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- 101 Reborn, I Rule the Siheyuan 重生以后称霸四合院 After being reborn, I discovered that this world was more interesting than I'd imagined. First things first: I'll cleanse the entire courtyard compound before anything else. Watch how I make my way to the very top. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Put the Scoundrels in Their Place and Rule the Courtyard 四合院：开局整禽兽，威震全院 Wang Wenhua transmigrates into the world of the beast-filled courtyard. From the start, he has a loving wife and daughter gathered around the kang, and life is carefree and happy. But the good times don't last. An old villain quietly comes knocking. Wang Wenhua takes decisive action, sending the entire courtyard into an uproar! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Siheyuan: The Beasts Bow Down and Call Me Master 四合院：禽兽对我俯首称臣 Li Bufan finds himself transported to the world of the beast-filled courtyard. From the start, he gets bound to a storage space. Li Bufan can’t help covering his face and cursing. Could anything be more useless? He can’t even afford a meal, and now he has storage space! But Li Bufan never imagined the storage space could be used like this! Now things are getting interesting. Just you wait, you beasts! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 When the Game World Invades a Period Novel 当游戏世界入侵年代文 A period drama turned into a data-driven game. The main storyline begins with Love in the Courtyard. A bold experiment bringing reality and virtual worlds together. Li Jun, a man from the future. What will he consider when faced with a choice? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Siheyuan: I Don't Know the Plot, but I Have a Subsidy 四合院之不知剧情但我有补贴 A young man transmigrates into a Siheyuan. He doesn't know the plot, but he has a hundred billion in subsidies. From then on, he begins a wonderful life that leaves everyone envious. He builds a career, marries a good wife, and masters new skills, achieving a happy life. 195Reads—Score214d adds
- 106 Siheyuan: Bang Geng Has a Powerful Backer? I'll Make Sure You're Finished 四合院：棒梗有靠山？我要你亡 “Qin Huairu, I feel like I’m a little lost. I don’t know whether this is really the job I want,” Zhou Fang said bluntly. Qin Huairu paused, then looked at him seriously. “Zhou Fang, you’ve always worked hard. I believe you’ll make the best choice. Is all the pressure making you doubt yourself?” Zhou Fang nodded and sighed. “Yeah. I thought changing jobs would help me grow, but now I’ve realized I’m racing against the clock every day and have no time to think.” She spoke softly. “Actually, that’s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Siheyuan: After College, I Join the Factory and Put the Brutes in Their Place 四合院：大学毕业进厂，整治禽兽 Liu Jianguo unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of "Love in the Courtyard". Although he had no golden finger, his parents’ connections had helped him pursue advanced studies in the south. Now that he was back, he was taking up a post as an engineer at the steelworks. In the past, he had always tried to appease the beasts in the courtyard house. But with his status now, what chance did they have to cause trouble right under his nose? Let’s see how I deal with you beasts! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Became a Millionaire! 四合院：我，开局就成万元户！ [System + Feel-Good Story + Film and TV Fanfiction] A promising young man from a later generation accidentally lands in Love in the Courtyard and becomes the steel mill's clinic doctor. He's a millionaire from the start, and the whole courtyard is jealous! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 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... 665Reads6.2Score10714d adds
- 110 Siheyuan: Living My Own Good Life 四合院之过自己的好日子 Come see what happens when a country boy arrives at a siheyuan. He's not one for scheming: if there's a problem, he tackles it head-on. His heart is set on the heroines, and he tries to stay out of the siheyuan's affairs. Multiple heroines. If that's not your thing, don't read. No excessive angst! 144Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Transmigrate Into a Chicken 四合院：开局穿越成一只鸡 {Courtyard House} {Transmigration} {System} {Period Novel} {Lighthearted Comedy} Summer, 1958. The capital, Nanluoguxiang, No. 95. Security guard Lin Fan transmigrates into The Courtyard Full of Scoundrels and becomes a rooster. Bound to the Trash-Picking System, he merges souls with He Yuzhu, scares Jia Zhangshi away, and drives Yi Zhonghai mad... In this era of extreme material scarcity, let’s see how he turns everything upside down! 