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- 1 Beidahuang: I’m in the Siheyuan, and I Have a Recycling Station 北大荒：人在四合院我有回收站 [Sent down to the Great Northern Wilderness + Multiverse Recycling Station + farming + putting the courtyard’s troublemakers in their place] Lin Bei wakes up one morning to find himself in a courtyard house. He soon awakens the Multiverse Recycling Station. He refuses to back down in the face of the courtyard’s troublemakers: if they dare mess with him, he’ll make them pay. Later, Lin Bei joins the younger generation from the courtyard as they head off to the Great Northern Wilderness. When they 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is an Avid Angler 四合院：傻柱是个钓鱼佬 He Yuzhu, from the twenty-first century, unexpectedly transmigrates back to the 1960s and becomes “Silly Zhu” in a courtyard compound. He discovers a huge sum of money in his pocket and decides to make a name for himself at the Red Star Steel Mill, no longer acting as everyone's “walking ATM.” Suddenly, he binds himself to a “God-Tier Choice System.” If he wants to make a comeback, he has to complete its tasks. “Isn't this just like playing a ‘choose your own adventure’ game?” His first task? Ea 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Starts by Building Cars 四合院：许大茂从造汽车开始 He was reminiscing about QQ Farm while watching Love in the Courtyard. Amid flashing lightning and rumbling thunder, he took Xu Damao’s place. With a farm at his disposal, all he wants is to live a good life. As more and more women enter his life, he slowly realizes this is a world where stories set in different eras have merged. And with the female leads appearing, he can even win prizes? Armed with technology far ahead of its time, he suddenly doesn’t want to just live anymore. He wants to mak 1.9kReads5.7Score—Shelves
- 4 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! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 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—Shelves
- 6 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—Shelves
- 7 Siheyuan: I'm Classmates with Bang Geng 四合院：我和棒梗是同学 Let me say this three times: This book has no System!!! No System!!! No System!!! Shoddy construction brings tears to the eyes of loved ones. The protagonist transmigrates from being a construction worker to a child in a courtyard. But after transmigrating to another world, he discovers that he doesn't have the System every transmigrator is supposed to come with. How can he navigate the courtyard full of beasts and lead them all to the endings they deserve? 465Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: Blossoms Drift with the Water 四合院：飞花逐水流 Reborn in the Siheyuan, he scared Xu Damao so badly from the start that he wet himself. Zhang Yu is a factory doctor who just wants to keep his head down for the rest of his life. Qin Huairu: He is my god, my very life, and the person I wronged. Lou Xiaoe: Hmph, I'll make him embarrass himself for once. Yu Haitang: Ever since you saved me that time, your image has stayed in my heart. Xu Damao: Zhang Luer, just you wait. He Yuzhu: You tricked me into drinking bull urine. One of these days, I'll k 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Silly Zhu Reborn: Don’t Mess with Me Again 傻柱重生之别再惹我 (My earlier work, He Yuzhu Is Reborn: Don't Mess With Me This Time, was locked away, so I can only continue it here.) This book's perspective: I believe in self-reliance and prefer not to ask others for help. It's better to rely on yourself than ask someone else. Ideally, you should solve every problem with your own abilities. If you really can't, then we'll think of something else. There's no shame in paying someone to get things done. These days, so many rebirth stories follow the same formula —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: No Morals, No Worries 四合院：没道德就没烦恼 Ma Weidong's transmigration is different from everyone else's. Other people get a System and a storage dimension from the start, but in the six years since he arrived, he hasn't seen a thing. Then one day, he stood up for Qin Huairu. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've obtained a special skill.] [Reward 1: One bicycle] [Reward 2: One wristwatch] Ma Weidong was overjoyed. Now he could fully experience all kinds of different lives! You scoundrels, just you wait! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 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 202Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 12 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 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Return as a King 四合院之傻柱王者归来 He Yuzhu died on New Year's Eve, a night meant for family reunions and celebration. He died in freezing rain, consumed by hatred and resentment. In his previous life, he was simply too honest, and ended up freezing to death beneath a bridge. Reborn in the year Huaihua was born, he swore that this time he would never be a simp, or raise someone else's daughter. Instead, he would cherish and maintain his own family ties. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: A Super Farm, and Uncle Helps Me Be Reborn 四合院：超级农场，大爷助我重生 This book features a little payback against the rotten people and leans toward everyday life. Please enjoy it at your leisure with some sunflower seeds and tea. Su Fan had been unemployed for half a year when a scammer swindled away all his savings. He was standing by the river, drinking to drown his sorrows, when a kind old man pushed him into the water. And so Su Fan tragically “drowned himself.” Luckily, Heaven couldn’t bear to watch, and let him be reborn in the world of Love in the C 137Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: Entering the Dao Through Martial Arts, Building an Immortal Clan! 四合院：以武入道，建长生家族！ [Siheyuan] [One Female Lead] [No System] [No Pocket Dimension] [Transmigration] A modern young man takes a nap by chance. When he wakes up, he has been reborn as He Yuzhu, a character of the same name from Love in the Courtyard. He is only fifteen years old. To make matters worse, his father, He Daqing, ran off with Widow Bai yesterday, leaving him and his six-year-old sister, He Yushui, to depend on each other. 4.4kReads6.7Score113Shelves
- 16 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—Shelves
- 17 After Silly Zhu Really Became a Fool in the Siheyuan 四合院：傻柱真傻了之后 Silly Zhu has really gone silly. Nobody would believe it, but all it took was Jia Zhangshi summoning a spirit because he and Qin Huairu had grown too close. Then, in a moment of carelessness, he was knocked over and hit the back of his head... Everything changed. He Yushui was different. Xu Damao was different. Everyone was different. Only Deputy Director Li was still the same, and yet somehow different too. Don't get hung up on who the main character is. From where each person stands, they are 314Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Transmigrated Into the Siheyuan, Don’t Expect Me to Support You in Old Age 穿到四合院，别想算计我养老 Feng Mingyuan had no idea what was going on. When he said he wanted to die, he didn't actually mean it, so why had Heaven really let him die and transmigrated him into He Yuzhu, the protagonist of the TV drama netizens jokingly call Birds of a Feather in the Siheyuan? He was speechless with frustration. Heaven, if you really are that powerful, why didn't you grant my wish when I said I wanted to get rich? Well, what's done is done. The one living now is Feng Mingyuan, so that little widow can fo 122Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: The Multiverse Garbage Recycling Station 四合院：万界垃圾回收站 I woke up to find I’d transmigrated to the 1970s, and to a vast world where different TV dramas were all fused together! From the start, I ran into the people from the Courtyard House, fighting over apartments and snatching up job openings… Then, at this crucial moment, my golden finger, the “Myriad Worlds Garbage Recycling Station,” awakened! Every so often, it receives discarded garbage from the Myriad Worlds… With the System backing me up, what’s there to be afraid of? I flipped the table and —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Siheyuan: It Starts When I'm Tricked into Going to the Countryside 四合院：从被骗下乡开始 As soon as Liu Dongfang transmigrates into a Beijing courtyard compound, Yi Zhonghai tricks him into joining a rural work team. Jia Zhangshi has her heart set on his house, Qin Huairu is scheming to get his job, and Banggeng has his eye on Liu Dongfang's younger sister. But Liu Dongfang remains calm. He plans to sell his job first, then take his sister with him to join the rural work team. With his Species Collection System backing him up, he is confident he can make his mark in the vast country —Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 21 Siheyuan: I Lead the Whole Village to Become the Best Village in the World 四合院：我带着全村成天下第一村 He transmigrated to the countryside in the world of "Love in the Courtyard". Everyone else was doing whatever it took to move to the city and drive the beasts out of the courtyard house. Wang Dongsheng stayed in the countryside, eating grain grown in his space and poultry he raised himself, with oil dripping from his mouth. His wife had to be beautiful, and he wanted lots of children. He led the whole village toward prosperity, making the people of neighboring Qin Family Village green with envy. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 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—Shelves
- 23 Siheyuan: The System Says I Have to Be a Good Person 四合院：系统要求当好人 What would happen if you tried to be a good person in a courtyard house? After transmigrating and being reborn, the male protagonist awakens a System that requires him to be a good person in the courtyard. Is he going to become the next Silly Zhu? No, or maybe an even more miserable, hopeless sucker than Silly Zhu? 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Siheyuan: Living a Different Kind of Life 四合院，活出不一样的人生 Reborn in 1959, Li Zilei finds himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard. Now that he has arrived in this era, how will he make a comfortable life for himself? Join him as he matches wits with the courtyard's scheming residents and discovers a different kind of courtyard story. P.S. Multiple heroines, enter at your own risk. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1959 四合院：重生从1959开始 After arriving in a courtyard home in 1959, Zhang Bo sees a very different place from the one he expected. At this point, Silly Zhu and his sister are on good terms, the First Master is... Qin Huairu is... 36Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 26 Silly Zhu Isn't a Stupid Pig 傻柱不是傻猪 My new work is out! Everyone is welcome to 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! 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Siheyuan's Strongest Tycoon System 四合院之最强土豪系统 “Guys, you’re not getting any younger, so take care of yourselves. Want to know how to stay healthy? Give up drinking and smoking.” “Brother Dong, what about you?” “I’ll hold off for now, but trust me, I’ll quit eventually.” Tian Dongdong was standing on the bunk bed in the dorm, bragging to his buddies, when he lost his balance. And then... well, there was no then. When he came to, he discovered he had transmigrated into a courtyard house. Yes, that courtyard house from all those online stories 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: I Merge All Things and Send the Birds to Prison 四合院，万物融合，我送众禽入监 Li Jianye’s soul transmigrates into a courtyard house in the 1960s. To his dismay, he discovers that the person he’s transmigrated into was beaten by Silly Zhu and made a eunuch. This is beyond tolerance. An uncle might put up with it, but I won’t. So Li Jianye reports Silly Zhu to the police and gets him sent to prison. Just as Li Jianye becomes the laughingstock of the whole courtyard for being a eunuch, he gets bound to the Everything Fusion System. “Ding! Congratulations, Host. You fuse —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Siheyuan: Carrying on the Family Line, Standing by Ezi from the Start 四合院：开枝散叶，开局力挺娥子 Li Fengnian transmigrated into the world of The Birds Are Full in the Courtyard. At the same time, he unlocked the [Strongest Family Tree System]! As long as he spread his bloodline and contributed to the nation's population, he would receive rewards accordingly. Put simply, having children earned him rewards! Li Fengnian gave a wry smile. His family had nothing to its name, so where was he supposed to find a wife and have children? Just then, his neighbor Xu Damao came to see him. "Fengnian, co —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Became Deputy Workshop Director 四合院：开局晋升车间副主任 Li Weiguo, an office worker in the 21st century, transmigrated to the world of The Birds Are Full in the Courtyard in the early 1960s. He was bound to the [Traveling Frog System], and the little frog brought back generous rewards every day. "Ding! Your frog brought back master-level carpentry skills!" "Ding! Your frog brought back advanced cooking skills!" "Ding! Your frog brought back +100% fitter proficiency." In those hard times, the courtyard's residents went hungry, while Li Weihua enjoyed —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 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—Shelves
- 32 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—Shelves
- 33 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Silly Zhu, and I'll Never Be a Doormat Again 四合院：穿越成傻柱绝不再当舔狗 [Siheyuan courtyard + System + choices + plot + not too much hostility] This book has no doormats or troublemakers, so readers who mind that should proceed with caution. He Yuzhu, a terminally incurable misogynist, is reborn as the ultimate doormat, He Yuzhu. From the start, he faces a choice: keep half a chicken and enjoy a feast, or give the whole bird to his boss to show his loyalty? Different choices bring different rewards. Every cause has its effect, and your punishment is me! 1.2kReads5.1Score—Shelves
- 34 Blending In at the Siheyuan: I’m Steve 混在四合院：我是史蒂夫 A no-violence courtyard, a no-violence courtyard, a no-violence courtyard. Important things must be said three times. If you don't like it, don't read. Meng Fan brings My World with him as he transmigrates into the world of the courtyard. Huh, the deaf old lady really is a martyr's family member. The neighborhood office director, Wang, said so herself. Huh, Jia Zhangshi is actually so amiable, and He Yuzhu isn't a simp either? Oh, Jia Dongxu, the courtyard's number-one handsome man, is still aro 70Reads6.0Score100Shelves
- 35 Siheyuan: Returning from Cultivation 四合院，修仙归来 The opening mainly introduces the male lead’s family. The beasts in the courtyard compound will all meet different fates. Each person’s ending will be something you never saw coming. This book has its share of quiet everyday life, with occasional bursts of excitement, and the beasts get what’s coming to them in ways that will make you cheer. The story may hit a rough patch, but please trust me. I’ll treat it with care, and I promise it will only get better as I keep writing. 7.7kReads7.2Score432Shelves
- 36 Siheyuan: Reborn in the Body of a Cannon-Fodder Simp, I Turn My Life Around 四合院：魂穿炮灰舔狗，反转人生 [Courtyard drama + period setting + building a career + no pocket dimension or System + one heroine] While everyone else who transmigrates into Birds in the Courtyard ends up in a parallel version of the TV series, Liu Jie transmigrates into the world of a book called Courtyard: The Reborn Cao Cao, Yang Weimin, Rises Through the Ranks, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character who shares his name. Liu Jie had thought he'd get a golden finger like a System or a pocket dimension, but reality 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 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—Shelves
