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- 1 Siheyuan: I Beat Up Jia Dongxu from the Start, and Huairu Panicked 四合院：开局揍贾东旭，淮茹慌了 In this dark abyss, every step is filled with uncertainty, and every breath carries the scent of death. As they walk on, their story slowly unfolds into a new chapter. 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Siheyuan God of War: Tiezhu's Carefree Years 四合院战神，铁柱的潇洒岁月 Tiezhu transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes Silly Zhu. From the start, He Daqing has run off with a widow? Great! Who wants another father around? But his adopted little sister is still young, so He Daqing has to send money for her living expenses every month. What? Yi Zhonghai is signing for it? Tiezhu: First Master, a little monthly jog to deliver the money will do wonders for your health. Yi Zhonghai: ... The family’s run out of food? Borrow some from the nei —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I'm Not Silly Zhu: I've Learned to Lie Flat in the Siheyuan 我不是傻柱，在四合院躺平了 At middle age, Wang Ping had achieved nothing. He had no house, no car, and no partner. He couldn’t even lie flat, yet he couldn’t win the rat race either. His only hobbies were watching short videos and reading novels. After reading lots of courtyard fan fiction, he became curious about the original TV series and decided to watch it. When he finished, he was filled with emotion. They were both middle-aged, but Silly Zhu had all the makings of a man who could lie flat in perfect comfort, and sti —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Siheyuan: Going Undercover in 1942 四合院，从1942年开始潜伏 He Daming, raised in the warm light of the new era, transmigrates to the 1940s. Burning with patriotic fervor, he joins the resistance and goes underground. Unexpectedly, a traitor is discovered at the underground base in Beiping. He Daming returns to Forty-Nine City and moves in with his older brother, He Daqing. There, he begins a new round of undercover work and rooting out traitors. 63.1kReads6.7Score3.7k14d adds
- 5 Siheyuan: Taking on the Whole World 四合院：怼翻全世界 Chef Fan Duoduo, famous for talking back to people, transmigrates into the courtyard world as He Yuzhu and discovers that the one-bedroom apartment he rented has come along as his portable space. See how He Yuzhu uses his portable apartment to begin a new chapter in life. He keeps putting his talent for talking back to good use, taking on heaven, earth, and thin air in the courtyard, and successfully turns He Yuzhu into He Duoduo. Later, he heads to Hong Kong, where he makes the most of his port 711Reads5.8Score12114d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, I'll Bring Everyone Down 四合院：穿成傻柱，整垮所有人 On an ordinary late-night binge, He Fengzhu finishes watching Love in the Courtyard and is so infuriated by its happy ending that he keels over dead in front of his computer. When he opens his eyes again, he has somehow transmigrated into He Yuzhu, the protagonist of Love in the Courtyard. All right, all right! Looking at the so-called paragon of virtue Yi Zhonghai, the aloof and unambitious Liu Haizhong, and the generous and magnanimous Yan Bugui, He Fengzhu feels his temper rising by the secon —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Wandering Through the Heavens, Starting in the Siheyuan 诸天漫游从四合院开始 Zhang Ping'an unexpectedly gained the ability to transmigrate across the myriad worlds, taking you along to experience new stories and new lives… Siheyuan World: Zhang Ping'an: “Silly Zhu, do you want a wife? Do you want to change your fate?” He Yuzhu: “I do!” Zhang Ping'an grinned. “Call me Dad!” 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: Money Opens Doors, and from the Start I Snag Qin Huairu 四合院：金钱开路开局捡漏秦淮茹 If you dislike Qin Huairu, please don’t flame me. Lu Tian transmigrates into the world of the Courtyard Siheyuan and receives not only a beginner’s gift package that strengthens his body, but also a shop where he can buy supplies without limit. From then on, his life is anything but ordinary! 3.3kReads6.5Score20314d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: What’s Wrong with He Yuzhu Knowing a Thing or Two About Romance? 四合院：我何雨柱懂点调调怎么了 [Low on violence, focused on daily life, decisive in action, keeps troublemakers at bay, lives a leisurely life] A modern music student transmigrates into He Yuzhu and, from the start, gains expert erhu skills and activates a luck-boosting System. You’re a cook, so just stick to cooking. Why are you messing around with an erhu? Wait… That tune is so moving. May I ask what it’s called? “Fireworks Fade”! 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Siheyuan: Rewriting Silly Zhu's Life 四合院：改写傻柱人生 849Reads6.6Score10014d adds
