Novels like Yi Zhonghai’s Siheyuan
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Yi Zhonghai’s Siheyuan, best match first.
- 101 Siheyuan: You Really Are a “Good Samaritan”! 四合院，你真是个【大好人】！ A crafty schemer, set in the period, urban farming, courtyard compounds, pocket dimension, multiple heroines, and stealing others' opportunities. A note: No bleeding-heart heroics here. He only cares about affection points, which unlock workers and grant skills. Find Qin Huairu a job and a place to live. (Win Qin Huairu over.) Set Silly Zhu up on a blind date. (His match is incredibly lazy.) Help Jia Dongxu sort out his lifelong plans. (His match is a woman with a dubious reputation.) Get Jia Do —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Siheyuan: A Winning Hand from the Start, Taking My Brother to Fight the Troublemakers 四合院：天胡开局，带着弟弟斗禽 [One heroine + no vicious drama + everyday family life] After transmigrating to 1951, Lü Xiaobu becomes an ordinary resident of the central courtyard in a Beijing quadrangle. No mysterious origins, no powerful family connections. As soon as he transmigrates, old grievances between the He and Lü families put him in He Daqing's crosshairs. Lü Xiaobu uses the opportunity to step on He Daqing to climb the ladder and snatch the cafeteria shift supervisor job from him. Then Yi Zhonghai and the Old De 1.3kReads5.4Score—Shelves
- 103 Oh No! I Can’t Accept Yi Zhonghai’s Filial Devotion 坏了！易中海的孝心我接不住了 After waking up, office worker Yi Tian transmigrates into a Siheyuan courtyard. To his surprise, he turns out to be related to Yi Zhonghai, the so-called paragon of morality. Faced with this conveniently acquired “uncle,” Yi Tian knows the story and can only sneer. If Yi Zhonghai wants to make him a backup plan for his old age, he can forget it. When Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip him by pulling rank as an elder, Yi Tian decides to lay his cards on the table and makes up a story on the spot: 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Yi Zhonghai Is My Uncle, So What's Got You So Worked Up, Jia Dongxu? 易中海是我舅，贾东旭你急什么眼 Chen Yang transmigrates. He transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. And what's more Yi Zhonghai turns out to be my maternal uncle. Should I acknowledge him? Or should I acknowledge him? Forget it. I'll take things as they come. The plan is simple: don't make the first move, don't turn anyone down, and don't take responsibility. The rest is for you to enjoy figuring out. After all, with Lao Liu on my side, the world is mine. It's just that Jia Dongxu is getting worked up. Oh, hell 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 Siheyuan: An Older Brother Is as Good as a Father 四合院：长兄如父 This story has no System, no golden finger, and a slow pace. Jia Xuanyi is a 21st-century office drone, an orphan, and an unmarried thirty-year-old. Jia Chaoying is the eldest grandson of the Jia family in the siheyuan, a fifteen-year-old middle school student in 1962. When Jia Xuanyi becomes Jia Chaoying, he must face the family's petty squabbles, decide what to do after middle school, and confront the upheaval that will come six years later. What should he choose... Should he let his family dr 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Siheyuan: Back from the Army, I Unexpectedly Found Reba 四合院：退伍回家，意外捡了热芭 Five years ago, Meng Dong transmigrated to the 1960s. Thanks to the System, he became the undisputed creator of the nation’s military-industrial sector! Now Meng Dong has returned to Forty-Nine City, where weapons factories across the country are competing to recruit him as a top technical expert. For the people, Meng Dong returns to the laboratory. One cutting-edge technology after another is created, and one project after another becomes reality. I, Meng Dong, am back! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 Siheyuan: They All Say I'm a Good Person 四合院：她们都说我是好人 My new work is out! You can read it 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
- 108 Siheyuan: I, Li Huaide, Will Climb to the Top One Step at a Time 四合院：我李怀德要一步步往上爬 This novel has no System. It’s a grounded story of transmigration and striving in the real world. It follows Li Huaide, a top history student who transmigrates into the body of Li Huaide from the Siheyuan, and begins a new journey of hard work… 213Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 Fortune-Telling in the Siheyuan: From Procurement Clerk to Jack of All Trades 四合院算卦：从采购员开始全能 No System, no golden finger, a traditional period piece In the capital, in a courtyard, people come and go, each with their own path. They scheme and squabble, and the place is full of noisy chatter. Natural disasters rage, drought strikes everywhere, crops are hard to harvest, and wild greens are boiled into porridge. Life is miserable, and every meal is a worry. Fortunately, he has something to rely on, allowing him to thrive. With three copper coins, he can divine the secrets of fate, seek go 193Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 110 Siheyuan: You Ruined My Promotion, and Now You Expect Me to Support You in Your Old Age? 