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- 51 Scamming Silly Zhu Out of His Money and House from the Start in Siheyuan 四合院开局先讹傻柱钱和房 [Transmigration]+ [Low Aggression]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [No Goody-Two-Shoes]+ [Other Characters] I transmigrate into a courtyard. I don't care about anything else for now. I'll focus on enjoying myself. Everything else can wait. 2.5kReads6.2Score143Shelves
- 52 Siheyuan: Becoming the Top Gaokao Scorer from the Start 四合院：开局成了高考状元 When he woke up, Chen Xiaoan found himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1952. The country was under military administration, Qin Huairu, a white lotus, had only recently married, and his father, He Daqing, seemed to have already left the courtyard. Realizing that schemes and machinations lay ahead, Chen Xiaoan decided to take action, protect himself and his younger sister from harm, and secure a bright future for them. For the dignity of the nation and to keep the great powers from b 92Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 53 The Siheyuan's Street Loafer Won't Let His Beautiful Wife Leave 四合院街溜子，漂亮老婆就不离 Li Weiguo, a modern man worth billions and wealthy enough to rival a nation, transmigrates into the world of a period drama set in a Beijing courtyard compound. He then transmigrates into the body of a shiftless loafer with the same name, a man everyone despises. What? A loafer like him actually has such a beautiful wife? What? He even has three adorable little daughters, as cute as dolls? What? He has such a wonderful wife and daughters, yet doesn't cherish them at all, beating and scolding 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Siheyuan: Rejected at a Matchmaking Meeting, I Take In a Little Girl 四合院：相亲被嫌弃，捡个小萝莉 Li Ran somehow found himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard, in the body of the teenage He Yuzhu. At this point, He Daqing hadn't run off yet, He Yushui was still a little girl, and Qin Huairu hadn't married into the courtyard. Li Ran had hoped to get to Qin Huairu first, but she ended up rejecting him. Dejected, he unexpectedly came across the little Qin Jingru. From then on, he had not only his younger sister trailing after him, but a little bride as well. There are no brainless plot tw 467Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 55 Siheyuan: Springtime for the Humble 四合院：蝼蚁的春天 [Siheyuan] + [Space] + [Period] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Aggressive Attitude] Lou Yi is reborn in a Siheyuan in the 1950s and becomes Xu Damao's cousin! Xu Damao ends up having a great time!! He Yuzhu, the courtyard's supposed top fighter, can no longer swagger around and can only tremble in fear... He points at Yi Zhonghai and curses him for being a childless old bastard, while Yi Zhonghai bows his head and tries to curry favor... The courtyard's scoundrels all meet miserable fates one after an 39kReads7.0Score3.4kShelves
- 56 A Happy Life in the Siheyuan 人在四合院之幸福生活 [The Animal-Filled Siheyuan + Everyday Life + Mildly Violent Edge + Golden Finger] Ye Lin suddenly transmigrates into an animal-filled siheyuan. In his previous life, he was an orphan taken in by an old man. When Ye Lin turned eighteen, the old man passed away, and just like that, he transmigrated. Luckily, his golden finger arrives. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to get by. From here on, a happy life awaits. 71Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Siheyuan: When a Transmigrator Meets a Reborn Silly Zhu 四合院：当穿越者遇到傻柱重生 Zhao Weiguo wakes up one morning and has transmigrated. But the world he transmigrates into is completely absurd: Xu Damao’s chicken has been stolen, and Silly Zhu, that old simp, hasn’t stepped up to take the blame. So how come, in the blink of an eye, Silly Zhu and Xu Damao, sworn enemies who’ve fought all their lives, are walking arm in arm and going out to eat together? And there’s more: Yi Zhonghai falls into the toilet three times in one week, Jia Zhangshi breaks her hand while out, Yan Bu —Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 58 Siheyuan: Watching the Courtyard's Fools with a Smile 四合院：笑看众禽 [System] [Not a do-gooder] [No dumbing down] [Overbearing] [Multiple female leads] The male lead, Li Tianyou, arrives in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He had planned to live peacefully through those turbulent years, but who could have guessed that a pack of troublemakers would keep trying to harm him? If you want to take me down, then striking first is better than sitting back and taking the blows. 753Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 59 Siheyuan: My System Arrived Twenty Years Late 四合院：我的系统迟到了二十年 [If you dislike Qin Huairu, don’t read] [Multiple heroines] [Crossover between multiple TV dramas] [Reader-reward System] [Saintly white-lotus types, stay away] Nie Jianguo, a graduate student in the 21st century, worked himself to death from exhaustion. He transmigrated into the 1940s as a newborn and grew up through the early 1960s. He experienced a life other transmigrators had never known, and endured hardships they had never suffered. He struggled forward, step by step, through the hardest 39Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 60 Rebuilding My Life in the Siheyuan 重塑四合院人生 This is a story about the everyday ups and downs of family life. Quite a few readers have suggested that I change the title to Stud Farm in the Siheyuan. Interesting. You can tell what it means just from the title. I apologize. I'm sorry I didn't make this clear beforehand and spoiled your reading experience. If it's not to your taste, that's fine. Please feel free to move on. 88Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 61 Dirt-Eating Auntie: Book 13 吃土小阿姨第13本书 [Reborn in the womb] + [System and spatial farm] + [Goes to the battlefield] + [Crossover with TV dramas and films] + [Multiple heroines] While Qin Shou was busy tightening a screw, he somehow transmigrated into He Yuzhu before birth and activated a Villain System. By stealing the luck of all the courtyard’s schemers, he could become more handsome and powerful. On the day he was born, he saved his mother from postpartum hemorrhaging with a stream of baby pee. From then on, He Yuzhu became famous 3Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 62 Siheyuan: My Father Is a Guardian General, Shocking the Entire Courtyard 四合院：生父镇国大将，全院震惊 [Not too much edge + One Female Lead + Smart Characters + Military Family Background + Goes Beyond the Courtyard House] A playboy transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1952 and becomes the Chen family's adopted son. When he falls seriously ill, he gains a mental space. As he improves his family's living conditions, he gradually foils Yi Zhonghai's plans for someone to support him in his old age. Meanwhile, while working at the Public Security Bureau, he accidentally discovers that Granny Deaf is 385Reads5.8Score107Shelves
- 63 Siheyuan: What Should Be Done and What Shouldn't Be Done 四合院之有所为有所不为 [Put the Scoundrels in Their Place] [Decisive] [System] [Multiple Female Leads] Given a second life, Hu Zhengyang transmigrates into Silly Zhu, the easy target everyone in the courtyard takes advantage of. The original Silly Zhu was exploited all his life and met a miserable end. This time, he returns with a System and just one rule: Do what you should, and don't do what you shouldn't! He won't be a sucker or raise ungrateful brats. He won't put up with moral blackmail or indulge anyone's nasty 72Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Siheyuan: I Just Want to Keep a Low Profile 四合院：我只想苟着 [Transmigration + spatial powers + one heroine] Chen Dali transmigrates, and at first he thinks he's landed in a farming novel. Who could have guessed he would end up in Love in the Courtyard? Thinking of all the monsters and demons there, Chen Dali decides he'd better keep his head down. But even though he leaves them alone, those people keep pestering him. In that case, don't blame him for showing no mercy. 172Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 65 Siheyuan: Days of Glorious Spring 四合院：春光灿烂的日子 Reborn in 1958, he transmigrates to a time of prosperity and awakens a golden finger. After accepting reality, Li Weidong decides to focus on making a good life for himself. Right and wrong, grudges and grievances, none of it has anything to do with him. A heart of red, devoted to the East. P.S. This story focuses on warmth and kindness. Everything in it is fictional, so please read with a clear head. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Siheyuan: The Mysterious Doctor Strikes, Unrivaled Under Heaven 四合院：怪医出击，天下无敌 He transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he activates the Quack Doctor System, maxing out his eccentric traditional Chinese medicine skills. In an era of material scarcity, Lin Hao uses an unconventional range of treatments and pulls off one medical miracle after another! The only catch is that everyone he treats develops a random side effect! Some people love these strange side effects, while others can't stand them. When dealing with the courtyard's troublemake 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 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—Shelves
