Novels like Siheyuan: Life After Returning
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- 1 Siheyuan: The God of War Returns 四合院之战神归来 Once bitten by a snake, twice shy. He Yuzhu, who had been on the verge of death, suddenly realizes he has returned to fifty years earlier. Given a new lease on life, he swears to change his future this time around... 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Siheyuan: A Storm Is Brewing 四合院之风云四起 After returning from a mission at the border, Lin Feng took sick leave to visit his family after getting bitten by a peanut. Little did he know, his parents were obsessed with the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. In the spirit of keeping the family happy and harmonious, he started watching it with them. He hadn't realized how infuriating it was until he saw it for himself. The whole courtyard was full of petty thieves and hypocrites. That night, as he lay in bed, he thought: If I transmigrate int —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Siheyuan: Who Told Him to Be a Simp? 四合院：谁让他当舔狗的 After transmigrating into a Beijing courtyard compound, He Chengxian gets a Simp System. Every time he acts like a simp, he earns a critical-hit reward. And so He Chengxian starts raising a pond full of fish in the compound. Qin Huairu: “Little He treats my family so well. He's a good person.” Lou Xiao'e: “I could live without Xu Damao, but I absolutely can't live without Little He.” Yu Li: “He Chengxian is the most capable person in our compound.” He Yushui: “Can my brother even compare to Brot —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 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—14d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: I’m Calling in Reinforcements to Beat Up Every Last Vermin, and I’m Sick of It! 四合院我疯狂摇人暴打众禽烦烦烦 (He Yuzhu awakens the People Summoning System. I asked you all to help me deal with a crisis, but you ate my food, lived in my home, and then actually got the hots for my manly body!) He Yuzhu, from the wasteland, transmigrates to 1959 and into Love in the Courtyard. He beats the stuffing out of the courtyard’s scoundrels. He’ll live a wonderful life unlike any other! What kind of person is Qin Huairu? And I’m supposed to grovel at her feet? Yi Zhonghai wants me to support him in his old age? No —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: I Was Supposed to Be a Mechanic, So Why Am I Catching Spies? 四合院：说好机修工，让我抓敌特 [Siheyuan courtyard setting + New plot + Counterespionage + Spy warfare + One heroine + Low on hostility] Zhang Tiansuo transmigrates to 1961, into Love in the Courtyard. He becomes a machine repairman and awakens a mission System: [Mission 1: Insult someone in the Beijing dialect, keeping it up for 30 seconds.] [Mission 2: Demonstrate the Silk-Winding Grappling Technique in public.] Meanwhile, undercurrents swirl through the courtyard and the steel mill, where enemy agents are secretly hiding! 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Blind Zhu in the Siheyuan 四合院里的瞎柱 After an unexpected transmigration, a grown bachelor finds himself in the body of Fool Zhu in a Beijing courtyard. From the start, he has a house in the capital, a state-owned enterprise job, and countless beautiful women vying for his attention. Ten years later, a wealthy woman even shows up at his door with a son, looking for his father. Hahaha! That's all from the original story. The transmigrator accidentally selected Hard Mode, though, and starts out blind in both eyes. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: My Boundless Merit 四合院我功德无量 After graduating from a junior college, Ye Chen couldn’t find a suitable job and couldn’t bear to make his beloved girlfriend suffer alongside him. So he resolutely broke up with her and joined the ranks of delivery couriers. They agreed that they would rekindle their relationship once he had saved enough to buy a house in three years. With the deadline fast approaching, he was working himself to the bone making deliveries when he got into a car accident. His blood dripped onto a bracelet he had 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 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—14d adds
- 10 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
- 11 Siheyuan: I Became the Vampire He Yuzhu 四合院：我变成了吸血何雨柱 I transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan and became He Yuzhu, the family’s walking ATM. Would you believe it? I transmigrated way too early, straight into the winter of 1950. That year, He Daqing abandoned He Yuzhu and his younger sister. He Yuzhu was fifteen, while He Yushui was only five. He Yuzhu was still an apprentice at Hongbin Restaurant, but this time, he wouldn’t become the famous chef He Yuzhu. That’s because He Yuzhu took China’s first college entrance exam in 1952 and became a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 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
- 13 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