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Siheyuan: I Married Qin Huairu, and She Brings Me Good Fortune 四合院：娶妻秦淮茹，很旺夫 [Confidantes] [If you don't like Qin Huairu, don't read] Li Weibing retires from military service in 1951 and returns to Courtyard No. 95 in the capital. Facing one beastly neighbor after another, he awakens the Beast-Tormenting System. From then on, whether the courtyard is in chaos is up to Li Weibing! 634Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Siheyuan: From the Start, Yi Zhonghai Has His Eye on Me 四合院之开局被易中海盯上 In the courtyard, Granny Deaf is secretive and devious, always plotting several moves ahead! Yi Zhonghai is sinister and vicious! Jia Zhangshi is lazy, greedy, and unreasonable! Qin Huairu acts like a selfless saint and an innocent white lotus, but she’s actually cold-blooded and cruel! Banggeng is always sneaking around and stealing! Liu Haizhong is ambitious but incompetent! Yan Fugui is always looking to get something for nothing! Wang Ping waves his hand, and the troublemakers all sta 525Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 114 Siheyuan: I Drew Qin Huairu, Double the Fun 四合院：抽中秦淮茹，双倍快乐 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 8kReads6.2Score57414d adds
- 115 Siheyuan: The Unrivaled Dongfang Bubai in My Arms, Ridding the World of Beasts 四合院：东方不败在怀，尽除禽兽 A long banquet table was laid out beneath the moonlight, covered with a silk tablecloth that shimmered with a faint silver sheen. It was laden with all manner of exotic delicacies: roast venison from the mountain forests, wine as rich as heavenly nectar, and rare ingredients such as lingzhi mushrooms, jade bamboo shoots, and ice fruit. Each dish seemed to exude an enticing aura from another world. 122Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Siheyuan: From the Start, Director He Marries Qin Jingru 四合院：开局何主任娶妻秦京茹 He Yuzhu, an upstanding young man of the new era, transmigrated to a courtyard house in the 1960s. From the start, he was boiling dumplings and nearly scalded himself with the hot water, only to find that the gorgeous Qin Huairu was introducing him to Qin Jingru. How could He Yuzhu pass up an opportunity like this? With his space activated, life in the courtyard became carefree, and it all began right then. Qin Huairu was ready to lower her head, Uncle Yi was ready to bow, and Xu Damao was affec 205Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 117 Siheyuan: It’s All Love 四合院：这都是爱呀 If everyone gives a little love, the world will become a better place. A bald, overworked man from the 21st century, born in 1975, takes the 1960s courtyard by storm, softening the scoundrels with love and filling the world with it! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 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. 452Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Siheyuan: Staying Clear-Headed Among the Beasts 四合院：人间清醒过众禽 He transmigrates into a courtyard house and becomes Silly Zhu, bound to a System! As soon as he arrives, Silly Zhu sees just how thoroughly his neighbors reveal their beastly true nature. With a cheat on his side, Silly Zhu isn't afraid of the beasts at all. If you're going to act like animals, I'll be even more beastly! Qin Jingru: Silly Zhu is awful, a real beast! Qin Huairu: I think Silly Zhu is the better choice. Lou Xiao'e: Can you stop trying to steal Silly Zhu! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Siheyuan: I Use Confucius' Words to Make Yi Zhonghai Cry 四合院：我用抡语教哭易中海 A modern man, Hu Bu'e, deeply dissatisfied with Love in the Courtyard, unexpectedly transmigrates into a parallel world of the Siheyuan. Here, he becomes a respected supervisor in the repair department of a steel mill. Thanks to his skills, he earns the respect of the entire factory, marries a beautiful, wealthy woman, and reaches the pinnacle of life. But whenever someone is doing well, there will always be those who envy him. How will he deal with the scheming troublemakers filling the courtya —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Siheyuan: From the Start in 1950 四合院：开局来到五零年 Li Weiguo, a champion soldier, accidentally transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1950. Here, he finds family and warmth. Born amid the tides of history, what choices will Li Weiguo make...? 1.1kReads6.8Score10014d adds
