Novels like Siheyuan: It Was Just a Dream, Why Are You Taking It Seriously?
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- 51 Siheyuan: Li Family’s Silly Kun’er 四合院：李家傻坤儿 After transmigrating to 1951, the good news is that his parents weren't sacrificed to the heavens. The bad news is that Li Kuner, who used to be a fool, has nothing but a space. Now, to avoid revealing that he's a transmigrator, he plans to slowly settle into this vibrant new era! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Siheyuan: When the Wind Rises 四合院之风起时 The world is fickle, life a dream. He returns to find himself a boy again. He Yuzhu is reborn. That hypocrite Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi, and the three old busybodies. You can all get lost, you white-eyed wolf Banggeng. There's no way I'm taking on someone else's mess. Let's see what tricks you lot have up your sleeves! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 In the Siheyuan: Starting as a Backyard Resident 人在四合院：从后院住户开始 Su Chen transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and acquires the Divine Choice System. From the start, he catches Banggeng stealing a chicken! [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have activated the Divine Choice System!] [Please make your choice!] [Choice One: Turn a blind eye. Reward: two pounds of pork!] [Choice Two: Expose Banggeng. Reward: five pounds of beef!] [Choice Three: Beat Banggeng senseless. Reward: two pounds of pork, five pounds of beef, and basic mastery of traditiona 403Reads6.2Score101Shelves
- 54 Siheyuan: I Turned 18 Before My Golden Finger Finally Activated 四合院：18岁了，才激活金手指 Li Anran transmigrates into the world of "The House of Birds in the Courtyard", but he doesn't care. As long as nobody messes with him, everyone else can do as they please. All he wants is to quietly live his own life, so why doesn't his golden finger activate until he turns eighteen? Being sent to the countryside might be a hard life for other people, but to him, it's a rare opportunity. After all, he has a golden finger, and he believes a person should have ambition! It's exhausting to spend e 74Reads5.4Score150Shelves
- 55 Siheyuan: You're Actually a Pretty Nice Guy 四合院之你人还怪好嘞 Zhang Yaoyang, a madman from a psychiatric hospital, transmigrates into the courtyard and becomes Brother Crow. He's ruthless and doesn't talk much: if he can settle things with his fists, he won't waste words. He beats the whole courtyard into submission and sends Yi Zhonghai and Silly Zhu to jail. In 1966, he plans to flee to Hong Kong with Ezi and keep causing trouble. No one gets to talk down to him. If a problem is hard to solve, he'll flip the table and walk away. His motto is simple: neve 177Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 56 Siheyuan: I Blow Up Bang Geng from the Start, Leaving the Jia Family Without an Heir 四合院：开局炸废棒梗，贾家绝户 The courtyard in "The House of the Beasts" was originally thriving, but then Li Weiguo arrived with a fishing System. From the start, he crippled Banggeng and left the Jia family without an heir. Putting the beasts of the courtyard in their place became part of everyday life. Banggeng: “Grandma, save me! The sparrows I raised are gone! Waaah!” Jia Zhangshi: “Silly Zhu, if you care about Banggeng, give him your sparrows.” Yi Zhonghai: “Granny Deaf, you were the one who gave me the sterilizing dru 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Siheyuan: Against the Odds 四合院：逆途 Since Heaven has let me transmigrate as Nan Yi, I’ll make the most of this life and forge a path unlike any other. Everyone likes to follow the beaten path, but I’m determined to carve out my own way. 95Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 58 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 909Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 59 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
- 60 Siheyuan: You Want Money? I'll Send You a Few Billion First 四合院：想要钱，我先送你几个亿 Beneath a bridge in the bitter winter cold, He Yuzhu breathed his last and closed his eyes forever. When He Yuzhu opened his eyes again, he discovered that he had been reborn, and that a More Children, More Grandchildren System had appeared in his mind. As long as he completed its missions, he could earn generous rewards. Just then, Qin Huairu came looking for Silly Zhu, asking him to pay for Banggeng's troubles. He Yuzhu decided to try her out. 282Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 The Siheyuan's One-Yuan System 四合院之一元系统 After accidentally transmigrating to the Four-Courtyard compound, the protagonist binds to a System. While putting the courtyard’s troublemakers in their place, he leads the Dragon Kingdom toward becoming a technological powerhouse and reaching for the stars... 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Siheyuan: I Love Playing the Fool 四合院：酷爱当老六 Li Jianguo was very lucky to obtain a System after transmigrating to the 1960s. With the System, he goes on to enjoy a leisurely, prosperous little life. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Siheyuan: I'm a Fearless Little Whirligig from Beiping 四合院：我北平小陀螺超勇的 Oh, the horror! After finally transmigrating, I ended up as that little spinning top from Beiping who can't go a day without getting slapped across the face! After finally finding a sister-in-law to share a little bedroom expertise with, she tells me her name is Jia Zhangshi!!! