Novels like Siheyuan: Becoming a God by Having a Big Family and Doing Nothing
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- 1 Siheyuan: You Took My House? I'm Back to Toy with the Beasts 四合院：占我房子？我归来溜禽兽 Lin Liqiang transmigrates into the courtyard, and everything goes wrong from the start: his parents are dead, his home has been seized, and he’s been kicked out of the courtyard. What’s there to fear? He heads off to study and train, planning to come back and dazzle them all, while having a little fun with the courtyard bullies along the way. A few years later, Lin Liqiang finishes his studies, and the steel mill begs him to return again and again before he finally does! Tremble, courtyard! Yi Z 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu’s Fantasies Made Real 四合院：傻柱的幻想具现 An unlucky transmigrator from the Tomato Orphanage transmigrates into Silly Zhu. Becoming a grown man in his thirties has cost Silly Zhu ten years of his life, and he is so frustrated he wants to bang his head against a wall. Luckily, before leaving, Mother Earth gives him a golden finger that lets him live a happy life: the power to use resentment to make anything he imagines real. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Soul-Transmigrated into Xu Damao: Wreaking Havoc in the Siheyuan 魂穿许大茂之玩坏四合院 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Siheyuan That Began in 1946 从1946年开始的四合院 Cao Cao-style scheming + multiple women + pocket space + weak System + low-key courtyard drama + multiple plotlines + no brainless decisions. Cao Jiaren transmigrated to 1946 and, through a twist of fate, became a target of the Nationalist Party: a party member, a secret police agent, a big capitalist, a relative of old bureaucrats, someone with foreign connections, and a man with a messy romantic life, with every possible liability stacked against him. Yet he still thinks he can be salvaged and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 A Siheyuan? Seriously? Why Is It So Different? 四合院？假的吧，怎么不太一样！ A Not-So-Serious Beijing Courtyard Compound--------------------------------------------------------- —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: It All Began When I Married Qin Huairu 四合院：从娶妻秦淮茹开始 This is a lighthearted story without malice. The author believes people naturally seek benefits and avoid harm, and won’t go out of their way to provoke someone stronger than themselves. Chen Yu had been hoping to work hard and get ahead when he unexpectedly awakened a System. Every time he snatches a female lead away from someone, he receives a corresponding reward. For a better life, Chen Yu starts by stealing Qin Huairu away, and then things spiral out of control… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, I Become the Courtyard's Role Model 四合院：重生傻柱，我成全院模范 Looking at everything before them, he suddenly made a decision. “Let’s salvage some of the crops in the fields first and minimize the losses as much as we can.” He and Qin Huairu said no more and began working in the muddy fields. But the disaster was too great to undo in such a short time. They worked through the night to breach several embankments, trying to divert the water away from the fields, but most areas were already deeply flooded, and many of the crops were beyond saving. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Enjoying the Heavens: Up and Down, Starting in the Siheyuan 诸天愉悦，上上下下从四合院开始 Three months after transmigrating, Wang Heng and Qin Huairu achieved perfect harmony in life. Spinning, stretching, adapting. Supercharged, reshaping, all at my command. Wang Heng, courtesy name Xinde: the Xin of Marquis Changxin, the De of Cao Mengde. With powers like these, how could he fail to roam the realms, invincible wherever he went? In an era of scarce supplies, he carries Minecraft, the game. The world's four biggest grain merchants? You think you can compete with me? In a Hong Kong cr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: Driven to Desperation, I Take the Point of No Return 四合院：被逼的我，走上不归路 Xu Fei had spent twenty years being worked like a beast. At long last, with some free time, he threw a pool party. Halfway through, he transmigrated without warning. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw an old woman rummaging through his things. Her face looked kind and gentle, and he realized he had transmigrated into the world of Birds of a Feather in the Courtyard. He hadn't been on the verge of a breakdown before, but now he was completely losing it! [Ding! Intense emotions detected. The Ul —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Helps Huairu Become the First Master 四合院：傻柱为将助淮茹当一大爷 After transmigrating, He Yuzhu catches Bai Guafu, a beautiful enemy spy, goes on a blind date with Qin Huairu, and faces Jia Zhangshi trying to seize his home... He kills Jia Zhangshi outright. Later, he makes an agreement with Qin Huairu and heads to the battlefield to fight the American imperialists, becoming a super war hero who saves the Ever Victorious Army in the Battle of Shangling. After returning home, he becomes vice director of the steel mill and marries Qin Huairu, who had been curse 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Good Man's Revenge in the Siheyuan 四合院报仇的好人 The main characters in the courtyard are all like baskets of chives, ready to be harvested. Unfortunately, when the death-seeking score reaches 100, Chen Chao can only claim a reward once. If only it could keep growing after that! Still, at least after claiming the reward, he can help the country rise to new heights. 