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- 151 I’m Really Not a Scumbag Pillar 我真不是渣柱 Zhang Baoshi, a young man from the modern world, unexpectedly finds his soul transported into the body of Silly Zhu, a sixteen-year-old character from Love in the Courtyard. Having read plenty of fanfiction, he immediately swoops in on Qin Huairu and activates a pocket-dimension System, hoping to live a quiet life. But fate has other plans: Qin Huairu ends up marrying Jia Dongxu, leaving him utterly disheartened. Remembering how the Jia family drained him dry in the original story, until he froz 25Reads6.1Score514d adds
- 152 Siheyuan: Reborn, I Settle Every Score 四合院：重生后，我一一清算 Synopsis of "Siheyuan: After Being Reborn, I Settle Every Score" In 1958, in a Beijing siheyuan on Longxugou, Chen Feng goes from a vengeful ghost in a freezing prison to a young man in his prime after being reborn. In his previous life, he watched his parents get framed through the collusion of the Third Master, Niu Degui, the Second Master, Li Mengcang, and the First Master, Yan Daomao. Their property was seized, and they died with their names unjustly stained. The Jia and Xu families took adv 5Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 153 Siheyuan: Bridging the Myriad Worlds 四合院之对缝诸天万界 Whether the courtyard is in chaos or not is up to the Jia family. Silly Zhu does the dirty work, and Old Yi keeps watch. But ever since Wang Xiaotian arrived at the courtyard, everything changed... 15Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 154 Conquering the Realm, Part Seven: The Qingzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第七部之青州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Seven: The Qingzhou Tripod 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Silly Zhu's Uncle 四合院：穿越成傻柱舅舅 In 1958, Li Jianjun transmigrated into the body of a demobilized soldier. This man turned out to be He Yuzhu's uncle, who was also named Li Jianjun. After leaving the military, he took a job as the chief of security at the Steel Mill and officially moved into the courtyard. Silly Zhu and He Yushui finally experienced the care of an elder. With no way out, Yi Zhonghai was left dumbfounded. 112Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 156 Siheyuan: Traveling Between Two Worlds 四合院：游走两界 [Two worlds develop in parallel, a feel-good story about a wealthy man's daily life] [No romance with Qin Huairu. If you want to read about Qin Huairu, please move along.] [The protagonist starts out as an ordinary person and grows over time. The beginning is a little slow, so if you want him to be invincible from the start, this book isn't for you.] Jiang Yang, the owner of a small supermarket, accidentally obtained a ring that could let him transmigrate to the world of Love in the Courtyard. I 11.3kReads8.0Score53714d adds
- 157 You're Forcing Me to the Countryside? I'll Empty the House and Head Off to the Farms in Style 逼我下乡？我搬空家底潇洒插队 Reborn in 1975, Lin Jianguo looks at his biased parents and the younger brother about to take over his job, then gives a cold laugh. If you won't treat me right, don't blame me for returning the favor! He activates his pocket System and acquires Grandmaster-level Baji Fist, expert hunting skills, and expert marksmanship. He clears out every valuable belonging in his biased parents' house, then casually signs up his stepmother's son to go to the Great Northwest. With his bags on his back, he head 11.3kReads7.5Score84114d adds
- 158 The Urban Supreme: Starting by Tearing Up the Marriage Contract 都市至尊，从撕毁婚书开始 A mysterious marriage contract was drawn up twenty years ago. Twenty years later, Lin Jiuxiao descended from the mountains with the contract, only for his wealthy fiancée to tear it up in front of everyone. “A country bumpkin from the mountains thinks he’s worthy of marrying me?” Amid the laughter, Lin Jiuxiao calmly gathered the scraps. “The contract can be destroyed. But the Su family has enjoyed three generations of wealth thanks to my master’s sect. Today, it’s time to pay it back.” The mome 825Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 159 Siheyuan: My Name Is Yi Zhonghe 四合院：我叫易中河 A modern man transmigrates into the world of the courtyard drama, becoming Yi Zhonghe, Yi Zhonghai’s younger brother, a character who never appeared in the show. He moves into the courtyard and takes a job at the steel mill. See how a modern soul reforms the courtyard’s self-serving residents, turning the “courtyard full of miscreants” into a true Love in the Courtyard. 84.8kReads8.0Score4.6k14d adds
