Novels like Siheyuan: Save Silly Zhu, Bully the Beasts
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Siheyuan: Save Silly Zhu, Bully the Beasts, best match first.
- 101 Siheyuan: The Security Office's Iron Fist Is No Joke 四合院：保卫处铁拳不是开玩笑 Yang Zi, a modern-day office worker, transmigrated into the world of the Courtyard. From the start, he took up the post of head of security at the Red Star Steel Plant in the capital. Just as Yang Zi seemed to have reached the pinnacle of life, a twist of fate landed him in the notorious Beastly Courtyard. With a modern way of thinking, Yang Zi just wanted to live his own life and stay out of the courtyard's affairs. But the courtyard's beasts thought he would be easy to bully. See how transmigr 152Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Siheyuan: My Wife Ran Qiuye 四合院：我的妻子冉秋叶 (Siheyuan, taming the troublesome residents, not a womanizer.) When Li Yang wakes up, he discovers that he has transmigrated to the 1950s. He has become the orphan of a fallen hero, as well as a highly sought-after university student. It is only when he arrives at the house he has been assigned that he realizes he is in the world of Siheyuan. Watch as he tames the troublesome residents and builds himself a thriving life. 192Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 103 Siheyuan: I Defy Fate and Turn the Tables on the Beasts 四合院：我逆天改命，虐翻禽兽 [Siheyuan, feel-good power fantasy, power-ups, System, tormenting the animals, face-slapping] He transmigrates as He Yuzhu, but he’s no lovesick Silly Zhu, always thinking of supporting Qin Huairu and the Jia family! I, He Yuzhu, will defy fate and change my destiny. I refuse to be anyone’s cash cow! He wins over Lou Xiao’e and sweeps across Hong Kong! 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Moving Out of Siheyuan: A Truck Driver’s New World 搬出四合院从卡车司机开始新世界 (Moving house + period setting + multiple TV and film worlds + multiple heroines + self-interest + no wasting breath on beasts + flexible timeline) Su Ping transmigrates into a combined world of courtyard-house dramas and period films. Fate has blessed him with plenty of romantic prospects, but he is just a poor driver. At a loss as to how to start his new life, he spots a girl stealing coal from his truck... Catch the thief... Hey, what are you grabbing?... You hooligan... 189Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 Period Piece: I Hunt Spies in the Siheyuan 年代：我在四合院抓特务 What? Li Tie Zhu transmigrates to Xia Kingdom in 1960 and moves into No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. Just as he's getting ready to live a carefree, lazy life, he gets caught up in a massive conspiracy. 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 The Boundless Starry Realm of the Siheyuan 四合院星空无限境 Xiao Jingxue, heir to a courtyard home in Kyoto in the twenty-first century, is framed and forced into bankruptcy and liquidation. While cleaning the courtyard home for the last time, she comes across a mysterious meteorite. From then on, she’s a lifestyle selfie blogger in the real world, and a trailblazer in the boundless world of the stars, a “spirit realm” adventurer! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 Siheyuan: From the Start, I’m Xu Damao, with Silly Zhu as My Golden Finger 四合院：开局许大茂，金手指傻柱 Summer, 1959, in the capital. It’s already afternoon. The sun is out, but a breeze blows in, so it doesn’t feel hot. Dongzhimen and Nanluoguxiang are crisscrossed by eight lanes of alleys running east to west. Courtyard House No. 95, tucked into one of those alleys, is no ordinary place. Everyone who lives there is talented, and they’re all wonderful conversationalists. Xu Damao, who transmigrated here, has Silly Zhu as his golden finger! 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 Siheyuan: The Grain Station’s Old Hand 四合院之粮站老司机 What do you do when you transmigrate into the courtyard and discover you can only refresh other people's personas? Well, if that's all I can do, then let's have some fun with you all. Yi Zhonghai, the paragon of morality: I'll make you shameless. Jia Zhangshi, lazy and greedy: I'll make you hardworking and humble. Qin Huairu, the embodiment of pure virtue: I'll make you faithful and devoted. He Yuzhu, a born warrior: I'll make you timid and cowardly. 1.2kReads5.4Score—Shelves
- 109 Siheyuan: Starting by Saving Jia Dongxu 四合院从救贾东旭开始 203Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 110 Siheyuan: Now That We're All Reborn, Who'd Still Be a Doormat? 四合院，都重生了，谁还当舔狗 [Reborn] + [Farming] + [Siheyuan] + [Fan Fiction] + [Everyday Family Life] The story follows an elderly He Yuzhu, who, after he is no longer useful, is despised by the scheming Qin Huairu, his stepchildren Jia Geng, Jia Xiaodang, and Jia Huaihua, and is driven out of the Siheyuan. He freezes to death beneath a bridge. Just as he thinks he's about to meet the King of Hell, he is reborn on the day Bang Geng stole a chicken. This time, He Yuzhu refuses to take the blame for Bang Geng. Instead, he 770Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, I Grow Stronger by Watching the Drama 四合院：傻柱重生，吃瓜就变强 [System] + [Reborn] + [Pocket Dimension] The famous sucker Silly Zhu was eventually abandoned by the ungrateful lot and froze to death beneath a bridge. Then he was reborn. He even got a mysterious System: all he had to do was watch other people’s drama to grow stronger, and the System’s rewards would lead him to a comfortable life. It turned out that once he got away from those ungrateful ingrates, life could be this comfortable. Just thinking about that bunch of ingrates made He Yuzhu grit his 2kReads5.7Score100Shelves
