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- 51 Siheyuan: The Ultimate Impostor 四合院之顶级伪装者 One outsider after another wants to leave their mark on this little world of a siheyuan. Transmigrators with wildly different personalities and all kinds of Systems emerge one by one, stirring up wave after wave in the siheyuan world. Whether the times will be changed or they will be forgotten by them all comes down to a single thought from Chen An. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 In Siheyuan, More Children Mean Greater Blessings 四合院之娃多爹贵 How do you make yourself heard in a siheyuan? Probably by having lots of sons. Then no one dares to pick a fight with you. Li Ronghua got it. He took them all in. From then on, every new member of the family meant one more room and three more mu of land in his pocket dimension. Many years later, Li Ronghua stood at the edge of his land in the pocket dimension and roared at the sky, “There's no way we can eat all this!” He raised chickens and pigs, and life grew better and better. Every now a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Siheyuan: The Honest Man Fights Back, and the Troublemakers Are Stunned 四合院：老实人反抗，众禽麻了 Wang Jianhua, a passionate young man with a System, transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and takes over the body of a young man named Wang Jian. Wang Jian is honest and timid, while Wang Jianhua is arrogant and refuses to let anyone take advantage of him. As soon as Wang Jianhua arrives at the courtyard, he catches a bunch of lowlifes trying to leave Wang Jian with nothing. How could he put up with that? Wang Jianhua: “First Master, you’re highly respected. You’re practically a 2.9kReads—Score10714d adds
- 54 Siheyuan: Did the Big Shot Give Me the Wrong System? 四合院：大佬给错系统了吧 Could the mole between Dugu Jianping's eyebrows really be a System vessel? That's ridiculous. And it's a System with transmigration capabilities, too! But what am I supposed to do with a System whose functions are like this? Still, this System is exactly what I've always dreamed of. I'll gladly take it! I hope everyone will support this book. Thank you~~! 2.4kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 55 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Reborn, Marrying Xueru 四合院：重生何雨柱，娶妻雪茹 “These contributions are enough to make up for some of the reckless things he has done!” she declared, unafraid of the potential danger and fully aware that the consequences could damage her reputation. Seeing this, Li Ran felt both touched and warmed, and a smile appeared on his face. The Crown Prince, however, looked grim, his gaze seeming ready to tear Li Ran apart. The Fourth Prince was just as furious. Seeing Xiao Mengqi defend Li Ran without hesitation, his face turned livid. “Tell us wher 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Siheyuan: The System Space and Heaven-Defying Insight 四合院：获得系统空间和逆天悟性 Li Ping’an transmigrated across time and space into the world of 1952, a society centered around traditional courtyard homes. Both his parents from his previous life had passed away. His uncle, a bachelor with no children, was gravely ill and near death in the capital. So Li Ping’an traveled north alone to reach him, and through a stroke of fate, acquired a mysterious space and astonishing powers of comprehension. Any knowledge or skill he studies, he can quickly master and understand thoroughly 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Siheyuan: The Easygoing Days of the Red-Hot Era 四合院：火红年代的悠哉日子 If you had everything you needed to eat and wear in the late 1950s, would you choose to live it up (being loud and acting like a know-it-all) or keep a low profile (narrowing your eyes and watching the world)? Well, Ma Hua, a middle-aged bachelor, was reborn. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 He Yuzhu After Waking from a Dream 梦醒后的何雨柱 I’ve read too many fan novels based on Love in the Courtyard. A lot of them don’t seem to have anything to say, and feel like they’re just a way for their authors to vent their inner darkness. So I wanted to write a story of my own. There’s no System, and no womanizing protagonist. It’s mostly about an ordinary life. I thought about this book for a long time before deciding to write it. I hope those who enjoy it will show their support, 2.9kReads6.8Score10114d adds