- 160 Siheyuan: I Have a Little World of My Own 四合院：我有一个小世界 After exploring a glowing cave entrance on a sinkhole's cliff face, outdoor enthusiast Wang Yu transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan, where he discovers that the glowing entrance is a portal to other worlds. Wang Yu leads a leisurely life in the Siheyuan world while exploring other worlds and selling weapons. Traveling back and forth between the two realms, he practices martial arts and cultivates immortality, living a carefree life. 22.7kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 161 Siheyuan: From the Start, Silly Zhu's Uncle Leads Him into Politics 四合院开局傻柱娘舅带他步入仕途 [Siheyuan] + [A Lifelong Journey] + [In the Name of the People] A mash-up of several dramas, telling the story of what happened before the Siheyuan. Chu Yun's soul traveled back to 1938, where he became the uncle of He Yuzhu, a man who shared his name. From the start, he was a company commander in the Eighth Route Army. To stand up for his sister and his poor, wronged nephew, Chu Yun immediately taught He Daqing a lesson and gave the courtyard's troublemakers a dressing-down. Determined to give 84Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 162 Siheyuan: Awakening the System, I Won't Let the Whole Courtyard Suck Me Dry 四合院：觉醒系统，不惯全院吸血 After transmigrating back to the 1960s and the beastly courtyard compound, the protagonist awakens a heaven-defying comeback System and sees through the evil intentions of everyone living there! There are no warm, friendly neighbors here, just a pack of bloodsuckers plotting against one another: the First Master, who abuses his position and uses moral pressure to get others to provide for his retirement; the Second Master, who dreams of becoming an official and loves throwing his weight around; 27Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 163 I’m Here to Set the Chaotic Siheyuan Straight 朕来整顿禽满四合院 After Zhu Yuanzhang died, he transmigrated into the body of a junior official. When he got home, he found that His wife was Empress Ma, doing laundry for someone else. His son was Zhu Biao, with a broken leg. His grandson was Zhu Xiongying, skin and bones. The so-called “good neighbors” in the compound stole from his family, insulted his wife, and schemed against his son. The whole place was full of beasts. Then the System arrived, bringing him master-level Chinese medicine, a farm he could c 1.3kReads6.1Score—14d adds
- 164 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Revenge 四合院之傻柱复仇记 A burned-out office worker who dropped dead in 2026 becomes Silly Zhu, who froze to death on the streets in 1951. Bound to a System, he learns cooking, traditional Chinese medicine, and Bajiquan. As he raises his little sister, he makes every beast who schemes against him pay the price. 30.9kReads8.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 165 Siheyuan: I, Jia Dongxu, Want to Be Reborn Too! 四合院：我贾东旭也要重生！ [Love in the Courtyard; wish-fulfillment!!!; comedy; transmigration; one female lead (Qin Huairu); pocket dimension] Silly Zhu next door has been working himself to the bone around the clock. It's about time I, Jia Dongxu, got to be the main character!!! Reincarnated as a man doomed to die young? This time, I'll hold this family together! You won't teach me properly? I'll cut ties with Yi Zhonghai and find myself a new master! Yi Zhonghai: “Dongxu, I was wrong!” Caught Jia Zhangshi sneaking 29.7kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 166 1940: I Have the Thousand-Blade Demon Saber for Killing the Japanese! 1940：杀鬼子我有魔刀千刃！ A modern college student transmigrates to 1940 and takes over the body of a child named Wu Liuqi, who was killed by the Japanese. He awakens the Enemy-Slaying, Nation-Strengthening System! With the template of the assassin Wu Liuqi and the Thousand Blades Demon Sword in hand, he throws his head back and shouts, “You Japanese devils, your grandpa is here!” 2kReads7.4Score10714d adds
- 167 Siheyuan: Five Tiger Sons at Home, Keeping the Vermin in Check 四合院：家有五虎，镇压众禽 The Lin family's five tough guys moved into the courtyard house, and everyone had better behave, or the five Lin brothers wouldn't hold back. With the five Lin brothers around, Jia Zhangshi no longer dared to summon spirits, Yi Zhonghai no longer dared to control the courtyard, and Silly Zhu finally behaved himself. 8.5kReads5.6Score30914d adds
- 168 Siheyuan: I Ruin Silly Zhu and Wipe Out the Whole Bunch 四合院：废了傻柱，全灭众禽 From the start, he breaks Silly Zhu's right hand. After finding out how the Sixth Man System determines its verdict, he deals with the beasts by chapter 100. Silly Zhu ends up begging on the streets with all five limbs broken. Seriously, trust me, bro. 17.3kReads6.1Score59014d adds