四合院：坏我晋升，还想我养老？ [Pure Romance] + [Comedy] + [No Do-Gooder] + [Plenty of Anger] + [Lots of Pranks] Su Ze transmigrates to the 1960s and discovers he’s in the world of Love in the Courtyard. A disastrous start: both parents are gone, and all he has is a five-year-old sister! He binds to a Daily Sign-In System, which lets him open a blind box every day. Money, little prank gadgets, and even pills that grant eternal life? It’s all in there! Well, things have suddenly gotten a lot better! What? Yi Zhonghai helps his 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu and the Runaway Bride from Tokyo 四合院：傻柱与东京逃婚女神太太 [Conquering the Siheyuan and the Red Star Factory is nothing. We’ve got to keep pushing farther out!] He Yuzhu transmigrates to 1979. He has just broken Banggeng’s hand and sent him away, then refuses to give Qin Huairu anything despite her desperate plea on his behalf. After angering Jia Zhangshi to death, he swiftly cracks down on the courtyard’s beasts, with remarkable results. Meanwhile, Fujiwara Yoshika, the number-one goddess of Sakura Country in the 1990s, travels a great distance to ask 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Siheyuan: A Flourishing Life 四合院：繁花似锦 Siheyuan + System + Wei Wu Style + Multiple Storylines In life, anyone can become a pawn on someone else’s chessboard. After Cao Yuan realized he was in the world of Siheyuan, he decided to become the one moving the pieces. In his eyes, the courtyard’s collection of scoundrels would all be useful tools. He was going to make sure his future life was “full of flowers and splendor”! 7Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 113 Zhang Xiaohua Is Reborn 四合院之张小花重生 Zhang Xiaohua discovers that her kind and dutiful daughter-in-law is the one who killed her, and that her beloved grandchildren are not her son's biological children. Even more heartbreaking, her son was killed by Qin Huairu and Silly Zhu working together. Zhang Xiaohua dies with her eyes wide open. Her spirit wanders around Qin Huairu and the First Aunt, waiting for a chance to take revenge. But even after she is vilified in a television series, that chance never comes. A flash of golden ligh 132Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 Siheyuan: Li Ergou, You're Such a Dog 四合院之李二狗你真狗 Li Ergou is ostracized in Qin Family Village and has no choice but to leave. As luck would have it, he becomes neighbors with his sworn enemy, Qin Huairu! The Jia family’s troubles begin right away. Yi Zhonghai, Deaf Granny, and Xu Damao all hate Li Ergou so much their teeth ache, cursing him in their hearts as a real scoundrel! After living in the courtyard for a long time, Li Ergou realizes something is seriously wrong with the place. Deaf Granny is actually Yi Zhonghai’s biological mother? An 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Siheyuan: Level Seven Engineer from the Start 四合院：开局七级工程师 After transmigrating into a courtyard home full of loyal martyrs, Ye Haoran became one of its residents. By his side was a younger sister, unrelated by blood, who had grown up with him and was as close as a real sister. While studying at Northwestern Polytechnical University, he learned that ill-intentioned people were eyeing his family home and daring to bully the childhood friend who had grown up alongside him. It was 1960, and although he had originally resolved to devote his youth to buildin 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai Is My Fourth Uncle 四合院：易中海是我四叔 College student Yi Xiaoyun was under the thumb of the scheming Dong Qianqian. Just before his soul transmigrated, he finally saw the truth. If only he could live his life over again... Wait, this is the 1950s? And his new body belongs to Yi Zhonghai's nephew. Never mind that for now. First, he’ll have his uncle find him a job. Once he has one, all he needs is a wife. “Fourth Uncle, I’m the only heir left in the Yi family...” Fourth Uncle, about that house... The little things of everyday life, t 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 Siheyuan: I Am Yi Zhongtian 四合院之我是易中天 Yi Zhongtian, a modern soul, transmigrates into the world of the Beijing courtyard. Can he live a different kind of life, find his family, and change the fates of the characters in the story? What choices will he make, and will they be what you expect...? 