- 59 Siheyuan: Spring Winds Blow Again 四合院之春风吹又生 Hao Lei returned from the battlefield and was assigned a job at the Hongxing Steel Mill and a home in the Hongxing Courtyard. Why bother with all that scheming? He’s just an ordinary man, and the deputy head of security is more than enough to keep the petty troublemakers in line. 30Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: Stockpiling Supplies, Starting as a Purchasing Agent! 四合院：囤积物资从采购员开始！ Cheng Zhiming woke up to find that he had transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard, where he awakened a storage space that multiplied his supplies with critical hits. [Ding! Random critical hit: egg quantity ×10. After storing supplies for one day, you will receive 530 eggs!] [Ding! Random critical hit: sweet potato quantity ×12! After storing supplies for one day, you will receive 250 jin of sweet potatoes!] Cheng Zhiming was already pleasantly surprised by this, but he never expected the space —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Siheyuan: A Technician’s Leisurely Life 四合院，技术员的悠闲人生 [One Heroine + Alternate Historical Setting + Everyday Life] Qi Jian’an, a landlord with more than twenty properties in the 21st century, dies in a car accident. After being reincarnated, he regains the memories of his past life as a teenager and discovers that he’s in the TV series he once watched, The Birds of the Courtyard? Qin Huairu… Silly Zhu, Damao, Yi Zhonghai… Liu Haizhong… They’re all familiar faces! When the scoundrels scheme against him, Qi Jian’an easily foils their plans. With all 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Middle Courtyard 四合院中院 A new story is out! Please visit Tomato Novel to read my work. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 260Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 63 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Became the Xu Family's Son-in-Law 四合院：开局成了许家女婿 Su Jianming transmigrates into a courtyard home and becomes the Xu family's son-in-law, marrying Xu Xiaoyun, Xu Damao's biological younger sister. What's more, the System contains a paradise-like Sakura Nation, whose creatures and objects he can control with a mere thought. From then on, he makes his mark in the System's domain, while his real life is filled with happiness and contentment. Xu Damao exclaims, “My brother-in-law is unmatched in talent. Stick with him and everything is sure to go s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Siheyuan: Sending Every Villain to Prison 四合院：把恶人都送进监狱 I never expected to transmigrate into Love in the Courtyard. There are so many villains in it, each one sinister, cunning, and vicious. I'll start by dealing with Jia Zhangshi. You want to set me up? Tch! With the System at my command and a pocket dimension in hand, I'll use my beast-taming technique to send every last one of you to prison! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Siheyuan: Deal with the Reborn First 四合院：先解决重生者 [Slice of life, everyday family matters, no angst, multiple female leads. If that’s not your thing, don’t read! Don’t read!] Reborn in a Beijing courtyard, he runs into someone else who’s been reborn. That guy is gravely ill, but no one checks in on him or reports it to the neighborhood office. Everyone has already taken everything from his home and is just waiting to celebrate his death. Good grief, the whole courtyard is full of villains! Faced with this situation, Qin Wuyi has no choice but t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Siheyuan: What's Cooking at the Yuan Family Today? 四合院：源家今天的饭 A new work is here! Come read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 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
- 68 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
- 69 Siheyuan: It Starts with a Fight Over Property 四合院：从争夺房产开始 After a night of deep sleep, I woke to find myself in a world that blended TV dramas from the 1970s. From the very start, I had to deal with a of scheming people in a Siheyuan, all fighting over property and job assignments... At this critical moment, my secret ability, the "Interuniversal Junk Recycling Station," was activated. It periodically receives junk from different universes... With this System backing me up, I can turn things around in an instant and stop wasting time dealing with th 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: I Am He Yuzhu, Accompanied by the Pangu System 四合院之我是何雨柱盘古系统伴随 He Yuzhu was born in the 1980s and grew up in the countryside, so he feels a deep affection for life after Liberation. His favorite TV series is Love in the Courtyard. After falling ill, he died on the operating table and his soul returned to the courtyard. He merged with He Yuzhu, who had frozen to death beneath a bridge, and went back to the 1960s. Given a second chance at life, he was determined to live again with anger, resentment, and a longing for a better life! 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Everyone in the Siheyuan Has a System, So Why Would I Work at the Steel Mill? 四合院都有系统了谁还进轧钢厂啊 [Courtyard + Sign-In System + Enlists in the Army] Jia Xugang opens his eyes to find a beautiful woman holding a basin of water, insisting on washing his feet. “Thirteen, Thirteenth Aunt?” Things must be looking up. Now even his dreams have a Thirteenth Aunt. Only after pinching himself does he realize he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming the short-lived Jia Dongxu. Today is his wedding day with Qin Huairu. He has also bound himself to a sign-in System. All he h 3.5kReads6.0Score14114d adds