- 122 Siheyuan: My System Is a Little Too Good 四合院：我的系统有点六 Reborn in a courtyard house, Zhou Wenbin has no choice but to shut the door and unleash the System against the courtyard's assorted schemers. He deals with them while also egging them on, hoping they'll go even further down the path they're already on. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Siheyuan: The Whole Courtyard Turns Green with Envy After I Strike It Rich 四合院：发家致富后全院都眼红了 Thank you. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Starting Out in the Siheyuan, I Grow Stronger by Punishing Evil and Promoting Good 人在四合院，从惩恶扬善开始变强 Liu Chen transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and awakens a System that rewards him for punishing evil and promoting good. “Punish a thief and receive a reward of 500 yuan in cash.” “Punish a rumor-monger and receive a reward of 100 jin of pork belly.” “Punish a traitor and receive a Mercedes-Benz.” As time passed, everyone in the courtyard came to know Liu Chen as an impartial Bao Zheng, and soon there wasn’t a soul in the capital who hadn’t heard of him. But gradually, people began to 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Siheyuan: I Want to Be a Good Person 四合院：我想做一个好人 Yang Jianjun transmigrates to the world of the courtyard houses and gains a System of his own. As long as he can stir up other people's emotions, whether positive or negative, he earns Emotion Points. He can use those points to exchange for all kinds of items in the System Shop. From then on, Yang Jianjun lives by his own principles: he will be a good person, and he begins a lifetime of good deeds in the courtyard. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Siheyuan: My Name Is He Yuzhu 四合院：我叫何雨柱 When a naturally cruel beast of a rich man transmigrates into the body of Silly Zhu, the ultimate simp who is still evolving, what awaits the saintly white lotus Qin Huairu? And what awaits Yi Zhonghai, the exalted paragon of morality? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Siheyuan: My Name Is Cao Aman 四合院：我叫曹阿瞒 Reborn in the 1960s, he is named Cao Aman. Aman’s ambitions are boundless. Since his name is Cao Aman, he must live up to it. And so, he makes his way in this world… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 From the Siheyuan: A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and TV 从四合院开始的影视诸天 Just because Chen Zheng complained about the plot of Chasing the Wind, he got bound to a System! "Everyone in Birds Fill the Courtyard is a villain, yet they all get happy endings. The Host's mission is to rewrite their lives and dispel the resentment caused by viewers' complaints!" Before Chen Zheng could recover, the System kicked him into the world of Birds Fill the Courtyard. And so began his extraordinary life, traveling through the worlds of countless films and TV shows, rewriting characte —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 My Life in the Siheyuan 我与四合院的那些事儿 This is a quiet story about life in a courtyard house. But communal living always comes with its share of scheming and infighting. Everyone hustles and schemes just to get enough to eat. Life is like that, with everyone harboring different thoughts. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: I’m Really Not Cao Cao 四合院：我真不是曹贼 Zhang Yu transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a resident of a courtyard compound. He just wants to live a quiet life, but the women are simply too tempting. Qin Huairu, Yu Li, Lou Xiao'e, Ran Qiuxue... Every one of them is chasing after him. I, Zhang Yu, am really not some lecher. I just want to live a quiet life! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Cunning Life 四合院：何雨柱的老六人生 An older young man transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes He Yuzhu, known as "Silly Zhu." He wanted to live out his days in peace, marry a pretty wife, and have a few children, but the courtyard's troublemakers wouldn't let him. So He Yuzhu can only throw his head back and laugh: "Come on, let's hurt each other!" This novel keeps the hostility low and focuses mainly on the everyday squabbles of courtyard life, pranks, and comedy. It aims to give He Yuzhu, "Silly Zhu," 923Reads5.8Score10114d adds