- 68 Siheyuan: This Time, I’ll Live Life on My Own Terms! 四合院之这一次肆意人生！ “When you have no power, people think your kindness is just an attempt to curry favor. The waters are deep and the winds are strong, so if you lack power, say less. Silence is best. Treasure your low points. When people underestimate you, everything they say is genuine.” In my previous life, I lived by this principle. But in this courtyard, people saw it as weakness and an easy mark. The more low-key and conscientious I was, the more they bullied and suppressed me. Since there was no escaping th 55Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 69 Living in a Siheyuan, I Married a Refugee Woman from the Start 人在四合院开局娶了逃荒女 Siheyuan: Everyone in This Courtyard Is a Good Person! Elder One: There’s genuine kindness in this world! Elder Two: Spare the rod and spoil the child! Xu Damao: I’m riding the waves~~ He Yuzhu: Don’t say your brother’s a monster! Qin Huairu: An orphan, a widow, and a wicked mother-in-law. Life is just one disaster after another! Ma Youfu: Watch me slap the living daylights out of you! 9Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 70 Siheyuan: The Second Yan Son Is a Total Cheat 四合院：阎家老二是个挂比 The train of history hurtles forward. Yan Jiewen unexpectedly arrives in a Four-Sided Courtyard in the 1960s, becoming the second son, absent from the TV series, of Third Master Yan Bugui. Finding himself in a family of selfish schemers and penny-pinchers, Yan Jiewen is utterly speechless. Fortunately, he gets a fishing System that lets him fish up all kinds of items, making life better and better. Sometimes he fishes up useful items, sometimes he gives the courtyard's troublemakers a hard time, 6.6kReads7.4Score278Shelves
- 71 Siheyuan: Breaking Off the Engagement Feels Great Until the Regret Hits 四合院：退婚一时爽，事后悔断肠 Li Chuan transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes one of the residents. Qin Huairu isn’t married yet, so he plans to swoop in and marry her. But to his surprise, she rejects him, and the other neighbors mock and bully him. Fortunately, five years later, he finally awakens his System. Through his own hard work, he rises to the rank of Level Five fitter, and his life keeps getting better. Qin Huairu regrets it so much she could kick herself! 906Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 72 Siheyuan: Who’s Picking a Fight with Him Now? 四合院：谁又招惹他了？ [A Fun, Comedic, Scheming, Lighthearted Story with Little Angst...] “Walk someone else’s road and leave them nowhere to go.” Gu Ping’an transmigrates into the world of Love Is Full, thinking he only needs to live his own life in peace. That’s all he asks for. But there are too many “beasts” in the courtyard, and they’re always stirring up trouble. All right! Gu Ping’an accepts his fate and starts fighting back. It’s just that his methods are rather unusual... 714Reads6.2Score107Shelves
- 73 Siheyuan: I Became Silly Zhu, So What's Wrong with Being a Little Wild? 四合院：穿成傻柱我狂一点怎么了 Bad news: He's become Silly Zhu. He Daqing is about to run off, and the beasts of the courtyard have set their sights on Silly Zhu. The consequences could be dire. Good news: He Daqing hasn't eloped with White Widow yet, so there's still time. Let's see how Silly Zhu disciplines his father, He Daqing, and thrives in the courtyard... 1.7kReads6.2Score100Shelves
- 74 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Goes Mad After Sneaking a Look at My Diary 四合院：偷看我日记，秦淮茹疯了 When Zhou Ming wakes up, he discovers that he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He has become a security guard at a steel mill. He has also brought a diary along with him. At first, he plans to use the diary to make his grand ambitions come true. But the women living nearby start acting more and more strangely. Why did Qin Huairu turn down the blind date with Jia Dongxu? Why did Lou Xiao'e leave Xu Damao alone in an empty house? Why does Yu Li keep showing up in the cour 24Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 75 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Damou, and I Became Sworn Brothers 四合院：我和傻柱大茂拜把子 [Siheyuan courtyard + System + everyday farming + period setting] I, He Yuzhu! I, Zhou Guohua! I, Xu Damao! Today we swear brotherhood, though born on different days, in different months, and different years, we only ask to die (He Yuzhu: later than Xu Damao; Xu Damao: later than He Yuzhu; Zhou Guohua: later than both of them). Zhou Guohua transmigrates into a siheyuan courtyard and meets the so-called "beasts." This courtyard really is a troubled place, but he has a universal vending mac 1.3kReads6.7Score—Shelves
