting skills, he successfully moved from the countryside to the capital, Sijiu City. Following the address on his introduction letter, he never expected to end up at Number 95, Nan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Siheyuan: It Begins with Silly Zhu Reborn 四合院：从重生傻柱开始 After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, he becomes the protagonist, He Yuzhu, though the original story is still many years away. He Yuzhu is now seventeen, his younger sister He Yushui is eight, and their father, He Daqing, who is known for his close friendship with widows, has just run off with the Widow Bai. He Yuzhu, however, doesn't care about any of that. Having been given another chance at life, he is determined to live well this time and build a bright future of his 279Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 150 Siheyuan: I Want the Money and the Girl, You Do Whatever You Like! 四合院之我人财全要，你们随意！ If it's good fortune, you can't avoid it; if it's misfortune, you can't escape it. Sure enough, Chen Da had just finished watching Love in the Courtyard when he transmigrated into the very same courtyard. Looking at himself, all alone, and then at the courtyard full of scoundrels, Chen Da cried out in despair, “Heavens, send down a bolt of lightning and strike me dead!” Rumble! A loud crash rang out. But it wasn't lightning. It was the System arriving. Chen Da: “I'm doomed...” —Reads—Score—14d adds