- 11 Siheyuan: I'm Silly Zhu's Uncle, and I Deal with Ungrateful Wolves 四合院：我是傻柱他叔专治白眼狼 [Transmigration + Beating the Birds to a Pulp + No Grudges Left Overnight + Pocket Dimension + No Romance] He transmigrates as He Daqing's half-brother, He Linqing. The greedy birds in the courtyard are dumbfounded! The moment He Linqing steps into the courtyard, he finds Jia Zhangshi making a scene at Silly Zhu's door, demanding that Silly Zhu be sent to prison or give up his house! The three leaders and everyone else in the courtyard look on coldly. He Linqing sneers and gives Jia Zhangshi a b 163Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 12 Siheyuan: The Rise of the Chen Family 四合院之陈氏家族的崛起 The protagonist was living in 2003 when fate played a cruel joke on him: an accident sent him back in time to a siheyuan in Beijing in 1958. In an era of scarcity and conservative attitudes, Chen Jian draws on his knowledge of the future to embark on a legendary journey. The neighbors in the siheyuan have complicated relationships, and conflicts are constant. But Chen Jian deftly navigates them and gradually expands his business empire. See how he builds the Chen family into a powerhouse, creati 1.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Fuse with Zhang Sanfeng from the Myriad Worlds! 四合院：开局融合万界张三丰！ [The Myriad Worlds + Lighthearted Comedy + Martial Arts + Miracle Doctor + Immortality + Wish-Fulfillment + Snatching Others' Opportunities] I transmigrated and immediately lost both my parents. The whole courtyard of bastards wants to seize my 500 yuan in compensation and drag me down with them? The brute Jia Dongxu is making threats, the white lotus Qin Huairu is playing the victim, and the shrew Jia Zhangshi is throwing a tantrum on the ground! Zhou Weian grabs a gas canister without hesitati 956Reads—Score10214d adds
- 14 Siheyuan: A Pair of Bickering Lovebirds 四合院之欢喜冤家 A car accident is to blame: an elite lawyer wakes up in 1951 as He Yuzhu, while a young, beautiful, wealthy divorcee becomes Qin Huairu. They can’t stand each other, but they have to put their differences aside and find a way back to the modern world. Jia Dongxu has lost his wife, and the fools in the courtyard who were supposed to look after him have become smart. All kinds of people show their true colors. The good news is that Qin Huairu’s paintings can be sold for money, but she needs He Yuz 260Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: System Activated, Qin Huairu Visits Me at Night 四合院：系统激活，秦淮茹夜访我 Ancient architecture restoration expert Su Chen transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, where he becomes a descendant of a renowned traditional doctor and awakens the Ancient Architecture Legacy System. Faced with his ancestral home, occupied by a pack of opportunists, and a web of tangled personal rivalries, he relies on long-lost mortise-and-tenon craftsmanship, traditional medical wisdom, and a vision far ahead of his time. Not only does he reclaim his family estate, he also tr 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Siheyuan: No Spatial System, a Ten-Thousand-Yuan Household from the Start 四合院：无空间系统，开局万元户 [No System] [No inventory space] [Pure wish fulfillment] [Heavy on the ruthlessness] [No scumbag gets spared] Chen Ping'an, an ordinary man from 2025, got unbelievably lucky and transmigrated to 1961. He became Yi Zhonghai's apprentice, and he doesn't even have a System. How's he supposed to survive? No money? No problem. Yi Zhonghai has money. I'll extort ten thousand from him to start with! And break his thumb so it never heals. No place to live? No big deal. Silly Zhu has three main r 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Period: Old Xu’s Happy Life 年代：老许的幸福生活 (Alternate title: The Era: I Really Wasn’t Trying to Get Ahead!) [Tags: Period setting, officialdom, courtyard, hunting, feel-good fiction. Mildly edgy, with no crude toilet humor.] Reborn as Xu Lingjun, the cousin of Xu Damao, he is born with a Proficiency System. This time, Xu Lingjun believes in hard work and rewards, and is determined to plan ahead and escape his pitiful, tragic fate amid the great tides of the era. Main