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- 101 Love in the Courtyard: The Years Slip Away 情满四合院之流年逝水 (Transmigration + Multiple Heroines + Multiple Eras + No System + Some Ensemble Cast!) This is a slice-of-life story, with little fighting and killing. It focuses on everyday family matters, and there are no cheats. If you like decisive, ruthless protagonists, I'm sorry, but this book can't give you what you want. The author bows in apology! The protagonist may seem a little timid from the start. He won't pick a fight with several neighbors over every little thing. Since he has no System, the pr 3.8kReads6.9Score17514d adds
- 102 Siheyuan: A Happy Life Begins When I Move to the City 四合院：从进城开启幸福生活 “No matter how well others say I’m doing, I still feel I haven’t quite reached the ideal perfection I’m aiming for.” His father’s gaze softened. He slowly walked over to Kegu Jia and gently patted him on the back, 1.5kReads5.3Score—14d adds
- 103 Siheyuan: Li Aiguo’s Happy Life 四合院之李爱国的快乐生活 This novel is centered on the courtyard compound and also blends in some great elements from "Under the Zhengyang Gate" and "Meals Are Ready". All the notable women from these stories will appear. The story isn’t too dark. The male lead is bound to have conflicts with his neighbors, but he won’t go around killing or driving people insane at the drop of a hat. Also, Qin Huairu is definitely part of the harem. Transmigrating into a courtyard novel without taking Qin Huairu would make the whole tri 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 104 Siheyuan: I Transmigrate into Silly Zhu 四合院：穿越成傻柱 I transmigrated and became Silly Zhu, only to be falsely accused of stealing a chicken. Watch me prove my innocence, and refuse to let the widow string me along. I won't get caught up in the neighbors' gossip or bogged down by petty factory business. I'll quietly plan my path to riches and wait for the winds of reform and opening up. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Love in the Courtyard: Fix Your Bad Habits 情满四合院：改改你们臭毛病 [Light System + Multiple Heroines + Battles of Wits] Lin Jianguo accidentally transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, where he watches Qin Huairu transform from an innocent young woman into a villain step by step. Schemes and moral blackmail abound, and the male lead nearly gets corrupted himself. He outwits Jia Zhangshi, takes down Jia Dongxu, and teaches Qin Huairu a lesson. In the end, he escapes the entanglements of Lou Xiao'e, Ran Qiuye, Liu Lan, and the other women, and rise 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 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
- 107 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
- 108 Chef Silly Zhu 厨师傻柱 My new work is out! Everyone is welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 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
- 110 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
- 111 Reborn in a Siheyuan: Going with the Flow 重生四合院之随波逐流 Both parents alive + One heroine + Spatial storage Li Hao, a young man from the twenty-first century, spent his summer vacation after the college entrance exams staying up all night, night after night. He finally died of exhaustion at the very moment he was about to ascend to King rank. Reborn in the 1950s, he now has to find out how a modern young man can live life on his own terms in that era. A new author just starting out, writing for fun! Please go easy on me! Thank you so much! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Brutally Torment Yi Zhonghai! 四合院：开局狂虐易中海！ [System] [Reborn] [Satisfying Tale of Crushing the Villains] When Jiang Chen wakes up, he discovers he has arrived in the world of the courtyard house, living alongside a pack of scheming beasts. Things are bleak from the start: both his parents are dead, and all he has left is his younger sister. Fortunately, he awakens a System for Crushing the Villains and immediately starts laying into the lot of them. When Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip him with his sanctimonious moralizing, Jiang Chen giv —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Reborn in 1965: A Doctor in Nanluoguxiang 重生65，南锣鼓巷当医生 (Multiple heroines + a pocket dimension + traditional Chinese medicine, featuring Qin Huairu) While Tong Fei is rescuing Qin Huairu from drowning, he gets a golden finger! With the aid of Dragon God Skill, Tong Fei's medical skills become more and more astonishing! He can treat infertility, itching, stubborn ailments... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Xu Damao Takes Over the Siheyuan 许大茂玩转四合院 233Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 115 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