- 14 Siheyuan: You Were Told to Move to the City, So Why Did You Take Off? 四合院：让你进城，你直接起飞？ [A little twisted humor, witty, simple and direct. You won't regret diving in] [Li Ba transmigrates to a courtyard compound and discovers that it's full of oddballs. He can even get fined for taking a leak... If that's how it is, then he won't hold back.] [From the start, he catches Qin Huairu relieving herself in public] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: Kill a Few, Fall in Love a Little 四合院：杀杀人谈谈情 Jian Zhanfeng transmigrates to a courtyard house and sees a familiar cast of characters: the three neighborhood elders, Silly Zhu, the widow Qin, and Deaf Granny. He gets two Systems, and his life should have been wonderful. Instead, the neighbors’ true colors leave him utterly stunned. Deaf Granny is an enemy spy? Yi Zhonghai and she are having an affair? Silly Zhu isn’t in love with Qin Huairu, but has a mother complex? Qin Huairu is a madwoman with split personalities? What the hell? Second U 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: Exposing the Beasts' Scandals Sets the Whole City Ablaze 四合院：刊登禽兽丑闻，全城沸腾 After transmigrating to the 1960s, Guo Chengliang finds himself in the body of a man who shares his name. Not long ago, his predecessor had successfully landed a job at a newspaper. Now, Guo Chengliang has transmigrated and activated the Gossip System, giving him the perfect advantage. The scoundrels are running amok? He'll publish everything about them and let everyone in the capital see just how vile they are! 284Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 17 Siheyuan: I Break Off My Engagement to Qin Huairu from the Start 四合院：开局退婚秦淮茹 [Courtyard + System + Beauties] Jiang Chao transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as Qin Huairu's devoted, lovesick fiancé. The original owner was slapped eight hundred times and died young! After transmigrating, Jiang Chao swears he won't be anyone's lovesick puppy. He wants to get back all the money the original owner spent on Qin Huairu! But the Qin family village threatens him with their house. Oh no, did he transmigrate just to be a joke? Just as he says the old line, “Thirty years east o 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Isn’t Really Stupid 四合院：傻柱可不是真的傻 He Yuzhu transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. After binding to a lottery System, he unexpectedly discovers that the storage room he won is connected to a parallel world. He can travel back and forth, meet another version of himself, and even share items between them. Overjoyed, He Yuzhu watches as his fate takes a dramatic turn. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: After Reporting the Courtyard's Beasts, I Build the Richest Village 四合院：举报众禽后，打造首富村 He wakes up to find he has transmigrated into a courtyard house in 1963. With the courtyard vultures closing in on all sides, Zhang Hao, just back from university, turns the tables by reporting them, sending Jia Zhangshi straight to prison. While he is out on an errand, the thieving rascal Banggeng tries to rob his home! Zhang Hao reports him on the spot, sending Banggeng to a juvenile detention center. The moral paragon Yi Zhonghai even loses his position as one of the courtyard elders as a res 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Siheyuan: The Storm Returns, Silly Zhu Is Reborn and Awakens 四合院之风云再起：傻柱重生觉醒 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I Arrived at the Siheyuan and the Entire Courtyard Seized My Family's Fortune 四合院刚来就被全院霸占了家产 Gu Nan, a nobody from the twenty-first century, unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming the Gu Nan everyone loves to bully. See how he makes his way in this society and carves out a world of his own. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Siheyuan: A Barber’s Happy Life 四合院：理发师快乐生活 Modern-day Li An transmigrates overnight and becomes a barber in a siheyuan on Nanluoguxiang in Beijing. Faced with a three-courtyard residence of gray bricks and tiles and a dozen squabbling households, he grips his razor and decides to carve out his own place in this era. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Siheyuan: From Trapping the Neighbors to Building a Great Nation 四合院：从坑杀众禽到大国重工 After an accident, Li Jianshe transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1970 and becomes a researcher. Because of the political climate, Yi Zhonghai conspires with the other residents of the courtyard to frame Li Jianshe and send him to prison. Six years later, Li Jianshe is exonerated and returns to the courtyard, only to find his daughter locked in a doghouse and his wife missing! To cover his tracks, Yi Zhonghai tries to plot Li Jianshe's death once again. By a twist of fate, however, he activ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Siheyuan: With Connections at My Fingertips, the World Is Mine 四合院：人脉在手，天下我有 An accomplished executive transmigrates into the body of a spoiled young man in the 1960s. By chance, he ends up in a courtyard compound, where he lives out an extraordinary story. In an unfamiliar environment among strangers, how will he use his connections to establish himself? Amid a turbulent society, how will he turn the tide? Surrounded by dangerous factions, how will he keep himself safe? He'll ride the wave, borrow strength from others, and soar to the top! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 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—14d adds