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 Siheyuan: The First Grandpa Is My Grandpa 四合院之一大爷是我大爷 Yi Hua transmigrates with a System and becomes a remarkable figure in the courtyard. As the nephew of Yi Zhonghai, the courtyard's respected elder, he commands everyone's respect. He marries Huairu and rises to the pinnacle of life. 128Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 The Red-Hot Years: Starting Out as a Truck Driver 火红年代：从大车司机开始 Chen Shi is posing at a comic convention in his cosplay of Tuzu Ge, one of the four Uchiha Laughing Legends, when he nods off and wakes up in the 1960s. Not only is he about to become the envy of all as a truck driver, but he's also awakened an enhanced, mutated Kamui dimension. From then on, he's an ordinary truck driver at home, but abroad he's a world-famous comic artist and novelist, a wealthy tycoon, and the greatest patriotic businessman of all... 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 Siheyuan: Qin Jingru Gets Pregnant with Multiples from the Start 四合院：开局让秦京茹怀多胎 Chen Jianguo transmigrates into the world of "The Courtyard of Feasting Beasts", becoming a lowly errand boy in the clinic at the steel mill. Luckily, he awakens the golden finger called the "Emotion Collection System." There's plenty of potential here. When Qin Jingru comes asking for a pregnancy certificate, his "compassion" suddenly stirs. "Jingru, I can guarantee you'll have multiples..." Qin Huairu wants Chen Jianguo to help her out? That can be arranged. "Sis, how about you come clean my r —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 Siheyuan: Brothers with Silly Zhu and Damau 四合院：跟傻柱大茂是兄弟 This story isn't dark or intense; it focuses on everyday life. Jiang Jinhuan transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. In his original life, he was recommended for a job at the steel mill, where he works in the same workshop as First Master and Jia Dongxu. Xu Damao treats him especially well because he stood up for what was right, while Silly Zhu takes a liking to him and looks out for him, too. With Jiang Jinhuan's help, Silly Zhu and Xu Damao put aside their past grievances. The three of them 174Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 Siheyuan: Treasure Hunting from the Start, Going Hunting with Liang Ladi 四合院：挖宝开局，带梁拉娣打野 Chen Ziyang is reborn in 1952 and becomes a chef's apprentice at a machine repair shop attached to a branch of the Red Star Steel Mill in the capital, Beijing. He lives in Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. His father died from a work injury, and his mother passed away from grief, leaving him to care for his younger sister. Life is incredibly hard, and the neighborhood bullies constantly pick on him. Qin Huairu, who was engaged to him, breaks off their engagement. Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip 7kReads6.6Score393Shelves
- 123 Siheyuan: The Head Elder's Precious Darling 四合院：一大爷的宝贝疙瘩 [A Siheyuan with no hostility and no shortage of colorful characters.] The Red Star Siheyuan at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang is an extraordinary courtyard. Its residents help one another, but there’s no shortage of scheming either. Their laughter, banter, anger, and scolding capture every facet of life. As the story went on, it turned into an ensemble-style slice-of-life tale... 443Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 Siheyuan: Master Anything at a Glance and Head Straight for Prosperity 四合院：看啥会啥，直奔小康 When Wang Jianjun wakes up, he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, where he has an older brother. His brother is kindhearted, but the scoundrels in the courtyard take advantage of him, and at twenty-eight he still hasn't found a wife. After transmigrating, Wang Jianjun changes his ways and advises his brother not to meddle in other people's business, but to live his own life. Once he binds himself to a System, Wang Jianjun's life gets better and better, making all the cour 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 When Yi Zhonghai Gets a Grandson 当易中海有了孙子 He had been an inconspicuous old eunuch working in a service room in the Qing palace, named Yi Zhonghai. He never expected that after falling asleep, he would wake up in a courtyard house as its First Master. At his feet, a young woman was kneeling and weeping. She was the First Master's niece, and she had a child with her. It turned out the First Master had refused to let the girl care for him in his old age, thinking she couldn't be relied on. But he didn't care about that. Now he had a daught 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai's Ancestor Is Back 四合院：易中海他祖宗回来了 In the autumn of 1962, Yi Zhonghai's paternal great-uncle, the twenty-year-old Yi Erchen, arrives at this courtyard. To Yi Zhonghai, he calls him “Little Hai” every time! To Deaf Granny, he casually calls her “Old Niece.” See how the courtyard's newest little patriarch leads Yi Zhonghai around with one hand, carries Deaf Granny under the other arm, and rides Silly Zhu straight through the chaos. 684Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 127 In the Siheyuan, My Son Is Yi Zhonghai, and That's a Fact! 四合院，我儿子是易中海，保真！ [Siheyuan] [Cultivation] [Everyday life] [Neighborly conflicts] [The 749 Bureau makes occasional appearances] A parallel world. Yi Qiankun, a modern man, transmigrated to the year 1800 and obtained a Cultivation System. He secluded himself in the mountains and cultivated for a hundred years, finally reaching the Nascent Soul stage. When his cultivation hit a bottleneck, Yi Qiankun chose to seal his powers and go down the mountain to marry and have children. But an accident while rescuing someone 1.9kReads5.7Score109Shelves