- 76 Siheyuan: Leaving the Courtyard Behind and Escaping the Rat Race 四合院：远离院子，拒绝内耗 He Yuzhu experiences a lifetime in a dream, truly feeling the misery of freezing to death beneath a bridge in old age. He decides to start over. The spring breeze of reform sweeps across the land. Bang Geng is about to return from his rural assignment, and Qin Huairu still hopes to carry on living in a muddled state. But Silly Zhu tells the family that's been leeching off him that enough is enough. Life gradually begins to improve. Jealousy and regret intertwine. The Jia family and the thre 2.1kReads5.1Score—Shelves
- 77 Siheyuan: From the Start, I’m an Electrician Who Steals Yu Li Away 四合院：开局电工，截胡于莉 [Stealing from all the worlds, with a touch of mischief] In 1962, Wang Yuan Chao inexplicably arrives in Love in the Courtyard. He takes over his uncle's job and becomes an honored electrician. All he wants is to marry a pretty wife and live a peaceful, simple life, but the scheming neighbors won't let him. Luckily, he has the “Hand of God.” From the start, he snatches Yu Li away and begins living a shamelessly carefree life! Every now and then, he teases the scheming neighbors. Granny Deaf beco 8.8kReads6.8Score320Shelves
- 78 Siheyuan: Starting Over Again 四合院之重新再来 The first volume is more slice-of-life, while the second is a power fantasy. If you want something a little more violent, check out the second volume. If you have any ideas, share them in the comments. The author will see them and add them to the story. Let’s create this novel together. 137Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Siheyuan: Living Off Elder Master Yi with My Wife, Qin Huairu 四合院：与媳妇秦淮茹啃老一大爷 Yi Weiguo transmigrates to the late 1950s. From the start, his parents are dead, his home is gone, and he has no money, so he can only seek help from relatives in the capital. Would you believe it? His relative is First Uncle! And along the way, he even gets Qin Huairu as his wife for free! Now this is the good life! Fend for yourself and you’ll go hungry nine times in three days. Stick with Qin Huairu and First Uncle, and you can chow down nine times a day. Sleep until you wake naturally, watch 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Siheyuan: Starting with Lou Xiao'e 四合院：从娄小蛾开始 [Mostly everyday life] + [A little edge] + [No over-the-top antics] + [Love in the Courtyard] + [The Little Woman Under Zhengyang Gate] Lin Xuan transmigrates into a courtyard house. Orphaned with both parents dead, he is fortunate enough to gain a lottery System and receives god-tier medical skills and a portable dimension. He only wants to keep a low profile and enjoy a modest life, but trouble keeps finding him. He makes a name for himself with his medical skills and protects his family with 1.1kReads—Score110Shelves
- 81 Siheyuan: Don't Mess With Silly Zhu, He'll Really Hit You 四合院：别惹傻柱他真揍人 He Yuzhu died. He died on New Year's Eve. He'd spent his whole life helping the Jia family, only to be driven out of the courtyard in his old age after transferring all his property to Banggeng and his siblings. In the end, wild dogs devoured his corpse. It was his lifelong rival, Xu Damao, who collected his remains. Unable to accept his fate, he transmigrated back to 1965. The first thing he did after being reborn was give Banggeng a beating to vent his anger… 1.1kReads6.4Score102Shelves
- 82 Siheyuan: My Fists Are the Ultimate Law 四合院：我的拳头就是最大的道理 [Moderate grit + career success + satisfying revenge] Li Huaze transmigrates into the world of Siheyuan, becoming a former soldier and the neighborhood tough guy of Nanluoguxiang. He lives by the rules of a brawler: might makes right. Jia Zhangshi is trying to summon a ghost? He slaps her across the face. Bang Geng is stealing? He kicks him flying! Yi Zhonghai wants someone to support him in his old age? Li Huaze takes the security team and sends him to prison. Liu Haizhong is obsessed with gain 12.1kReads8.0Score416Shelves