- 72 Siheyuan: Beating Up Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu from the Start 四合院：开局暴揍易中海贾东旭 I’m a decorated combat hero from the Korean Peninsula, a professional police station chief who has killed countless enemies and earned numerous military honors. When Jia Zhangshi took over my home, I didn’t retaliate. I don’t hit women. When Jia Dongxu tried to hit me, I taught him a lesson. He was charged with attempted murder and spent two and a half years eating cornmeal buns. Yi Zhonghai tried to help, so I planted a kick right in his chest and sent him against the wall. The First Master did 11Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: Da Mao's Life of Unrestrained Pleasure 四合院之大茂快意人生 By some inexplicable twist of fate, he transmigrates to Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang and becomes Xu Damao, a recent middle-school graduate learning to operate film projectors. With the wisdom of an outstanding young man who knows the next 500 years and the previous 50, Xu Damao doesn’t want to become a laughingstock again. All he wants is a warm home with a wife and children, but unfortunately, he doesn’t have the means for that! 312Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 74 From the Start, I Send Silly Zhu to Prison 四合院开局送傻柱坐牢 From the start, he transmigrates into the plot of Love in the Courtyard and becomes an ordinary tenant. After absorbing the original owner's memories, Lin Ye learns that Silly Zhu was responsible for the original owner's death. Without hesitation, Lin Ye goes after Silly Zhu for revenge. He not only beats him up, but reports him and sends him to prison. And the scoundrels who framed Lin Ye fare no better! 26Reads—Score10514d adds
- 75 Jin Se's Hong Kong: A Boy's Dream in the Siheyuan 瑾色香江：四合院里的少年梦 I’m a new author, and this is my first novel. I’ve read a lot of courtyard-themed stories, so I wanted to try writing one myself. If you spot any problems, please don’t hesitate to point them out. After a car accident, Zhou Jin transmigrates into the legendary animal-filled courtyard. His parents die right from the start, and, still young, he joins the army alone. Five years later, he returns to the courtyard with the System. From then on, he punishes the courtyard’s schemers, settling things wi 14Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 76 Siheyuan: The Good Life 四合院：悠哉生活 The protagonist is unexpectedly reborn in a parallel world in the 1960s. As time goes by, he discovers that many people from films and TV shows are here, though they’re not quite the same... (daily life + mild edge + no harem + no deliberately making the characters’ stories worse + no cultivation) Qin Feng slowly said, “Zhuzi, have you heard the saying, ‘Fools have good fortune’?” He Yuzhu thought he was being praised and nodded, a little embarrassed. “Have you heard the second half of that sayi 64Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 77 Siheyuan: My Unrestrained Life 四合院：我那放飞的一生 Chen Liang has just transmigrated to the Siheyuan when he gets one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news is that he has a personal System! The bad news is that his System blew up on its very first day. Still, even though the System is gone, its boundless legacy remains. And so Chen Liang lives in absolute comfort during this passionate, fiery era! As for the beasts filling the courtyard? Come on, broaden your horizons! They’re not exactly his pals, and with a little effort, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: The Everyman’s Comeback 四合院：路人甲的逆袭 This novel has a pocket dimension but no System. The protagonist has no power to fly through the sky, burrow underground, or defy the heavens. He relies solely on his own abilities to take on the Retirement Group from the start, stirring up a storm and changing the courtyard’s entire order. From now on, whether the courtyard is in chaos is up to the protagonist! The beasts are sheep, and I’m the shepherd. The beasts are here for me to fleece. I’ll straighten out simp Silly Zhu and make sure the 3.3kReads6.5Score14214d adds
- 79 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
- 80 Stirring Up Trouble in the Siheyuan 四合院之兴风作浪 [Siheyuan] + [A dark, volatile edge] + [Multiple heroines] Unlike traditional stories set in this era, this book makes major changes to the characters’ backgrounds. The soul of a powerful survivor from the apocalypse is unexpectedly reborn in the body of a poor boy in a Siheyuan. See how he cares for his younger siblings and puts all those rotten neighbors in their place in this turbulent era, carving out a life of his own! This is a darker story with a strong undercurrent of hostility. Characte 265Reads5.3Score11014d adds
