Novels like Siheyuan: Running a Little Tavern in Beijing Amid War and Espionage
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- 101 Infiltrating the Military Statistics Bureau, I Accidentally Built an Arms Empire 我在军统搞渗透，竟造出军火帝国 After transmigrating to a world of espionage, Ren Pingsheng becomes a nobody in the archives room. After accidentally activating the [Mission Lottery System], Ren Pingsheng mows down people like grass and blows up buildings like he’s setting off firecrackers! Zheng Yaoxian treats him like a brother, while the higher-ups are completely wrapped around his finger. Everyone thinks Ren Pingsheng rose through the ranks by sucking up to powerful people. Who would have guessed that, in the blink of an e 795Reads5.9Score10114d adds
- 102 Espionage: From the Start, I'm Told to Investigate My Own Communist Party 谍战：开局让我一个红党查红党 A leak at the newly established Zhejiang branch of the Fuxing Society led to a failed arrest. Acting on Dai’s orders, Lin Mingyu, a Communist Party member undercover at the Central Army Officer Academy, heads to the Zhejiang branch to secretly investigate the Communist Party infiltrators. 384Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Silent Glory: Blade Against Time 沉默的荣耀之逆时之刃 A spin-off novel in the "Glory of Silence" series, telling the story of an unlucky man who transmigrates into a spy thriller with a System. Follow him as he navigates Taiwan during the White Terror and makes it out unscathed. 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 War of Resistance: The Storm of Reviving China 抗战之振兴中华风云 Reborn in China during the War of Resistance Against Japan With a System that's practically useless Transmigrated to the front lines of the war between the Nationalists and Communists He becomes a hero to both sides In this life, he will live up to his lofty ambitions Watch as he tramples the cherry blossoms beneath his horse Watch as he reclaims every inch of lost territory Watch as he tends sheep in the North Sea Watch as he revitalizes China in this life Watch as he comes to rule the world An 71Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 105 A Contest of Wits in the Spy World 谍海较量 By a twist of fate, a psychology graduate student returned to 1937, a year torn apart by war. As he sought out the underground organization and held fast to his red ideals, he contributed what he could to his country's liberation and rejuvenation in a turbulent era, embarking on a legendary career as an undercover agent in the world of espionage. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Espionage: The Black Dog Gets a System 谍战：黑狗子获得系统后 He was a retired military doctor, but his soul crossed over into the body of a secret police agent. With the System at his side, he can carry out covert assassinations and gather intelligence without a trace. He has no organization, yet his heart belongs to his country. He infiltrates enemy ranks, but remains loyal at heart. For his country, he kills his wife and accepts an enemy as his father. He bears humiliation and hardship, drifting through a life of wine and excess! With the System at his 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Snow Falls in the Republican Era, but No One Returns 民国落雪，不见归人 Snow Falls in the Republic of China Era, but No One Returns 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Reborn as a Warlord's Young Marshal, I Get a Virtual Mining System 重生军阀少帅，获得虚拟挖矿系统 [Warlords] + [Struggle for supremacy] Bombers blanket the sky, roaring overhead as bombs rain down like a storm. Thousands upon thousands of tanks race across the ground, their long barrels bellowing without end. On the seas, monstrous warships cleave through the waves as fighter planes take off from aircraft carriers. In the deep ocean, submarines glide past like ghosts. Li Chengwen is reborn in the body of a warlord’s young marshal with the same name. In this era, warlords fight among themselv 2.9kReads6.8Score12714d adds
- 109 Espionage: I Ran Amok in the Juntong 谍战：我在军统杀疯了 [Invisibility + pocket dimension + ruthless decisiveness + sharp intellect + steady growth] He is the most inconspicuous nobody at the bottom of the Juntong, and no one knows his true identity. Ordered to infiltrate the Japanese and puppet secret service agencies, he spends every day outwitting the enemy to obtain intelligence, dancing on the edge of a blade. He is also an elusive master assassin who never shows mercy to his enemies. He eliminates traitors and kills Japanese invaders. Known as t 4.2kReads6.6Score21514d adds