- 26 Siheyuan: I Can Fish for Anything! 四合院：我能垂钓万物！ Lin Luo is reborn in a Siheyuan full of scoundrels and becomes a military medic who has just retired due to injury. Fortunately, after lying low for a while, he finally activates his golden finger. The Everything Fishing System! There’s nothing you can’t catch, except what you can’t imagine! From then on, he starts running circles around everyone in the Siheyuan. 96Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 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—14d adds
- 28 Yan Hua's 6th Book 衍画的第6本书 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Siheyuan: A College Student Takes Silly Zhu to Task from the Start 四合院：开局大学生整治傻柱 What should you do when the scoundrels in the Siheyuan start causing trouble? No worries! Lin Xiu scrolls through short videos without a care. Silly Zhu wants to beat me up? How did he suddenly end up in the hospital? Lin Xiu transmigrates with the home he bought for his future wedding, which has everything in it except a wife. As it happens, a young woman transmigrates alongside him. The two meet during an investigation, and a bond forged across two lifetimes begins to blossom. 3.9kReads5.8Score10214d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: A Little Beggar in the 1950s 四合院之50年代小乞丐 (Siheyuan courtyard, special space, everyday life, multiple heroines) In the 1950s, Lin Dong somehow found himself reborn in the body of an orphan beggar. After obtaining a pocket farm, a twist of fate led him to marry Qin Huairu. He goes to work, teases pretty girls, and lives an ordinary life with normal social interactions. There's none of that needless hostility. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 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—14d adds
- 32 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—14d adds
- 33 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—14d adds
- 34 Siheyuan: A Blink from the Start 四合院开局一眨眼 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Siheyuan: I Can Reflect Their Schemes Back at Them, and the Vermin Are Panicking 四合院：我能反弹算计，禽兽慌了 He Yuzhu is transported to the courtyard world of the 1950s, where he becomes a down-and-out loser. His mother died young, his father ran away, and his little sister is still a child… He Yuzhu has to find a way to stay alive and raise his sister, Yushui. And a whole courtyard full of scheming beasts are eyeing him and his sister. It’s hard to imagine a worse start. Luckily, He Yuzhu activates the Scheme-Reversal System. Whenever someone schemes against him, he gets a reward. Jia Zhangshi: I only 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 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—14d adds
- 37 Siheyuan: I Opened a Treasure Chest in the Beast-Filled Courtyard 四合院：我在禽院开宝箱 Zhang Qianwei gets completely drunk at his ex’s wedding banquet. When he wakes up, he discovers he has transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard, where he has become an ordinary resident in the front courtyard of No. 95. His original self had just turned eighteen. His father had recently died, leaving him alone with his mother, who had inherited his work post. To avoid being targeted, the mother and son have kept a low profile in the beast-filled courtyard, afraid the retirement-care crew will se —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Siheyuan: Jia Zhangshi Claims My Room from the Start? I'll Beat Her Senseless! 四合院：开局贾张氏占屋？暴打！ Orphan Wu Yu was adopted at the age of one by his parents' comrade-in-arms, the God of War of Nanjiang. When he came home as an adult, he discovered that the Jia family had taken over his house. Silly Zhu: "Your house? There isn't one. Nobody in this courtyard has a house for you. Go look somewhere else." The First Elder: "You haven't lived there for years. It would be a huge waste. We've given it to the Jia family." Jia Zhangshi: "Where'd this stray kid come from, claiming those people are his —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Siheyuan: I’m the Madman, and I’m Invincible 四合院：我是癫公我无敌 Zhang Weiguo was already fed up with having transmigrated into the courtyard compound. Then he heard Jia Dongxu and Silly Zhu plotting against him. How could he put up with that? As the old saying goes, the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, and the ruthless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die are afraid of someone like Zhang Weiguo... 