settings: The Courtyard, Under the Zhengyang Gate, The Herdsman, People 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Film and TV Crossover: A World of Beauty and Endless Joy 影综：美女环绕的世界欢乐无比 After an accident, Ye Zhaohu returns to the Red Era, in a world of movies and TV shows. From "Glory Days" to "A Lifelong Journey", and then to the courtyard house compound. From a penniless orphan to a tycoon worth billions. Watch Ye Zhaohu make his way in this era and write his own legendary life. 1.1kReads6.0Score—14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: I Carry a Farmers’ Market Wherever I Go 四合院：随身带着农贸市场 [Pocket dimension, feel-good power fantasy, bluffing, dealing with troublesome neighbors, career advancement, no supernatural monsters] He Yuzhu was a corporate workhorse, and working late every night had left him in poor health. After work one morning, he planned to stop by a nearby wholesale farmers' market to buy something tasty and restore his strength. But as soon as he walked into the market, his head spun, his legs went weak, and he fainted. When he woke up, he was in 1961, and had become 17Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 20 Siheyuan: Covet My Wife? I'll Break Your Legs 四合院：肖想我媳妇儿？腿打断 [Doting Dad] [Devoted Husband] [Farming] Zhou Chuan had just transmigrated to the world of Love in the Courtyard when Jia Dongxu stole Qin Huairu away from him, turning him into a laughingstock in the whole compound. Fortunately, he met Zheng Juan, who had come from the parallel world of A Lifelong Journey in search of her family. She had brought her mother, Aunt Zheng, and her blind younger brother with her. Everyone laughed at Zhou Chuan, thinking he’d gone crazy after Qin Huairu dumped him an 166Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 21 Siheyuan: You Stole My Childhood Sweetheart? Just Watch What I Do to You 四合院：抢我青梅？看我怎么整你 Love in the Courtyard + Hunter + Period Piece + Childhood Sweethearts + Stealing Someone's Love + Revenge on a Rival -------------------- —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Silly Zhu Wants to Escape Courtyard No. 95 四合院傻柱想要逃离95号院 Three self-righteous old men, a lifelong nemesis, two generations of white-lotus widows, a pack of bloodsucking wolves, and the people closest to him are the ones who hurt him most. He Yuzhu, nicknamed Silly Zhu, only understood after dying once that life lasts just a few fleeting decades. He wasted them giving everything to people who didn't matter, no wonder the name Silly Zhu followed him all his life. He should have loved himself instead of others. He was strong, quick-witted, and exceptiona 1.5kReads5.3Score—14d adds
- 23 Siheyuan: I’m He Yuzhu, and I Don’t Eat Beef! 四合院：我何雨柱，不吃牛肉！ Lots of people have demonized courtyard life, but have you ever seen a version with immortals and Buddhas? When the plot of a Journey to the West-style courtyard story comes together, you'll find plenty of exciting moments. Faced with the gods and Buddhas of heaven putting on a show of force, He Yuzhu declared, “I am the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and I don't eat beef! Come at me if you've got the guts. Let's see whether the horses at the Imperial Stables listen to me or to you!” 249Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 24 Siheyuan: I Was Reborn, and You Still Want Me to Donate? 四合院：我重生的，你还让我捐款 [Courtyard house + System storage + period drama + a warm home with wife and children + strengthening the nation through science and technology] This book has a bit of an edge, but it’s absolutely satisfying! Zhang Gang was a top military-region chef in the twenty-first century. After dying in a bombing caused by a mistake during a military exercise, he is reborn as his namesake in the beast-filled courtyard house. But he has arrived in 1963, two years before the original story. A disastrous sta 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Cousin Causes Trouble and Checks In 四合院：傻柱表弟搞事打卡 [Siheyuan + transmigration + System + skills + daily life] Liu Cheng transmigrates into a siheyuan courtyard and becomes Silly Zhu's cousin. As soon as he arrives, Silly Zhu knocks him out with a brick and steals all his belongings! Having made his name in the business world, Liu Cheng has seen the TV series. He wants nothing to do with Silly Zhu as a relative, lest Silly Zhu take advantage of him. Liu Cheng calls the courtyard's three elders to settle things. At the courtyard meeting, he intend 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Siheyuan: The Whole Courtyard Transmigrates, but I Choose to Give Up! 