- 110 Republican Era: From the Start, I Had a Stunning Pair of Twins, and I Ruled the Chaotic Era 民国：开局绝美双胞胎，纵横乱世 Synopsis: [Warlord + tycoon + sweet romance + Republican-era setting + devoted husband + doting dad + brotherhood + wish fulfillment + passionate action + ruthless decisiveness + single heroine] The world’s fortunes shift from unity to division, and from division back to unity. The jianghu isn’t about fighting and killing. It’s about the ways of the world. In his previous life, Zhao He was just a poor loser with no parents, no support, and a life of poverty and misery. In this life, Zhao He tran 50Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 111 Siheyuan: Max-Level Legacy, Conquering the Capital 四合院：满级传承，杀穿四九城 “Transmigrate into a courtyard drama and marry a female spy? I'll inherit the heroic spirit of China and turn around to kill the enemy!” He Shaobai is born into the world of the 1944 Bird-Filled Courtyard. From the start, he is frail and sickly, and He Daqing's family schemes to make him marry a female spy to bring him good fortune. He thinks his life has started in hell, but at eighteen he awakens the [Endless Chinese Heroes Inheritance System]! Bian Que's medical skills save lives, while Yang 2.4kReads5.7Score13414d adds
- 112 Siheyuan: Starting a Fight Against the Japanese with My Little Sister 四合院：从带妹妹杀鬼子开始 Chen Feng, a battlefield medic in a secret unit, was reborn and transmigrated back to early 1945, just as his parents were murdered. Taking his younger sister, the only family he had left, he made his way into the capital to continue fighting the war. 58Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 113 A Glamorous Waiter’s Rise to Power, Conquering Shanghai 纸醉金迷侍应生，逆袭横扫上海滩 Shanghai in a time of turmoil, with an unconventional tale of espionage and resistance against Japan. Wei Tianhao transmigrates to the Republic of China era with a billion rolls of toilet paper and takes a job as a waiter at the Jindongkai Song and Dance Hall in Shanghai. Before long, the dance hall manager seduces him and makes him her lover. Soon, female agents from foreign consulates are flocking to his side. Most outrageous of all, he actually trades toilet paper for a Japanese female spy~~ 212Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Lost in Love and Greed 《爱与贪婪的迷途》 The Lost Path of Love and Greed 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Espionage: I Have a Double Possession, and You Want Me to Be an Informant? 谍战：我双重附体，让我做线人？ [Humorous and funny] [No romance, no do-gooder heroine] [Self-interest above all] [Feel free to dive in] Gou Dadan is timid and afraid of trouble. The chaos of wartime turns him into a fastidious egoist. From the start, he transmigrates to Shanghai in 1937, just before the nationwide resistance against Japan begins, and becomes an ordinary soldier. [Early story] Forced to become a secret agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, he brings along his blind younger sister. Military Statistics Burea 36Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 116 Shanghai, 1937: The Silent Stitch 抗日上海1937：无声的针脚 In 1943, the occupied districts of Shanghai appear calm on the surface, but beneath it, undercurrents swirl. Shen Yanqiu, a Communist underground operative codenamed “Tailor,” goes undercover as the owner of an upscale tailor shop in the French Concession, tasked with rebuilding a shattered intelligence network. His adversaries are Sato Ichiro, the newly appointed chief of the Japanese secret police, and a mysterious double agent known as “Shadow.” When Shen Yanqiu discovers that his contact is 2.4kReads6.6Score28014d adds
- 117 Espionage: The Days I Slacked Off at the Military Statistics Bureau 谍战我在军统摆烂的日子 We live in a peaceful era, but how many nameless heroes sacrificed their lives for this country and its people? History books are too thin to contain their greatness. Turn a page, and you've got their whole lives! History books are also too thick. We can't remember their names; we only know that they are heroes! He transmigrates through time to China during the War of Resistance Against Japan and takes the place of the original owner. Following his elders' arrangements, he joins the Juntong as a 74Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 118 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. 415Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 One Shot, One Headshot? I Refuse to Join Up and Fight the Japanese Alone 一枪爆头？拒绝招揽，我独自抗日 Gao Feng transmigrates to the War of Resistance era. The original owner of his body died of fright when a shell exploded on the battlefield he had accidentally entered while searching for his father and younger sister, who had been abducted by the Japanese. Gao Feng becomes the new occupant of his body. At the moment he transmigrates, he awakens a System. Completing its missions earns him System rewards. The rewards come in every shape and form. There’s nothing the System doesn’t have, only thin 10.3kReads7.8Score67314d adds
