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- 51 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Got a Beautiful Wife, Bai Ling, for Free 四合院：开局白捡个俏媳妇白玲 [Drama set in the 1960s–1990s] Modern teenager Zhang Chen returns to the capital and discovers he's actually an inheritor of traditional performing arts. Well, would you look at that! Is he being forced to usher in an entertainment era of his own? Wait, he's also awakened a heaven-defying comprehension System! He's practically ready to take off! Zhang Chen: Let me lie low for a few years first, then I'll soar in one go! Lao Guo: If you're coming to the capital to learn the arts, you have to 132Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 52 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Kind 四合院：傻柱善良 1951, in a Siheyuan crawling with troublemakers. Everything starts anew. Different choices lead life in different directions. What will happen when Silly Zhu follows Yi Zhonghai's example? 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 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
- 54 Myriad Realms Siheyuan: From the Start, Sha Zhu Becomes a Dad 诸天四合院：开局傻柱喜当爹 A bombshell suddenly rocks the courtyard: Granny Deaf is pregnant! Everyone is trying to guess who the father is. Granny Deaf: “It’s either Yi Zhonghai or Silly Zhu!” Everyone: “What?!” Just as Silly Zhu is trying every which way to get rid of the baby, the protagonist says, “The baby can’t be aborted. Granny Deaf drank water from the Women’s Kingdom!” 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Siheyuan: I Can Fuse All Things! 四合院：我可以融合万物！ Wan Xingbang arrived in another world, where he was forced to head to the Northwest. Fortunately, he awakened a special ability: he could resonate with all kinds of objects and acquire their skills. [Ding! Resonance with wrench detected. Acquired advanced wrench skills!] [Ding! Resonance with welding torch detected. Acquired expert welding skills!] [Ding! Resonance with machine tool detected. Acquired advanced engineering skills!] In this era of reconstruc —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Siheyuan: Chicken Dinner from the Start 四合院：开局吃鸡 Reborn in a Siheyuan, he comes across the famous painting of Bang Geng stealing a chicken right from the start. What else can he do? Chicken for dinner tonight, winner winner! Lin Yang transmigrates into the world of Full Yard of Birds and awakens a lottery System. His first draw gives him a character card for Bang Geng, the Siheyuan's legendary thief. Tonight, he'll get to taste Xu Damao's old hen for himself and see how it is. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Siheyuan: Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Hong Kong 四合院：香江霸主向雨柱 Silly Zhu was reborn in 1976, back at the point when he was about to marry Qin Huairu, only for Banggeng, who had just returned to the city, to object. But the reborn Silly Zhu was no longer the man he used to be. From then on, the story took a sharp turn: the courtyard’s scoundrels became the ones Silly Zhu milked for all they were worth. Once he got tired of milking them, he would finish them off one by one... Then, after arriving in Hong Kong, Silly Zhu began sweeping all before him. He rose 781Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: This Silly Zhu Is a Brute 四合院：这个傻柱是莽夫 I transmigrated into He Yuzhu's body. Watch me take on the whole bunch of troublemakers and climb the ranks one step at a time... 132Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1952, with Heaven-Defying Insight 四合院：重生52，我有逆天悟性 Li Zixuan accidentally transmigrated to 1952 and found himself in the world of the Courtyard House. In his previous life, both his parents had died. Fortunately, in this life his childless uncle was critically ill in the capital, so Li Zixuan went there in his place. As luck would have it, he also acquired a System space and heaven-defying comprehension. Whatever the knowledge or skill, all it took was a little hands-on practice for him to master it quickly. And as his skill levels rose, the Sys —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 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
- 61 Siheyuan: Giving Up My Iron Rice Bowl from the Start 四合院：开局放弃铁饭碗 After transmigrating to 1962, in the era of the courtyard compound, the protagonist makes a bold decision: he gives up his stable job, the so-called "iron rice bowl," and devotes himself entirely to his studies, aiming to get into a technical secondary school and become a technician. In an era of scarce resources and limited access to information, he achieves his goal through perseverance and hard work. As the times change and his abilities grow, the protagonist seizes the great opportunity of r —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 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—14d adds
- 63 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
- 64 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
- 65 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
- 66 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
- 67 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
- 68 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