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 The Growth of an Ordinary Man in the Siheyuan of My Heart 心中的四合院小人物的成长 A growth story about transmigrating into a courtyard house, starting out as a chef, keeping a low profile until the very end, and not being especially hot-tempered. The story will not be told solely from the protagonist's point of view; he serves as the butterfly whose wings set events in motion. The author is a beginner, and this is my first time writing. I welcome any valuable advice from you, my esteemed readers. 248Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 65 The Hidden Master of Siheyuan 四合院的隐秘高手 In a courtyard house left quiet after its former glory faded, Fang Yan wakes to discover that he is no longer an ordinary person in modern society. He has entered the world of Love in the Courtyard and become an unremarkable neighbor of the Jia family. But fate seems to be playing a joke on him: his golden finger is activated by the seemingly ordinary old woman Jia Zhangshi! Whenever Jia Zhangshi’s everyday activities add up, Fang Yan gains incredible abilities, from food and wealth to cutting-e —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Loot Box System 四合院：何雨柱的宝箱系统 He Yuzhu is reborn, and this time he's no longer a sucker. He hones his cooking skills, learns new abilities, and enters prize draws. The animals in the courtyard turn green with envy. Qin Huairu begs tearfully to be taken in, and Yi Zhonghai cries and pleads for someone to care for him in his old age. He gives them one reply: Get lost! 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 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
- 68 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
- 69 Siheyuan: I Transmigrate as He Daqing, and I Want It All 四合院：穿越成何大清，我全都要 He Daqing was born in the countryside. To support his girlfriend, he worked a day job and took on side gigs, until he eventually worked himself to death in the street. Modern-day He Daqing’s soul transmigrates into the He Daqing in Love in the Courtyard, where he activates the Snatching System. 1.7kReads6.6Score104Shelves
- 70 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
- 71 Siheyuan: I Take My Revenge, and the Whole Courtyard Regrets It and Begs for Mercy 四合院：我报仇，全院后悔求放过 After transmigrating into the courtyard, Chu Fan discovers that his predecessor, the workshop director, had been far too kind to a pack of scoundrels. It was thanks to him that Yan Jiecheng got a job at the steel mill. It was thanks to him that Jia Dongxu escaped punishment despite making several mistakes. It was thanks to him that Liu Guangqi was able to transfer to another workplace with ease. That wasn't all. Whenever anyone in the courtyard had a problem, he would lend a hand, and he always 453Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 72 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—Shelves
- 73 Siheyuan: A Life on the Cutting Edge 四合院之锋流人生路 Ye Feng, a top mercenary in his previous life, was betrayed and died on a foreign battlefield. Unexpectedly, a mysterious System brought him to the turbulent year of 1931. With his birth, divine arts, pills, and even a pocket world came pouring in. This System seemed a little unusual: to receive more rewards, he had to keep expanding his family line. As for that task, the righteous and upright Ye Feng naturally thought... the more, the better. When Ye Feng learned that this world was actually th 2Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 74 Siheyuan: Reborn as Xu Damao, I’ll Wipe Out Those Birds 四合院，穿成许大茂，整死众禽 After becoming Xu Damao, he must keep up the good work in a courtyard surrounded by beasts! To deal with beasts, you have to be crueler and more beastly than they are! There is no such thing as too beastly, only beastlier. The king of beasts, the black-hearted scoundrel: each one is a match for the next... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Siheyuan: Level Eight Riveting Skills? I’m Just a Beginner 四合院：八级铆工水平？我新手啊 “Zhang Ye, do you think this scarf looks nice?” She pointed to the dark red wool scarf hanging in a shop window, her face bright with anticipation. Zhang Ye glanced down at her, then looked up at the scarf, the corners of his mouth lifting. “It’s pretty nice. But...” He pretended to hesitate, though he couldn’t hide the teasing glint in his eyes. “Do you think it might be a little too mature? You’re so young. You should try brighter colors.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Siheyuan: Learning from a Master Chef, He Yuzhu Changes His Fate 四合院：拜师神厨，何雨柱改命 He kept walking, his pace quickening as he silently recited his work tasks, trying to focus on the everyday details. But for some reason, that feeling of unease clung to his back, reminding him of its presence every moment. 121Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 77 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 121Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Siheyuan: The Mysterious Doctor Strikes, Unrivaled Under Heaven 四合院：怪医出击，天下无敌 He transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he activates the Quack Doctor System, maxing out his eccentric traditional Chinese medicine skills. In an era of material scarcity, Lin Hao uses an unconventional range of treatments and pulls off one medical miracle after another! The only catch is that everyone he treats develops a random side effect! Some people love these strange side effects, while others can't stand them. When dealing with the courtyard's troublemake 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 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