- 81 Cutting In Across the Myriad Worlds, Starting with Siheyuan 诸天从四合院开始截胡 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! 116Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 82 Siheyuan: I Annoyed Jia Zhangshi from the Start 四合院：开局气坏贾张氏 One day, he wakes up to find that he's been transported into the world of Birds in the Courtyard, where the whole neighborhood gangs up on him from the start. How could he possibly put up with that? He slaps “Yi Buqun,” drives Jia Zhangshi into a faint, punches “War God” Silly Zhu, and kicks Jia Dongxu... 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: I'm a Black Market Underling 四合院：我是黑市小头目 Zhang Xiao transmigrated into the world of the courtyard houses. After surviving three years of hardship, he was nearly starved to death when he unexpectedly awakened the Treasure Basin System. From then on, he sped down a path everyone envied! The System gives him rewards based on how much money he earns each day. [You earned 10 yuan today. Reward: double your earnings. Host receives 20 yuan.] [You earned 150 yuan today. Reward: one bicycle coupon and 100 jin of pork.] [You earned 10,000 yu 1.3kReads5.5Score10214d adds
- 84 Siheyuan: A War God's Soul Transmigrates, Bringing Heaven-Defying Medical Skills from the Start 四合院：战神魂穿，开局医术逆天 [Ancient-to-modern, period setting, medicine and martial arts, spies] After leading troops for sixteen years in his previous life, the God of War was ambushed upon returning to court. A thousand years later… In 1947, He Yuzhu awakens the bloodline of his past life and joins the Communist Party, killing collaborators and catching spies. The nightmare begins for the reactionary forces… “Team Leader, I can’t watch this anymore. The enemy… the enemy is so pitiful!” “Team Leader, I object to Comr 249Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 I Want for Nothing in the Siheyuan 我在四合院衣食无忧 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Siheyuan: Leaving the World Behind for a New Chapter 四合院：遁世启新里程 He suddenly discovers that he has transmigrated into a world called Love in the Courtyard and become the story's protagonist, He Dashazi. He realizes that, in this new reality, his father, He Daqing, ran away to Baicheng with another woman six months ago, while he himself has yet to set foot in the future Red Star Steel Mill. What catches his attention even more is that, although all kinds of troublesome characters are already in the hutong, Jia Dongxu is still alive. As a result, Yi Zhonghai an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Siheyuan: Becoming a Security Office Clerk from the Start 四合院：开局成为保卫科干事！ [The rating just came out, so don't pay it any mind. It'll gradually go up.] [Courtyard + pocket space + farming + low angst] He transmigrates into the world of the courtyard. From the start, his parents are both dead, and he's stuck with a little sister who's a burden! Wait, no, it seems like I'm the burden here!!! Faced with the courtyard full of beasts, Hao Jianshe isn't the least bit afraid! I've got a super-sized supermarket. What have I got to fear? Qin Huairu, the pure-hearted white lotus 125Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 88 Transmigrating into Siheyuan: With a System, What Do I Have to Fear? 穿越四合院之我有系统我怕谁 [Space + plenty of beauties + comedy + more children, more blessings] Cao Xi returns to Nanluoguxiang in the 1960s with an unactivated “cross-era System.” In the courtyard, Yi Zhonghai loves using morality to pressure people, Jia Zhangshi loves making a scene, Sha Zhu has fists of steel, and Xu Damao is full of tricks... He accidentally activates the System, unlocking ten thousand mu of fertile land, a supermarket from the future, and all kinds of high-tech gadgets. And so... From the courtyard 759Reads6.6Score11414d adds
- 89 1960: I Have a Super Mall 1960，我有超级商城 Back in that fiery, passionate era, how could a modern man not make a fortune and thrive? Make money, and make it fast! Chase girls, and chase them hard! With a life on easy mode, he races ahead all the way!! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Reborn in the Siheyuan: I Built an Underground City for the Apocalypse 重生四合院：我打造了末日地下城 Apocalypse + rebirth + period drama + infinite storage space + ruthless decisiveness The world entered an ice age, and 60% of humanity perished! In his previous life, Xu Damao learned what was coming three days in advance and frantically stockpiled supplies. But in the end, He Yuzhu, who had none of his own, and the three courtyard elders robbed him blind, drove him out of the courtyard, and left him to freeze to death in the street. Reborn one month before the apocalypse, Xu Damao awakened a 107Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Transmigrating into a Siheyuan with a Pigeon Market System 穿越四合院获得鸽子市系统 The protagonist transmigrates into the world of the courtyard compound and gains a market System where anything can be sold. As long as you pay, the protagonist can sell you anything. The protagonist isn't a good person in the traditional sense. Everything he does is driven, at least in part, by his own interests. Want a better life? Fine, he'll give you what you want, but only if you're useful to him or can offer him something he's interested in. The protagonist is willing to use any means nece 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Siheyuan: Reborn as He Yuzhu 四合院之重生成为何雨柱 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! 4.7kReads6.4Score16314d adds
