Novels like Siheyuan: You're Actually a Pretty Nice Guy
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- 101 Siheyuan: The Era Tycoon System 四合院：年代神豪系统 I, He Yuzhu, have returned reborn with a Tycoon System. Qin Huairu, Bang Geng, Xiao Dang, Huai Hua: not one of you is getting away. Just wait for your punishment! I, He Yuzhu, have lived this life once before. Now you’ll get to experience what I went through in my past life! 1.3kReads6.1Score104Shelves
- 102 Siheyuan: It Was Just a Dream, Why Are You Taking It Seriously? 四合院：就一个梦，你怎么还当真 [Multiple women pursue him + not too much angst + multiple film and TV worlds + multiple timelines] From the start, Lou Xiao'e enters his dreams, and they spend a day as husband and wife. The next day, Lou Xiao'e comes to his door and asks the protagonist to move in next door to her. Not long after, he dreams of Qin Huairu, and they spend several years as husband and wife... Ye Kaiming, pushed off a mountain by his girlfriend, transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and gains a Dream Pagoda. He 552Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 Fists Rule the Siheyuan 拳镇四合院 [A courtyard-house setting, martial arts, no System. Lots of jokes, little romantic push-and-pull, and Yi Zhonghai gets sent to a labor camp to spend his old age. The first few chapters are transitional, with troublemaking and teasing Qin Huairu. The protagonist has standards, so if that's not your thing, don't read.] Wang Min, a fanatical Taoism enthusiast, happens upon a thread-bound book called Lightning and Thunder Fist. After practicing for a while, he gets nothing but a strong body and mo 23Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 104 Siheyuan: A Hellish Start, a Life Turnaround 四合院：地狱开局，逆袭人生 [This is a slow-burn story. The protagonist keeps a low profile and builds up his strength early on, then dominates everyone later. Entirely fictional, so please don't take it too seriously.] Zhao Shifeng, an academician at the Academy of Engineering who devoted his life to his country and was renowned around the world as a food expert, died with one regret: he had never managed to solve the global food crisis. When he awoke again, he was in a parallel world, a low-ranking agricultural research 22Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 105 Siheyuan: The 1960s Supply and Marketing Cooperative Can Be Upgraded 四合院：60年代供销社能升级 He transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and gets an upgrade System. It's 1960 in China. When He Tianhu walks through the supply and marketing cooperative's gate and enters Texas in the United States, he sees wild boars stretching as far as the eye can see... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Do You Want a Wife? 四合院：傻柱你要老婆不？ [Two female leads] [No System] If you're used to rich, hearty meals, why not try this pickled cabbage dish? After being reborn, He Yuzhu uses the golden finger brought by a wooden box to rise from an ordinary man, one step at a time. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 Siheyuan: My Wife Is the King of the Underworld 四合院之我的老婆是冥王 In this strange world that blends Siheyuan, Love Apartment, and Ferry of Souls, the protagonist Wang Yi possesses a mysterious System. After arriving at Siheyuan and checking in, he unexpectedly wins the affection of the King of the Underworld. From then on, Wang Yi and the King of the Underworld, who takes the form of Wang Cha, embark on a fantastical and romantic journey. They meet all sorts of interesting people in Siheyuan and share many joyful and moving moments. At Love Apartment, he meets 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Meet Chancellor Cao 四合院：开局遇到曹丞相 A meteor struck Earth, and just before he died, Wu Jian somehow transmigrated to Love in the Courtyard. There, he met Cao Cao and acquired a pocket dimension and cooking skills. In this era, he would write his own story. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 Siheyuan: From the Start, Lou Xiao'e Forces Me to Marry Her 四合院：开局就被娄小娥逼婚 Reborn in 1964, he moves into the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang as the head of the purchasing department. He only wants to lie low and coast through life, but then… Qin Huairu: “Xiao Ye, your sister-in-law is getting on in years…” Lou Xiao'e: “Ye Ming, I want you to marry me.” Yu Li: “Section Chief Ye, Yan Jiecheng is so young, yet he’s already impotent…” Yi Zhonghai: “Ever since Ye Ming moved into the courtyard, nothing has gone right for me…” 728Reads6.1Score119Shelves
- 110 Siheyuan: I Married Qin Huairu, Then Became a Jerk 四合院：娶了秦淮茹后我渣了 Wang Xiaotao arrives in a Beijing courtyard in 1951. After marrying Qin Huairu, he keeps coming across unfortunate women: You Fengxia, who has lost her younger sister, and Auntie Wang, whose son has died... How can he save them? 1.7kReads5.7Score101Shelves