- 132 This Silly Zhu Isn't Stupid 这个傻柱并不傻 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what drives me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 157Reads5.7Score10514d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: Taking Down the Jia Family from the Start 四合院：开局先搞垮贾家 After transmigrating into the world of the courtyard homes, Wang Wenming is dismayed to discover that his predecessor was bullied to death... The Jia family sucks him dry! Yi Zhonghai constantly takes their side! Silly Zhu blindly fawns over the widowed Qin! The whole courtyard is shrouded in gloom, with Yi Zhonghai wielding unchecked power. There's no point wasting words anymore. I'll have to use my fists to punch through these dark clouds! 154Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 134 Revenge and Redemption in Siheyuan 快意恩仇四合院 Lighthearted, joyful, simple, and full of warmth and gratitude, Love in the Courtyard is a straightforward, fast-paced transmigrate-into-a-book story, just a few tens of thousands of words, with no dragging and clear-cut likes and dislikes. It’s just for fun! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Siheyuan: I Picked Up a Child from the Start 四合院：开局捡了一个娃 This book is all about “lighthearted, humorous, and a little edgy.” One winter day in 1950, a young He Yuzhu was walking down the street, pushing his bicycle. The wind bit sharply. He Yuzhu instinctively pulled his collar tighter and quickened his pace home. Just then, faint cries came from a trash can in the distance. “Waaah, waaah...” He Yuzhu frowned at the sound, but stopped his bike and walked over anyway. “What a lovely little girl.” He looked into the middle of the rubbish pile and saw a 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Siheyuan: With a Trading Device in Hand, I Take Charge of Procurement 四合院：手握交易器掌权采购处 Two male leads Li Xinmin, a loser who works a dead-end job in the modern world, accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s and into Love in the Courtyard. With a Trading System, he enjoys a smooth, comfortable life, making all the courtyard’s scheming residents jealous and helpless to do anything about it. Wait, why are so many things different? How is Jia Dongxu still alive? Hold on, Deputy Director Li is my uncle? But there’s something really off about this uncle too. What’s going on??? And Silly 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 I Am the Yan Family's Eldest, and I Rule the Courtyard 我，阎家老大，称霸全院 He transmigrates into the courtyard and becomes Yan Jiefang. His System is absurdly powerful, and comes with an entire seafaring world. As for the beasts in the courtyard, he says he can handle them with ease. Jia Zhangshi tries to summon ghosts? He makes her do squats, starting with 1,000. Liu Haizhong secretly trips him up? He makes him kneel and sing “Conquer.” Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip him with morality? One blow knocks him out, and he wakes up sleeping naked on the street. Bang Geng s 94Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 He Yuzhu: Let Me Be Young Again! 何雨柱：可否许我再少年！ If I could be young again, I’d trade an ounce of gold for an ounce of spring breeze. He Yuzhu was reborn with a heart full of resentment on the day of the donation, the turning point of his life. Yi Zhonghai: “Zhuzi, the Jia family is so pitiful, with only a widow and her children. You have to support them.” He Yuzhu: “I’m reborn, damn it. Why should I be afraid of you? Go to hell!” Qin Huairu: “Zhuzi, sis is pregnant, and I’m not getting enough nutrition. Could you maybe...” He Yuzhu: “So what 34Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 139 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—14d adds
- 140 Siheyuan: The Warehouse Keeper’s Laid-Back Life 四合院之仓管员的悠哉生活 After overworking himself, Su Qingyuan died suddenly and woke up in 1958 as the son of Su Damin, a purchasing agent at a steel mill. He had also become a nameless nobody in Love in the Courtyard. During the Three Years of Hardship, everyone tightened their belts to get by, but the Su family often had the smell of meat wafting from their home… 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Siheyuan: I'm Not Putting Up with Your Bad Habits 四合院：不惯你那臭毛病 Ge Zhenqi transmigrates into the TV drama version of the courtyard and becomes a junior manager at a steel mill. With a whole bunch of beastly neighbors to deal with, should Ge Zhenqi take on Qin, or the rest of the beasts? “Oh my, Sister Beast, I know you’re in a hurry, but just hold on a minute…” “Silly Zhu, I know what you’re going to say, but don’t say it yet!” “First Master, you and Qin Huairu are in too deep to explain your way out of this, so stop trying!” As Ge Zhenqi matches wits wi 98Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 142 Siheyuan: The Soviet-Educated Doctor’s Dimensional Crush 四合院：留苏博士的降维打击 An aerospace engineer from the 21st century transmigrates back to the 1940s or 1950s with a technology system for all the worlds. He becomes an air force hero and a doctorate trained in the Soviet Union. After returning to China, he joins the Red Star Steel Mill and moves into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. There, he takes on all the troublemakers