四合院：全院穿越，我选择摆烂！ Li Weiguo transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as an ordinary resident. And, even worse, he’s a cannon-fodder simp for Qin Huairu! So Li Weiguo decides to give up and stop trying. Let someone else be the simp. I’m not doing it! After binding to a System, Li Weiguo is shocked to discover that everyone in the courtyard has transmigrated here too! Silly Zhu: “You’re scheming to make me support you in my old age and leave me with nothing? Li Weiguo eats meat every day, and you’re all blind!?” Yi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Siheyuan: How Did I Lose My Morals? 四合院：我怎么没有道德了 Lin Dong transmigrates into the world of the Courtyard House! From the countryside to a courtyard full of scoundrels! First, he labels Old Mrs. Deaf a member of the landlord class! Then he drives Yan Bugui into bankruptcy, and Yan even thanks him for it! Silly Zhu? You fathead, you'll end up behind bars sooner or later! Damao, my dear brother, I'll make sure you have a child! Yi Zhonghai, how about you take Silly Zhu's place and support the whole courtyard? As for the Jia family, a bunch of bloo 236Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 28 Transmigrate as Silly Zhu: A Happy Life 穿越傻柱之快乐生活 After transmigrating into He Yuzhu, he sets out to live a new future! He isn't living Silly Zhu's life for him, but embracing his own new beginning... He'll make the most of life in that era! 782Reads7.1Score10714d adds
- 29 One-Yuan Daily Draws: Making the Whole Courtyard's Ungrateful Wolves Cry 每天一元秒杀，虐哭全院白眼狼 In the world of the courtyard, Wang Jianguo has a daily one-yuan instant-kill System! He'll make every beast in the courtyard weep! The First Uncle, a paragon of virtue! The Second Uncle, obsessed with officialdom! The Third Uncle, a scheming old fox! He Yuzhu, the God of War and a hopeless simp! Jia Banggeng, a thieving, ungrateful little brat! Qin Huairu, a parasitic white lotus! Xu Damao, a sinister little villain! Jia Zhangshi, a summoning shaman! 378Reads6.4Score10314d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: The Despair of the Beasts 四合院：众禽的绝望 Yang Jie accidentally transmigrates to a Siheyuan in 1961. When he wakes, he finds the original owner's mother about to hang herself. After inheriting the original owner's memories, the beasts of the Siheyuan are in for hard times! 1.3kReads6.6Score10214d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: My Luck Is Off the Charts, So I’m Invincible 四合院：运气爆棚的我无敌了 Wu Chuan transmigrated to a courtyard house in the 1950s. When he woke up, he found Qin Huairu lying beside him. After awakening his Luck System, he began an invincible life. … “Mr. Wu, please come to the Ministry of Industry. We need talented people like you.” “Dr. Wu, our Peking Union Medical College Hospital needs you.” “Xiao Wu, as long as you don’t leave, you can be the factory director!” Wu Chuan said, “Sorry, I want all of it.” 301Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 32 Siheyuan: I've Changed, Silly Zhu 四合院：我傻柱变了呀 Transmigrating as “Silly Zhu,” He Yuzhu, he refuses to be guilt-tripped from the start! The courtyard’s busybodies are stunned: Why isn’t Silly Zhu being silly anymore?! I win the senior leadership’s appreciation by overhauling the cafeteria, and shock everyone at the factory-wide assembly. Liu Haizhong is jealous? Yi Zhonghai is scheming? Xu Damao is framing me? I counter every move and put them all in their place. Lou Xiao'e knocks on my window late at night and entrusts me with a top-secret 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Reborn in 1951: From Silly Zhu to Master Zhu 重生1951之从傻柱到柱爷 My soul returns to 1951! Was I reborn, or did I transmigrate? No matter what happened from the start, this time I’ll live a different life, one full of heart and soul, with a past and a future… 3.4kReads7.1Score11114d adds