- 120 Espionage Agent: From the Start, I Was Just a Nobody in the Juntong 谍战特工，开局军统当混子 [Republic-era espionage + building an independent power + a male lead who never takes a loss + special operations] Shen Lang bites the dust and unexpectedly is reborn in the Republic of China era. The descendant of a veteran of the War of Resistance, he is determined to become a Communist spy. But the original owner of his body was a useless errand boy in the military intelligence service... A complete deadweight, too... And now someone has a gun to his head, about to use him as a scapegoat... H 461Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 121 Espionage: The Ultimate Undercover Agent, Night Hawk of the Military Intelligence Bureau 谍战：最牛潜伏，军统夜鹰 [Original Characters + Intelligence + Assassinations + Sweeping Through Shanghai’s Foreign Concessions] Zhao Haifan transmigrates to Shanghai during the isolated-island era and becomes a Juntong agent, codename Night Hawk... The story strives for realism, and most characters are based on historical figures. The ten great female agents of Juntong, the ten female fiends of the 76th, and the Imperial Flowers of Japan’s Tokko. A heroine who supplies the Nationalist Army with vital resources. Chinese 9Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 122 The Truth Hidden Behind the Scenes 《隐藏在背后的真相》 The Truth Hidden Behind the Scenes 12Reads—Score114d adds
- 123 A Night at Wanjiazhai 《夜宿万家寨》 A Night at Wanjia Village 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 The Twilight of the Empire and the Dawn of the Republic 帝国的黄昏与民国的序幕 In the endgame that was late Qing China, some wanted to become emperor themselves, some wanted to overthrow the emperor, some wanted to restore the monarchy, and others secretly colluded with the foreign powers. Meanwhile, along the railway lines in the north, imperialist armies had already planted explosives. When the man at the helm fell, it was not only jackals that came rushing in, but also poisonous snakes lurking in the shadows. 66Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 125 Blood and Intrigue 谍血风云 [Decisive and Ruthless] [Absolutely No Saintly Do-Gooder] [Fired with Passion] Returning to the war-torn Republic of China, the protagonist uses his slight head start to navigate between the various factions. On the secret front, every move is fraught with danger; between black and white, he repeatedly risks his life, earning achievements that no one will ever know about… 14Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 126 A Pocket Dimension: After Dying of Illness, I Arrived in the 1940s 空间：病死后来到了四十年代 Just a few years after graduating from college, Gu Wanyue went to the big city of Shanghai to work. She earned five thousand yuan a month, yet still sent half of it back home. Because of hardships she endured in childhood, she developed stomach cancer. Then, in a dream, she saw the life of a young girl in an era ravaged by war, when all industries were waiting to be rebuilt. It was also the era in which she would embark on her own journey. 96Reads8.3Score14714d adds
- 127 Glory in the Shadow War 密战荣耀 Jiang Longcheng transmigrates through time to the international city of Shanghai in 1936, where his intelligence and courage make him shine in the currents of a changing era. Amid a web of spies, he moves like a sudden storm, risking everything to rescue underground Party members in danger. When Japanese aggressors provoke him, he responds with both courage and cunning, revealing the makings of a true hero. The military medals he earns are recognition of his extraordinary abilities and a tribute 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 War of Resistance: Building the Ultimate Japanese-Killing Legion 抗战：打造最强诛倭军团 [War of Resistance] + [Fighting for the nation] + [Nation-building] Five thousand years of history and eight thousand li of splendid land have been seized by invading bandits! How could four hundred million Chinese people and millions of steel-hearted soldiers bow their heads and become slaves? Nan Beichen transmigrates to the War of Resistance era. With the Loyalty System, he fights across the battlefields, carrying the unfulfilled wishes of his predecessors and the hopes of future generations. 373Reads6.8Score10414d adds
