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- 151 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Insists on Marrying Me 四合院：秦淮茹非要嫁给我 [Siheyuan] [Family Matters] [Low on Hostility] [Stealing Qin Huairu from Someone Else] Qin Xiaofeng was a miserable 007-style office worker. After suddenly dying at his desk, he transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He awakened the Fated Wage Slave System. As long as he showed up at his workstation each day, he could claim supplies through sign-ins. He also had a portable space where he could grow crops and raise livestock. Barely had he arrived when he heard that a young woman 123Reads5.5Score10314d adds
- 152 Starting Out as a Scrap Collector in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始收破烂儿 Yu Li: That’s my man. Louzi: Bad guy. Qin Huairu: He’s the man I can never have. Yu Ren: I collect scrap. I’ll take all kinds of discarded materials, living or dead, iron or wood... 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Siheyuan: The Yan Family's Eldest Son 四合院：阎家老大 The sunshine of the 1950s was warm and bright, as pure and innocent as a newborn baby. This era was like a vast stage, where people grew and thrived, creating countless wonderful memories. 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Siheyuan: From a Courtyard Full of Beasts to One Full of Love 四合院：从禽满到情满 After work, I watched a courtyard-compound drama. I transmigrated after complaining that the bullies were acting like bullies, and was forced to bind with a System. The System wants me to treat the compound’s bullies like ancestors and pamper them? I’m doing the exact opposite. But Su Tian discovered that this way, he earned even more rewards. And so Su Tian’s life began to flourish. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Siheyuan: The Yan Family Eldest Son's Comeback 四合院：阎家老大的逆袭 After transmigrating into the eldest son of Yan Bugui, the courtyard’s penny-pinching Third Master, Yan Jiecheng faces a major challenge as soon as he’s born. The high school entrance exam is only three months away, but his original self’s grades are abysmal. He binds to a protective sign-in System that provides top-student resources, practical supplies, and skill boosts, steadily building up his abilities. He stays out of the courtyard’s petty squabbles, focuses on living his own life, and w 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Siheyuan: Make Way! I’m Going to Be a Beast! 四合院：让开！我要当禽兽！ [Siheyuan courtyard + wish fulfillment + leveling up + medicine + putting vicious neighbors in their place + System + Hong Kong] Lu Yu transmigrates into a Siheyuan courtyard and binds to an invincible System, gaining a personal storage space. In the resource-scarce 1960s, Lu Yu has every kind of grain, oil, and flour he could want, and meat at every meal! The neighbors accuse him of embezzlement? Sorry, every item he owns and every cent he earns can stand up to scrutiny! So, you're plotting beh 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 My Siheyuan Comes with a Different Space 四合院之我有异空间 I used to be an ordinary wage worker. Just when I'd finally gotten a chance at a promotion, an accident sent me transmigrating to a siheyuan in 1965, where I became a young man named He Yuzhu, nicknamed Silly Zhu. Luckily, I came with a pocket-dimension System, and inside the pocket dimension was the entire Xidan Shopping Center. In this era of scarce goods, let's see how I play the pig to eat the tiger. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Siheyuan: Starting Out as a Mechanical Engineer 四合院：从机械工程师开始 Reborn into Love in the Courtyard Li Yang skipped three grades in one go, became Kyoto's top scorer in the university entrance exam, and got into Huaqing University. Four years later, he returned and gained the most powerful System. It was nothing short of a miracle. Is Li Yang only a Level Seven mechanic? No, he's also a master chef, a master machinist, a master electrician, and a master chef. He'd planned to live a quiet, ordinary life, but unfortunately, those scoundrels all have their own ag —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Siheyuan: Huaihua and I Return to the City from the Countryside 四合院：我和槐花知青返城 Yang Xinghua was born in 1978. By chance, Yang Xinghua rescues Huaihua, who had been sent to the Northeast countryside as an educated youth. Yang Xinghua pulls a little trick, secures a spot to return to the city with Huaihua, and heads back to the capital. As soon as he gets back to Beijing, he takes Banggeng’s room for himself. He opens a restaurant, becomes a self-employed business owner, ventures into industry, and exploits Silly Zhu. Jia Zhangshi won’t be allowed to lounge around at home ei —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Siheyuan: I Can Exchange Foreign Currency 四合院：我能换外汇 Stirring up trouble in the courtyard house, crashing the Hong Kong stock market and starting a bank, splitting up with the Russians and becoming an oligarch, rising to prominence during the subprime mortgage crisis... In short: a scumbag who goes from the courtyard house to taking on the world... 1.6kReads5.8Score—14d adds
