Novels like Siheyuan: I Exposed the Three Elders’ Secrets from the Start
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- 1 Siheyuan: I Was Reborn, and You Still Want Me to Donate? 四合院：我重生的，你还让我捐款 [Courtyard house + System storage + period drama + a warm home with wife and children + strengthening the nation through science and technology] This book has a bit of an edge, but it’s absolutely satisfying! Zhang Gang was a top military-region chef in the twenty-first century. After dying in a bombing caused by a mistake during a military exercise, he is reborn as his namesake in the beast-filled courtyard house. But he has arrived in 1963, two years before the original story. A disastrous sta 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: The Immortal Couple's Strange Tales 四合院：仙侣奇踪 My new work is out! Come 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! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Lord of Hell, Starting in Siheyuan 从四合院开始的地狱之主 An ordinary homebody in his thirties is miserably made the Lord of Hell in a dimensional space. Luckily, he has a Lord of Hell System and can trade across the myriad worlds, rising step by step to become the supreme being. 84Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: Extorting Jia Zhangshi from the Start 四合院：开局先讹贾张氏 The First Uncle is too sanctimonious, the Second Uncle too power-hungry, and the Third Uncle too calculating. I’ll kick all three uncles out, and I, He Yuzhu, will take charge of the courtyard. I’ll beat Jia Zhangshi senseless and tear into the First Uncle. I’m the one who should be in charge here. 163Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Siheyuan: Stirring Up Trouble in the Future Apocalypse 四合院之在未来末世，搅风搅雨 Wang Yitu transmigrates to a future world and is forced to play a game, all by himself. Then, unexpectedly, he awakens two Talent Skills. But the characters he can summon are from Love in the Courtyard. And the thing is, every one of them is powerful. Anyway, they’re all stronger than Wang Yitu. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Xu Damao, the Bystander Who Loves the Gossip 吃瓜群众许大茂 This is Xu Damao at his most principled, and also at his unluckiest. He has a powerful System, but it turns him into the most punchable man around. He ignores everyone in the courtyard and gives his compassion to “strangers.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Siheyuan: I Just Want to Keep My Head Down, Not Get Caught Up in the Rat Race 四合院：我只想苟着，不想卷起来 Jiang Jiajin accidentally transmigrates to an era of scarcity, becoming a young man with rural household registration. He obtains a game System called Happy Farm, which lets him improve his family's life by growing crops. Using pumpkin seeds from the game, he trades for eggs and flour in the real world, and even plans to trade pumpkins for more supplies. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: A Role Model for Our Generation 四合院之我辈楷模 Zhao Dadan was originally an upstanding young man of the twenty-first century. Then, by a twist of fate, he ended up in the 1960s. He discovered that he was in the world of Love in the Courtyard. In his previous life, he'd read quite a few novels about the courtyard. They all bragged that every heroine here was gorgeous, and each one more alluring than the last. Now that he was here, he was going to find out for himself whether it was true. In the end, he lived up to everyone's expectations and 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Siheyuan: I Get Clubbed from Behind Right from the Start 四合院之开局就被敲闷棍 An accident sent a 21st-century street loafer transmigrating to the 1960s. From the start, he had nothing but four bare walls, and his grandfather had passed away. Luckily, an unreliable System showed up. Let’s see how he survives in an era of shortages and how he deals with all the neighbors. [This is a total beginner’s work, and the pacing is a bit slow. Please go easy on me...] 337Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: I Just Keep Picking Up Trash Like Crazy 四合院：我就疯狂捡垃圾 In 1970s Sijiu City, Ma Shan dragged his heavy luggage into the crowded courtyard that would be his new home. The uniform of a retired soldier looked a little out of place on him, but the determined look in his eyes had not changed. He had just finished several years of military service and now returned to the courtyard he once knew, carrying a touch of weariness and a measure of anticipation. Everything in the courtyard felt unfamiliar. Standing at the gate, he looked at the dilapidated place, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 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
- 12 Siheyuan: From Apprentice to Tech Tycoon 四合院：从学徒工到科技大佬 Chen Jianguo transmigrates to a courtyard house in the 1960s, where he becomes an apprentice struggling to get by with his little sister after losing both parents. From the start, he faces moral blackmail from the Jia family’s bloodsuckers. When his greedy, beastly neighbors scheme against him, he awakens the God-Tier Engineer System and begins his path to turning the tables! With the System in hand, the world is mine! From upgrading bicycles to developing technology far ahead of its time, he le —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Happy Little Life 四合院：傻柱幸福的小日子 (Courtyard + space + period setting + daily life + sensible protagonist + feel-good story + one heroine + no System) A 698 somehow transmigrates into the courtyard, becoming Silly Zhu, with an extraordinary body and a space of his own. Qin Huairu is pretty, sure, but I don't want her. And don't come trying to leech off me. Lou Xiao'e is sincere, beautiful, and kind. Sorry, we're not meant to be. As for the neighbors in the courtyard, whatever you're planning, whoever you're targeting, you'd bett 15Reads—Score103Shelves