- 129 Spy War: Code Name Ant, Moving Expert 谍战，代号蚂蚁，搬家小能手 Espionage? No need to go undercover. It may look safe, and in fact it isn't dangerous at all. All you have to do is slowly empty the enemy's storehouses, leaving them without supplies or support. Then victory is as good as yours! 19.5kReads7.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 130 Fuzhou: Blades and Bloodshed in 1949 福州：刀光血影一九四九 A few words in a local dialect, as indistinguishable as the wind. Once their eyes meet, the hunt and counterhunt begin. Messages whispered on the wind, blood and chaos, a fight to the death... At the end of February 1949, the Huacha secret team, entrusted with a vital mission, encountered an accident on its way to Rong. Team leader Hu Dayi vanished without a trace, and his guard, Wu Erzhu, was captured. At the same time, the Kuomintang's Secrecy Bureau System was carrying out its covert Thunder 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Espionage: Code Name Oriole 谍战之代号黄雀 Caught in a nation ravaged by war, an overseas student joined the Communist Party in secret. Following his orders, he communicated through a single contact and went undercover alone to carry out a mission for the Military Statistics Bureau. By a twist of fate, he joined the Special Higher Police. From then on, trapped between competing powers, he matched wits with them all in a thrilling battle of spies. In this tangled struggle, who will have the last laugh and become the hidden player waiting 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Siheyuan: In 1943, the Major's Wife Was My Classmate 四合院：43年，大佐夫人我同学 (Power fantasy, spy drama, fighting the Japanese invaders, courtyard life) Lu Tong transmigrates to Beiping in 1943 and becomes an underground operative. Thanks to a recommendation from Nami Yoshiko, a former classmate from his time studying abroad, he gets a job at an army hospital. With a System at his side, Lu Tong receives all kinds of rewards for completing missions. Ding! Intelligence mission complete. Reward: ten crates of penicillin. Ding! Sniper mission complete. Reward: thirty Mauser 9 14Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 133 The Military Statistics Bureau's Iron Wall: The Japanese High Command's Lament 军统之铁壁：日军大本营的哀叹 Rebirth and transmigration + military intelligence + golden finger: Churchill: We’re broke. Fine, give him two million pounds’ worth of weapons for those two pieces of intelligence. He can pick them up himself; no delivery. Hitler: How did he find out that our Japanese allies are holding secret talks with the Soviets? Fine, let’s buy the meeting notes. Roosevelt: He can get us a Zero fighter? Write him a check, and ask if he’d like to switch sides while we’re at it. The Japanese: Who on earth le 1.5kReads7.8Score10114d adds
- 134 Defending the Nation Against Japan with Blood and Iron 抗日之铁血救国 Military enthusiast Li Erhu wakes up in the capital in 1935. That year, with the signing of the He-Umezu Agreement, Japan begins its invasion of China. Unfortunately for the Japanese, this guy has a badass System. You have Type 38 rifles? I've got M1 Garand semi-automatic rifles... You have Type 92 heavy machine guns? I've got MG42 general-purpose machine guns, nicknamed Hitler's buzz saw. I'll mow you down. You have Type 92 infantry guns? Heh, I've had 105 mm howitzers for ages. By the end of W 158Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 135 Fighting the Japanese: Weapons Designer at the Fengtian Arsenal 抗日，奉天兵工厂武器设计师 (Tags: Infinite Clones, Sign-In for Warhammer 40K Items, Ruthless, No Female Lead, Entertainment, Self-Made Weapons and Military Industry, Building a Faction, System Space) Li Qinwu transmigrates to the Fengtian Arsenal, with only a month left before the war begins. Fortunately, Li Qinwu obtains a sign-in System. His first sign-in grants him an Infinite Clone System: for just one kilogram of gold, he can get a body that obeys his every command. Watch as Li Qinwu uses his infinite clones to fight 61Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 136 Zhang Zongchang, Warlord of the Republican Era 民国枭雄张宗昌 General Zhang Zongchang, “The Fortune of a Lifetime Begins with Beiyang” That snowy night, I swung my fists alongside the Russian bastards, and blood splattered across the Vladivostok docks. They called me a mad dog. I just laughed. They didn’t understand: in this dog-eat-dog world, only the cruelest survive. With a hundred Mauser rifles in my arms, I led a band of desperados aboard a battered ship bound for home. The Shanghai military governor wanted to recruit me? A Zhili clique general wanted 2.7kReads7.3Score17714d adds