while helping the country advance its industrial capabilities and claim one jewel after another in the crown of industry. System: Morally pressure 9Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 143 Nothing's a Big Deal in the Siheyuan 四合院这都不是事儿 Lin Jiefang, a second-tier kung fu star, dreamed his way back to the capital in 1958 and became an ordinary worker named Lin Jiefang. He also moved into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Every neighbor in the courtyard was warm and friendly, and spoke so pleasantly. The First Grandpa was conscientious, responsible, and fair. The Second Grandpa, Liu Haizhong, was mild-mannered and humble, with far-reaching vision. The Third Grandpa, Yan Bugui, was charitable and always went out of his way to hel —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Siheyuan: From the Start, Splitting Up the Family and Living With My Younger Sister 四合院：开局就分家和妹妹过日子 He Lin was the top scorer in his provincial capital’s college entrance exam. Recruited into the military while at university, he took part in research on major projects during his service. After retiring, he became a researcher at an equipment research institute. Then, while saving someone who had fallen into the water, he was swept away by a raging flood… He transmigrates by accident to a courtyard house in old Beijing in the 1960s and is reborn as the younger brother of Silly Zhu. From the sta 1.3kReads6.1Score10914d adds
- 145 Siheyuan: Abandoned by My Jerk of a Father from the Start 四合院：开局被混蛋爹抛弃 He transmigrates and becomes He Yuzhu, the man everyone in the beastly courtyard wants to take advantage of. On top of that, his bastard of a father, He Daqing, abandons him, leaving him an orphan with no one to rely on. Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui pretend they’re looking after He Yuzhu and his siblings, but really they want to seize his family’s property! Granny Deaf also wants He Yuzhu to support her in her old age. He Yuzhu is furious and swears he’ll make something of himsel 496Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Siheyuan: Infinite Supplies, and I Rage-Buy Qin Jingru 四合院：我无限物资，怒买秦京茹 My new work is out! You can 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! 225Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Beat Bang Geng to a Pulp! 四合院：开局暴打棒梗！ [Siheyuan Courtyard + Transmigration + System + Spoiling His Younger Sister + Comedy] He transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes He Yuzhu, known as “Silly Zhu,” in a Siheyuan courtyard full of vile people. His mother is dead, his father has left, and He Yushui is the only family he has left. He Yuzhu becomes utterly devoted to spoiling his younger sister. He Yuzhu rises from canteen supervisor to deputy director, then director, and eventually becomes the top boss at the steel mill. Life in the co 7Reads5.6Score314d adds
- 148 Siheyuan: I Became a Procurement Officer During the Famine 四合院：灾荒之年我当上了采购员 [Villain protagonist + tormenting the courtyard's pests + no saintly protagonist] By chance, Zhang Fan accidentally transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. Here, he is an orphan. Thanks to the System's career card, he successfully becomes a Grade Five procurement officer and moves into the courtyard. Zhang Fan refuses to indulge anyone. From the start, he slaps Jia Zhangshi and turns the whole courtyard upside down on the very day he moves in. Some people, too, are destined to have an unbreaka 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Siheyuan: Me, the Man Who Always Demands Extra Pay, Making the Compound's Vermin Cry 四合院：我，加钱居士，气哭众禽 After taking cephalosporin, Qin Ming was dragged by his boss to a drinking party and dropped dead on the spot. He transmigrated to a courtyard in 1966. From the start, everything was a disaster. His father died while volunteering to drive a truck to help with flood relief. His kind-hearted mother was weak-willed, and the courtyard's beasts schemed away both of their rooms. His younger sister was even forced to marry Silly Zhu, who was ten years older than her... Just as Qin Ming was about to gra 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Siheyuan: Building My Own Business Empire 四合院：建立自己的商业帝国 Chen Fan was at his wits' end. On his very first day after transmigrating, Silly Zhu beat him up just because he stepped into the middle courtyard with his left foot first. The next day, Xu Damao roughed him up for stepping into the rear courtyard with his right foot first. Why was he so unlucky?! Damn it, he was a transmigrator, for crying out loud! 68Reads—Score—14d adds