- 161 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Comeback, Am I Supposed to Keep Quiet? 四合院：傻柱逆袭，我话不话啊？ I lived another life and returned to an old Beijing courtyard, becoming He Yuzhu, whom everyone called “Silly Zhu.” The moment I stepped into the courtyard, I realized the place was full of troublemakers! Even the tiniest little thing somehow got dragged back to me, He Yuzhu. They clung to me like a swarm of mosquitoes, eager to drain me dry! But luckily, I still had the skills I'd brought with me before I transmigrated. I, He Yuzhu, let out a cold laugh. To hell with it! I'd take on those “ 252Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Siheyuan: The Little Doctor's Courtyard of Collected Heroines 四合院：小郎中的女角收集院 Xue Lin's soul transmigrates into Courtyard No. 96 on Nanluoguxiang in 1961! While outsmarting the beasts in the courtyard, he carries on the fine tradition of helping others by voluntarily helping them support their wives... [The story doesn't rely on the System. It only comes into play at key moments.] 1.2kReads5.6Score10714d adds
- 163 Siheyuan: I Snatched Qin Huairu, and Dongxu Died of Rage on the Spot 四合院：截胡秦淮茹东旭当场气死 He transmigrates to the capital and finds himself on South Luogu Lane. It's 1952, before the natural disasters strike. A beautiful wife, a spatial farm, an eye for antiques and gold, and an unlimited storage space. Watch Chen Xiao enjoy a happy life! (P.S. This is a slow-burn story.) 41Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 164 Siheyuan: Starting at 62, I'm a Super Genius 四合院：开局62，我是超级天才 [Courtyard drama + putting the beasts through the wringer + heaven-defying comprehension + technological development] Lin Feng somehow transmigrates into the world of the courtyard. He has barely arrived when Yi Zhonghai offers to be his godfather. Of course, he turns him down without hesitation. He obtains the heaven-defying comprehension System. He glances at a textbook. Ding! Engineer skills unlocked. He studies steelmaking. Ding! Steelmaking technology unlocked. He looks at an imported machi 303Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 165 Liu Liu Hong Xi Gua's Eighth Book 六六红西瓜的第8本书 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Siheyuan: Yan Jiecheng Refuses to Be Bled Dry 四合院：闫解成坚决不被吸血 After transmigrating into the world of Siheyuan, he wakes up as Yan Jiecheng, who has just graduated from middle school. His stingy father, Yan, demands that he take a temporary job at the steel mill. Yan Jiecheng sorts out his thoughts. With a pocket dimension at his disposal, he decides to ignore the arrangement and refuses to let his family leech off him. He cuts ties with the Yan family and builds a different kind of life. 2kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 167 Siheyuan: I, He Yuzhu, Won't Be Used for My Money Anymore 四合院：我！何雨柱不在被吸血 He Yuzhu unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming his 15-year-old self. In his previous life, Yi Zhonghai manipulated him into supporting him in old age. He even married Qin Huairu, only to die miserably beneath a bridge. This time, he is determined to make up for every regret and turn his life around. After awakening a Proficiency System, he can gain proficiency simply by working hard, rapidly improving all kinds of skills. From then on, He Yuzhu follows a di —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu’s Leg Is Broken from the Start 四合院：开局傻柱踢断腿 Li Jianshe unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of “Love in the Courtyard” and obtains the Everything Fusion System. By fusing different items, he can gain the corresponding abilities and attributes. After an accident at the steel mill, Yi Zhonghai teams up with Silly Zhu to suppress Li Jianshe, hoping to seize his father’s job. At the critical moment, Li Jianshe fuses rebar and gains the attributes of steel, turning the tables on Silly Zhu. From then on, he uses the System to thrive in the 463Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 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—14d adds