- 14 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—Shelves
- 15 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—Shelves
- 16 A Tale of Two Siheyuans: This Huairu Has It So Good 四合院双对比，这个淮茹好幸福 Shen Ping'an transmigrates into a world where several period dramas have blended together. His starting area is a Siheyuan courtyard full of scoundrels. He never expects Jia Dongxu to mock him to his face as soon as he steps outside. Is he supposed to put up with that? Without a second thought, he gets in first and wins over Qin Huairu. Then his System activates. Shen Ping'an can save the heroines and earn rewards. The heroines, meanwhile, get to see another version of themselves living a comple 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Siheyuan: I Livestream, and Netizens Teach Me to Set Those Beasts Straight 四合院：开直播网友教我整顿众禽 Huh? Where am I? Ow, my leg's gone numb! Why are there vegetables everywhere? And why am I tied up? Xu Heng, a man from the 21st century, got drunk one winter, collapsed by the roadside, and froze to death. By accident, he transmigrated into Xu Damao's body in 1962, in a Siheyuan courtyard. He unexpectedly unlocks a livestream System. As long as he follows the viewers' requests and deals with the scoundrels in the courtyard, he earns Star Points. Every ten yuan in viewer tips can be exchanged fo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Yan Hua's 6th Book 衍画的第6本书 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: One Hand Shrouds the Heavens 四合院：一手遮天 Luo Xiaoqing transmigrated to a courtyard house in 1952, becoming a lonely boy who had tragically been separated from his parents during the war and eventually ended up living on the streets. Luckily, an ordinary family living in the courtyard found and adopted him. He became their son, and they arranged his engagement to Qin Huairu. But unexpectedly, Yi Zhonghai got in the way, inciting Jia Dongxu to steal Qin Huairu from him. He then joined forces with the neighbors to ostracize Luo Xiaoqing —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Is Reborn and Never Lets a Grudge Go 四合院许大茂重生之睚眦必报 I believe in making it on my own. I value self-reliance and prefer solving problems with my own abilities rather than asking others for help. If I really can't solve something, I'll find another way. Paying to make trouble go away is nothing to be ashamed of! Please note: this is a pure period novel, with no System, no golden finger, no special abilities, and no cheats! So many rebirth and transmigration stories these days follow the same formula: the characters are lazy and don't like to think, 47Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 21 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
- 22 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—Shelves
- 23 Siheyuan: I Grow Stronger After Qin Huairu Breaks Off Our Engagement 四合院：从秦淮茹退婚开始变强 He was just a lowly train driver. While his father was alive, the family was well-off, and he was engaged to Qin Huairu. But after his father died in an accident, the family fell into decline. Then his engagement was broken off, changing the course of his life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Xu Damao: I Was Born to Be Useful 许大茂：天生我材必有用 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 111Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: Beating He Daqing Senseless, That’s What True Filial Piety Looks Like! 四合院：痛打何大清，孝出强大！ My soul traveled back to the 1950s. I became He Yuzhu, the legendary God of War of the siheyuan courtyard. If I met a demon, I'd subdue it; if I met a ghost, I'd beat it down. Then suddenly, a slap came flying at me. I looked up and saw He Daqing. He Yuzhu had been bottling things up for a long time, so he hit right back with a left hook and a right hook. I'd already had enough of being pushed around in my previous life. If I couldn't enjoy myself here, then where could I? My anger reached its p 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: My Pocket Dimension Can Nurture Anything 四合院：我的空间可孕育一切 He accidentally transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and even gets a pocket dimension and an astonishing talent for understanding! Things are tough from the start, but that’s no big deal! With a wave of his hand, Li Huaishan easily picks up hunting and fishing skills. While everyone else is still scraping by on bran and wild greens, he’s already enjoying fish and meat! And mastering other skills is just as easy: a quick look is all it takes to become an expert. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Turns Over a New Leaf 四合院之改邪归正的许大茂 A transmigrator from the future became Xu Damao and acquired a System that rewarded him for helping others. First Uncle, don't you care most about Jia Dongxu? Then I'll do everything I can to keep Dongxu from kicking the bucket too soon, so he can look after you in your old age. Silly Zhu, don't you like widows? I'll find you one. To make it proper, I even made her my cousin. Silly Zhu, I've been good to you, haven't I? Second Uncle, you love being an official, so I'll do everything I can to hel —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 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—Shelves