- 169 Conquering the Realm, Part Six: The Xuzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第六部之徐州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Six: The Xuzhou Tripod 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 I'm He Yuzhu from the Courtyard House 四合院我是何雨柱 The life of an ordinary person. Come see what happens after He Yuzhu becomes an ordinary man, with no potty humor, no invincibility, and none of those talismans. Thanks for your support. 31.5kReads8.9Score79414d adds
- 171 Siheyuan: Transmigrated as He Yuzhu, I Move House from the Start 四合院：穿成何雨柱，开局就搬家 He Yuzhu unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a Beijing courtyard in 1953, taking the place of the original “Silly Zhu” and starting his life over. When he wakes up, he discovers that his father, He Daqing, has abandoned the family and eloped with the White Widow, while even the money left for their upkeep has been pocketed by Yi Zhonghai. Faced with such a difficult start, He Yuzhu refuses to stay silent. He decisively exposes Yi Zhonghai for who he really is and successfully recovers 210Reads5.5Score10414d adds
- 172 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Refused to Bring a Lunchbox 四合院之开局从拒绝带饭盒开始 After transmigrating, He Yuzhu is asked by Yi Zhonghai to bring a lunchbox to a widow. He Yuzhu immediately refuses! One heroine, an original character. See how He Yuzhu rewrites Silly Zhu’s life and lives the life he always wanted. [Not a revenge story] [Everyday life] [No violence] 21.7kReads8.5Score92214d adds
- 173 Siheyuan: How Dare You Steal My Inheritance? 四合院：我的遗产你们也敢吞？ When a doctoral graduate’s soul landed in 1961, he became a young man in rural Changping who shared his name. His parents were dead, and his uncle’s inheritance had been completely divided among the “old neighbors” in Courtyard 95 on Nanluoguxiang: three rooms, eight thousand yuan in savings, and a secure job at the steel mill, all seized. With no way to seek justice, he had only a will and the future technology and master-level martial arts bestowed upon him by his transmigration. From appealin 6.8kReads6.6Score20114d adds
- 174 Siheyuan: My Life Starts Over 四合院：我的人生重新开始 A top student from the future accidentally arrives in the world of the courtyard houses. He wants no part in the petty squabbles in the neighborhood or the scheming at work. All he wants is to enjoy a peaceful life at home, whatever storms may rage outside. 6.8kReads8.4Score20214d adds
- 175 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Ordinary Path 四合院之何雨柱的平凡之路 A realistic portrayal of life in the 1960s. Back then, people had only one day off a week. Primary school lasted five years, middle school three, and high school two. Travel was slow, and people were simple and honest. Of course, the birds in the courtyard were the exception: the whole place was a den of villains. The worst was Qin Huairu, who'd eat you alive without leaving a bone. Second was Xu Damao, who reported his own wife. Third was Liu Haizhong, a petty man made all the more arrogant by 25kReads9.2Score1k14d adds
- 176 Conquering the Realm, Part Five: The Yanzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第五部之兖州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Five: The Yanzhou Tripod 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm Silly Zhu's Uncle, Taking Him into the Army 四合院，开局傻柱他叔，带他从军 Military story + no holier-than-thou protagonist After transmigrating as He Daqing's younger brother, He Daming, he sets out to change the future for himself and his nephew, He Yuzhu. As a regimental commander, He Daming resolutely takes him into the army, embarking on a moving and heroic journey together. 12.2kReads8.2Score47514d adds
- 178 Siheyuan: The Elder Has a Son 四合院：一大爷有子 What stories would unfold in this courtyard if Yi Zhonghai had a biological son and no longer had to spend every day scheming over who would care for him in his old age? Yi Feng, a college student from the twenty-first century, becomes Yi Zhonghai's late-born son in the 1950s and 60s. What sort of story will follow? Note: Yi Jiabao doesn't know the plot of Love in the Courtyard. No angst, a gentle, gradual pace, and a golden finger that's useful but not overpowered. The story is about the Yi Jia 16.5kReads8.2Score66114d adds
- 179 Lord of Reincarnation in the Nine Domains 九域轮回之主 Synopsis Good-for-nothing Lin Feng is betrayed by his beloved and his clan brother, stripped of all his cultivation, and thrown into the Blood Prison of the Nine Netherworlds. In his despair, he awakens the Nine Hells Reincarnation Seal, which can devour baleful energy, souls, and even the myriad laws of the heavens! From then on, the Blood Prison becomes his hunting ground, baleful energy his nourishment, and ferocious beasts his watchdogs. When he shatters the Nine Hells and returns to the Ni 722Reads8.8Score2514d adds