- 80 Siheyuan: A Battle of Beauty 四合院之群芳斗艳 When Wang Jue from the modern world transmigrates into the fan-fiction TV drama Love in the Courtyard, he faces a courtyard full of beasts. Watch how this modern transmigrator takes the courtyard by storm, and find out what fate has in store for Silly Zhu, Jia Xudong, Xu Damao, and the rest. The world and its beauties are all mine. 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Siheyuan: They Stole My Home from the Start, So I Hit Back Hard 四合院：开局抢我房！我重拳出击 263Reads5.4Score100Shelves
- 82 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Called the Cops and Had the Arrogant Jia Zhangshi Arrested 四合院：开局报警抓了嚣张贾张氏 Lin Mu never expected he would really transmigrate to a courtyard compound in 1962. He knows the people in this place very well. The sanctimonious Yi Zhonghai, the stingy Yan Bugui, and Liu Haizhong, who wants to become an official. Not a single person in this courtyard is any good. He hadn’t planned to get involved. He wanted to focus on his own technological work. After all, he’s an excellent engineer and has no interest in dealing with petty matters. But they keep interfering with his and 82Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 83 Siheyuan: From the Start, Flirting with Qin Huairu 四合院：开局调情秦淮茹 He Yuzhu is reborn and goes on a rampage through the courtyard, determined to reclaim, piece by piece, every humiliation he suffered in his previous life. But he never expected the world to be so cold, and the events that follow seem to have taken him completely off course. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Siheyuan: Reborn as He Yuzhu, I Save My Mother from the Start 四合院：重生何雨柱，开局救娘亲 [System Space + Red Alert Base] + [Building a faction from scratch] [Ruler of the Universe] He Yuzhu was driven out of his home by those scum from the Jia family! Left paralyzed and freezing beneath a bridge, he was mauled by wild dogs and died in Xu Damao's arms! Then the System brought him back to when he was nine! None of it had happened yet. From the start, he would save his mother! After that, with his knowledge of the future and the System's support, he would keep moving forward, repaying 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 Siheyuan: Building a Little Courtyard for My Devoted Simps 四合院：打造我的舔狗小院 I, He Yuzhu, came to this courtyard for just three things! No one leeches off me! No one leeches off me! No one leeches off me! Outwit Yi Zhonghai, win over Old Yan, and make Liu Haizhong my dog. Qin Huairu? Sorry, go sit wherever it's cool. I already have Teacher Ran! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Siheyuan: Orphan of War 四合院：战争遗孤 Chen Mu, a modern man and the only child for three generations, came from a family with a modest fortune. He got drunk while drinking on the rooftop, then accidentally fell off... What a shame about all the savings he had, and the person he'd only just met... What a shame about his young, twenty-nine-year-old body... He ended up in an era where everyone seemed to despise him... But this place didn't seem anything like the novels he'd read! But 1Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 87 A Billionaire’s Lie-Flat Life in a Beijing Courtyard, 1948 四合院1948亿万富翁躺平生活 { Mindless wish fulfillment + no holier-than-thou hero + I won't bother you if you don't bother me + a rather bad temper + lie flat and enjoy life + doesn't care what others think } This is a story about everyday life in a Beijing courtyard compound, not one of those books that starts with nonstop, high-stakes conflict and the protagonist mowing down everyone in his path. There may be a few conflicts, but nobody will be beaten to death or left crippled. If you like stories full of hostility, fee 211.5kReads7.1Score17.7kShelves
- 88 Siheyuan: I’m So Shameless, I Make the Whole Courtyard Suffer 四合院：我缺德冒烟，坑哭众禽 [Siheyuan + Comedy + Wicked System] Liu Xiangdong is reborn in a Siheyuan and awakens the [So Wicked It Smokes System]. To activate the System, Liu Xiangdong keeps doing nasty things. “For example, when Second Uncle was on the toilet and called for someone to bring him toilet paper, Liu Xiangdong kindly gave him sandpaper. When Silly Zhu was taking a bath, Liu Xiangdong worried he wasn't getting clean enough, so he thoughtfully swapped his bath sponge for a steel-wool scrubber. Third Uncle could 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 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
- 90 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
