Novels like Siheyuan: Someone Has Their Eye on My House from the Start
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- 1 The Siheyuan That Began in 1946 从1946年开始的四合院 Cao Cao-style scheming + multiple women + pocket space + weak System + low-key courtyard drama + multiple plotlines + no brainless decisions. Cao Jiaren transmigrated to 1946 and, through a twist of fate, became a target of the Nationalist Party: a party member, a secret police agent, a big capitalist, a relative of old bureaucrats, someone with foreign connections, and a man with a messy romantic life, with every possible liability stacked against him. Yet he still thinks he can be salvaged and —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: You Took My House? I'm Back to Toy with the Beasts 四合院：占我房子？我归来溜禽兽 Lin Liqiang transmigrates into the courtyard, and everything goes wrong from the start: his parents are dead, his home has been seized, and he’s been kicked out of the courtyard. What’s there to fear? He heads off to study and train, planning to come back and dazzle them all, while having a little fun with the courtyard bullies along the way. A few years later, Lin Liqiang finishes his studies, and the steel mill begs him to return again and again before he finally does! Tremble, courtyard! Yi Z 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Siheyuan: My Life of Reversals as He Yuzhu 四合院：我！何雨柱的逆袭人生 At twenty-five, he somehow transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and, in the blink of an eye, becomes He Yuzhu! Ha! His father, He Daqing, actually skipped town! This is way too great. What an incredible start, like he’s the chosen one! His father ran off and left behind a big house. His dad may not care for his silly son, but plenty of people sure do! Of course he’s going to squeeze every last bit out of his old man. It’s all free stuff anyway, so he might as well claim it sooner 111Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Slay the Gods: The Gods of the Universe Call in Their Allies for a Brawl 斩神：宇宙诸神摇人打群架 [Slay the Gods + The End of Ten Days + Siheyuan + No Female Lead + Sequences + Roleplay + Madness + Over 360 Personalities + Multiple Professions] The gods from The End of Ten Days gather in a siheyuan after arriving in the world of Slay the Gods. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Siheyuan: I Refused to Help the Jia Family and Took Down the Beasts 四合院：我拒捐贾家，推翻众禽兽 Sometimes, you can't let someone go not because they're irreplaceable, but because you've invested too much time and energy in them. When you part, it feels as if the castle you carefully built with your time and youth has suddenly collapsed. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Siheyuan: A Man with a Woman's Face Takes on the Birds of the Courtyard 四合院之男生女相斗众禽 The tragic male protagonist, born with feminine features and breathtaking beauty, is constantly mistaken for a woman and harassed by his many admirers. After an accident, he transmigrates into a courtyard compound full of kindness, where he begins a legendary journey. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Enjoying the Heavens: Up and Down, Starting in the Siheyuan 诸天愉悦，上上下下从四合院开始 Three months after transmigrating, Wang Heng and Qin Huairu achieved perfect harmony in life. Spinning, stretching, adapting. Supercharged, reshaping, all at my command. Wang Heng, courtesy name Xinde: the Xin of Marquis Changxin, the De of Cao Mengde. With powers like these, how could he fail to roam the realms, invincible wherever he went? In an era of scarce supplies, he carries Minecraft, the game. The world's four biggest grain merchants? You think you can compete with me? In a Hong Kong cr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: Forced into Marriage from the Start, I Beat the Courtyard Beasts Senseless 四合院：开局被逼婚，狂抽众禽兽 [Siheyuan + Transmigration + System] What? You dare pressure my mother to remarry? Who do you think you are? Smack, smack, smack! I’ll beat the hell out of you animals. I’ll beat you to death and be done with it. Got a problem? Bring it on. Watch me trounce the whole Siheyuan. 153Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu, a Man Who Stands Tall! 四合院：顶天立地何雨柱！ After transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1955, he becomes He Yuzhu, the overly kindhearted protagonist! That year, He Daqing abandons his family and children to run off with Widow Bai. The He family's life is hard, and the neighbors treat them with cold indifference. Reborn, He Yuzhu decides not to be such a pushover as he was in his past life. Given a second chance, he is determined to live a brilliant life unlike before. As he opens the door and heads to the restaurant w —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: Taking Advice to Become a Ten-Thousand-Yuan Household, the Yard's Beasts Go Crazy 四合院：听劝成万元户，众禽疯了 Su Fan dies after being stabbed by a thug while trying to save someone, then transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan. Everyone in the compound hopes he'll die soon so they can divide up his estate. Jia Zhangshi wants his house as a wedding home for Jia Dongxu. Yan Bugui steals his factory job slot and gives it to his eldest son. Su Fan awakens the Take Advice System. The more the beasts try to harm him, the more money he makes. In just two days, he becomes a millionaire, leaving the beasts gr 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Deaf Old Lady Gets Pregnant from the Start 四合院开局聋老太怀孕 If you haven’t laughed by Chapter Five, you’re something else. Qin Nan, a corporate drone on Blue Star in 2024, gets so angry watching Love in the Courtyard that he smashes his phone. The phone explodes and transports him into the TV series. After the Deaf Grandma bullies him, Qin Nan begins to turn dark. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Soul-Transmigrated into Xu Damao: Wreaking Havoc in the Siheyuan 魂穿许大茂之玩坏四合院 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Siheyuan: Arriving in the Forty-Ninth City in 1959 四合院：来到59年的49城 Wei Jun came through a wormhole to a siheyuan in the 1960s. Watch as he gradually discovers the stories and gains new insights into this world. The protagonist is a bit of a scoundrel, and there are a female lead and other women, though he doesn't take every one of them... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Rising to Power in the Siheyuan World, Starting in the Northeast 四合院世界之从东北开始崛起 Yang Anying, a corporate wage slave from the 21st century, somehow transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and unexpectedly activates the Heaven Rewards the Diligent System. But to his surprise, he hasn't just transmigrated into the courtyard: this is a world where several TV dramas collide. Framed and manipulated by his childhood friend, who was hostile to his original self, the protagonist is forced to go to the countryside. As soon as he arrives in the Northeast, he gets caught up in a 184Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: I Have a Portal 四合院之我有传送门 A dropout who slipped through the cracks of the new society's nine years of compulsory education. A corporate wage slave who's worked away from home for over a decade. He returns to his hometown with broken dreams and crushing debts. Then he unexpectedly gains a teleportation skill that lets him travel back and forth between two places. What can he do with it? And what will he do? [Welcome, everyone. Come on in and read.] [Feel free to share your thoughts anytime.] —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu and the Canteen Wars 四合院：秦淮如之食堂风云 Qin Huairu transmigrates into a courtyard compound and works hard to transfer to the canteen kitchen. She takes on petty schemers, clears her name, and becomes a master chef, beginning her rise from humble beginnings. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Siheyuan: It All Began When I Married Qin Huairu 四合院：从娶妻秦淮茹开始 This is a lighthearted story without malice. The author believes people naturally seek benefits and avoid harm, and won’t go out of their way to provoke someone stronger than themselves. Chen Yu had been hoping to work hard and get ahead when he unexpectedly awakened a System. Every time he snatches a female lead away from someone, he receives a corresponding reward. For a better life, Chen Yu starts by stealing Qin Huairu away, and then things spiral out of control… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Siheyuan: I Rise to Success by Relying on Villains 四合院：我靠反派平步青云 Xu Cheng, a business-world elite, somehow ends up in a siheyuan. He originally planned to make a fresh start by playing a righteous character, but unexpectedly became a villain in the story. With the System guiding him step by step, Xu Cheng actually rises to success as a villain. Only, this villain of his seems to be gradually taking Silly Zhu’s place… And suddenly becomes the pride of the siheyuan! “Xu Cheng! Xu Cheng! Xu Cheng!” “The First, Second, and Third Masters unanimously nominate you t 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Siheyuan: A Happy Life Begins with a Sign-In System 四合院，从签到系统开始幸福生活 My new story is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! No bullying the birds and beasts. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Siheyuan: The System Wants Me to Be a Doormat? 四合院：系统让我当滥好人？ My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 I Transmigrated into Silly Zhu in 1969: From the Start, I Sent Bang Geng to the Great Northern Wilderness 穿越69傻柱：开局送棒梗北大荒 When Li Mu woke up, he found himself in the world of a Beijing courtyard in 1969, transmigrated into the body of 34-year-old He Yuzhu. The Lou family had already fled to Hong Kong more than three years ago! And because of Banggeng, Qin Huairu and he were still sneaking around, nowhere near as entangled as they were in the original story. Now, with Banggeng about to be sent to the countryside, Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai were urging the original He Yuzhu to pull strings and make arrangements for h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 A Leisurely Reborn Life in the Siheyuan 四合院重生的悠闲生活 My name is Li Min. I was reborn, returning to the day I started working at the steel mill. I passed my permanent employment assessment, but the question of who would get housing caused a stir in the siheyuan. Those people were always trying to trip me up. But I wasn't afraid. I handled every situation with care. I also had a special ability: I could collect negative emotions and use them to enter a prize draw. Along the way, He Yuzhu, Zhao Yehong, and the others stayed by my side. I had to work —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 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
- 24 Siheyuan: I'm Zhang Shihao. You Want to Talk Reason? 四合院：我张世豪，你想讲道理？ [Kill, kill, kill] [No saintly heroine] [Decisive and ruthless] Hong Kong underworld tough guy Zhang Shihao accidentally transmigrates into the Beast-Filled Courtyard. Hoping to get a second chance at life, he plans to be a good person this time around. But ideals are lofty while reality is harsh, and the people in the Beast-Filled Courtyard have no intention of letting him be a good person. From the start, his family is destroyed. His wife, Guo Jinfeng, goes missing, and they even seize his hou 2.4kReads6.1Score122Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: My Mother Is He Yushui 四合院：我的妈妈是何雨水 “It's fine. It's just a few things said out loud, isn't it? I'm used to it.” He Yushui waved her hand, pretending not to care. “She's old. There's no point getting worked up over it.” “You may not care, but she still needs to know when to stop.” Li Weidong's voice dropped, carrying a trace of barely restrained anger. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1957, Hunting Down the Beasts 四合院：重生1957，暗杀禽兽 [More vicious] [No dragging things out] [Pure wish fulfillment] [No redemption] [No saintly heroine] After transmigrating to 1957, Lin Chen becomes the easiest person in the whole courtyard to bully, an orphan with no family to support him. While his mother's body is not even cold, his beastly neighbors take turns coming to his door: stealing his property, seizing his home, and trying to take his life. They think he's still the sickly weakling they can slaughter at will. They don't know that Lin 5.4kReads5.1Score181Shelves
- 27 Siheyuan: From the Start, I’m Promoted to Grade Seven Fitter 四合院：开局晋升名单钳工 Chen Yu transmigrates to a world resembling Love in the Courtyard and discovers that the original owner was bludgeoned to death with a brick by Jia Dongxu. Worse, the original owner’s only relative, his younger sister, has stomach cancer and urgently needs money for medicine. From the original owner’s memories, Chen Yu learns that he’d finally completed the required years of service at the factory and qualified for promotion to Grade One Fitter. But on the final assessment list, his name had bee 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: After Three Years in the Modern World, I Return! 四合院：魂穿现代三年后，再临！ {Deep resentment + high IQ + no System + gentlemanly beast} Just look at what happens in the courtyard. Nobody’s picking fights out of nowhere! Jia Dongxu was only suspected after he was executed by firing squad, and there’s evidence to back it up! The courtyard arc is over. We’re on Nothing But Thirty now! Lin Feng was born and raised in the courtyard. One day, for some inexplicable reason, he became a vegetable. His soul traveled to 2015, where he spent several years, before returning to the c 191Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 29 Siheyuan: The Treasure Bowl Gives Me Food Freedom 四合院：聚宝盆让我实现干饭自由 [Siheyuan + period setting + single heroine + Comeback System + treasure basin] Su Jia’ao, trapped beneath the rubble by an earthquake, finally couldn't hold on any longer. When he woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated! And not just anywhere, but into the notorious Number 95 Courtyard of Beasts! His mother had died young, his father had died in an accident, and he had two younger siblings still needing to be fed. Su Jia’ao wanted nothing more than to go back to sleep and beg the heave —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: I Nearly Became a Vegetable 四合院差点植物人 I arrived at the courtyard house and woke up to find myself there, receiving the memories. Hey, it's only 1957. I'll move out of the courtyard house and begin the wonderful life of Li Nianyi and his wife's family. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 I’m Silly Zhu, and I’m Turning My Life Around as a Longtime Siheyuan Servant 我傻柱，从四合院长工开始翻身 In the sixteenth year of the Republic, order collapsed and warlords fought among themselves. A small town, thanks to its unusual location, had yet to be touched by the spreading fires of war. It remained peaceful, like a paradise apart from the world. But with the tide of events turning, its tranquility seemed only skin-deep. How easy is it for people in constant fear to hope for lasting peace? In the end, the so-called paradise was nothing more than a fleeting dream. A young man nicknamed Silly —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 I Have a Pocket Dimension in the Siheyuan 四合院我有空间 The protagonist, Lin Yu, is reborn in the 1950s and has a pocket dimension from the start. He works as a procurement officer in a siheyuan. He collects antiques, goes into business later on, helps the country develop its technology, and searches for treasure overseas, among other things. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Siheyuan: A Bunch of Beasts? I Can Handle Them 四合院：众禽？我还收拾不了他们 Liu Xiaofeng accidentally transmigrates to a courtyard-house world in the early days of the People's Republic of China, where he becomes an employee at a scrap collection station. In this courtyard, filled with complicated relationships, he has to deal with a group of selfish neighbors, each with their own agenda. He Yuzhu is impulsive and quick-tempered, easily led astray by Yi Zhonghai. He Yushui is selfish and watches from the sidelines. The Liu Haizhong family is full of conflict: Liu Haizho —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 World-Capturing Slave Net: Starting With the War Against the Japanese in Siheyuan 万界捕奴网：从四合院灭倭开始 Yanshan was spearfishing when he got tangled in a torn fishing net and drowned. He then transmigrated into the siheyuan world, returning to the capital in 1940. At that time, the capital was shrouded in the bloody, oppressive darkness of Japanese invaders and Chinese traitors... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Rebirth of Silly Zhu in the Siheyuan 四合院傻柱之重生 Reborn in 1939, He Yuzhu, a former special forces soldier, unexpectedly obtains a spatial ring and is reborn in the body of He Yuzhu, a resident of a courtyard home. As he faces the Japanese soldiers in the capital, his story begins. Along the way, the novel explores the relationships and everyday dealings among the courtyard’s residents. 176Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Siheyuan: You Hate My High Salary, So I Quit. Why Are You Crying? 四合院：嫌我工资高，我走你哭啥 [No Saintly Do-Gooder + Scheming + Revenge the Same Day + Won't Let Anyone Walk All Over Him + Well-Rounded] Huo Feng transmigrates to the 1950s, where he and Bai Ling have been childhood friends. When his childhood sweetheart wants to start a factory, Huo Feng doesn't hesitate to put his skills to work. The steelworks thrives, and with nothing left to do, Huo Feng steps back behind the scenes. But the leaders, headed by Bai Ling, fire him outright for “slacking off and shirking his duties.” Bai 232Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Siheyuan: Wild Goods System from the Start 四合院：开局野货系统 After waking up, Su Ping An discovered that he had transmigrated to a place called Beastly Courtyard. Everything there felt strange and confusing, as though he had entered an entirely new world. But what surprised Su Ping An even more was that he had awakened a mysterious System called the Wild Goods System. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 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—Shelves
- 39 The Great Era: Starting Out as a Trendsetter in Siheyuan 大时代：从四合院开始做个弄潮儿 Back in this tumultuous era, Zhang Che set himself two goals. First, he would enjoy his own little life, and when he got bored, find other people to amuse himself with. Then, he would make a name for himself in this era. Art, literature, entertainment, technology... If he could get involved, he would. If he couldn't, he would meddle anyway. He aimed to become the nightmare that students of future generations couldn't avoid. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Siheyuan: Technician? No, Call Me Big Brother! 四合院：技术员？不，叫大哥！ The story follows Wu Weiguo as he works his way up from a technician to a leadership position through his own ability and ingenuity. Along the way, he has a series of encounters with his neighbors in the courtyard, offering a glimpse into people’s lives and clashing values in that era. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Siheyuan: I Have a Heroic Spirit Doppelganger 四合院：我有一个英魂分身 [Low on angst] [Everyday life] [Exacting revenge] [Heroic spirit avatar] [Siheyuan] [Rise to the top] Zhao Pu unexpectedly transmigrated into a siheyuan courtyard and gained the power of a heroic spirit avatar. From then on, his fate changed! Trying to scheme against me? I'll strike first and make you pay! Trying to extort me? I'll turn the tables until you have no way to complain! Yi Zhonghai was stunned: "What happened to the retirement plan we agreed on? Where did everyone go?" Jia Zhangshi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Stop Being a Simp and Make Her Sweat 四合院：傻柱，不当舔狗，让她急 In the twenty-seventh year of the Republic, Silly Zhu transmigrates to Beiping and binds himself to the “Spatial Analysis System.” He becomes a master chef in minutes and had planned to live a quiet life. But all the parasites in the courtyard are trying to take advantage of him and make him the sucker. Well, that won’t do. If they want to play games, let’s see how Silly Zhu takes over the courtyard. I’ll start by kidnapping you! Qin Shuiru can be a hypocrite all she likes. When she comes by to 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Siheyuan: Fighting Over a House? The Entire Factory's Leadership Begged Me to Stay 四合院：抢房？全厂领导求我别走 An Bangguo transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. He thinks that with his parents' love, his life will go smoothly. But an accident turns him into the orphaned son of martyrs, and the scoundrels seize the Siheyuan house his parents left behind. The sixteen-year-old is driven out of the Siheyuan. Little do those scoundrels know that he will return as an engineer. [Ding! Scoundrel-Reform System activating...] [Welcome back, Host.] [Mission objective: Reform the miscreants in the Siheyuan. S 496Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Everyday Life in the Siheyuan 在四合院的日常 Wang Dongwen, an ordinary nobody from the twenty-first century, transmigrates to the 1950s. No 996 work schedules, no car loans or mortgages. Life may be tough, but people are in good spirits. The story unfolds amid the love and rivalries of the Siheyuan at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang and the steel mill! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Siheyuan: I Owe All My Success to My Own Hard Work 四合院之我能成功全靠自己努力 Reporter: “Mr. Li, there are rumors that all your success today comes from living off women. What do you have to say about that?” Years later, when Li Bai was interviewed by a reporter, he replied, “Everything I’ve achieved today comes from my own hard work.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Siheyuan: A Twisted System Helps Me Become the Top Dog 四合院，变态度统助我称雄 A food-delivery and errand guy at the bottom of 21st-century society runs up forty-four flights of stairs and drops dead. He transmigrates into Silly Zhu in Love in the Courtyard… In the end, he opens restaurants and a food factory, becoming the richest man of his era. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Siheyuan: Burning Passion, Years Like Fire 四合院：激情燃烧，岁月如火 In his previous life, Cai Kun was a “hero” who saved someone from drowning... Most importantly, this Kun is not that Kun. Our Cai Kun is a hot-blooded, patriotic young man, burning with fervor! His Kun is vast and boundless... He has nothing to do with the entertainment industry... By accident, his soul transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. Faced with schemes and all those beasts, he doesn't give up. Instead, he works hard and plots to find a new job. When facing spies and enemies, he crushe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Siheyuan: I Spout Nonsense, and the Beasts Take It Seriously 四合院：我胡说八道，被禽兽当真 Wang Kun transmigrates into a courtyard house and somehow acquires the ultimate Matchmaker System. Set people up with partners and he earns rewards. He gets a score based on how compatible the match is, and the higher the score, the better the reward. Great, great! What are we waiting for? Time for the master matchmaker to get to work! Yan Bugui: “I think Second Auntie still has plenty of charm!” Silly Zhu: “A widow? If you’re going to find one, go for a longtime widow. Qin Huairu is nowhere nea 9kReads8.1Score440Shelves
- 49 Siheyuan: The Shameless One 四合院之无耻之徒 After Wang Jianjun uses his System to rob the world, he is assigned to a courtyard compound, where he starts tormenting the beasts with shameless, vile tactics! He has unlimited supplies and an indestructible body! He kills without batting an eye, and is ruthless and cold-hearted! 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Siheyuan: I Raise Mosquitoes to Drain the Beasts’ Fortune 四合院：我养蚊子，吸干禽兽气运 Li Baoguo gets lucky while rescuing someone and his soul transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. He is reborn in the body of a street loafer. Just after he’s reborn, Li Baoguo is beaten half to death, while Jia Zhangshi, who lives in the same courtyard, prays every day that he’ll die soon so she can steal the Li family’s property. Looking at the courtyard full of beasts, Li Baoguo is furious and swears he won’t just die like this. At the same time, he awakens a System! The Mosquito-Raising Sys 74Reads5.5Score—Shelves