- 170 Siheyuan: I Awoke First from the Great Dream 四合院之大梦我先觉 Life doesn't involve such long-term scheming. It's just that when people encounter certain events, the choices they make lead their lives down different paths. When He Yuzhu wakes up, he has dreamed of Lou Xiao'e returning with her son more than ten years later to find him. By then, he has already become someone else's stepfather. Out of kindness and a sense of responsibility as a man, He Yuzhu is forced to live apart from his own son, becoming just like the father he once hated: He Daqing. But 872Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 171 Reborn in the 1940s 重生从40年代开始 An orphan from the 21st century is unexpectedly reborn in the 1940s. [Supreme Evergreen Cultivation Art + Space + Courtyard House + TV and Film Crossover + Hong Kong Crossover + Multiple Heroines + the Myriad Worlds] Lin Feng, a wage slave from the 21st century, transmigrates to the late 1930s. He’s reborn only to become an orphan all over again. Then he stumbles upon a cultivation technique and a space that can take him to other worlds. From then on, he fulfills all kinds of dreams and encounte 11Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 172 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—14d adds
- 173 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—14d adds
- 174 The Outcast: Starting with Marrying the Perfect Bride in Siheyuan 一人：四合院从迎娶完美新娘开始 After transmigrating to the 1950s, Zhao Fangyao becomes the younger brother of Zhao Fangxu, who oversees matters involving extraordinary people. Having just completed a mission to protect a scientist returning to China, he leaves the military and returns to the capital, where he becomes the head of security at a steel mill. Before he can even settle into his new job, a senior official rushes him off to a blind date... A world combining Siheyuan and The Outcast. With his innate Merit System, Zhao —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Siheyuan: The Deaf Old Lady Got Arrested. What Does That Have to Do with Me? 四合院：聋老太被抓，与我何干！ [Siheyuan + intelligence + everyday life + a touch of ruthlessness + no goody-two-shoes + multiple heroines + tomb raiding] (Some parts of the plot were a little unreasonable, but have been revised after readers pointed them out!) After transmigrating into the world of the Siheyuan, Wang Ping’an gets a job at the local subdistrict office! By sheer coincidence, on his very first day at work he stumbles into a major espionage case, one that also implicates Deaf Granny. What a coincidence! The very 2.4kReads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Siheyuan: I'm He Yuzhu, and I Don't Have to Sleep Under a Bridge Anymore 四合院之我何雨柱不用睡天桥了 He transmigrates and unexpectedly becomes He Yuzhu. He vows never to be anyone’s simp, but then awakens a Simp System, leaving him no choice but to deliver the classic line: “Keep simping to the end, and you’ll get everything you want.” 569Reads6.0Score10114d adds
- 177 Siheyuan: After the Breakup, I Activated a Daily Intelligence System 四合院：分手后，激活每日情报 [Transmigration]+ [System]+ [Feel-Good Power Fantasy]+ [Multiple Heroines] Ye Chen transmigrates to 1961 and becomes Lou Xiao'e's classmate. After graduating, they become a couple. But the good times don’t last. The Lou family disapproves, and Lou Xiao'e asks to break up. “Ye Chen, let’s break up.” Just then, the Daily Intelligence System activates. According to the intelligence, Lou Xiao'e wants to spend the night with you before you get married. Will you accept? According to the intelligence, 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 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 24Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 179 Rising Through the Publicity Department of Siheyuan 四合院从宣传科崛起 Shen Jianjun makes a living in the bustling big city by editing all kinds of film and TV clips for Douyin. Whenever he has a little spare cash, he heads to a village on the outskirts of town to help some young women in ragged clothes improve their lives. Who would have thought that he’d wake up one morning in a courtyard house... 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Transmigrate to the World of Siheyuan, Build Wealth and Prosper 穿越四合院世界，发家致富 Li Ergou transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan during a time of poverty. He works hard and uses his own methods to build an enviable life, though Li Ergou can be a bit of a dog! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 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. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Siheyuan: The Courtyard Is Full of Beasts, and Qin Huairu Is Panicking! 四合院：满院禽兽，秦淮茹好慌！ Qin Huarou is singing and dancing on the stage at her graduation when she suddenly misses a step and transmigrates to a courtyard house, taking over Qin Huairu’s identity. Every man here wants to get his hands on her body. He Yuzhu wants to fawn over her, Xu Damao wants to take advantage of her, and even Yi Zhonghai has designs on her? Her cheap son Banggeng wants to set her up, and her wicked mother-in-law Jia Zhangshi bullies her. Faced with all these beasts in the courtyard, what will she cho 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Siheyuan: My Little World Leaves the Neighbors Fuming 四合院：我的小世界让众禽破防了 [Transmigrate + Era + Pocket Dimension + Wits and Strategy + Mastermind Behind the Scenes] Lin Lei opens his eyes to find himself in Love in the Courtyard, a frail, dying young man whose parents are both dead. Surrounded by the courtyard’s “worst of the worst”: The greedy, sharp-tongued Jia Zhangshi? The master of moral blackmail, Yi Zhonghai? The sinister, crafty Xu Damao? The scheming, inscrutable Deaf Old Madam? And Silly Zhu, trapped in a toxic relationship, along with the calculating Qin Hu 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, We All Want to Marry You 四合院：傻柱！我们都要嫁给你 (No System + pure wish fulfillment + Sigma male + crossover of multiple shows) After his soul enters the world of My Own Swordsman in Siheyuan, Silly Zhu becomes everyone's heartthrob! The Eight Hundred, Man Is Iron, Rice Is Steel, Under the Zhengyang Gate... A whole new Siheyuan universe! Qin Huairu, I'll raise your children. Lou Xiao'e, I'll shoulder your future. Qin Jingru, I'll soothe your grievances. Third Auntie, please behave yourself at your age... Qin Huairu, I'll raise your children. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 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—14d adds
- 186 Siheyuan: I’m Heading to the Countryside 四合院：我要上山下乡 Xu Jinyan left a courtyard and became the only son in a once-prosperous farming family that had fallen on hard times. It was the height of the educated youth movement, and he was fortunate enough to be assigned to Xiaoqinghe, in nearby Fangshan. Who could have guessed that the gang would try to seize his home? So Qin Huairu and Silly Zhu joined forces, taking advantage of Xu Jinyan's family background. They wanted to send him to a remote area to tend horses. Luckily, he got a choice. “Option One —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Rising Step by Step in the Siheyuan 我在四合院步步高升 I transmigrated into a minor official in a Beijing courtyard compound, only to be schemed against by the entire compound from the start. I struck back by using the System’s supplies to pave my way and letting my achievements speak for themselves. A hypocrite wants to block my career? Then I’ll show you what power really means! 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Siheyuan: I'm an Eighth-Level Toolmaker from the Start 四合院：我！开局八级钳工 Yang Xuan is reborn into the world of the Siheyuan and awakens an AFK System that can raise his fitter skills to level eight within a month. Since the previous Yang Xuan had fallen into the water and been rescued by He Yuzhu, Yang Xuan decides to use his foreknowledge to set He Yuzhu and his sister straight from the start. He knows that people like Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu are too cunning for the He siblings to handle easily. With his golden finger and complete knowledge of the plot, Yang Xuan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu’s Fantasies Made Real 四合院：傻柱的幻想具现 An unlucky transmigrator from the Tomato Orphanage transmigrates into Silly Zhu. Becoming a grown man in his thirties has cost Silly Zhu ten years of his life, and he is so frustrated he wants to bang his head against a wall. Luckily, before leaving, Mother Earth gives him a golden finger that lets him live a happy life: the power to use resentment to make anything he imagines real. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Siheyuan: I, He Xiao, a Business Prodigy of the 1990s 四合院我何晓九十年代商业鬼才 He Xiao transmigrates to the 1990s, only to discover that he's the son of Silly Zhu from the courtyard full of beasts! The 1990s are a land of opportunity, but He Xiao finds himself in dire straits. His mother dies of a heart attack, and when he returns to Beijing to find his father, He Yuzhu, he catches Banggeng driving him out of the house. What should He Xiao do now? Having transmigrated here, he vows to make everyone pay! Then he invests and starts businesses, mastering the world of finance. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Siheyuan: Villain? What Could I Possibly Do That’s Bad? 四合院：反派，能有什么坏心思？ Cao Fei, a descendant of Wei Wu, transmigrates to a courtyard in the 1950s, becomes a fake eunuch, and activates a wicked System. Jia Zhangshi covets my house and sends Qin Huairu, his fiancée-to-be, to my place. I turn the tables and claim her for myself. Silly Zhu thinks I've got cancer and wants to inherit my assets and my woman. I turn the tables and strip him of everything he owns. Yi Zhonghai thinks I'm the last of my line and wants me to support him in his old age. I turn the tables and h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Siheyuan: I Arrived Too Late 四合院之我来晚了 Li Kang never imagined that he would wake up and transmigrate into the world of Birds Full of the Courtyard. Unfortunately, he transmigrated rather late, ten years after the story began. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Siheyuan: Our Nation's Master Craftsman Is Far Ahead 四合院：大国天工遥遥领先 No System, no supernatural powers: technology, national destiny, military affairs, and farming. Reborn into a courtyard compound, surrounded by selfish neighbors and facing a lonely end, I can only defy fate and change my destiny. He Yuzhu, a cook, takes machinery as his ingredients and cooks up a glorious new age. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 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
- 195 Siheyuan: Lay Low Until I'm Grown, Then Take on the Scoundrels 四合院：先苟到大再去打禽兽 In 1958, an eighteen-year-old arrived in the courtyard, kicking Yuzhu and slapping Zhonghai! The little System talked a big game, claiming it could do anything. The System is somewhat useful, but it can't do everything. What a braggart! What a chuunibyou! I spent half a month's wages at a foot massage parlor, then fell asleep while waiting for Technician No. 99. No idea why! When I opened my eyes, the technician was gone, and I had become a child! The System told me to go to Love in the Cou 273Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 196 Siheyuan: I Have Tons of Skills 四合院：我技能超多 Lin Yang gains the ability to send his soul into a courtyard house! When he falls asleep in the real world, his soul travels to Courtyard No. 95, where he earns regret points. “Hungry, sis?” Lin Yang asks, offering his adorable little sister some snacks. From the start, Old Deaf Granny tells the siblings to accept Yi Zhonghai as their godfather? I’ll curse you to death, you old hag! Silly Zhu tries throwing his weight around with Lin Yang? You must have no idea what I can do! The “Thieving Saint 125Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 197 Siheyuan: I Rule the Steelworks with an Iron Fist 四合院：我在轧钢厂只手遮天 [Low-profile System - invincible background - lie flat lifestyle] Shen Xian, an ordinary young man, accidentally transmigrates to 1956, only to discover that this is the world of the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. The golden finger, the System, has one primary mission for Shen Xian: move into Courtyard No. 95 and get a job at the steel mill. Shen Xian has no choice but to retire from the military and transfer to the steel mill. He starts as head of security and climbs the ranks step by step. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Siheyuan: From the Start in 1961, I'm a Genius 四合院：61开局，我是天才 [Courtyard drama + heaven-defying comprehension + giving the scoundrels a hard time + strengthening the nation through science and technology + development] Qin Yu accidentally transmigrates into the world of "Love in a Courtyard". He has barely arrived when Yi Zhonghai wants to sell his own job slot. Can Qin Yu really let him get his way? After Yi Zhonghai gets the better of him, he nurses a grudge and begins plotting revenge. Several members of the Jia family also start scheming against the pr 128Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 199 Siheyuan: Li Huozhi's Adventures in the City 四合院：李豁子进城记 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Siheyuan: God of Dimensions 四合院：维度之神 One day, a cultivation-obsessed shut-in suddenly attained enlightenment, shattered the void, and transmigrated to the world of Siheyuan Courtyard. See how the protagonist, with mind and body as one, transforms in countless ways and roams the world freely... The story isn't too aggressive, and has both good and evil. The protagonist is a cold man with few feelings, yet also an ordinary person full of compassion... 303Reads5.8Score—14d adds
