Novels like Siheyuan: I Came Back from the Army
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- 51 Siheyuan: The System Is a Troll, So How Is That My Fault? 四合院【系统是老六，怪我喽】 The protagonist, Zhang Weiguo, unlocks a god-tier System. No, wait, a schemer System. The original residents of the courtyard are in for a rough time. (The story isn't too intense. It's mainly lighthearted and laid-back. Don't miss it if you happen to pass by!) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 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! 542Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 53 Siheyuan: Save Silly Zhu, Bully the Beasts 四合院：拯救傻柱，欺负众禽 After drinking himself to death, Liu Jianye is reborn in Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he is on the brink of death, with Jia Zhangshi trying to seize his property deed. Only by outsmarting the courtyard’s scheming neighbors does he manage to get a foothold. Jia Zhangshi is outmaneuvered and detained. He helps He Yuzhu, berates Yan Bugui until he sees sense, and sends Yi Zhonghai to prison, turning the whole courtyard upside down. He keeps a low profile but acts boldly: developing new te 104Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 54 Film and TV Crossover: From the Start, I Steal Yu Li Away 综视：开局截胡于莉 I got so worked up watching a TV drama that the System selected me on the spot. Now I’ll experience different lives and lessons in all kinds of TV shows. My first stop is the courtyard famous for being full of “beasts.” I’ve become He Yuzhu, the character in the show. What kind of sparks will fly? The journey is about to begin. The courtyard arc is complete. Part Two: Little Woman at Zhengyang Gate. Part Three: A Man Is Iron, Rice Is Steel. 673Reads6.5Score112Shelves
- 55 Siheyuan: From Fighting the Japanese to Joining Bureau 749 四合院：从抗日到进入749局 After Bo Ying’s soul transmigrates into another body, he gains the ability to travel through time and space twice, along with an immense storage space. By transmigrating through time and space, he acquires soldiers and supplies. How will he face the challenges ahead? 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Siheyuan: Revenge from the Start, Sending Jia Dongxu Off the Show 四合院：开局复仇请贾东旭下线 [Farming Base] + [Soul Transmigration] + [Everyday Farming] + [Violent Streak, Mild at First and Gradually Intensifying] + [Business] + [Technology] Zhang Mu’s previous life ended when Jia Dongxu killed him. Now Zhang Mu has arrived in a new body, and he won’t hesitate to punish and take revenge on the courtyard’s troublemakers. 7.9kReads6.2Score242Shelves
- 57 Transmigrating to the Red-Hot Era 穿越火红年代 He enlists to defend his country, then after leaving the military is assigned a job at a steel mill and moves into a courtyard house. He works and lives alongside his big brother, hoping to repay the man who raised him for as long as he lives. This is the story of an ordinary person's everyday life. 5.1kReads6.2Score179Shelves
- 58 Siheyuan: Blind from the Start, I Crush Every Beast in the Courtyard 四合院：瞎眼开局，镇压全院禽兽 After transmigrating into the world of the beastly courtyard, he became a blind man who couldn't even find a wife from the start. He even lost his blind date with Qin Huairu to Jia Dongxu. Luckily, Heaven gave him an incredible talent: the Four-Courtyard Emotion Collection System. As long as he kept collecting the emotions of everyone in the courtyard, he could randomly obtain all kinds of talents and rewards. Jealousy from Jia Dongxu +300: Received ten eggs! Dissatisfaction from Yi Zhonghai +20 131Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 Wang Gang in the Siheyuan 四合院里的王刚 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Siheyuan: I'm a Military Industry Genius! I Cleaned Out the Soviets 四合院：我！军工天才，搬空毛子 [Military industry] [Genius] [Period] [Power fantasy] [Siheyuan] In 1960, Lin Ye, a government-sponsored student studying abroad, unexpectedly awakens an incredibly powerful pocket dimension! Using his “genius” persona as a cover, he quietly “clears out” the Soviet Union's most advanced aviation technology, even acquiring the complete blueprints for the Tu-160 bomber! After returning home, a single set of cutting-edge blueprints shocks the military industry ministry. He is exceptionally appointe 3Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 61 Siheyuan: Winning the War of Words 四合院之口战群舌 [System + single heroine + everyday life + funny courtyard drama] The story is fairly low-key and focused on everyday life, with the colorful neighbors of the courtyard adding some spice. A courtyard full of busybodies is also known as a courtyard full of laughs. Ever since Silly Zhu from Courtyard No. 95 came down with a sexually transmitted disease, the news spread through the entire alley as if it had wings. From then on, the neighborhood aunties had one more juicy bit of gossip to discuss ev 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Watches the World Unfold and Coasts to Victory 四合院：何雨柱笑看风云，躺赢 It's a bloodbath across the whole compound. The Deaf Old Lady is standing behind Yi Zhonghai. First, take out Jia Donglü, then the First Aunt, followed by the Deaf Old Lady. Xu Damao married a country woman, but the Lou family never thought much of him. Liu Guangqi got his legs broken. Any disagreement, and it's straight to the killing! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 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—Shelves
- 64 Siheyuan: I Sent Jia Dongxu on His Way 四合院：我送走了贾东旭 I’m Xu Damao, and I’m here to support good people! Being reborn as Xu Damao was bad enough, but that damn System made him keep doing good deeds too! The thing was, while Xu Damao thought he was doing good, everyone else felt like he was getting them into trouble. Years later, Xu Damao had become a model citizen of the new era. But Yi Zhonghai, Silly Zhu, and the others trembled whenever they saw him! 522Reads6.8Score102Shelves
- 65 Siheyuan: I'm Nobody's Doormat 四合院：我又不是大冤种 One day, he transmigrates into Silly Zhu, the fool from Love in the Courtyard, and is completely dazed. Once he gets over the shock, all he can do is accept his new identity. What else can he do? He might as well go all in. If necessary, he'll defy fate and change his destiny. He refuses to accept the original owner's tragic ending. It's either mutual destruction or a life of success and prosperity! 260Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 66 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Reborn as a Master Chef from the Start 四合院重生何雨柱，开局神级厨师 Most people in this world lead ordinary, unremarkable lives, and He Yuzhu is no exception. When the soul of an ordinary person inhabits He Yuzhu, his world changes forever. That change has nothing to do with absurd toilet-humor plots, invincibility auras, or all kinds of talismans. He Yuzhu, now the new vessel for this soul, must first deal with the complicated relationships in the courtyard compound. There is no pure black or white here. Everyone has their own little schemes. He is no longer th 216Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai Wrote a Letter to Report Me? I'll Ruin Him! 四合院：易中海写信举报？玩残！ [Siheyuan, System, feel-good, leveling up, putting villains in their place] Yang Guang transmigrates into a Siheyuan and binds himself to an invincible System from the start. Yi Zhonghai can't stand watching me rise higher and higher, so he reports me in a letter? Then don't blame me for teaching you how to behave! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Siheyuan: Returning from the Army 四合院之从军归来 After the War of National Liberation, Cheng Tiefeng returned to the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, where his parents lived. To his surprise, this was the very place that later generations of internet users jokingly called the "Chaotic Siheyuan." With Yi Zhonghai testing him, Liu Haizhong currying favor, Yan Bugui scheming, and Jia Zhangshi making snide remarks, what kind of waves will this little Siheyuan stir up? 3kReads6.6Score100Shelves
- 69 Siheyuan: Transferred to Become a Section Chief 四合院，转业就是科长 Courtyard compound + spatial dimension + farming + mild hostility Li Weiguo transmigrated into the body of another man with the same name. When he returned to his father's house, he discovered that he was in the world of Love in the Courtyard. See how Li Weiguo deals with the courtyard's miscreants. They aren't mindless, and Li Weiguo won't go after them for no reason either. 2.8kReads6.8Score142Shelves
- 70 Selling My House and Fleeing from the Start 开局就卖房跑路 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 106Reads8.2Score123Shelves
- 71 Siheyuan: Beat Silly Zhu Senseless, Then Move Out 四合院：暴打傻柱后，再搬出去 [Moves out of the courtyard + beats up Silly Zhu + tears into all the beasts + won't suck up to anyone!] He Yufei transmigrated and became Silly Zhu's younger brother. From the start, Silly Zhu began swindling He Yufei out of his wages. “He Yufei, didn't I tell you I'd collect your wages? I need to buy fatty meat for Sister Qin today, so hand over the money!” He Yufei: “Go to hell!” Silly Zhu: “He Yufei, I'm your big brother. The eldest brother is like a father, understand? How dare you curse at 3.1kReads5.8Score103Shelves
- 72 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