- 111 Siheyuan: I Have a Hunting Dimension 四合院：我有一个狩猎空间 When he opened his eyes, a young Chinese man from Earth had become an orphan living in Courtyard No. 95. Surrounded by a courtyard full of scoundrels, Zhang Cheng had only just transmigrated and was already starving to death. He had no strength to fight them. But just as he was about to starve, a stone door opened in his mind... From then on, Zhang Cheng had a mysterious hunting space at his disposal. With its help, even in the famine-stricken 1950s, when people went hungry and cold, Zhang Cheng 20Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 112 Siheyuan: Why Can't I, Silly Zhu, Be the Villain? 四合院：我傻柱为啥不能是反派？ [Courtyard fan fiction, period drama fan fiction, villain protagonist, lighthearted, daily life, System, no bloodthirstiness, pocket dimension, multiple female leads] Take the villain's path and leave the villains nowhere to turn! Don't read this if you want a story about scraping by on coarse food. This book does not misrepresent or distort any of the characters from the dramas. Other stories full of hostility are just people venting personal grievances! Just after finishing the TV series, He Y 255Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 A Multiverse of Film and TV, Beginning in Siheyuan 从四合院开始的诸天影视 Li Qingshan, an orphan from the 21st century, is a web novelist whose books barely get noticed. To keep his web novel from going on hiatus, he stays up writing for a whole week, but eventually he can't hold on any longer and collapses asleep on his keyboard. By chance, he obtains the Myriad Realms Film and TV System. The System tells him that he died from staying up too late, his body has been cremated, and only a wisp of his consciousness remains in the System's space. If he wants to be reborn, 452Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 114 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Became a Powerful Tycoon. Huairu, Why Are You Crying? 退婚后成大佬，淮茹你哭什么？ [Regret Arc] [Siheyuan] [Taming the Bullies] [Winning Women’s Hearts] [A Rapidly Rising Career] Chen Jianjun transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1951. From the start, he lives in the same village as Qin Huairu and successfully wins her heart. But who could have guessed that Qin Huairu would abandon him to marry a man from the city, turning around and marrying Jia Dongxu instead? Heartbroken, he spends his days weeping. Then his distant second uncle appears... On his recommen —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Climbing to the Top in the Siheyuan 四合院之向上攀登 A comparatively gentle story about life in a courtyard. There are conflicts and disagreements, but it doesn't have such a hostile tone. Li Jianjun is a man and the captain of the First Security Squad at the steel mill. The rest is his story... 128Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 116 Siheyuan: I'm a Cook Too 四合院：我也是一个厨子 Think about it carefully: if Silly Zhu no longer worked in the cafeteria and had no lunchboxes or salary, would Qin Huairu still be interested in him? Think about it carefully: if Silly Zhu were no longer useful, would Yi Zhonghai still expect him to support him in his old age? 318Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 117 I’m Silly Zhu’s Younger Brother, and I Rule the Siheyuan! 我！傻柱弟弟，掌控四合院！ Having transmigrated through countless little worlds, Xiao Qingrong has long since seen through everything. Yet this journey is destined to have no end... “Mobao, let’s move on to the next world.” “Sure, Host! The next world is Love in the Courtyard. Please get ready!” Ring, ring! The sound of a bicycle bell rings out. It’s still the familiar Forty-Nine City, at No. 95, Copper Gong Alley Courtyard. With Xiao Qingrong pulling strings behind the scenes, will Silly Zhu, this time around, team up wi 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 Siheyuan: The Legend of Lingxi 四合院之灵犀传奇 Low on hostility and rich in humanity, a fantastical stroke of fate changes the life of a minor character in a courtyard compound and sets him on the path to legend. The road to a powerful nation begins. When the young are strong, the nation is strong. If you don't like Piaomiao's changes to the original story, start reading from Volume Two. That's where Piaomiao follows the original story's progression. 4Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 119 Siheyuan: A Promotion? Why Bother When Being a Slacker Is Better? 四合院：升职？