- 128 Transmigrating to the Siheyuan: Becoming Yi Zhonghai's Own Son 穿越四合院：成为易中海的亲儿子 The story takes place in 2023, when a modern young man named Yi Weiguo transmigrates back to Beijing in the 1960s after an accident. Even more astonishingly, he discovers that he has become Yi Zhonghai’s son in the courtyard: Yi Weiguo. Faced with an era of scarcity, complicated social ties, and a father utterly unlike the one in his memories, Yi Weiguo must quickly adapt to his new identity and survive in the little society of the courtyard. Using his modern knowledge and foresight, he helps h 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Siheyuan: From Kitchen Helper to Master Chef of State Banquets 四合院：从小帮厨到国宴大师 Zhou Pengfei wakes up one day and transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan courtyard, where he binds himself to a God of Cooking System. Surrounded by the squabbling vermin of the courtyard, Zhou Pengfei just wants to sit to one side, enjoy the show, and quietly live his own life. But people keep trying to take advantage of him. Zhou Pengfei can only sneer, set aside his desire to watch from the sidelines, and teach the lot of them a proper lesson! 176Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 From the Start, I Hit Yi Zhonghai With a Brick: How to Make It in a Reborn Siheyuan 开局砖拍易中海重生四合院怎么混 Transmigration + System + scheming + no saintly heroine (If you don't like it, please don't flame me!) After transmigrating into the Siheyuan, he starts with a brick in hand and smacks Yi Zhonghai first, then uses his System to set the whole courtyard straight. Don't rush. If anyone dares to object, he'll bring out the brick and make his case. Having Jia Zhangshi detained is an everyday occurrence. Splitting He Yuzhu and the widowed Qin up is basic procedure. He'll also have Xu Damao castrated, 1.8kReads—Score102Shelves
- 131 Siheyuan: I’m the First Master’s Nephew 四合院之我是一大爷侄子 An ordinary modern man transmigrates into the world of the Courtyard dramas, becoming Yi Weihua, the nephew of Yi Zhonghai, a character who never appeared in the shows. After returning from military service in Korea, he starts work at a meatpacking plant. Now that Uncle Yi has someone to care for him in his old age, what will become of the Jia family? 1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Siheyuan: The System Forces Me to Be the Villain 四合院之系统逼我当坏人 After transmigrating into the body of Yi Zhonghai, the moral paragon, he finds himself childless and fretting about who will care for him in his old age. It’s a miserable, exhausting situation. Fortunately, transmigrators get a standard perk: a strategy System. It not only helps him deal with his hidden ailment, but also makes him the true number-one elder of the courtyard. 198Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Goes to War, Leaving the Commander Stunned 四合院：傻柱去抗战，首长麻了 Zhang Dabiao: “Aren’t you supposed to be an idiot? How did one idiot manage to take out a Japanese checkpoint?” Kong Jie: “Aren’t you supposed to be an idiot? How did you manage to steal the Japanese supply truck? And what’s with all these dozens of fat pigs?” Zhao Gang: “Aren’t you supposed to be an idiot? You’ve turned this Type 38 rifle into a sniper rifle. And what’s the tank about?” The soldiers: “Reporting to the regiment commander, this idiot’s completely unreasonable. He’s an outright ro 405Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 134 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Claim My Family and Target Yi Zhonghai 四合院：开局认亲，我专啃易中海 Qi Sihai wakes up to find that his soul has traveled from the 21st century to the impoverished 1960s. From the start, he’s faced with a disastrous situation: both parents are dead, and there isn’t a grain of rice or a single cent in the house. After sorting through his predecessor’s memories, he promptly decides to turn to his only relative, his uncle Yi Zhonghai, an eighth-grade fitter. Yi Zhonghai has no children of his own, so he treats his blood-related nephew Qi Sihai just like his own so 2kReads—Score100Shelves