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 I Transmigrated into Siheyuan and Became He Yuzhu 穿到四合院，变成何雨柱 Bound to the System, he begins the main quest “Congratulations, Host! You have successfully bound the ‘Time Traveler’ System!” “I am System 092, and I am now loading your tasks.” “This is the year 1960, in a courtyard in Beijing.” “Host identity: He Yuzhu.” “Occupation: Canteen cook at a university in Beijing.” “Task loading complete. Host, please accept your task.” In 1960, I was a cook in a university canteen in Beijing. I had only just transmigrated, and my mind hadn't cleared yet. I was comp 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 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? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Siheyuan: You Were the One Who Refused to Marry, and You’re the One Who Regrets It 四合院：不嫁的是你，后悔也是你 Yang Guojun never expected to transmigrate into the world of Love in the Courtyard and become an ordinary resident. He also met Qin Huairu when she was young. Although Qin Huairu is annoying in the original story, there was no denying that she was beautiful when she was young. Just as Yang Guojun was about to steal her away, Qin Huairu unexpectedly looked down on him and married Jia Dongxu, whose material circumstances were better. Fortunately, the protagonist had bound a portable pocket dimensi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Siheyuan: Rejected by a White Lotus, I Turn to Building Nuclear Bombs 四合院：被白莲拒绝，转头做核弹 [Transmigration] [System] [Mild edge] [Everyday comebacks] [Comedy] The protagonist transmigrates as He Yuzhu from Love in the Courtyard. He Yuzhu is going to make Qin, the widow, and every selfish person in the courtyard pay for their cold indifference! He refuses to let the courtyard's parasites bleed him dry, and uses a god-tier System to defy fate and change his life. Ding! For firmly rejecting Qin Huairu, you receive 100 yuan! Ding! For comforting Lou Xiao'e and teaming up to take down Xu D 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Transmigrating Through the Mirror: Starting in the Siheyuan 穿越镜从四合院开局 An unexpected discovery caused Hao Ren's soul to transmigrate into a courtyard house, where he took the place of a resident with the same name. Thus began his legendary life: from an ordinary man, he steadily embarked on the path to the extraordinary. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Period: Watching the Clouds Drift By 年代：笑看浮云起 Li Xiao is an ordinary person from the twenty-first century who transmigrates into the body of an eight-year-old boy in the 1950s, living next door to that famous courtyard. With the help of a golden finger, he develops and strengthens himself while helping the country. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Siheyuan: A Wicked Tempest 四合院之风波恶 In this courtyard, one upheaval follows another, each more sudden than the last. Watch how Li Buyi gets caught up in the turmoil and then brings it to an end. I'm trying out a new update schedule, with ten thousand characters of upheaval posted each day. Whether this new approach succeeds depends on the feedback and reviews from all you readers! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Angler in the Siheyuan 四合院里的钓鱼佬 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! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: Reborn to Strike Back Against All Odds 四合院：重生后看我绝地反击 He Yuzhu is reborn. Reborn before it all began. With memories of his past life to guide him, He Yuzhu is determined to make the most of this life! See through all those false faces, and treat the people who are truly good to him with kindness. Seize the opportunities he once missed before anyone else can! Let the scoundrels in the courtyard see how I, He Yuzhu, turn the tables! He Yuzhu is reborn. Reborn before it all began. With memories of his past life to guide him, He Yuzhu is determined to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Siheyuan: I Clapped Back at Qin Huairu from the Start and Refused to Be a Simp 四合院：开局怼秦淮茹，不当舔狗 He Yuzhu accidentally falls into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes a chef named He Yuzhu, just like his old self. From the start, he gives Qin Huairu a piece of his mind and refuses to be a simp. Then he puts Xu Damao, Old Lady Jia, Banggeng, the First Master, the Second Master, the Third Master, and all the rest firmly in their place, making them behave themselves. Qin Huairu: “Where’s the stuff?” He Yuzhu: “Gone. I ate it myself!” Qin Huairu: “Silly Zhu! Have you no conscience? Ha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Siheyuan: After Moving, I Took Off 四合院：搬家后，我起飞了 With a pocket dimension at his disposal, Yi Xin transmigrates to the capital in 1950. He becomes the family member of a revolutionary martyr and lands a job as a procurement officer at a steel mill. When the shameless old Yi Zhonghai goes off to harass his sister-in-law, Yi Xin doesn’t waste a word. He pulls out a hunting rifle and presses it to the man’s forehead with a bang. The First Master is so frightened he wets himself, and the entire courtyard is stunned. From the start, Yi Xin gets c —Reads—Score—14d adds