- 83 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Roast Qin Huairu and the Whole Courtyard of Beasts 四合院：开局锐评秦淮茹全院禽兽 [If I, Qin Huairu, had not been born, the scoundrels' path would have been shrouded in darkness for eternity] [Silly Zhu] [Xu Damao] [Yi Zhonghai] [Lou Xiao'e] The entire courtyard's pack of pests gets picked apart one by one! An exclusive, in-depth breakdown and critique of the original plot of Love in the Courtyard! The video comments are flooded with reactions! Episode 1: Qin Huairu's life of leeching off others? Episode 2: Xu Damao, the most devoted man in the courtyard? Episode 3: The cou 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 I’m Not Silly Zhu in the Siheyuan, I’m He Yuzhu! 四合院我不叫傻柱老子叫何雨柱 [No dragging things out, just straight into action + Silly Zhu + the whole courtyard gets screwed over + reborn + revenge] It wasn't until he was on his deathbed that Silly Zhu finally understood: everyone in the whole courtyard had been taking advantage of him, especially the ungrateful Qin Huairu family. “This time, I'm not going to be Silly Zhu the sucker who raises another man's child. I'm going to marry Lou Xiao'e and reach the pinnacle of life. I won't spare anyone who took advantage of me 641Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 85 Making a Killing Together in the Siheyuan 在四合联手爆金币 Xu Youmao transmigrates as Xu Damao, and He Tiezhu transmigrates as He Yuzhu. In 1951, after He Daqing leaves, they team up to take down the courtyard’s scoundrels and keep raking in rewards. Xu Youmao trades for a luxury yacht in the real world, then tells He Tiezhu enviously, “The thousandfold extraction you bring back every time you return is useful to the country. All I can trade for are things I can enjoy myself.” A new aircraft carrier appears in a secret national port. Xu Damao trades 738Reads6.3Score105Shelves
- 86 Siheyuan: Zhou Wenzhong 四合院之周文忠 Zhou Wenzhong's story of striving, viewing the world from another perspective. 33Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 87 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Hong Kong Entertainment Empire 四合院：许大茂的港岛娱乐帝国 [One heroine + no System + no gross-out humor + not too much hostility] The rating has only just come in, so it’ll gradually rise. A modern film and television producer with a keen eye for the entertainment industry unexpectedly transmigrates into Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard, set in the early 1960s. Newly married, he should have been enjoying the easy life of a projectionist, but instead he is plagued by the ugly faces of the courtyard’s “awful” neighbors. Li Feng knows the dramatic chan 4Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 88 Siheyuan: Reborn as Damao, I Ruin the Beasts' Lives 四合院：重生大茂，坑惨众禽 At death's door, Xu Damao finally saw the light. He realized that everything he'd done over the years had been utterly ridiculous. Sadly, he was already old, with no chance to make amends. He had completely failed to return Lou Xiao'e's deep devotion, and marrying Qin Huairu's cousin, Qin Jingru, had been a disastrous move. Everyone despised him. He'd also been so blinded that Li Huaide swindled him out of every last cent, leaving him destitute and alone in his old age. It seemed being left with 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Siheyuan: A Life of My Own Choosing 四合院：随心所欲的生活 Cao Jianjun, a low-level thug from the twenty-first century, gets clubbed from behind while walking at night and winds up in a courtyard house. With a stingy System golden finger, he lives as he pleases in this place full of beasts. (Since he’s a gangster, his moral standards aren’t very high. If you like saintly characters helping one another around the courtyard, sorry, this book won’t be for you.) 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 Siheyuan: Bang Geng Gets Caught Stealing, and Huairu Comes to Plead for Him 四合院：棒梗偷盗，淮如上门求情 [Feel-good power fantasy] + [System] + [Multiple TV worlds] + [Self-serving and ruthless] He transmigrates into the courtyard, but the System has activation conditions. Just as Ye Changge is at his wits’ end, Banggeng shows up to help by breaking in to steal. Ye Changge turns the tables and frames him instead. That night, Huairu comes to plead with him, and Ye Changge uses the opportunity to activate the System. Qin Huairu: “Changge, I’ve already agreed to your terms. Can you please not call the 149Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 91 Siheyuan: Merging All Things and Making a Life in the Capital 四合院，融合万物，耕耘四九城 Qiwu Sheng, his family was a typical family of top students. His father was an economics professor, and his mother was a renowned mathematician. The bookshelves at home were filled with all kinds of academic books, from calculus to quantum physics, from world history to literary classics. At any moment, the family could launch into a discussion about academics. Growing up surrounded by all this, he naturally embarked on a path of academic excellence. 124Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 92 I'm He Yuzhu, the God of Cooking in the Siheyuan 四合院我何雨柱是厨神 A modern man transmigrates into He Yuzhu. He refuses to be a doormat, and he certainly won’t support a bunch of people who have nothing to do with him in their old age. He Yuzhu is not only the king of the courtyard, but also a master chef. Dongpo pork, kung pao chicken, twice-cooked pork, mapo tofu, Dongpo pork knuckle, husband-and-wife lung slices... It smells so good, enough to make every beast in the courtyard drool with envy. 12kReads7.5Score472Shelves