咸鱼它不香吗 The protagonist transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, where Lou Xiao'e marries him under a hidden identity. Qin Huairu remaining a widow for Jia Dongxu? No way! The boss wants to promote me? No way, being a layabout is just fine. Multiple heroines. The protagonist doesn't go looking for trouble, but he isn't afraid of it either. He gets all the heroines to do the work for him, calling it giving them a chance to grow. 136Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 120 Siheyuan: Lou Xiao'e's Joyful Life 四合院，娄小娥的快意人生 On the second day of her marriage in 1957, Lou Xiaoe has a battle of souls with Lou Xiao'e, an antiterrorism agent from the 21st century. Their souls merge, giving rise to all kinds of hilarious mishaps. See how Lou Xiaoe deals with her scumbag husband, navigates the Siheyuan, and bravely faces the challenges of sweeping social change, avoiding a complete wipeout. After the fusion, she learns how badly the beasts of the Siheyuan have harmed her and resolves to live according to her own wishes. S 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 I Have a Simulator in the Siheyuan 四合院我有一个模拟器 A new story is here. Feel free to dive right in. [Transmigration + courtyard life + simulator] Zhang Laifu, a neet, accidentally transmigrates into a courtyard house. With a simulator at his disposal, what fate awaits the scoundrels of the courtyard? 2Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 122 Siheyuan: I'm a Jerk, So I Get to Enjoy Life Right Away 四合院：我缺德嘛，就立享人生了 Ding Bo transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, starting with a System that gives him a headache: he has to do a hundred million good deeds every day. It’s easy to be a bad person, but hard to be a good one! It isn’t until he beats up an old man who was faking an accident to extort money that he gets it: picking on bad people might just be a truly great good deed! So when faced with the courtyard’s schemers, he casts aside his principles and embraces a life of shamelessness. Bette 208Reads5.9Score100Shelves
- 123 Siheyuan: Emotional Blackmail? I Don't Do That 四合院：道德绑架？我没这个东西 Li Lianjiang, an overworked office drone used to the 996 grind of the 21st century, unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1960s, into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang, a place teeming with scoundrels. With a heart set on building the nation, he resolutely joins the courtyard's labor force. Thanks to his second uncle, Li Huaide, he becomes deputy head of the security department, rising step by step to the pinnacle of life. 444Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Picked Up Zhou Huimin 四合院：开局捡到周惠敏 [Siheyuan courtyard drama + System + one heroine + not Cao De + a touch of ruthlessness] One day, Li Yi transmigrates into the ethics drama Full of Birds in the Siheyuan Courtyard. He is both troubled and excited: troubled by the difficult neighbors, but excited to escape the grind of modern working life. Fortunately, the System he binds to is powerful. From the start, he not only picks up Zhou Huimin as his wife, but also becomes Li Huaide's illegitimate son. With a job at the police station, h 118Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 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 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 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... 123Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 Siheyuan: I Can Hear People’s Thoughts 四合院：我能偷听心声 The mechanical dog Wu Yao transmigrated into the world of Birds in the Courtyard. As Wu Yao planned to use his mechanical expertise to help build the country, the scoundrels in the courtyard set their sights on him. Then Wu Yao suddenly discovered that he could hear their inner thoughts. Bloodsucker Qin Huairu: Wu Yao is so young and promising. If I could spend my life with him, there'd be hope for me and my three children. Necromancer Jia Zhangshi: Damn Wu Yao, living so well and not even givin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 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—Shelves
- 129 Siheyuan: The Journey to the West Quiz System Drives Me Crazy 四合院：西游竞猜系统把我逼疯了 Tang Sanzhang, a miserable nobody, somehow had his soul transported into the story of Love in the Courtyard, where he was bound to a Journey to the West Quiz System. To survive, he had no choice but to bow to the System’s tyranny, finding all sorts of ways to complete the bizarre, death-seeking tasks it assigned him… 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 Transmigrated into a Siheyuan: A State Banquet Chef's Daily Hunt for Beasts 穿越四合院，国宴大厨的虐禽日常 [Transmigration + Spirit Spring Space] A young man born in the 2000s wakes up to discover that he’s transmigrated into He Daqing in 1951. He’s also unlocked a spirit spring space and gained an obedient spirit dog with extraordinary fighting ability. What? I was a handsome young guy in my twenties, and now I’m nearly forty? At least the current He Daqing is as handsome as Daniel Wu, and at the prime age when a man is at his most attractive! Then it’s fine. No big deal. The White Widow wants 702Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 131 Siheyuan: The System Forces Me to Become a Master of Men's Health 四合院：系统逼我做男科圣手 [Xu Damao's younger brother, one female lead, a touch of a ruthless streak, mostly everyday life, if no one crosses me, I won't cross them. The Divine Doctor System only provides support, while the protagonist is highly capable] Xu Mao unexpectedly became Xu Ermao, Xu Damao's twin brother. Because he was frail, a wandering physician took him away at the age of seven. At twenty-seven, he returned to the courtyard house... First, he would find his cheap older brother and ask him to help him get a 1.1kReads5.9Score115Shelves