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Siheyuan: After Exposing the Plot, I Sent Old Deaf Yi to the Firing Range 四合院：揭穿阴谋后送易聋去打靶 The title is simple, so the blurb can be simple too. No beating around the bush: Yi Zhonghai gets it from both sides, Qin Huairu gets punched and kicked. Yan Bugui gets a tongue-lashing, Liu Haizhong gets dragged around and beaten. He doesn’t give Old Deaf Granny the time of day, but he looks after his little sister, He Yushui. The little brat steals someone’s things? Straight to the Public Security Bureau. In short! Bring on the sparks and lightning, when it comes to dealing with the courtyard 542Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 13 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's New Life 四合院：何雨柱的新人生 A writer who loves creating stories unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of his own novel, becoming its protagonist, He Yuzhu. In the original story, He Yuzhu faced many setbacks and challenges, and the author felt for him deeply. Now that he is experiencing the character's life firsthand, he resolves to bring more happiness and contentment to the hero he created. As for the people who once surrounded He Yuzhu and may have caused him trouble, such as Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Qin Huair 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Storm-Struck Siheyuan: I Have a Fishing System 暴雨四合院：我有垂钓系统 Liu Ying transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. The courtyard's scheming neighbors make things difficult for him, and then a sudden downpour hits. Luckily, he has a fishing System. While they go hungry, I eat meat and grow plump. While they get drenched, I hold an umbrella and stay completely dry. While they eat dirt, I fish, and I won't even give them the bait. While they freeze, I go swimming. I can't help it, I just love water. 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: Make Way! I’m Going to Be a Beast! 四合院：让开！我要当禽兽！ [Siheyuan courtyard + wish fulfillment + leveling up + medicine + putting vicious neighbors in their place + System + Hong Kong] Lu Yu transmigrates into a Siheyuan courtyard and binds to an invincible System, gaining a personal storage space. In the resource-scarce 1960s, Lu Yu has every kind of grain, oil, and flour he could want, and meat at every meal! The neighbors accuse him of embezzlement? Sorry, every item he owns and every cent he earns can stand up to scrutiny! So, you're plotting beh 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: Forced to Donate to the Jia Family, I Strike Back at the Flock of Beasts 四合院：被逼捐贾家，我反打众禽 [Siheyuan fanfiction, System, wish fulfillment, power-ups] Qin Fan transmigrates into a siheyuan and binds himself to an invincible System. Let’s see who still dares to challenge me. From the start, they try to force me to donate to the Jia family? You have no idea what I can do. I’ll set you straight in no time! Yi Zhonghai is a hypocrite, so I’ll rip off your mask of moral virtue and kick you out. I’ll take over as the courtyard’s head elder! Qin Huairu comes knocking in the middle of the nigh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 A Little Kitten's First Book 一条小猫崽的第1本书 After an unexpected accident, Li Wen transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He inherits the original owner's life perfectly and becomes Xu Damao's apprentice, joining the courtyard as well. He also gets a Neighbor System. As long as he binds himself to someone, he can receive rewards. What's more, if that person has a partner, Li Wen will also receive a copy of anything their partner gets. With the help of this System, Li Wen makes a comfortable life for himself. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 A Leisurely Reborn Life in the Siheyuan 四合院重生的悠闲生活 My name is Li Min. I was reborn, returning to the day I started working at the steel mill. I passed my permanent employment assessment, but the question of who would get housing caused a stir in the siheyuan. Those people were always trying to trip me up. But I wasn't afraid. I handled every situation with care. I also had a special ability: I could collect negative emotions and use them to enter a prize draw. Along the way, He Yuzhu, Zhao Yehong, and the others stayed by my side. I had to work —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: Taking Advice to Become a Ten-Thousand-Yuan Household, the Yard's Beasts Go Crazy 四合院：听劝成万元户，众禽疯了 Su Fan dies after being stabbed by a thug while trying to save someone, then transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan. Everyone in the compound hopes he'll die soon so they can divide up his estate. Jia Zhangshi wants his house as a wedding home for Jia Dongxu. Yan Bugui steals his factory job slot and gives it to his eldest son. Su Fan awakens the Take Advice System. The more the beasts try to harm him, the more money he makes. In just two days, he becomes a millionaire, leaving the beasts gr 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Older Brother, Splitting the Family from the Start 四合院：傻柱亲哥，开局就分家 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! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Great Era: Starting Out as a Trendsetter in Siheyuan 大时代：从四合院开始做个弄潮儿 Back in this tumultuous era, Zhang Che set himself two goals. First, he would enjoy his own little life, and when he got bored, find other people to amuse himself with. Then, he would make a name for himself in this era. Art, literature, entertainment, technology... If he could get involved, he would. If he couldn't, he would meddle anyway. He aimed to become the nightmare that students of future generations couldn't avoid. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 In the Siheyuan, Surprising Qin Huairu Can Pause Time 四合院让秦淮茹吃惊就能时间暂停 Shocking! How did an octogenarian woman get pregnant? Why do clothes keep disappearing from the courtyard? Who could possibly be behind it all? Is this a distortion of human nature, or a collapse of morality? Tune in for Ning Chen's antics. Ning Chen was a street loafer in the 21st century, yet somehow transmigrated into a 1950s obstetrician. Then he discovered that this place was a parallel world of courtyard houses. He also unlocked a time-stop System. Well, don't blame me, Ning Chen, for be 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Siheyuan: My Father Is a Great General, and I Stand by Qin Huairu 四合院：家父大将军，力挺秦淮如 [Love in the Courtyard] [No System] [Light Crossover with Several TV Series] [Farming Style, Not Pure Power Fantasy] He Yuzhu, nicknamed “Silly Zhu,” is the “biggest sucker” in the Siheyuan of the capital. Reborn, he returns to 1952! Back in his eighteen-year-old body, He Yuzhu refuses to be a sucker and resolutely enlists in the army. He firmly supports Qin Huairu and makes plans to marry her. Who could have guessed that Yi Zhonghai would interfere, hoping Jia Dongxu would snatch Qin Huairu awa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Siheyuan: Ma Ning's Sign-In Life 四合院之马宁的签到人生 This book has a bit of a mean streak, but not too much. Ma Ning was an ordinary young man in modern society until an accident transmigrated him into the TV series Love in the Courtyard. In this courtyard full of schemes and strife, Ma Ning has a daily sign-in System and lives life on his own terms. 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Siheyuan: It All Starts at the Fundraising Assembly 四合院：从捐钱大会开始 Su Xiangyang transmigrates into a courtyard house and awakens a Wool-Harvesting System. Every time he takes advantage of the courtyard's scheming residents, he earns a reward. Just then, a donation drive is held, and the residents pressure him relentlessly. Su Xiangyang says, “You want me to donate? Just watch me fleece the whole lot of you!” He gives a slight smile and knocks on Silly Zhu's door. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 A Different Life in the Siheyuan 四合院的别样人生 Lin Yu is an ordinary office worker in modern society. He is kind and upright, but his career is going nowhere, and his love life has also hit a rough patch. On his way home from work, he happens upon a mysterious old alley. There, he sees a door radiating a strange light. Curiosity gets the better of him, and he opens it. Instantly enveloped in light, he transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, where he becomes a young man also named Lin Yu, who has just moved into the courtyard. After transmi 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Siheyuan: I Marry a Marshal's Daughter, Leaving the Whole Courtyard Speechless 四合院：娶妻元帅之女，全院破防 [One heroine | Sweet romance | Fluff | Healing | Low on angst] Lu Yan transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. His parents are both dead from the start, he nearly gets fleeced out of his inheritance, and Qin Huairu breaks off their engagement when he is still young. He turns around and marries Qiu Yun, his childhood sweetheart, whom everyone sees as a burden, and starts building a quiet life of his own. Unexpectedly, Qiu Yun turns out to be the long-lost younger daughter of Qiu Yua 153Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Siheyuan: Forced into Marriage from the Start, I Beat the Courtyard Beasts Senseless 四合院：开局被逼婚，狂抽众禽兽 [Siheyuan + Transmigration + System] What? You dare pressure my mother to remarry? Who do you think you are? Smack, smack, smack! I’ll beat the hell out of you animals. I’ll beat you to death and be done with it. Got a problem? Bring it on. Watch me trounce the whole Siheyuan. 153Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Zhang Xuan of Siheyuan 四合院张轩 A young man went to help his neighbor break up a fight, but the neighbor shoved him down the stairs, killing him. He transmigrates to 1958, to Zhangjia Village outside the city of Beijing. From the start, he gets a city job as a replacement worker and arrives at Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: The Misfortune System Awakens, and the Beasts Panic 四合院：霉运系统觉醒，禽兽慌了 When Su Jianhua wakes up, he discovers that he has transmigrated into the world of the TV series Love in the Courtyard. Worse still, he finds himself in an incredibly dire situation: cursed with misfortune and orphaned, with nothing going his way. The Misfortune System Awakens Just as Su Jianhua is nearly overcome with despair, a mysterious power called the Misfortune System awakens within him. The System grants him a unique “aura of misfortune” that causes anyone who wishes him harm to suffer b 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm the Villain, and the Whole Yard Is Furious! 四合院：开局反派，全院都破防！ Lin Feiyang transmigrates into the courtyard and gets bound to the Courtyard Menace System. And it’s an era of extreme material scarcity! Faced with the whole courtyard full of scoundrels, Lin Feiyang just smiles. He reports Yi Zhonghai and ruins his reputation! Bang Geng steals? He sends him straight to jail! Jia Zhangshi won’t stop shouting? He makes her shut up for good! And then there are Qin Huairu, Silly Zhu… The whole courtyard is left completely rattled! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Siheyuan: I Have a Wife from the Start 四合院：开局就有老婆了 When Lin Xiaofang wakes up, he finds himself transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard, a world full of everyday warmth but also endless conflicts. Waiting for him is a huge mess left behind by his predecessor. Lin Xiaofang is utterly exasperated, and even feels like cursing the original owner as a “thing worse than an animal.” But then he thinks it over and realizes the man may have had a bit of “good fortune” after all. After all, the original owner already has a wife and an adorable daughter. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Is Spoiled by Me Alone 四合院：秦淮茹被我独宠了 One heroine, and that heroine is Qin Huairu! A new graduate from an interstellar university comes to a courtyard house to complete a mission. At first, he just wanted to watch the drama unfold while earning points. But by the time he came to his senses, he was already pampering Qin Huairu. Wait, how did I steal the heroine and make her my wife?! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Siheyuan: I Became a God-Tier Hunter 四合院：我成了神级猎手 Lin Xin accidentally transmigrated to a courtyard compound world full of conflict and strife, where he became a hunter. In this new environment, he not only had a beautiful older sister who shared neither parent with him, but also inherited a handsome face. Even more surprisingly, Lin Xin bound himself to a god-tier hunting System from the start, quickly becoming the only household in the courtyard compound that could eat meat at every meal. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Siheyuan: The Leisurely Life of an Old Thespian 四合院：老戏精的悠闲人生 Su Cheng transmigrates into the courtyard world, becomes a lowly procurement clerk, and starts a leisurely life of lying flat. There's not much hostility here; a quiet, ordinary life is best. If that's not your thing, don't read. I wrote this because I couldn't stand the blatantly poisonous plotlines in some courtyard novels, with no regard for historical facts or the law. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Siheyuan: After Dying in a Bridge Abutment, I Was Reborn in Another Body 四合院：桥洞死后，我借尸重生了 That winter, Silly Zhu was kicked out of his home by his family and died in a cold culvert beneath a bridge. When he opened his eyes again, Silly Zhu had been reborn. But he had been reborn with a different identity. In this life, my name is Xiao Jianguo… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Transmigrated as He Yuzhu's Neighbor in the Siheyuan! 穿成四合院何雨柱的邻居！ An orphan, with a feminine appearance and a hidden goofy side. System: “Beep... drama-watching System binding in progress!” Dongfang Yu: “?????” “Binding successful!” “I didn’t agree yet!” “Oh... I’ve already bound myself to you. You can’t undo it while you’re alive!” “You... you’re shameless!” “Host, would you like to hear what I can do?” “Go ahead!” I replied listlessly. “I can take you to other little worlds to watch dramas and experience their plots! You can bring three things from your own —Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 38 Siheyuan: I Cured Yi Zhonghai’s Infertility from the Start 四合院：开局给易中海治不孕不育 If transmigrating into the world of the courtyard means getting rewards for treating the characters' illnesses… Wouldn't that make me a doctor for a bunch of rotten scoundrels? No way! The System only told me to treat them. It never said how they got sick! If I cripple them one by one and then treat them, I'll still get the rewards, right? I'm a little genius! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Siheyuan: This Is Too Much! Who Does That? 四合院：太欺负人了！哪有这样的 My new work is out! 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! 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Siheyuan: With an Emotion-Point System, I Torment All the Vermin! 四合院，带着情绪值系统虐众禽！ One night, He Yuzhu was scrolling through short videos when he came across the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. The protagonist had exactly the same name as him. Intrigued, he kept watching. The more he watched, the angrier he got, until his anger somehow made him transmigrate. He arrived in a courtyard full of beasts. He was bound to a Negative Emotion Collection System. By provoking other people's negative emotions, he could collect negative emotion points. He could use those points to shop and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Siheyuan: Wild Goods System from the Start 四合院：开局野货系统 After waking up, Su Ping An discovered that he had transmigrated to a place called Beastly Courtyard. Everything there felt strange and confusing, as though he had entered an entirely new world. But what surprised Su Ping An even more was that he had awakened a mysterious System called the Wild Goods System. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 A Man's Life in the Siheyuan 年代剧：四合院里真男人 [Transmigration] [Siheyuan] [Multiple Heroines] [Multiple TV Series] [Everyday Life] [Stealing the Lead] Li Yang transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and happens to save Lou Bancheng after he falls into a wild boar trap. With Lou's help, Li Yang gets his own Beijing residency and lands a job as a procurement clerk at the steel mill. On his way back to the city from a procurement trip, he meets Qin Huairu, who has come to Beijing for a matchmaking date. This triggers the System's 115Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 43 Life Beginning in 1942 从1942开始的生活 1Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 44 Siheyuan: Rising to the Top with Shared Traits 四合院：从共享词条开始崛起 Xia Chen, an office drone from the twenty-first century, transmigrates to 1955 and the world of Love in the Courtyard, where he awakens the [Tianxing: Shared Traits] System. He comes with a pocket dimension, the [Tianxing Farm], and can instantly copy other people’s traits. As long as he gets within five meters of someone, he can acquire their traits. Daily sign-ins let him keep growing stronger and bring in plenty of rewards. But in this three-courtyard house, there’s Yi Zhonghai, the hypocriti 76Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Siheyuan: I Owe All My Success to My Own Hard Work 四合院之我能成功全靠自己努力 Reporter: “Mr. Li, there are rumors that all your success today comes from living off women. What do you have to say about that?” Years later, when Li Bai was interviewed by a reporter, he replied, “Everything I’ve achieved today comes from my own hard work.” 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Is Completely Under My Thumb 四合院：秦淮茹被我轻松拿捏 My new story is out! You can 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! 475Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 47 Siheyuan: My Skills Level Up Automatically 四合院，我的技能自动升级 When Yang Yuan was reborn into the courtyard-house setting, he awakened an automatic-upgrade System. In just one month, he reached level eight as a fitter. His predecessor had fallen into the water and been rescued by He Yuzhu. To repay the favor, Yang Yuan warned the He siblings. Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu were calculating and cunning, and the siblings were no match for them. Reborn with knowledge of the plot, Yang Yuan could handle these nasty people with ease. He lived exactly as he pleased i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: Burning Passion, Years Like Fire 四合院：激情燃烧，岁月如火 In his previous life, Cai Kun was a “hero” who saved someone from drowning... Most importantly, this Kun is not that Kun. Our Cai Kun is a hot-blooded, patriotic young man, burning with fervor! His Kun is vast and boundless... He has nothing to do with the entertainment industry... By accident, his soul transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. Faced with schemes and all those beasts, he doesn't give up. Instead, he works hard and plots to find a new job. When facing spies and enemies, he crushe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Siheyuan: A Miracle Healer from the Start, I Married He Yushui 四合院：神医开局，娶妻何雨水 Hao Xiangdong unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, awakens a Divine Doctor System, and marries He Yushui. From the start, he cuts ties with Silly Zhu and divides up the family home and property. With the power of the Divine Doctor System, he becomes the head of the traditional Chinese medicine department at the factory and moves into an apartment building in the courtyard, enjoying a life of good food and comfort. When Jia Zhangshi, Yi Zhonghai, and the others prov 616Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Siheyuan: Call Me Hero Li 四合院：请叫我李大侠 Li Jianguo felt that events had taken a completely unexpected turn. Yi Zhonghai, one of the big bosses in the courtyard, was finished just like that. He was next to get written out of the story. Xu Damao had already been written out earlier, while Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi had both been sent to prison. It seemed like the courtyard's story had reached its finale. Thinking about it all, Li Jianguo suddenly felt that life wasn't all that interesting. When he first arrived in the courtyard, he had 248Reads5.4Score—14d adds