- 93 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Triumphant Return 四合院之傻柱强势归来 A young man from the modern era accidentally transmigrates into He Yuzhu's body. With a System at his side, he rises to become the cafeteria director and marries a stunning beauty. As for the assorted nuisances in the courtyard, they can go cool their heels somewhere else. 5.9kReads6.3Score200Shelves
- 94 Siheyuan: A Life of Freedom, Starting as a Purchasing Agent 四合院：从采购员开始的恣意人生 Zhou Liye is reborn in the 1960s as a procurement officer at a steel mill. The courtyard is full of scoundrels, all squabbling and bickering nonstop. What a nuisance! He'd be better off shutting the door and enjoying his own carefree little life! 3.7kReads6.7Score143Shelves
- 95 Reborn! Surely No One Has It Worse Than Me 重生后！没有人比我混得更差了吧 What? I’ve become Jia Dongxu? The Jia Dongxu who dies early from the start? And my mother’s a spirit-summoning fanatic, my wife’s cheating on me, and my son’s a notorious thief while my daughter’s an ungrateful brat? A fine young man from the modern era is reborn in these passionate times. Watch him turn this dysfunctional family around and find a happy life of his own. 398Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 96 Siheyuan: It All Began When They Called Me Silly Zhu 四合院之从被叫傻柱开始 No System, no pocket dimension. Just an ordinary person from northeastern China in a later era, who transmigrates into He Yuzhu. It's simply a collection of things he experiences over the years, through all the ups and downs. The story is basically free of angst! Note: An original story with a single heroine. It doesn't follow the plot very closely, and some things will be labeled with their sources. You can basically think of it as a Siheyuan story in disguise. Also: The author has already comp 1.3kReads6.9Score—Shelves
- 97 Siheyuan: The Courtyard's Trouble-Makers Crumble in 1948 四合院：1948众禽崩溃 It begins in a parallel 1948. Slice of life + putting the villains in their place + no compromising on quality of life + multiple love interests + an original story inspired by a TV drama, not following its plot beat for beat + gradually building up a foundation + characters from other storylines appear, but their plots are not followed + early story runs from 1948 to 1966, later moving on to the four great detectives of Hong Kong... [There’s a pocket dimension! There’s a pocket dimension! Keep 11Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 98 Rising to Prominence in Siheyuan 四合院之我在四合院风生水起 [System] + [power fantasy] Modern young man Zhang Wen transmigrates to China in the 1950s. But why does this place look so much like the setting of a TV drama he watched in his previous life? And why is there a mysterious System… Looking at Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, Deaf Granny, Jia Zhangshi, He Yuzhu, and Xu Damao in the courtyard, Zhang Wen can only say, “Every neighbor here is a real character, and they're all so fun to talk to. I absolutely love them!” 45Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 99 Siheyuan: From the Start, a Country Boy Marrying into the Capital 四合院：开局乡下人，入赘四九城 [Love in the Courtyard; educated youth sent to the countryside; live-in son-in-law; hunting; farming; Calabash Brothers; one heroine!!!] (Previous book: Courtyard: Watch Me Deal with Qin Huairu, Guaranteed Satisfaction. Sorry, I can’t keep writing it because of content restrictions!) Transmigrated into 1964. A poor peasant from the countryside from the start, he dumps Qin Jingru and marries into the capital, Beijing. He joins the steel mill and stirs up trouble in the courtyard. You’d better not 1.2kReads5.9Score103Shelves
- 100 Siheyuan: With the System in Hand, I Keep Those Beasts in Line 四合院之系统在手，禽兽全抖 The struggling author Chu Yang opens his eyes and finds himself in a Beijing courtyard in 1950! He has barely arrived when he catches Qin Huairu on a blind date with Jia Dongxu. Chu Yang's lips curl into a smile. I'm claiming that wife! Ding! A System notification rings out: “Survival Master System bound!” Yi Zhonghai wants to guilt-trip him? The Deaf Old Lady wants a good meal? Jia Zhangshi wants to throw a tantrum? Chu Yang lets out a cold laugh. I don't care what kind of monsters you are. If 39Reads—Score—Shelves