- 93 Siheyuan: Marry Qin Huairu First, Then Take Down Yu Li 四合院：先娶秦淮茹再斩于莉 (The rating has only just come in and will rise later. If you want a satisfying, no-brainer read, jump right in!) [Multiple Heroines] [No Original Heroines] [Mostly Lighthearted Daily Life] [Saintly Do-Gooders Beware] [Characters Stay True to the Original, No Major Changes] (The protagonist mainly farms System missions early on. The System plays a smaller role in the middle and later arcs, mostly for messing with the scoundrels.) Overworked office drone Shen Chengfeng was still in front of the T 154Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 94 I Picked a Fight with the Siheyuan 和四合院杠上了 I'm just writing for fun, and only writing about the courtyard. I want to make it a bit more detailed, though I'm not sure my writing skills are up to it. I'll write, read, and learn as I go. After all, this is just something I'm doing for fun to pass the time. The story is set in that era, but for convenience, I'll change some of its historical details. For example, ration coupons originally had expiration dates, but they don't here... And so on and so forth. 76Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 95 The Upright Gentleman of the Siheyuan: Xu Damao 四合院正人君子之许大茂 Scumbag: Xu Damao. Simp: Silly Zhu (He Yuzhu). White lotus: Qin Huairu. Hypocrite: Yi Zhonghai. Necromancer: Jia Zhangshi. Officialdom fanatic: Liu Haizhong. Scheming director: Yan Bugui. Old-timer who pulls rank… Deaf Granny… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Used a Kinky Shoulder Throw to Beat the Hell Out of Silly Zhu 四合院：开局坤式顶肩暴鸡傻柱 [Not brainless, with a System and a pocket dimension, farming, and not exactly on friendly terms with the courtyard's misfits] After an unexpected encounter with a version TO bestie, her lovesick simp shoved him into a parallel world of Love in the Courtyard. He logged in from another world into the body of an idiot. Before he could even say a word, he opened his eyes and got beaten up! With no other choice, he could only fight to save himself! Granny Deaf pretends she can't hear or speak? Ning 183Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 97 Siheyuan: Bringing Warmth to a Period Drama 四合院：我在年代剧里送温暖 A blend of period dramas: The Courtyard, Little Woman, Man of Iron, and other feel-good period dramas A food-delivery guy travels between two worlds, completing orders and solving problems for people in period dramas as he helps them find happiness. One System mission after another brings romantic encounters and period-drama love stories. (Collecting cards of the Qin women + drinking rainwater + nibbling pears + a big white goose + helping Ladi...) 93Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 98 The Brute: Starting in the Siheyuan, I Sweep Across the Myriad Worlds 莽子：从四合院开始，平推诸天 A tough guy standing 190 centimeters tall and weighing 190 kilograms! Broad-backed and burly, he specializes in bulldozing straight through! But, unexpectedly, those muscles are merely there to protect the brilliant mind of a quick-witted genius! Tu Man is a master of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, roaming through worlds of movies and TV dramas and crushing every hypocrite! Right now, he’s in the courtyard-compound world: Tu the young master, born and bred in the right tradition, fearsomely strong a 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Siheyuan: I Take Silly Zhu to the Battlefield 四合院：我带傻柱上战场 [Military Service + Medicine + Fast-Paced + Plot-Driven + No Saintly Hero] After returning from the battlefield, Zhang Mingshuo studies medicine and rises through the ranks. After the country opens up, he goes on to establish pharmaceutical companies, real estate firms, schools, supermarkets, and more. Back then, every wage earner had just one dream: to join the Zhang Group. Zhang Mingshuo himself had just one hobby: standing outside the group headquarters and handing out money~ 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Siheyuan: The Carefree Years 四合院之逍遥篇 Li Changsheng, captain of the Qinglong Special Operations Team in the Huaxia Guardian Army, perishes alongside a spy while on a mission. He is reborn in 1950 at Changchun Spring in Dali and inherits the Xiaoyao Sect’s legacy, cultivating the carefree art of controlling the wind and practicing its carefree martial arts. When he returns to the capital and moves into Siheyuan No. 95, he obtains a National Fortune System. What is carefree? A pure heart and unimpeded thoughts: that is carefree. What 2Reads—Score—14d adds