- 116 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Takes on Silly Mao from the Start 四合院：开局傻柱打傻茂 Yan Bugui: “I don’t know! I came out and saw Silly Zhu beating up Silly Mao. I was completely stunned!” Xu Damao: “Grandpa He, I’ll never dare to go against you again as long as I live.” Yi Zhonghai: “I’d been counting on Silly Zhu to look after me in my old age, but I ended up being paraded through the streets.” Granny Deaf: “Good boy, why did you give me something so hard to eat? Ah, my tooth fell out!” Qin Huairu: “If only I’d married Zhu back then.” Bang Geng 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Siheyuan: Yuzhu Is No Fool 四合院之雨柱不傻 Now that Silly Zhu has a new soul in his body, can widows still leech off him and the courtyard’s scoundrels still use morality to blackmail him? Let’s see our protagonist live an ordinary, happy life in this extraordinary era. (His golden finger isn’t much. He keeps his head down, watches the drama, and doesn’t follow the original plot.) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Siheyuan: Everyone’s a Villain, and I’m the Wildest 四合院：全员恶人，我最狂 Zhang Yang, a supermarket stockroom manager, drops dead in the warehouse. He unexpectedly transmigrates with a mountain of supplies into a courtyard full of beasts in human skin. From the start, he is framed for peeping at He Yushui while she bathes, then driven out of the courtyard at the head of a mob led by the God of Morality. You've got to be kidding me! I'm wildly popular, and I've got a whole bunch of friends. I'll make sure you pay for this! He Yushui goes to prison, Jia Zhangshi loses a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 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—14d adds
- 120 Siheyuan: I’m Xu Damao, and Now I’m Singing a Victory Song 四合院：我许大茂，翻身把歌唱 Looking at Love in the Courtyard as a whole, Xu Damao is absolutely the sort of man everyone loves to hate. Yet somehow, this very man thrives in the courtyard! He has a respectable job and a wealthy wife. The courtyard’s so-called battle gods and moral paragons can scheme all they like, and they can chase official positions all they want, but in front of me, Xu Damao, they can all step aside! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Siheyuan: I'm Going to Reform These Twisted People 四合院：我要改造扭曲的众人 A transmigration by a veteran bookworm, bringing along a little world formed from every novel he has read over the years. He vows to transform the courtyard and create a true Love in the Courtyard. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 City Life: I'm the Steel Mill's God-Tier Chef 都市，我是轧钢厂厨神 [Cooking Prodigy] [Single Female Lead] [Warm, Everyday Life] [Powerhouse] (There’s also an older book, "Guagua Is Great") In 1951, Gu Qingshan arrived in the legendary world of "The Courtyard Is Full of Poultry". In this chaotic era, he chose to steal Qin Huairu away first and sit back to watch the tigers fight. The man before you is the courtyard’s battle god, the steel mill’s top culinary genius, a legend of the capital, the man the spirit-summoning master Jia Zhangshi doesn’t dare defy, and a 2.2kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 123 Siheyuan: Why Do You Keep Coming Here to Get Beaten? 四合院：你们干嘛总是送上门被虐 After livestreaming himself playing games for three days straight, Su Ye closed his eyes and opened them again, only to find that he had transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Su Ye knew this world all too well. Everyone in the courtyard was a beast! So I’m supposed to give those beasts a hard time? But he’d only just transmigrated, and someone was already trying to steal his job. Would they take away the place he was staying, too? What a disastrous start! Luckily, Director Wang 1.2kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 124 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
- 125 Siheyuan: Between Two Worlds, I'll Take Down Any Beast Who Defies Me 四合院：两界穿，不服就干禽兽 [Parallel worlds, traveling between two realms, a feel-good power fantasy!] Li Dongyu was just one of countless nobodies in Longguo, a parallel world, scraping by with a small M-brand supermarket. He, too, began to suffer the injustices of society. He had been doing a good deed, rescuing a girl who had fallen into the water, but nearly died for it. In the end, he was blamed for his own misfortune, with people claiming he had fallen in by accident. The girl Li Dongyu rescued had already vanished 71Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 126 Siheyuan: The Eye of Insight from the Start 四合院：开局获得探查之眼 Li Qing was an ordinary deliveryman, riding his little electric scooter along the street. He had no idea which brat had thrown a ceramic figurine from a rooftop, killing him on the spot. Li Qing's vision went black. He thought his life experience card had expired, but somehow he found himself in a courtyard house, with a miraculous pair of eyes that could inspect things. 84Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 127 Siheyuan: Passing the Years in Idleness 四合院：空度春秋 This is a different kind of courtyard drama, without fixed character labels. These should be living, breathing people, each with their own thoughts and ways of doing things. Lin Miao is an outsider who witnesses everything in this era from her own perspective. In the end, she discovers that it was all for nothing, just years of her life passing by in vain... 31Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 128 Siheyuan: I'm Liu Guangtian 四合院，我是刘光天 [Everyday life, choices, one heroine, ruthless, brotherhood] An accident gives Liu Guangtian the memories of two lifetimes. His father’s favoritism leaves him heartbroken, so he walks away from home. Returning to the courtyard as Second Master under a different identity, how will he find his place? In 1958, amid the chaos of the Beastly Courtyard, Liu Guangtian has a golden finger and gradually builds a life everyone envies. He cuts ties with the family and puts his brothers in their place, help 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Siheyuan: Please Stop Hyping Me Up, I'm About to Become a God! 四合院：求别吹，我要超神了！ Zhao Changsheng transmigrates to 1962 and activates the Bragging Made Real System. Whenever someone brags in front of him, whatever they boast about becomes his reality. Third Uncle Yan Bugui: I'm a master angler, famous throughout the capital! Zhao Changsheng: Acquired advanced fishing skills. Silly Zhu: My father can cook the finest dishes from both north and south, including a complete Manchu-Han banquet! Zhao Changsheng: Acquired advanced chef skills, plus the exclusive skill: a complete Man 815Reads6.1Score10014d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: My Words Become Law, the Courtyard’s True God 四合院：言出法随，四合院真神 Li Jianjun transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and awakened the Words Become Law System. All he has to do is collect negative emotions from characters in the original story. Then he gets one chance to make a random declaration come true. [Chaos and Mayhem: Everyone in the courtyard becomes extremely irritable and starts turning on one another!] [Gut-Wrenching Pain: The target suffers unbearable pain in their abdomen. Yi Zhonghai maliciously refuses to work, so his wages are doc 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Reborn in Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Takes Off 重生四合院之傻柱起飞 A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 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
- 133 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
- 134 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—14d adds
- 135 Siheyuan: After Dealing with Those Vicious Neighbors, I Enlist 四合院：收拾完众禽去参军 Transmigrates into an everyday world, with both parents dead! Brings puppet techniques to a Beijing courtyard! On the very first day, he faces off against “necromancer” Jia Zhangshi! But all she can do is set up an ancestral altar, while I have real skills! From then on, whenever something supernatural happens in the courtyard, I step forward and urge the whole flock of beasts: “Let's be scientific about this. Don't be superstitious!” 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Cement Router's First Book 水泥路由器的第1本书 My new work is out! You can head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Siheyuan: A Reborn Emperor Beats the Deaf Old Lady from the Start 四合院，大帝转生开局暴捶聋老太 Emperor Xu Ye was schemed against because of his kind heart and transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard. To train him to be ruthless, the System has him beat up Deaf Granny, castrate Xu Damao, extort Yi Zhonghai, and aid Qin Huairu. He fools everyone in the courtyard, and wherever he goes, he deceives people. Then he returns to another world and becomes an emperor once more… 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 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—14d adds