- 69 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
- 70 Siheyuan: You Want to Destroy Me? I’m a Good Person! 四合院：赶尽杀绝？我为人良善！ Lin Haishan transmigrates into the body of a resident with the same name in a Beijing quadrangle in 1962. From his memories, he learns that he is a martyr's family member, yet his life is worse than a dog's. Can he put up with that? Absolutely not! The Jia family wants to take my home? Silly Zhu helps them bully me every which way? Yi Zhonghai watches for the fun of it? The other residents pretend not to hear or see? Do they really think I'm still the useless pushover I used to be? I'll punch Ji —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Siheyuan: Watch Me Deal with Qin Huairu, Guaranteed Satisfaction 四合院：看我收拾秦淮茹，包爽的 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! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Siheyuan: I’ll Never Be a Simp Again 四合院之我再也不要做舔狗了 This book’s characters are definitely smart. In just one week, the protagonist sends a moral blackmailer to the Great Northwest to reclaim wasteland; in twenty days, he marries Yu Li; and within a month, his wife is pregnant. He also gets the Jia family thoroughly under control. Later, he gets into trouble and takes Liu Lan in. The satisfying moments just keep coming. There are no get-out-of-jail-free cards here, so don’t worry about the disgusting business of someone getting arrested and then r 3Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: The Stunning White Lotus Is Actually Obsessed with Me 四合院：绝美白莲花居然是我舔狗 [Brain Cell Parking Lot] This novel is pure mindless fun, so readers don’t need to get hung up on the details. Breaking news! Protagonist Qin Wenhua wakes up one morning and finds himself transmigrated into the world of The Courtyard! And Qin Huairu has become Qin Wenhua’s devoted fangirl? If you think she’s the only one, you’re dead wrong! There are also Ding Qiunan, Chen Xueru, Bai Ling, and more... Qin Wenhua is busy fending off one beautiful woman after another while also teaching the courty 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 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
- 75 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
- 76 Siheyuan: Marrying Chen Xueru Leaves the Whole Courtyard Stunned! 四合院：娶妻陈雪茹，众禽麻了！ After transmigrating into a Siheyuan courtyard in a later era, he binds to a System and watches wealth pour in. The Jia family is green with envy. They want to use Qin Huairu and her beauty to frame him? He turns their scheme against them! Soon, they’re all thoroughly under his thumb! 174Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 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—14d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: My Wife Was Snatched, So I'll Tame These Beasts 四合院：媳妇被截胡，我要驯禽 Li Shunqi transmigrates to 1959 in Love in the Courtyard, only for his fiancée, Yu Li, to call off their engagement. Then the Snatched Bride System activates. Li Shunqi: “Everyone else gets to steal Qin Huairu first. Why am I the one whose wife gets stolen? To hell with this lousy System!” Bzzzt~ (the sound of a stun baton!) Li Shunqi: “Ahem!!!” I might as well let this woman go. Yan Bugui can talk her around in just a few words. Better to let her be a bride in the Yan household and become my ho —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 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—14d adds
- 80 Siheyuan: Focus on Science and Crush Everything 四合院：专心搞科技，镇压一切 [Feel-Good Story + Daily Life + Strengthening the Nation Through Science and Technology] Wang Jianshe transmigrates to 1962 with heaven-defying comprehension. With just a little hands-on experience, he can quickly master any knowledge or skill and make a name for himself, all while serving his country. And in the courtyard live Lou Xiao'e, who has just gotten married, Qin Huairu, who hasn’t turned dark yet, and Chen Xueru, who’s in her early twenties... 3.2kReads8.0Score17914d adds
- 81 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Returns to Turn the Tables 四合院：傻柱逆袭归来 “When did Silly Zhu get so sly? He’s actually trying to outsmart me.” Yan Bugui reflected on what had happened that day and realized he had been far too careless. Whenever he’d asked He Yuzhu for a lunchbox in the past, He Yuzhu had always bluntly shut him down. But today, Silly Zhu had changed tactics, and Yan Bugui hadn’t been paying attention, so he’d stumbled into a trap. “When did a cook stop studying recipes and start reading The Thirty-Six Stratagems?” Yan Bugui couldn’t believe that He Y —Reads—Score114d adds
- 82 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated Into He Yuzhu, Without a System! 四合院：穿越何雨柱，无系统！ A person from the 21st century transmigrates as He Yuzhu in a siheyuan courtyard. Unfortunately, everyone else has a System, but he doesn’t. So he may live a fairly ordinary life in this world, but at least it’ll be real! 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: A Life Without Want 四合院之衣食无忧 This is a lighthearted story with little hostility, focused on everyday life while keeping the characters true to themselves. There are no fights, just neighborhood squabbles. If that’s not for you, turn right and search for stories full of hostility. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 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