- 112 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
- 113 Growing Up Healthy in a Siheyuan 我在四合院里健康成长 Zhou Ming transmigrated into the famous courtyard house, becoming one of its residents. Worse still, his family somehow became entangled with He Yuzhu’s. He had no idea what might happen next. 73Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 A Comfortable Life in the Siheyuan 四合院里面安逸的生活 A modern man transmigrates to the 1950s. Through his own hard work, he builds a happy life for himself in that era, facing every hardship with optimism. In the end, he lives a happy life. 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Siheyuan: I’m the Factory Director, Yet You’re Still Scheming Against Me 四合院：我是厂长你还算计我 “Scheming protagonist + against moral blackmail + one heroine + exploring the unknown” A new person appears in the courtyard: He Yuxuan, He Yuzhu’s younger brother and He Yushui’s older brother. After He Daqing ran off, He Yuzhu couldn’t afford to support his younger siblings, so He Yuxuan had no choice but to enlist just to get by. Unexpectedly, his System awakened, and he became exceptionally active on the battlefield, accomplishing some remarkable feats. He could only return to China and be k 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 Siheyuan: I Became a God-Tier Hunter 四合院：我成了神级猎手 Lin Xin accidentally transmigrated to a courtyard compound world full of conflict and strife, where he became a hunter. In this new environment, he not only had a beautiful older sister who shared neither parent with him, but also inherited a handsome face. Even more surprisingly, Lin Xin bound himself to a god-tier hunting System from the start, quickly becoming the only household in the courtyard compound that could eat meat at every meal. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 Siheyuan: Life Begins with a Choice 四合院：人生从选择开始 [Siheyuan] + [light System] + [one female lead] In 1962, a young man from rural northern Shaanxi steps into No. 95, Nanluoguxiang, in the capital. Surrounded by all kinds of people in the courtyard, how will Wang Ping’an make his own life shine? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 Siheyuan: After the System Removes Its Restrictions, I Take Off 四合院：系统解除限制后我起飞了 [Courtyard setting + treasure chest System + fixing up the courtyard's scoundrels + doing as one pleases. What sparks will fly when a modern soul transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and clashes with its colorful residents?] 812Reads6.6Score102Shelves
- 119 Siheyuan: I'm Really Not a Medicine God! 四合院：我真不是药神啊！ In the autumn of 1951, Qin Huairu had yet to marry into the Siheyuan. He Daqing had just run off, and Silly Zhu and Xu Damao were still a couple of half-grown fools. Just as Li Chengan was fretting over how he had transmigrated, the I’m No Savior System activated. Every day, he could draw a random medicinal effect. [Beginner’s bad-luck effect: Misfortune follows you for three days. During that time, you’re guaranteed to experience at least one mishap, such as falling down, losing money, getting —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 Siheyuan: Transmigrating as Silly Zhu, Beating Up the Whole Yard 四合院：穿越傻柱，暴揍众禽 Winter fishing enthusiast He Yu reels in a He Yuzhu who is barely clinging to life. After fulfilling He Yuzhu's dying wish, He Yu inexplicably transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes He Yuzhu. Faced with the people in the courtyard who caused He Yuzhu's tragic death, he chooses to fight back head-on! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 Siheyuan: The Growth System Activated from the Start 四合院：开局激活了成长系统 By a strange twist of fate, he transmigrated into a period-drama world full of everyday bustle, beginning his journey as a baby. When the neighborhood office brought him to the Qin family’s courtyard compound to be adopted, no one could have imagined the upheaval this little life would one day cause. The courtyard compound did not welcome him with warm arms or kindness. Instead, everyone there openly rejected him. Yi Zhonghai’s wife had meant well and considered adopting him, but Yi Zhonghai ref —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 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