- 73 He Yuzhu Is Reborn and Gets Smarter 何雨柱重生变聪明 A new story is here! You’re welcome to read my novel on Tomato Novel: When He Yuzhu grew old, he transferred his property to Bang Geng’s family and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the Jia family. In the end, they kicked him out. He went to stay with his younger sister, only to discover that the sister he had raised had hated him to the bone since childhood. With nowhere else to go, He Yuzhu ended up beneath a bridge, where he died and was eaten by wild dogs. As he lay dying, he looked back on 983Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 74 Siheyuan: Why Do You Always Give Me Everything I Want? 四合院：怎么啥都依着我 [Disaster at the Start + Moving to the City to Live Off His Family + Gourd Space + No System] Other transmigrators start at the top, but Long Baichuan transmigrates only to go hungry three times a day. When he finally reaches his destination, he discovers that it is Love in the Courtyard, hailed as a transmigrator's paradise, and that Granny Deaf is actually his great-aunt. Granny Deaf, childless and alone, now has her own grandson here. Whatever Silly Zhu or Yi Zhonghai have to say, they can st 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Back from the Battlefield to Siheyuan, My Home Is Gone 四合院战场归来，家没了 Zhou Jianmin transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. His predecessor was an officer on the Korean battlefield, and he awakens a skill-proficiency ability and a cultivation-space golden finger. After repeatedly distinguishing himself in battle, he retires in 1958 and returns to the capital. But when he gets back to his home in the courtyard, he finds that the Jia family has seized it and turned it into a wedding home for Jia Dongxu. 1.8kReads5.0Score101Shelves
- 76 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Refuses to Support Yi Zhonghai in His Old Age 四合院：傻柱，不为易中海养老 He Yuzhu was unexpectedly reborn as Silly Zhu, the fool of the courtyard. This time, he was determined to change his fate for good. He would no longer be a burden on the Jia family, nor would he spend his later years caring for Yi Zhonghai. Faced with the Jia family's unfairness and Yi Zhonghai's manipulation, He Yuzhu decided to change things through his own efforts. He first used his intelligence and strategy to expose some of Yi Zhonghai's misconduct, damaging his standing in the courtyard an 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Soul Transmigration to the Sixties: The Soldier King Arrives at the Siheyuan 魂穿六零：兵王驾临四合院 Jin Zhong is stunned. He never expected that after dying on the secret front defending his country, he would return to that turbulent and magnificent decade, the 1960s. His soul transmigrates to the 1960s, where he takes the birds in hand, looks back on the upheavals of the times, and savors the everyday warmth of ordinary life. A generation's Soldier King falls, while the courtyard's God of War rises. The road of those years was fraught with storms. When it comes to stirring things up, leave it 979Reads7.2Score100Shelves
- 78 Siheyuan: A Carefree Life in a Bygone Era 四合院：悠哉年代 332Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 79 Siheyuan: Selfless Devotion Brings a Hundredfold Return 四合院：无私奉献，能获百倍返还 A young man transmigrates into the world of a Beijing courtyard house and unexpectedly acquires a Benevolent Salvation and Punish Evil, Uphold Good System. As long as the Host saves people and punishes evil every day, he can earn generous rewards, including storage space, Tai Chi, Li Flying Daggers, firearms and ammunition, Bian Que’s medical compendium, mechanical engineering skills, delicacies from land and sea, and an endless variety of other prizes. “Ding! Congratulations, Host. You punished 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Siheyuan: A Different Silly Zhu 四合院，不一样的傻柱 The Silly Zhu of the past had poured his heart and soul into helping the Jia family. But in his old age, he was driven out by a bunch of ungrateful Jia family members and ended up freezing to death beneath a bridge. At the moment his soul left his body, he saw Xu Damao, who had always been at odds with him, carrying his corpse away to bury it... He was overwhelmed by complicated feelings: resentment and regret. Then, suddenly, he was reborn and found himself back in that courtyard in 1962. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Siheyuan: The Yan Family's Third Son Is a Master Schemer 四合院：阎家老三是个老六 Yan Jiekuang transmigrates to the world of the courtyard houses with an entire shopping mall. He starts by changing the Yan family, while also teasing the courtyard’s many miscreants, then slowly builds his fortune after the reforms and opening-up. 873Reads6.4Score109Shelves