- 38 Siheyuan: Train the Beasts for Rewards, from the Start with Qin Huairu 四合院：训禽得奖励，开局秦淮茹 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! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Siheyuan: From the Start, Trapped in a Mountain Cave with Qin Huairu 四合院：开局和秦淮茹一起困山洞 The villain Cao Bo transmigrates into a courtyard compound, but this compound isn't like the one on TV at all! Why have all the children grown up? Cao Bo spent his whole life cheating and swindling people, but after transmigrating, he becomes indecisive and hesitant. Why is he suddenly so compassionate, caring about this person and worrying about that one? Now that Qin Huairu is here, isn't it only natural to get rid of Jia Dongxu? So where did all this kindness come from? Can a villain's cold h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Siheyuan: Kicking Bang Geng and Slapping Jia Zhangshi from the Start 四合院：开局脚踢棒梗掌掴贾张氏 [Multiple heroines + cultivation + a System for fishing across the heavens] He Yuzhu, from the 21st century, has an accident and transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1956, inhabiting the body of his namesake, Silly Zhu. From then on, he begins a new life. Wait, how could a transmigrator possibly go without a System? Ding! The All-Heavens Fishing System is starting up… Keep being a simp? No way! You’re the ones who can grovel at my feet! 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Siheyuan: As Xu Damao, I'll Live It Up One Day at a Time 四合院：成许大茂能浪一天算一天 Trapped by the System in the world of the courtyard house, he restarted his life nine times and became Xu Damao, the one character everyone hated, both people and dogs alike, and the story's sole villain. Forget personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. Make each day count, and take things as they come. Going to the countryside to screen films is a way to bring warmth to people's spirits. Eating and lodging at other people's homes is a way to bring warmth to their lives. As long as you give —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Siheyuan: Starting by Threatening Qin Huairu! 四合院：从威胁秦淮茹开始！ [Siheyuan + System + wild imagination + satisfying revenge] After transmigrating into the world of the siheyuan, Lin Chen gets the System from the start. In an era of scarce resources, with the System at his side, he has nothing to worry about! Since he is here, he will put every scoundrel in their place. The deaf old lady keeps targeting him to protect Silly Zhu? He exposes her true nature, ruining her reputation, then drives her out of the siheyuan! The little ingrate Banggeng has sticky finge 552Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 I Brought a Produce Market to the Siheyuan 带着菜市场穿到四合院 A special forces king from the 21st century transmigrates to a siheyuan with an entire wet market and becomes a live-in son-in-law. But when he returns home from the army, he learns that his father-in-law, who had adopted him all those years ago, has passed away, and his future wife has run off with someone else. The only family members left are his sixty-year-old grandmother and his sister-in-law, who is not yet two. To repay them for saving his life, Zhu Ping decides to leave the army and come 80Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 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—Shelves
- 45 Siheyuan Fanfic: I Snatch Lou Xiao'e, and Xu Damao Flips the Table 同人四合院：截胡娄晓娥大茂掀桌 Chen Feng transmigrates into the courtyard compound and uses character cards to drive the whole place crazy. Have you ever seen Xu Damao as a table-flipping crow? Yi Zhonghai as a treacherous Cao Cao? Yan Bugui teaching like Chen Haonan? Jia Zhangshi, a max-level auntie, shouting “Back off, back off, back off!”? Anything is possible! There's nothing a character card can't do! 270Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 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
- 47 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! 8kReads6.2Score574Shelves
- 48 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—Shelves
- 49 Siheyuan: Tales from the Cellar 四合院：地窖往事 Chen Guoliang transmigrated. He arrived in a Beijing courtyard house in 1954, becoming a high school student not yet fifteen. In an ordinary courtyard house, a very unusual cellar becomes the setting for the tangled, unspoken neighborly relationships between two generations. The courtyard’s chaos was enough to make even Chen Guoliang, a newcomer whose soul had seen plenty of the wider world, exclaim, “What the hell?” The father you call Dad might not actually be your father? The wife you think i 4Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 50 Siheyuan: The Invincible Railway Police Officer in South and North 四合院：无敌乘警人世间南来北往 Lin Qi transmigrates into a parallel world and becomes a low-ranking train police officer. He binds himself to the [Myriad Realms Junkyard] System, moves into a siheyuan, and travels back and forth across the country amid the bustle of human life... (A parallel world combining period dramas, with a focus on entertainment. Please don’t take it too seriously.) —Reads—Score—Shelves