- 123 Siheyuan: I Simplify Skills, Starting as a Technician 四合院：简化技能，从技术员开始 His father is dead, his mother is sick, his family is falling apart in a courtyard full of beasts, the neighbors sneer at him, and he’s always at the bottom of the rankings. Li Zhiming transmigrated into the world of the siheyuan. After graduating from university at the top of every subject, he became an eleventh-grade technician at the steel mill. He also awakened a Simplification System that could simplify any skill. Simplified cooking: cooking → flipping food in a wok Simplified martial arts: —Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 124 Siheyuan: They Bully Me for Moving to the City? I'll Rise with My Spatial Dimension 四合院：欺我进城？我靠空间崛起 Li Mancai is reborn in the 1950s. After spending eight years stuck in a small village, he bids farewell to his childhood sweetheart and heads to the capital, where he successfully awakens his space System. Because his parents died from workplace injuries at the Hongxing Steel Plant, he uses that as grounds to land a job procuring supplies for the canteen. But everything starts to feel strangely familiar. You say there's Copper Gong and Drum Alley here, along with First Master Yi Zhonghai, Second —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1952, My Parents Were Martyrs 四合院：重生52，父母是烈士 The protagonist wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to late 1952, where a beginning marked by both good fortune and sorrow awaits him. His uncle dies while trying to save state property, and in his final moments, he leaves the protagonist his estate and a young cousin to care for. It’s the classic situation of “orphaned, but with a house,” isn’t it? While sorting through his uncle’s belongings, the protagonist unexpectedly discovers that both his parents were martyrs, and left behind six —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Siheyuan: Winning People Over with Reason 四合院之以理伏人 This is an age when reason can take you anywhere. With reason on your side, you can ambush people, subdue them, and make them bow and scrape. Remember, whoever masters the quotations holds the truth. Watch how he brings order to this chaotic courtyard house. The female lead will not be any of the women from the courtyard house. There are no good people in that place. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to send them all off for reform or to meet their maker? 607Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 127 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
- 128 Siheyuan: You Dare to Leave Me with Nothing? None of You Will Get Away with This 四合院：敢吃我绝户？都别想好过 Zhang Jianhua accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a resident of a courtyard compound. From the start, he has just returned from the army. As he arrives at his doorstep, he sees Jia Zhangshi bullying his family, occupying the Zhang family's home, and the beasts in the courtyard rushing to snatch their belongings. Jia Zhangshi not only beats his family, but also threatens to leave the Zhang family without an heir! Could Zhang Jianhua put up with that? He pulls out a gun. “You want 7.9kReads8.0Score254Shelves
- 129 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
- 130 Siheyuan: Returning to 1948 with a Pocket Dimension 四合院：带着空间回到48年 Su Xiaoyang was brought by a System still in its internship phase to the world of "The Courtyard" in early 1948. The sudden transmigration caught him completely off guard. Fortunately, the original story had not yet begun, which meant he had plenty of time and opportunities to change things. As he explored this world more deeply, he was astonished to discover that it was not simply the world of "The Courtyard". It seemed to be a complex setting that blended television dramas and films from vari 7Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 131 Siheyuan: A Calm Life, Taking the Money and Leaving from the Start 四合院：淡定人生，开局拿钱走人 (No edgy drama, no harem) In 1959, Shi Jian transmigrates, right in the middle of a period of hardship. He says there’s no way he can stay calm. He never meant to steal someone else’s love, but he still spoils Xu Damao’s chance to play the hero and save a beauty. With no food to be had, he talks Jia Dongxu into joining him in a burglary. If other people can sponge off Silly Zhu, so can he. Everyone here is so easy to fool, and Shi Jian soon starts thriving. -- 2Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 132 Siheyuan: The Whole Courtyard Preys on the Childless? They’ll All Die in Prison 四合院：全院吃绝户？都牢底坐穿 After transmigrating into the world of a Beijing courtyard in 1956, Chen Fan becomes the eldest son of the widow Bai Dongmei, the woman who made He Daqing abandon He Yuzhu and He Yushui and run off. Bound to a Simplification System. [Women’s seduction techniques can be simplified. Simplification successful: Talk to a woman to improve your seduction skills!] [Chinese martial arts can be simplified. Simplification successful: Throw punches to improve your martial arts!] [Metalworking skills can be 680Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 133 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
- 134 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai’s Moral Blackmail from the Start 四合院：开局遭易中海道德绑架 When Yang Feng wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a siheyuan in the 1970s. From the start, he’s hit with Yi Zhonghai’s moral blackmail, Jia Zhangshi’s threats to summon spirits, and Silly Zhu’s physical intimidation, all because he refuses to go to the countryside in Banggeng’s place. At the crucial moment, he binds himself to the heaven-defying comprehension System, gains a spirit realm, and masters the martial art Tongbei Fist. Yang Feng decides he’s done dealing with these “anima 7Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 135 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