- 91 Siheyuan: Starting as a Scrap Collector 四合院：从收废品开始 [A lighthearted courtyard drama + System + using technology to strengthen the nation + self-interest + everyday life + multiple heroines (if you don't like that, don't read)] After transmigrating to the 1960s, Tao Bao awakens a System that turns junk into treasure, a perfect fit for his job collecting scrap. Anything he brings back as junk can be repaired. A broken radio can be fixed; An old engine can be restored to new; Even useless batteries can be made good again; And it doesn't just 469Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 92 Siheyuan: In a Year of Great Disaster, I Kill Yi Zhonghai First 四合院：大灾之年，我先杀易中海 After transmigrating into the world of Siheyuan, Li Dong awakens a System. He had planned to enjoy a comfortable, carefree life, but then an endless snow disaster struck. Luckily, I have a System farm with abundant resources, so there’s no need to panic. Yi Zhonghai: “Li Dong, you have food. You should share it with everyone. You ought to be grateful.” Liu Haizhong: “Brother Dong, Master Dong, I’ll pay ten times the price. Could you sell me a sack of grain?” Jia Dongxu: “Li Dong, don’t you like 115Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 93 The Siheyuan: Xu Damao, War Hero 四合院，战斗英雄许大茂 Damou had been bullied and down on his luck his whole life, but now he’s reborn! First, he enlists in the army and beats the division commander at his own game: the meat in the bowl is Damou’s first! He heads off to fight in the war to resist American aggression and aid Korea. At first, the sight of killing enemies and cutting off their heads scares him so badly he wets himself. Before long, he becomes the nightmare of the enemy, a god of death. A battlefield rose claims him, and while defending 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 The Long Song of Time: Starting in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始的：岁月长歌 What a hellish start. All I got was a pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger. So far, I've confirmed these TV worlds: Love in the Courtyard All Is Well The protagonist's defining trait is that he just likes watching the drama unfold. He never gets involved in the plot of his own accord, always participating passively as an observer. New readers, please go easy on me... Any illogical plot points are the protagonist's fault. All names in this book are fictional; any resemblance to real peo 5Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 95 Siheyuan: The Growth Story of He Yuzhu 四合院：何雨柱成长史 He Yuzhu, a fool in everyone else's eyes, is knocked unconscious during an attack by fleeing soldiers. When he wakes, his soul has been replaced by that of a special forces king from the 21st century. See how he climbs to the pinnacle of life, one step at a time, in this era. 719Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 96 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Beat Jia Zhangshi Senseless 四合院：开局暴打贾张氏 Xie Lang transmigrates into a courtyard house in the 1960s, just as Jia Zhangshi is trying to seize his home. Xie Lang sends her straight off to prison to learn a thing or two about how to behave. Yi Zhonghai wants me to support him in his old age? Then you can go with Jia Zhangshi! Qin Huairu wants to bleed me dry? Then I'll play along and give her a taste of her own scheming. Silly Zhu wants to play the gallant protector? You simp, just wait until you end up without a family of your own! The v 158Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 97 Speedrunning the Siheyuan, Turning the Whole World Upside Down 速通四合院，浪翻全世界 If the System can provide you with mushroom bombs, why keep them around? Why not turn those Japanese devils into familiar faces? Once the thing raining down from the sky was no longer the Buddha’s Palm, no one dared steal Chinese cultural festivals. At that point, Li Xinmin realized just how wonderful the world was! 524Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 98 Siheyuan: I Don’t Need Excitement, Just Let Me Keep My Head Down 四合院：不求热闹，但求苟住 [Easygoing slice of life + cautious survival + light comedy and face-slapping + career advancement + hands-off boss + multiple women + many children] Wang Zizai had enjoyed just three months of peace before Qin Huairu showed up at his door in the middle of the night and demanded that he take responsibility. There was no way he could put up with that. Jia Zhangshi wanted to drive him out of the courtyard and hurled abuse at him every day. That was even less tolerable, so he gave her ten pig-subd 1.1kReads5.1Score—Shelves
- 99 From Temp Worker to Tycoon in the Siheyuan 四合院从临时工到首富 A supermarket owner is sent to the 1960s by a System error. He arrives in Qin Family Village, the capital’s outskirts, and becomes Qin Jingru’s fiancé, only to be cuckolded by Xu Damao. See how he escapes poverty step by step and becomes the richest man alive. 35Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 100 Siheyuan: I Steal Qin Huairu Away, Leaving Dongxu a Bachelor 四合院：我截秦淮如，东旭光棍了 Courtyard, System, wish fulfillment, power-ups, martial arts techniques, putting the beasts in their place. Lin Fan transmigrates into a courtyard and binds himself to an invincible System. From the start, he swoops in and steals Qin Huairu away. Let’s see who ends up without an heir, me or the Jia family! Xu Damao keeps looking for trouble with me. Fine! I’ll ruin your blind date with Lou Xiaoe and make sure you never get married! Ideally, everyone in the courtyard will be a bachelor, while I’l 46Reads—Score—Shelves