- 85 Siheyuan: Matchmaking Lottery System 四合院：相亲抽奖系统 This is a nostalgic transmigration novel. The protagonist, Li Wen, unexpectedly transmigrates back to Beijing in 1959, penniless and with no one to turn to. Just as he reaches the depths of despair, he is thrilled to discover a mysterious System that rewards him for going on blind dates. In an era when a lottery ticket can decide your fate, every blind date tests Li Wen's wit and charm, while also offering a chance to win supplies, skills, and even historic opportunities. From a naive traveler t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Keeping House the Siheyuan Way 四合院，持家有道 Lin Ming quietly transmigrates into the world of the courtyard houses after a disaster. To make a better life for himself, he works hard without pause. With help from his space, his life keeps getting better. There is envy and jealousy here, but not to the terrifying extent shown in the book. Relying on his clever mind, he navigates life with the people in the courtyard. 475Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 87 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 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Siheyuan: My Struggle 四合院之我的奋斗 After waking up, Hu Qingbiao found himself transmigrated from 2024 into the world of the TV drama about the courtyard house. His arrival seemed to change the whole story. In this life, I’m going to live it to the fullest. 883Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 The Siheyuan Saga: A New Era 四合院风云之大时代 Focused on making money, fixing the courtyard's troublemakers, and putting the hypocrites in their place. A complete assault on conventional values. Li Wenqiang, a well-fed rich kid, has his soul transported into the courtyard compound. He brings his villa with him, only to become an orphan who collects junk in the neighborhood. He has a planting space with him, and the villa's water and electricity still work normally. He can even get online whenever he wants. Now watch as he makes waves of his 11Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 90 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
- 91 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
- 92 Siheyuan: I’m He Yuzhu, Defying Fate to Rewrite My Life 四合院：我！何雨柱逆天改命 By a strange twist of fate, I arrived in the world of a story set in a traditional courtyard, taking on the role of He Yuzhu, the family’s human ATM. But I never expected to transmigrate so far back in time. I arrived in the bitter winter of 1950. That was the year He Daqing abandoned He Yuzhu and his younger sister. He Yuzhu was fifteen that year, while his sister, He Yushui, was only five. Although I still appeared as an apprentice at Hongbin Restaurant, I was no longer the future top chef He 26Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 93 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
- 94 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
- 95 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
- 96 Siheyuan: In This Life, Call Me He Yuzhu 四合院：这辈子，请叫我何雨柱 Welcome to the courtyard house. He Yuzhu gets a second chance at life. He decides to focus on becoming a good cook. He doesn’t want anyone to look down on him anymore. His heart is still pounding with excitement. At last, he can change his life. 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 He Yuzhu Returns Reborn with the Heavenly Dao System 重生何雨柱携天道系统归来 Silly Zhu spent his whole life pining after Qin Huairu, then died a tragic death and went to the afterlife, his grievances soaring to the heavens and his mission from his previous life unfinished. Sentenced to reincarnation in a parallel world, he was granted by Lord Lao a magical artifact: the Heavenly Dao Gourd Justice System, which punishes evil and promotes good. He returned to the courtyard in 1953. He punished the hypocrite Yi Zhonghai, set the scheming Qin Huairu straight, sent Jia Zhangs 480Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Siheyuan: If I Want to Do It, I'll Do It 四合院之想这么干，就这么干 Urban Farming, Courtyard House, Pocket Dimension, Feel-Good Fiction, No Heroine After transmigrating to the late 1950s, Zhang Bayi sees people struggling with scarce supplies as brimming with spirit and utterly lovable. Everything missing in the 21st century can be found in this era. It’s wonderful! Thank you, great transmigration deity. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Marry He Yushui and Enrage Silly Zhu 四合院：开局迎娶何雨水气炸傻柱 Sun Baiquan, reborn in the courtyard, is a beggar who survives on handouts from the neighbors. Everyone in the beastly courtyard despises him and would love to beat him to death. Who knew a System would show up! The Stamp System lets him collect 100 emotion points to use a stamp. Whoever gets stamped has their fate rewritten, for no more than seven days at a time. On his first trial run with the Stamp System, he accidentally stamps He Yushui on the face. Once Sun Baiquan figures out how it works 755Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 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