- 136 Siheyuan: A Laid-Back Life Begins with Fishing 四合院：悠哉生活，从钓鱼佬开始 (Courtyard life + pocket dimension + fishing + laid-back daily life) Chen Weiguo, an avid fisherman, wakes up in the early 1960s in the capital. Courtyard homes, carved windows, drooping green willows, red crabapple blossoms. Not enough food or drink? Not a chance. From fishing to factory work, he applies himself diligently to his career! He buys the whole courtyard’s first imported color television! The first refrigerator! The first three-wheeled motorcycle! The first camera! And he installs th 175Reads6.8Score140Shelves
- 137 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
- 138 Siheyuan: The System Caused a Hit-and-Run 四合院：系统肇事逃逸了 Lu Tian is an ordinary middle-aged man who has drifted through half his life without accomplishing anything. He figures he might as well keep muddling along, but accidentally gets physically sent to the afterlife by a scatterbrained System. To avoid responsibility, the System sends him to the world of Love in the Courtyard, on May 13, 1956. His soul enters the body of a sixteen-year-old boy with the same name, and the System leaves after compensating him with an inheritance of immortal cultivati 227Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 139 Siheyuan: The System Wants Me to Stir Things Up 四合院之系统让我搞事 Let’s liven up the courtyard. Since Jiang Ye has transmigrated into this world, and this era is short on entertainment, the residents of the courtyard will just have to keep putting on a show. He’ll make the whole world livelier, too. In this world, he can do whatever he likes. Serious warning!!! Later on, he will reveal his extraordinary abilities, including his pocket dimension. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 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
- 141 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
- 142 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1960, I Heal the Sick and Save Lives 四合院：重生60，我悬壶济世 After inheriting the Art of Healing the World, Chen Xiaoyang arrives in the vibrant and challenging 1960s and becomes a railway police officer. His position gives him the responsibility of keeping the peace in his area, and he begins an extraordinary chapter of life in this ordinary yet special job. He has barely started his probation when his quick wits and courage help him catch a human trafficker. This heroic act not only demonstrates his abilities as a police officer, but also becomes a turn —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 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
- 144 Siheyuan: The Bad Seed System, Nurtured from the Womb 四合院：从胎儿开始坏种系统养成 In 2035, a researcher from the Time Laboratory mysteriously disappeared... The missing researcher had somehow brought a Bad Seed System along and transmigrated into Lou Xiao'e's womb, becoming Xu Damao's son. As a baby: He activated the Bad Seed System! At one and a half: He figured out how to earn rewards: do bad things, get corresponding rewards. As a teenager: He stirred up trouble, dealt with the courtyard's bullies, mastered the art of controlling others, and ventured into business... 388Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 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
- 146 Siheyuan: Steal the Chance and Grow Stronger 四合院：截胡就变强 [Snatching System] [Mostly set in a Beijing courtyard] [Multiple heroines] [Multiple TV and film worlds] Cao Yang transmigrates to the early 1950s and becomes the chief of the Transportation Section at a steel mill. He also receives the Snatching System, which rewards him for taking other people's opportunities for himself. [Congratulations, Host, on snatching the original owner's life. You have received the Horse Talisman, one of the Twelve Zodiac Talismans.] [Congratulations, Host, on snatchin 11Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 147 Siheyuan: The Unrivaled Family 四合院：绝世家族 313Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 148 The Siheyuan Slaughter Spree Took Out the System Too 四合院杀的兴起，把系统一块干掉 Lu Ping'an's soul transmigrates into the body of a simple-minded young soldier who was sent to the countryside and suffered a head injury. When he returns to the city to pick up his younger sister, he discovers, to his surprise, that he's landed in a chaotic mash-up of TV and film worlds. That awful family turns out to be among the courtyard's assorted animals. He was tricked into being sent to the countryside... His family was split up from the start... His sister, treated as dead weight, was a 1kReads6.1Score101Shelves
- 149 Siheyuan: I Report That the Deaf Old Lady Is Empress Dowager Cixi 四合院：举报，聋老太是慈禧太后 After his father dies, Chu Fan leaves the countryside to seek help from his father's friend, who lives in the Red Star Courtyard. But just after arriving in the capital, he catches a cold, and Bang Geng steals the last ten yuan he has on him. Fortunately, Chu Fan obtains the Exaggerate the Facts to Get Stronger System. He immediately exaggerates what happened and reports to the police that Bang Geng stole a hundred yuan from him, demanding that Bang Geng be sent to prison. The Jia family has no 5.9kReads5.3Score195Shelves
- 150 Siheyuan: I'm Really Not Cao Cao 四合院：我真的不是曹贼 Industry’s jinx Cao Meng ruins every line of work he enters. He unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, only to discover that the original owner was also a transmigrator. For various reasons, the original owner had led a truly miserable life. After finally getting a System, he got so excited that he kicked the bucket on the spot… 11Reads—Score—Shelves