- 29 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—Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: Chronicles of the Turbulent Awakening Era 四合院：觉醒年代风云录 Wang Weiguo arrives in the courtyard-house era of 1952. From the start, he has a System space and a skill-proficiency enhancement System. As long as he keeps practicing things, he can accumulate experience and raise the System's level. Whether it's cooking, mechanical engineering, combat skills, or even firearms, Wang Weiguo has mastered them all. Having gotten the chance to live his life over, Wang Weiguo sees the ways of the world more clearly and wants nothing more than to enjoy a quiet, o —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Siheyuan: I'm He Yuzhu, and I'm Kicking Jia Zhangshi's Butt 四合院：我何雨柱，暴踢贾张氏 [Courtyard house + System + urban wish fulfillment + TV and film fan fiction + putting the beastly neighbors in their place] After transmigrating into the courtyard house as He Yuzhu, he has no intention of being a doormat ever again! He refuses to let Qin Huairu bleed him dry, and when Jia Zhangshi tries to extort him, he kicks her to the curb without hesitation! The self-righteous Yi Zhonghai wants me to support him in his old age? Dream on! Just watch me teach him how to behave! In this court —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 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 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 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—Shelves
- 34 Xixi Yu's Thirtieth Book 西西于第30本书 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 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—Shelves
- 36 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—Shelves
- 37 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—Shelves
- 38 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—Shelves
- 39 Siheyuan: Starting Out as the Security Department's Boss 四合院：保卫科话事人开始 (System-powered wish fulfillment + multiple girls) Hu Tianyu, an ordinary modern young man, transmigrates to the 1950s, into a world of courtyard compounds teeming with troublemakers. (The main setting is the courtyard compound, blended with Glorious Era, Dancing with Wolves, Under the Zhengyang Gate, Men Are Iron, Food Is Steel, and more.) He also gets the essential companion every transmigrator needs: “System Bro.” Looking at Huairu, Jingru, Bai Ling, Qiao Yan, Ding Qiunan, Su Meng, and the re —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 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—Shelves
- 41 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—Shelves
- 42 Siheyuan: My Clones Can Transmigrate 四合院：我的分身会穿越 Zhang Xinghe, the protagonist, lives at No. 96 South Copper Gong Lane from the start, in the infamous “Beasts-Fill-the-Courtyard.” Luckily, he was transmigrated into this world before birth, bringing along the special ability from his previous life. The transmigration between worlds also brought about a few beneficial mutations... [The main world is the courtyard. Later on, he will go to the Hong Kong TV-and-film universe.] 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Siheyuan: I'm an Elite Player Who Blows Up the Fishpond 四合院：我，高端选手炸鱼塘 [Siheyuan] [Multiple heroines] [Mildly tormenting the courtyard scoundrels] [No original heroine] [No contrived behavior] The wealthy Li Xunqin transmigrates into a Siheyuan and unexpectedly finds the place quite interesting. He lives a comfortable life and looks for fun whenever he has nothing better to do. A radish in one hand, a whip in the other, he has the courtyard’s scoundrels running around in a panic. In this sardine can of a place called the Siheyuan, Li Xunqin is like a giant catfish 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Zhuzi, Want a Wife? 柱子，你要老婆不要？ Food poisoning caused Xu Kai to transmigrate to a parallel world based on Love in the Courtyard, where he became the universally despised Xu Damao. But he didn't let it get him down. He had his own plans. Since he had already transmigrated to this era full of opportunities, he was determined to make Xu Damao's life shine in a whole new way! 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 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
- 46 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
- 47 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
- 48 My Carefree Life in the Siheyuan 我在四合院里的悠哉生活 Xu Lianfeng transmigrates into the courtyard at the start of the 1960s. After returning from military service, he finds the Xu family so poor they have barely anything to their name. When he returns home, he improves his family's life while taking things easy. He also meets someone he falls for. The two are a perfect match. From then on, they enjoy a wonderful life together in the courtyard. With a beautiful woman and delicious food... Xu Lianfeng transmigrates into the courtyard at the start of 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 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
- 50 Siheyuan: Qin Jingru Wants to Marry Me from the Start 四合院：开局秦京如想要嫁给我 A story about living in a courtyard house with an online shopping platform and System space, relying on all kinds of products from the future. From the start, Qin Jingru wants to marry me, Qin Huairu wants to marry me too, He Yushui wants to marry me, and Lou Xiao'e wants to marry me as well. —Reads—Score—Shelves