- 132 Siheyuan: I Married Qin Huairu, So What Are You Jealous About? 四合院：娶妻秦淮茹，你们眼红啥 He transmigrates to a courtyard-house world in 1952, becoming a young man riddled with illnesses. To escape his sickness, he decisively steals Qin Huairu away and marries her to bring himself good fortune. After they marry, he has Qin Huairu take his place at the factory. Gu Yuan spends his days relaxing and enjoying life. Even in this courtyard full of beasts, no one dares to mess with him. His life gets better by the day, making the whole courtyard green with envy. Jia Zhangshi: “I thought I w 915Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 133 Transmigrating into a Period Novel, Starting in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始的年代文穿越 This novel starts in a traditional Beijing courtyard, but the story isn't confined to its walls. It makes up for the injustices in period dramas from different eras. The atmosphere isn't quite so hostile, but this isn't a story about playing everyone else's caretaker, either. He lies flat and takes things slowly at first to let the plot unfold, but later on, he rejoins the army and uses the System to develop and strengthen the nation! There's everyday life, there's war... 174Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 134 A Countryman in the Siheyuan 四合院之农村人 (Slow burn, no System, one female lead, lots of characters without heirs.) In early 1945, what could an eight-year-old kid from the mountains do? What could a poor student do for the country? In the early days of the People's Republic, it was easiest for rural people to become city residents. But why must you become a city resident to move to the city? Migrant workers can also help build the nation. 200Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 135 Siheyuan: Boundless Merit 四合院之功德无量 My latest 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! 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 Siheyuan: The System Demands Both Grinding and Spending 四合院，系统又肝又氪 A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! I’m a new author, so the plot may move slowly at first, but things will pick up later. Stay tuned! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 Siheyuan: Secret Agent 四合院：秘密特工 In the Four-Nine City at the end of the Republic of China era, there stands an ordinary yet extraordinary siheyuan, home to a mysterious young man named He Shaobai. Frail by nature, he begins a journey to defy fate after his System activates. From the medical skills of Bian Que, the renowned physician, to the unerring aim of the master archer Yang Youji, then the wisdom of Guiguzi and the valor of Guan Yu, the extraordinary abilities of these ancient Chinese sages come to him one by one, making 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 Siheyuan: Please Call Me Brother Damao 四合院之请叫我大茂哥 After Xu Damao from a parallel world is reborn, he has all his former self’s memories, along with memories of how society developed afterward. So what path should he take, and how should he deal with all the petty squabbles in the courtyard? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 Siheyuan: Starting Out as a Police Officer, Merits Come Knocking 四合院：警察开局，功劳主动上门 Jiang Yu transmigrated to the world of the courtyard houses. He became a police officer at a neighborhood police station. On his first day reporting for duty, Jiang Yu happened to catch a thief on the way. After a few rounds of memory-restoration techniques, heavens, the guy wasn't just a thief, he was also a murderer! What should have been an ordinary arrest turned into a major criminal case! 5Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 140 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Foolish Little Brother 四合院：傻柱的傻弟弟 He returns to the capital in the 1950s as the second son of the He family, Silly Zhu's younger brother, and awakens a System. But he runs into his biological father, He Daqing, who's about to flee to protect the city; his older brother Silly Zhu, who's being bled dry by others; and his little sister He Yushui, who's still a hungry baby. He wants to change He Yuzhu's fate, and no one is going to take advantage of the He family. He wants He Yushui to have a warm and happy childhood with a family t 260Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 141 Siheyuan: I Never Do Anything Vile 四合院：我从来不干缺德事儿 Chen Liang transmigrated a little too hard. He closed his eyes, opened them again, and found himself in 1959, as an ordinary nobody in a courtyard full of beasts! He had planned to keep his head down and quietly build himself up. But the beasts insisted on offering their faces up for him to slap, so Chen Liang had no choice! In that case, he might as well go all in... (A little fun with the beasts, and some everyday life!) 1Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 142 Siheyuan: I Really Didn’t Mean to Steal Your Catch 四合院：我真不是有意截胡 After transmigrating into a resident of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, Yan Yu finds himself beset by illness and without a soul to turn to. The other residents are just waiting to divide up his estate and leave his body out in the wilderness. At this desperate moment, Yan Yu cries out, “System, save me!” 250Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 143 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Marries a Wife from the Start, Driving Qin Huairu to Her Grave 四合院，开局傻柱娶妻气死秦淮茹 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 665Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 Siheyuan: My Medical Skills Reach the Heavens, and the Troublemakers Are Paralyzed 四合院：我医手遮天，禽兽全麻了 [Courtyard, Divine Doctor, Feel-Good Story, Trouncing the Beasts, Leveling Up] Chen Mo transmigrates into the courtyard and binds himself to a Divine Doctor System. He has all the money and grain he could want. Now he wants to see who in this courtyard dares mess with him! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 Siheyuan: Tomb Raiding? I'm Just Out Hunting 四合院：倒斗盗墓？我正经打猎啊 When Chu Tian opened his eyes, he discovered that he had transmigrated to 1960. It was the height of the three years of hardship... But what troubled him most was that he had transmigrated into that beastly courtyard where people would eat you alive and spit out the bones!!! To make sure his family had enough to eat, Chu Tian decided to follow in his predecessor's footsteps and go hunting. Fortunately, he was bound to a God-Tier Hunting System and received rewards along the way. He also had the 927Reads5.3Score102Shelves
- 146 I Transmigrated into Qin Huairu 穿越成了秦淮茹 A modern master of traditional Chinese martial arts transmigrates into the body of Qin Huairu. In this courtyard, supposedly called Full of Love but really Full of Vermin, the protagonist will live on in Qin Huairu's place. When Jia Zhangshi starts making unreasonable demands, the protagonist won't indulge her anymore. Don't expect me to put up with your abuse. Straight to jail with you. Yi Zhonghai schemes to get the protagonist to have a child, but never expects it to be the deaf old lady inst 162Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 Siheyuan: My Name Is Cao Meng 四合院：我叫曹孟 [Siheyuan] [Feel-good power fantasy] [System] [Putting the vile neighbors in their place] Cao Meng transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming an ordinary resident of a Siheyuan. From the start, facing Qin Huairu as she kneels before him and begs desperately, Cao Meng firmly says, “No!” He absolutely refuses to become anyone's live-in son-in-law! He's already transmigrated. Why would he become a live-in son-in-law? All he wants is to find a woman of his own and enjoy a quiet, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 The Jia Family's Doom: Damao Calls the Police Right Away 贾家末日，大茂直接报警 [Stand your ground + strike from the shadows + lighthearted humor + no System + one heroine throughout] Shocking! There are no letters of forgiveness in this courtyard! Xu Damao doesn’t let anyone off the hook. He calls the police from the start. Bang Geng is still young, so let’s send him in early for reform! And the rest of you aren’t getting away either! 891Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 149 Transmigrating to the Siheyuan: Immortality 穿越四合院之长生 Transmigrate + endless space + multiple heroines + martial arts + immortal cultivation + longevity It begins in a courtyard home, then takes you across the Myriad Worlds. The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Return of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The Legend of Sword and Fairy, the Primordial World, and then back to the courtyard home. Countless little worlds continue to emerge along the way. See how he builds his own universe, with beautiful 16.2kReads7.3Score891Shelves
- 150 Siheyuan: Wang Daxi's Colorful Life 四合院：王大喜的精彩生活 No System + not mindless wish fulfillment A grand crossover of TV dramas: Love in a Siheyuan, Zhengyang Gate, Steel Is Tempered, and more. Not too much bitterness, with a slow-burn plot. Multiple female leads, who will appear one after another as the story unfolds. 407Reads5.1Score—Shelves