- 82 Back to the Siheyuan in 1962 1962重回四合院 This story has no System and no pocket dimension. In the snowy depths of winter, He Yuzhu is thrown out of his home by the ungrateful Jia family, led by Banggeng. At that very moment, he is consumed by regret. Homeless, he is mauled by wild dogs beneath a freezing bridge, then dies of cold and hunger, unable to rest in peace. When he opens his eyes again, he has returned to 1962. Jia Dongxu has just died, and there is still time to change everything. He schemes to marry Yu Li, takes Lou Xiao'e a 999Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 83 Siheyuan: Becoming a General in the Red-Hot Era 四合院：我在火红年代当将军 [Siheyuan] + [No System] + [Enlist to Serve the Country] Defending our homes and our country is our generation’s duty. Wang Xin, a former special forces soldier in his previous life, is reborn in a Siheyuan. Petty family squabbles and scheming all day long? Nothing beats going to the front lines to kill the enemy. As long as he keeps earning merit, one day he’ll become a general. 2.8kReads7.0Score101Shelves
- 84 Siheyuan: A Life of Extraordinary Achievements 四合院之成就非凡 System + transmigration + comedy + achievements Wei Zhitie transmigrates into Siheyuan. At a glance, everything has that familiar feel from Siheyuan novels, the familiar formula... Donate money to the Jia family? I'll make Jia Zhangshi lend money to me instead! Silly Zhu, what do you think? 408Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 85 Siheyuan: How Did You All End Up Behind Bars? 四合院：你们怎么都进去了？ A food delivery guy who has been bestowed with the imperial yellow robe has his soul transported into The Courtyard. What? Moral blackmail? How can you blackmail someone with something that doesn’t exist? I just want to tend my fields in peace... If you’re unhappy, that just makes me happy... 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Siheyuan: Rune Legend 四合院：符文传奇 Li Hu, a demobilized soldier, transmigrated in his sleep to the capital in 1961. A family upheaval forced him to face reality, while the awakening of his spatial System gave him the means to survive. In the Siheyuan, he would weather all kinds of upheavals and cross paths with all sorts of people. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Siheyuan: I'm a Level Eight Engineer, and You're Still Making a Fuss? 四合院：我八级工程师，你还闹？ [Period] [Siheyuan] [Using science and technology to strengthen the nation] [Outsmarting the courtyard beasts] (This book has one heroine, Lou Xiao'e, and her family will be protected. If that's not your thing, feel free to skip it. Almost everyone else is a beast; there's no bleeding-heart saint.) After his soul travels back to 1958, top engineer Lin Weiguo becomes a secret national asset, a "spark" summoned back by the government, and moves into a Siheyuan full of beasts. Jia Zhangshi wants to 12.5kReads8.0Score648Shelves
- 88 Siheyuan: After Exposing the Plot, I Sent Old Deaf Yi to the Firing Range 四合院：揭穿阴谋后送易聋去打靶 The title is simple, so the blurb can be simple too. No beating around the bush: Yi Zhonghai gets it from both sides, Qin Huairu gets punched and kicked. Yan Bugui gets a tongue-lashing, Liu Haizhong gets dragged around and beaten. He doesn’t give Old Deaf Granny the time of day, but he looks after his little sister, He Yushui. The little brat steals someone’s things? Straight to the Public Security Bureau. In short! Bring on the sparks and lightning, when it comes to dealing with the courtyard 496Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 89 Siheyuan: I, He Yuzhu, Have Ambitions Too! 四合院：我何雨柱也是有追求的！ He transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes He Yuzhu. The original He Yuzhu was groomed by First Master to look after him in his old age and was exploited by Qin Huairu. He gave everything to that courtyard full of beasts and ended up alone. If kindhearted Lou Xiao'e hadn't left him a child, He Yuzhu wouldn't even have had an heir. Even after receiving Lou Xiao'e's support, he still helped the other residents, making sure they all lived well. But what did he get in the e 232Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 A Different Life in the Siheyuan 四合院的别样人生 Lin Yu is an ordinary office worker in modern society. He is kind and upright, but his career is going nowhere, and his love life has also hit a rough patch. On his way home from work, he happens upon a mysterious old alley. There, he sees a door radiating a strange light. Curiosity gets the better of him, and he opens it. Instantly enveloped in light, he transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard, where he becomes a young man also named Lin Yu, who has just moved into the courtyard. After transmi 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Siheyuan: Rising Step by Step, Gun Aimed at the Beasts 四合院：我步步高升，枪指众禽兽 [Siheyuan] [System] [Feel-Good] [Punishing the Scoundrels] [High Aggression] [Hardcore] Li Feng transmigrated into a siheyuan, becoming a decisive veteran who had left the military. Back in the siheyuan, he was determined to avenge his parents! From the start, he’d drag Yi Zhonghai to the execution platform! He’d strip the deaf old lady of her state-supported welfare status! With the siheyuan’s scoundrels deprived of their two powerful protectors, wouldn’t they be at his mercy? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Siheyuan: Let Us Row Together 四合院让我们荡起双桨 He transmigrated into Silly Zhu's body, and Qin Huairu would stay by He Yuzhu's side, ready to recharge him at any moment. I will travel all around China. If you miss a loved one who has passed away, tell me in advance. I will pass through their province in that era and visit them, carrying your love and longing to them and helping make up for some of your regrets. You can leave me a message. Anything you want is fine. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 It Turns Out Everyone in the Siheyuan Is a Good Person 四合院竟然都是好人 What would you do if you woke up one morning and found yourself transmigrated into the beast-filled courtyard house? Obviously, you’d become even more beastly than the beasts! When dealing with Yi Zhonghai, make him support you in his old age before you support him. If the Jia family wants to bleed me dry, I’ll drain even their own special blood pump. Scheming and cunning. Stay tuned. 269Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 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
- 95 Siheyuan: Security Chief, I Shoot He Yu 四合院：保卫处科长，枪毙何雨 After returning from the battlefield, he becomes the head of the security division’s public order section from the start. The unruly residents of the courtyard have no idea what they’re in for. They want to bleed me dry? I’ll arrest whoever needs arresting, send in whoever needs sending in, and execute whoever needs executing. No questions asked. 2.7kReads5.5Score108Shelves
- 96 Are They All Beasts in the Siheyuan? They're Clearly Good People 四合院里都是禽兽？明明都是好人 He lived on modern-day Blue Star, but transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and becomes He Yuzhu’s father, He Daqing! A doomsday survival System? System, are you sure you’ve got this right? Who’s this eighteen-year-old girl? Qin Huairu, of course. He has a son and a daughter, as well as this big house. Who’s the Widow Bai? No idea. 258Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 97 Siheyuan: The Thief Saint Stole from My House? I Chopped Him Up 四合院：盗圣偷我家？反手剁了他 [Courtyard drama + System + slice of life + mild hostility] Lin Yang transmigrates to a courtyard and discovers that his family was an inconspicuous one that never appeared in the original story. It's just that... the characters in the story are still as beastly as ever. The “Holy Thief” is still the “Holy Thief.” He showed his true colors as a thief when he was only three! He steals from everyone he meets... never expecting to run into a hard case like Lin Yang. A group theft ends with one miss 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Siheyuan: I'm Only Three, What Is This Comeback System? 四合院：我才三岁逆袭系统什么鬼 Xiao Minglei transmigrates into the world of a period drama, but why is he only three years old from the start? And now the neighborhood office wants to send him to live in a courtyard house? Spare me! Does anyone understand that everyone there is a villain? If I’ve committed a crime, punish me according to the law. There’s no need to go this far! The hypocrite Yi Zhonghai leads the way in refusing to adopt him, and everyone else follows suit! Xiao Minglei is moved to tears! Thank you for not ta 159Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Siheyuan: This Plot Doesn't Seem Right 四合院：这个剧情不太对 (One female lead, light on the violence. The synopsis doesn't do it justice, so please read the story.) Xu Damao: “There’s no use in studying. I didn’t even finish high school, and it never stopped me from becoming a projectionist.” Bai Xiaofan: “Studying makes people wise and courteous. It also lets me reason things out with others.” He Yuzhu: “You’re a scholar. Why bother learning martial arts?” Bai Xiaofan: “Learning martial arts keeps me fit, and it also helps other people listen calmly whil 253Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Siheyuan: Starting by Saving Jia Dongxu 四合院从救贾东旭开始 203Reads5.6Score—Shelves