- 135 Siheyuan: A New Life, Starting as an Engineer 四合院：重启人生，从工程师开始 Transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, he becomes an ordinary resident of the courtyard. His life was harmonious, and he was even once on the verge of marrying Qin Huairu, with whom he shared deep feelings. But after his parents passed away, Qin Huairu gave in to material temptations and married Jia Dongxu. She then slandered him for no reason and coveted the two ancestral homes his family owned. Unable to bear it any longer, Xu Weiyang fought back. With a flurry of sharp retort 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 Siheyuan: First Master, I Want to Support You in Your Old Age 四合院：一大爷我想给您养老 [Golden Finger] [Low on Hostility] [Slice of Life] [Military Industry] [Multiple Heroines] A modern office drone suddenly transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. With both parents dead and nothing to his name, he has an unbelievably lucky start. Rubbing his growling stomach and staring at the empty rice jar, Qin Lingyun resolutely knocks on Yi Zhonghai's door. “First Master, I heard you don't have any children, and my parents are dead too. If you don't mind, I'd like to care for y 3Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 137 Siheyuan: My Brother Is Yi Zhonghai, Believe It or Not 四合院：我哥叫易中海，你信吗 My name is Yi Zhongtian. After reading a novel about a courtyard house on my screen and complaining about all its less-than-ideal transmigration plot devices, I got incredibly lucky and was forcibly transmigrated straight into the story. I even became Yi Zhonghai's half-brother, sharing the same father. But during the famine, while I was still a baby in swaddling clothes, I was accidentally abandoned, which was only reasonable under the circumstances. Fortunately, the person who found me was a d —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao, More Children, More Blessings 四合院：我许大茂，多子多福 Xu Damao transmigrated. The good news was that transmigrators got a System. The bad news was that he’d activated the more children, more blessings System! And he’d transmigrated as the Xu Damao from the Siheyuan, who had no children… System: I gave you a golden finger. If you don’t use it, don’t blame me for wiping you out! Xu Damao: Come on, don’t be like that. I’ll figure something out, okay? After successfully activating the System, Xu Damao discovered that things weren’t so simple after all… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 Siheyuan: Three Years of Famine, Unlimited Coarse Grain from the Start 四合院：三年饥荒，开局无限粗粮 Cao Yang transmigrates and becomes an ordinary resident of the Beast-Filled Courtyard. It’s the three-year famine, and food supplies in the capital are running out. Just as the courtyard’s beasts gang up on Cao Yang, he activates the System and gets an unlimited supply of cornmeal buns right from the start. As long as there are resentment points, the supplies will keep coming! While everyone else is eating bran and wild greens, Cao Yang uses the resentment points provided by the courtyard reside —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 Siheyuan: Sent to the Great Northern Wilderness from the Start! 四合院：开局就被派往北大荒！ Chen Xi transmigrates into a courtyard house and is sent to the Great Northern Wilderness right from the start! He had planned to spend a few years in the countryside as an educated youth, but instead he awakens the Everything Enhancement System. A humble thatched hut, a beautiful brick house, a luxurious mansion, another luxurious mansion... Barren wasteland, fertile soil, black earth, a primeval spirit field... Meanwhile, Chen Xi enjoys a comfortable life with the Little Dragon Maiden in his a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 Siheyuan: Fleeing an Arranged Marriage with My Sister to Beijing 四合院：带着妹妹逃婚到四九城 He transmigrates into the world of the courtyard houses. But his aunt wants to marry Lin Ye off to a wealthy family’s dim-witted daughter. He flees an arranged marriage with his younger sister, traveling from the Northeast to the capital to seek refuge with his master. When the siblings arrive, they discover they’ve escaped one danger only to fall into another. They’ve ended up in a courtyard full of beasts. Luckily, his master has arranged everything. He joins the public security team and has t 111Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 142 Siheyuan: Transmigrating to Nanluoguxiang in 1962 四合院：穿越1962之南锣鼓巷 [Comeback System] [Multiple heroines: not for you if you dislike that] Chen Fei transmigrates straight into a courtyard in 1962. Wow, this courtyard is even livelier than it was on TV! The whole-courtyard meeting is in full swing, and Yi Zhonghai and the two clowns from the Jia family are putting on quite a show, intent on stealing his home. Just then, Chen Fei discovers he’s been given a Comeback System! Ha! It’s practically a “comeback machine” made just for him! As long as he makes someone el 257Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Period: Starting in the Siheyuan on the Road to Dominance 年代：从四合院开始制霸之路 Qian Guoqiang transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan, only to hear heart-rending wails from the courtyard as soon as he arrives. Jia Dongxu is dead, and his mother, Jia Zhangshi, is mourning him. At the same time, Qian Guoqiang discovers his unique golden finger. Disassembly and synthesis! Disassembly lets him break down anything he touches directly into its smallest constituent particles. It might be quarks, or something even smaller. The catch is that he can only disassemble the outermost 92Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 144 Siheyuan: I Punish the Scum on Behalf of the Myriad Worlds 四合院：我代表诸天惩治禽兽 The male lead is a scheming sort who loves to stab people in the back! Wei Boran, a young man from the modern era, unexpectedly has his soul transported into the world of The Beasts of the Courtyard and becomes Deaf Granny's younger brother, just 17 years old. His seniority immediately puts him above all the beasts. The First, Second, and Third Masters all have to address him respectfully as Young Master Wei. Everyone across the Myriad Worlds says it's hard to get by as the protagonist in a cour 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 My Soul Transmigrated into Silly Zhu: Making My Mark in the Golden Age 魂穿傻柱，皇金年代大展宏图 After reading around twenty courtyard-house novels, curiosity got the better of me and I watched this drama. Given the courtyard-house plot as it is now, my family ended up with one fewer computer monitor... Silly Zhu is so infuriating. In the later episodes, I kept watching for the original ending, where Bang Geng kicks Silly Zhu out of the house, leaving him to freeze to death in the street without even enough money to call his son. That plotline kept me watching until the end. After I finishe 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 Siheyuan: With Yi Zhonghai in My Corner, I Can Happily Slack Off Forever 四合院：背靠易中海，摆烂乐无边 In the autumn of 1962. After a deafening train whistle, Qin Yang arrives at the courtyard home to seek refuge with his uncle, Yi Zhonghai. Qin Yang: Yi Zhonghai is my uncle, so I’m already standing on the moral high ground. That means I can lie flat and slack off! Yi Zhonghai: I have a grandnephew. Why would I need Jia Dongxu or Silly Zhu to look after me? My grandnephew is family by blood! 1Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 147 Siheyuan: Abducted From the Start, Adopted by Yi Zhonghai! 四合院：开局被拐，养父易忠海！ In 1960, Li Jian transmigrated into the world of Birds Fill the Courtyard. Most importantly, not only had he transmigrated into a child, and not only were his memories of his previous life incomplete, but he had also been kidnapped by human traffickers? Just as Li Jian was despairing, he happened to run into Yi Zhonghai on his way home from work. When Yi Zhonghai asked about his family, Li Jian could only remember that his childhood nickname was Fugui. His father's name was Li something-long, an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 Siheyuan: The Thief Saint System Is Here! 四合院，盗圣系统来袭！ Bang Geng is at an age when his character and sense of right and wrong are just beginning to take shape. Then he meets a System that leads him into all kinds of mischief! This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events is purely coincidental! Just enjoy the story as fiction. There's no need to overthink it. It's just a way to pass the time! The Saintly Thief System sounds like an evil System that gets people into trouble! Is that it? No, no... The Saintly Thief System says it 22Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 149 Siheyuan: My System Is a Little Overpowered 四合院：我的系统有点强 [Decisive and ruthless + always repays a grudge + ambitions of a prime minister + stockpiling supplies] Cao Haotian is bitten while catching eels, and then finds himself in the 1960s, where there’s a courtyard known as Love in the Courtyard... From the start, he is framed and has one of his legs broken. Just as he’s fallen into utter despair and has no idea what to do, a mechanical voice sounds in his mind: “Host detected to have less than a day to live. Samsara Gate System emergency startup in 2.1kReads6.9Score127Shelves
- 150 Siheyuan: I Snatched Jia Dongxu’s Bride from the Start 四合院：开局抢了贾东旭的新娘子 When I woke up, a Jia Dongxu identical to me was standing in front of me, disappearing. My newlywed wife, Qin Huairu, and I hadn’t even had a chance to consummate the marriage. Just then, the more children, more blessings family System activated. Not wanting to become an undocumented person and be cut up for research, I got myself a beautiful bride for free! “Qin Huairu added as a family member.” Ability 1 unlocked: Other People’s Wives. Ability 2 unlocked: A Capable Wife at Your Side. 1.6kReads—Score119Shelves