- 137 There’s a Ghost Under the Bed 《床下有鬼》 There’s a Ghost Under the Bed 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 One Terrifying Night for a Haunted House Sleep Tester 《凶宅试睡员的惊魂一夜》 A Terrifying Night for a Haunted House Sleep Tester 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Sadako Returns 《贞子复活》 Sadako Comes Back to Life 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 The Price of My Wife’s Affair 《老婆出轨的代价》 The Price of My Wife’s Affair 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Awakening After the Affair 《出墙后的醒悟》 Awakening After the Affair 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 142 Espionage: I Am a Parrot 谍战之我是鹦鹉 Not a bleeding heart, not invincible, a master of keeping his head down. A model citizen born under the red flag and raised in the spring breeze, he suddenly finds himself in the war-torn year of 1938. He has plenty of passion but no courage, and has always believed that keeping a low profile is the way to survive. After gaining a parrot double, he thrives in the secret service. You think I'm Juntong? You think I'm a traitor? You think I'm with the Red Party? No! I'm a parrot. 634Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 143 Shanghai, 1937: Here I Come 1937大上海，我来了 [Alternate history + revenge + spy warfare + modest golden finger + pocket dimension + battlefield + everyday life] After five years in the apocalypse, Wang Li died beneath the Zombie King’s claws while protecting her teammates. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a frail, orphaned girl in Jincheng during the Republican era. Her parents and elder brother had been killed in Shanghai, and her engagement was called off at the wedding banquet. Her uncle and a crooked merchant had divided 680Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 I Brought a Spatial Ring: Transmigrating to 1939 我带着空间戒指：穿越到1939 Web novelist Gu Wenxuan dies suddenly while staying up late to write. He takes a Space Ring he happened to acquire and transmigrates to Beiping in 1939, during the Republic of China era. The unfortunate part is that he has transmigrated into the body of a captain of a traitor’s secret-police squad. Now that he’s transmigrated, is he really supposed to become a traitor? Of course he won’t. But plenty of people from the Military Statistics Bureau want him to become a double agent. Now that Gu 22Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 145 Anti-Japanese War: The Special Forces' Ace, Old Six 抗日之特战军神王牌老六 Warrior king Wu Liu transmigrates to the blood-soaked battlefield of the War of Resistance against Japan, becoming Old Six, a man who delivers sesame flatbreads to the front lines. “So what if I'm Old Six? Old Six is the ace!” “To fight the Japanese, you ought to use Old Six's methods. Wipe them out!”... 2.6kReads8.3Score15614d adds
- 146 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 263Reads5.4Score10014d adds
- 147 Siheyuan: My Father Is a Guardian General, Shocking the Entire Courtyard 四合院：生父镇国大将，全院震惊 [Not too much edge + One Female Lead + Smart Characters + Military Family Background + Goes Beyond the Courtyard House] A playboy transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1952 and becomes the Chen family's adopted son. When he falls seriously ill, he gains a mental space. As he improves his family's living conditions, he gradually foils Yi Zhonghai's plans for someone to support him in his old age. Meanwhile, while working at the Public Security Bureau, he accidentally discovers that Granny Deaf is 382Reads5.8Score10714d adds
- 148 Siheyuan: From the Start, I’m a Vegetable, and I Send the Old Man to Jail 四合院：开局植物人，送大爷进局 He transmigrated into the body of Meng Haiyang, who had been in a vegetative state. People would stop at nothing to seize the Meng family home. They wanted his younger sister to marry Silly Zhu and planned to send him back to the countryside. Then he woke up! You three old men, sorry, but you're going to the station! And you lot, too… 55Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 149 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
- 150 Reborn in Republican-Era China, and You Give Me a Farming Space? 胎穿民国，您给我种植空间？ Republican era + espionage and resistance + slow burn + pocket dimension + merit store + fantasy Li Xiuyun was born into the Republican era. Faced with a time of upheaval and danger, she couldn't help but ask herself: Could an ordinary person with little education survive here? Yet fate seemed to offer her a glimmer of hope: she acquired a mysterious “temporary farming space,” which became the key to establishing herself in this era. The space was useful, but she had to reach level ten before sh 1.7kReads—Score10014d adds