- 34 From Communal Dining in the Countryside to Tormenting the Vermin in the Siheyuan 从农村吃大锅饭到四合院虐禽 [Feel-good power fantasy] [Invincible] [Siheyuan] [Hard times] Bu Ren realizes he really has transmigrated into the body of a young Taoist from an unknown era. The other guy knows medicine and a little book learning, but nothing else. After burying the old Taoist who just died, Bu Ren is preparing to head down the mountain when a man claiming to be the brigade chief comes by and says that better days are here. Bu Ren follows him down the mountain. Before they can enjoy those good days for long, 1Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 35 Siheyuan: Zhou Wenzhong 四合院之周文忠 Zhou Wenzhong's story of striving, viewing the world from another perspective. 33Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 36 Siheyuan: The Apocalypse's Old Fox Becomes Silly Zhu 四合院：末世老六成了傻柱 Born in the countryside in 1993, with no father and only a widowed mother to raise him, He Yuzhu's life was full of tragedy. His mother had never had children before, but when she finally did, she gave birth to triplet boys. Their father heard the good news and was so thrilled that he dropped dead... There was no need to mention the rest of his life... Luckily, he lived to see the end of the world and awakened spatial and invisibility abilities. He wasn't much of a fighter, but he managed to get 2.5kReads6.5Score11014d adds
- 37 Siheyuan: Everyone Was Stunned When I Called the Cops from the Start 四合院：开局就报警全院都傻眼了 After transmigrating as He Yuzhu, he may not have a System to back him up, but he refuses to put up with the slightest injustice. Anyone who scams him, steals from him, or curses him… He reports them to the police the moment they cross his path. Unless there’s something in it for him, he absolutely refuses to play peacemaker! He didn’t get the usual transmigration perks, but unexpected troubles keep cropping up. Lou Xiao'e doesn’t appreciate his good intentions, Qin Huairu has actually gotten in 1.5kReads5.3Score—14d adds
- 38 Siheyuan: Wish at Yonghe Temple and Ruthlessly Deal with the Courtyard's Vermin 四合院：雍和宫式许愿，暴虐众禽 [System + Tormenting the Courtyard Birds + Strengthening the Nation + Original Single Heroine] After wishing for a good wife at Yonghe Temple, Zhou Zhengqing got incredibly lucky: he arrived in the world of Birds in the Courtyard with a wish-granting System. The wish-granting System has a simple function: fulfill other people’s wishes to grow stronger. And since the Courtyard Birds are at the center of the world, fulfilling their wishes brings extremely generous rewards. Zhou Zhengqing didn’t wa 367Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 39 Siheyuan: I Raise a Sky Screen, and the Birds Become Rats in the Street 四合院：我开天幕，众禽成过街鼠 From the start, Cui Jian transmigrates into the 1960s as an orphan in a courtyard. His parents went missing after leaving to aid the west six years ago, and Cui Jian himself has even died of illness. The only money keeping him alive, 200 yuan sent every month from the distant northwest, has all been pocketed by the sanctimonious First Master, Yi Zhonghai, to support the family of the pretty widow Qin Huairu! Just as Cui Jian falls into despair, the [Sky Screen Movie-Watching System], which cover —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Siheyuan: I Marry Chen Xueru, and All the Birds Are My Servants 四合院：娶妻陈雪茹，众禽都是我的仆人 After transmigrating into the world of the Courtyard, Lin Zheng finds himself working for Chen Xueru, but awakens a dream realm. Not only can he make people work for him and farm in their dreams, he can also acquire their skills? Well, now I’m wide awake! And as for workers, aren’t the troublemakers in this courtyard the perfect labor force? Jia Dongxu: “I just took a nap. Why do I feel like I’m about to drop dead?” Yi Zhonghai: “There’s a meeting soon, but I really don’t have the strength to go 535Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Siheyuan: Fleeing Famine in 1952 with Heaven-Defying Comprehension 四合院：52逃荒，悟性逆天 [Pocket dimension] + [period life] + [slow-paced] Chen Yuan was sent to the 1952 world of Love in the Courtyard by a meal delivery mix-up. He had a tragic past, but fortunately awakened a System space and heaven-defying comprehension, allowing him to master any knowledge or skill with ease. As his skill levels increased, the System space could expand as well. The courtyard was still full of the same awful people. But that year, Jia Dongxu was still alive, He Daqing hadn’t left, and Qin Huairu ha 733Reads5.9Score10314d adds
- 42 Siheyuan: Merging All Things, Conquering Qin Huairu from the Start 四合院万物融合，开局征服秦淮茹 What do you do when, from the start, you're impotent? Wang Dalei is panicking too. Just as he's losing all hope, he suddenly awakens the Everything Fusion System! It can fuse anything! That very day, he fuses... And sure enough, it's extraordinary! From then on, Wang Dalei walks with newfound confidence. And the fusion story continues... 660Reads5.5Score11014d adds