- 139 Transmigrating into the Siheyuan 穿越在四合院开始 Li Wuxin ←_← suddenly thought of something and said to the System, “Brother System, could you send me back first? Just give me half a minute. I still have some work to finish on my phone.” The System replied, “Host, we don't have any System points right now.” Li Wuxin sighed inwardly. There goes my good name! Maybe they won't check my phone... Li Wuxin watched as his body was carried away in an ambulance... In the first world, the courtyard compound: save Qin Huairu. In the second world, The Dra 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Siheyuan: I Turned Myself In After Buying Without Limit 四合院：无限购买的我上交自己 Also known as: “I Turned a Soulless System into a Cracked Version” He transmigrates to a courtyard home in 1958, a year before the three years of disaster. After obtaining an exchange System and seeing the items available, he decides at midnight to turn himself in, leading the nation on the road to prosperity. 1Reads5.3Score114d adds
- 141 Siheyuan: Jia Zhangshi Has My Back 四合院：我后台是贾张氏 His soul transmigrates into Silly Zhu, and the System takes effect on Jia Zhangshi. The source of all the courtyard’s troubles, Jia Zhangshi, now protects Silly Zhu at every turn. Alarmed by Jia Zhangshi’s strange behavior, Silly Zhu moves out of the courtyard, leaves for another city, and changes both his name and surname. 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 I'm an Elite Security Officer, and Bang Geng Is Panicking! 我，保卫科精英，棒梗慌了！ He was a law enforcement officer, but an accident transmigrates him into the courtyard, where he becomes a member of the security department. After binding to a System, he earns his superiors' favor, his career takes off, and he handles cases with decisive efficiency. Bang Geng is panicking! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 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
- 144 A Xianxia Legend of the Siheyuan 四合院之玄幻传奇 After the Cosmic Alliance successfully defeated the forces of darkness, a mysterious visitor brought news that another universe was facing a crisis. To join forces against the mysterious power, the Cosmic Alliance assembled a combined fleet. After a long voyage and fierce battles, the fleet finally discovered the mysterious power's weakness and destroyed it, saving the other universe. This victory greatly enhanced the Cosmic Alliance's reputation and filled people with hope for the future of the 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 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—14d adds
- 146 Siheyuan: Dongxu Wants to Steal My Wife? I'll Cripple Him 四合院：东旭抢我媳妇？让他残废 Jia Dongxu stole my wife, Qin Huairu, right out from under me? Fine! You brat, your Jia family is in for trouble! Now that I’ve ended up in this courtyard, I’m destined to deal with these animals. So I’ll just have to strike first! 1.3kReads—Score10814d adds
- 147 Siheyuan: The Neighbors Beg Me to Cure Them 四合院：禽兽们求我治病 Good news: I awakened the [Medicine and Food Space]! Bad news: I'm in a courtyard-house world full of beasts. I transmigrated into the orphaned grandson of a martyr, and became Grandma Deaf's grandson! By sensing people's emotions, I can magically create food and medicinal dishes that make the beasts humiliate themselves. They can heal the sick and save lives, while amplifying the beasts' greed until they bring ruin upon themselves. I fed Jia Zhangshi an [Appetizer], and she had a public, humi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Siheyuan: Reborn in the Sixties, I Awaken a Traditional Medicine System 四合院：重生六零，觉醒中医系统 Why is a master of traditional Chinese medicine willing to wait in line in a little alley? Why have retired senior officials, absent for years, practically worn down the threshold of a courtyard house? Ye Cheng of the courtyard transmigrates from the modern world and awakens a god-tier traditional medicine System! From then on, a single silver needle can decide life and death; one dose of medicine can turn the tide. He treats patients with lost ancient remedies and sees through chronic, stubborn 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Silly Zhu's Uncle from the Start: True Love in Love in the Courtyard 开局傻柱小叔，真情满四合院 [Siheyuan + No needless cruelty + Decisive action + No goody-two-shoes] He Ping'an, a young man from the modern era, transmigrates to the 1950s and becomes Silly Zhu's uncle. He moves into a Siheyuan and makes sure everyone gets what they deserve. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Torture the Birds, Kill the Birds, Plunder the Birds: I’m the Best in the Siheyuan 虐禽杀禽掠夺禽，四合院里我最行 [Siheyuan] [High Tension] [No Saintly Heroine] [Has a System] [Has a Pocket Dimension] [Takes Everything] [Multiple Film and TV Worlds, Ensemble Cast] Transmigrated back to the 1960s. That’s pretty exciting, except the original owner lives in the infamous Siheyuan crawling with vermin! Fortunately, the System arrives just in time, and it can plunder everything from those beasts! From then on, the Siheyuan enters a dark season of the hunt! Sha Zhu: “My family’s ancestral craft is gone?” Bang 436Reads5.4Score—14d adds