- 43 Siheyuan: The Troublemaker in the West Wing Courtyard 四合院之西跨小院的搅局者 Told entirely from the protagonist’s perspective, with a fast-paced, slice-of-life feel. At its most basic, life is all about rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea. Whether you make it wonderful depends on your outlook. What matters most is the warmth of everyday life: tend the hearth so its fire doesn’t go out, and raise a few children. Of course, you need a solid material foundation, too. If you want to shake things up, first make sure your own life is comfortable and your abilities ar 1.8kReads8.0Score10214d adds
- 44 Siheyuan: He Daqing Stays Put, and the Japanese Suffer 四合院：何大清不跑，鬼子倒大霉 After transmigrating nine times and dying every time, the System delivered its final warning: die once more on the tenth try, and your soul will be scattered forever. Fortunately, this time's starter pack was fully loaded: combat skills, a bulletproof vest, a portable storage space, and even a modern mansion with every amenity. He Daqing thought he could finally lie low and stay alive. But when he opened his eyes, it was the thirty-first year of the Republic of China, and Beiping had fallen. 351Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Siheyuan: After My Sign-In, They're All Good Neighbors 四合院：我签到后都是好邻居 Lin Yu accidentally transmigrates to a Siheyuan in the 1960s, arriving destitute and down on his luck. Then fortune smiles on him: he activates a sign-in System, and his life changes. Xu Damao makes things difficult for him, Widow Qin schemes against him, and the First Master tries to win him over, but Lin Yu uses his wits and the System to overcome one crisis after another. His sign-in rewards teach him carpentry, and he starts a business, gradually building his wealth. He stays true to himself —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Siheyuan: A Brand-New Life, Nobody Better Mess with Me 四合院之全新人生，谁也别来惹我 Silly Zhu had a life that was golden from the start. So why did he end up freezing to death under a bridge? It just doesn't make sense. How can he change his fate? This Siheyuan fanfiction is told mainly from He Yuzhu's perspective, following the story of his new life. It focuses more on everyday family matters, with no hostility or holier-than-thou characters, just an ordinary person's way of getting by in the complicated Siheyuan. No over-the-top drama or hostility, and a cozy tone, though ev 22.1kReads6.3Score72914d adds
- 47 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Rise to Success 四合院：我何雨柱，功成名就 He gently reached out and closed the refrigerator door, as if shutting a door to the past. Then he turned to face Lin Zhan, his gaze firm yet warm. “From now on, no matter what happens, we'll face it together, okay?” 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: Do You Really Deserve a Happy Ending? 四合院你也配有好下场？ Handcrafted from scratch + fresh approach + respect for history + no mindless plot + original female lead No System, but there is a limited-function pocket dimension. The protagonist graduated from a technical secondary school and doesn’t work at the steel mill. She isn’t saintly, keeps her distance from Qin Huairu, doesn’t get along with Silly Zhu, and has a grudge against Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong. Yan Bugui is just a mascot. The story fits the historical setting. No mindless characters: e 2.5kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 49 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Make the Jia Family Go Bankrupt 四合院：开局先让贾家破产 I somehow end up in the courtyard house and become the hapless He Yuzhu. I'm not Silly Zhu. Deaf Granny, Yi Zhonghai, and the Jia family, you'd better not mess with me. But the courtyard's beasts are so outrageous that they keep looking for trouble. Fine, then. Silly Zhu's fate in my previous life will be your future! 2.8kReads6.7Score12414d adds
- 50 Siheyuan: Starting in 1961 四合院：从1961开始 [Transmigration + laid-back daily life + scheming protagonist] He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and marries Lou Xiao'e from the start. With the Repair System at his disposal, he makes a great life for himself. In the courtyard, he watches everyone with an amused smile. Beyond the courtyard, he lives life on his own terms. This blurb doesn’t do it justice. Read the story. 353Reads—Score—14d adds