- 180 Siheyuan: I Handed Everything Over to the Nation 四合院之我把一切上交国家 In the long course of history, one era is forever etched into the deepest recesses of the Chinese people's memory: the grueling War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. He Daqing arrives in the world of the Siheyuan, becoming another He Daqing. When the invaders' iron hooves trample our land, the country is shattered and its people suffer. But the sons and daughters of China never surrender. They stand tall, composing one stirring anthem of resistance after another with their blood and the 1.7kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 181 Siheyuan: Zhuzi Marries Li Xiuzhi, a Girl from Sichuan and Chongqing 四合院：柱子娶川渝妹子李秀芝 [Reborn + revenge + feel-good fiction + settling scores + courtyard compound + period feel-good fiction + one heroine + devoted husband + fiercely protective husband] P.S. A Sichuan girl's gentleness is at 100%. Li Xiuzhi took 97% of it with her when she fled the famine. All that's left is: “I'll count to three.” I, He Yuzhu, have crawled back from hell! In my previous life, Yi Zhonghai schemed to make me support him in old age, Liu Haizhong abused his authority to bully me, Yan Bugui nickeled a 5.1kReads5.4Score18614d adds
- 182 Siheyuan: I'm He Yushui's Older Brother 四合院：我是何雨水哥哥 [Courtyard setting + Silly Zhu + He Yuzhu + He Yuzhu’s older brother + no System + one female lead + period setting + a little hot-tempered, but not too much + won’t take a loss or let others push him around] My name is He Gaoheng. I’ve never trained in martial arts and couldn’t even hurt a chicken with my bare hands!!! One day, I transmigrated and became He Gaoheng, the older brother of Silly Zhu from the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang! He Daqing, the He family’s pillar, ran off, leaving the 6.4kReads5.4Score18314d adds
- 183 Siheyuan: My Hunting Life 四合院：我的狩猎生涯 A hero who fought floods and rescued disaster victims returns to the world of Siheyuan. To survive, he takes up hunting and feeds his whole family through these turbulent times. Come see a different Siheyuan: no mindless characters, no hostility. The author pours care into every page, even staying up late to write! Thank you all for your support! 10.6kReads8.0Score35014d adds
- 184 Siheyuan: Starting with a Street Stall 四合院：从摆地摊开始 Chen Jun dies suddenly from working overtime and wakes up in Nanluoguxiang in 1954. His father died young, his mother is sick, his little sister is helpless, and he is unemployed. What a disastrous start! Luckily, with the System’s help, Chen Jun gains the means to establish himself. Faced with all the troublemakers in the courtyard, Chen Jun lives by the principle that he ignores minor losses, but anyone who causes him major losses goes straight to prison. From the start, he gets Jia Zhangshi s 66.9kReads7.6Score3.6k14d adds
- 185 The Great Emperor Returns: Starting with the Annihilation of His Clan 大帝归来：从灭族开始 Synopsis: Lu Changsheng, the supreme cultivator of the cultivation world, spent a thousand years cultivating before ruling the myriad realms with a single sword. When he tore through space and returned to Blue Star, he discovered that only five years had passed on Earth. Monsters were running rampant across the Western Pacific, and half the country had fallen. With a single sweep of his sword, he wiped out countless demons. But when he finally returned home, he was met with this: His parents had 1.6kReads—Score5814d adds
- 186 Siheyuan: Reborn as Yi Zhonghai's Only Son 四合院：穿成易中海的亲儿子 [Period novel + witty and humorous + chosen-by-heaven System + no saintly heroine + face-slapping + slice of life] Yi Tianci is reborn as Yi Zhonghai's biological son in Love in the Courtyard, making him a bona fide rich second-generation heir. With the System at his side, Silly Zhu can no longer rely on protection, and Old Deaf Granny is no longer the revered matriarch. No one can escape. While dealing with the courtyard's troublemakers, he also catches the tide of the times and writes a remark 34kReads8.1Score2.6k14d adds
- 187 Siheyuan: My Dad Is Xu Damao, and My Mom Is Lou Xiao'e 四合院：爹是许大茂，娘是娄晓娥 When zombies surrounded the city in the apocalypse, orphan Xu Xiao had no choice but to self-destruct, taking the newly crowned Zombie King down with him. Instead, he transmigrated into the TV series Courtyard House as Xu Damao’s son, with a womanizing father, a sweet and clueless mother, and beasts all around him. With no other choice, he must make the most of life in a courtyard full of beasts. See how Xu Xiao lives life on his own terms. For those born in the ’70s and ’80s, music has never le 20.2kReads9.2Score99914d adds
- 188 Siheyuan: The Jie Sect's Fortune! Seizing the Fortune of All Things! 四合院：截教气运！截取万物！ In the Battle of the Investiture of the Gods, the Jie Sect suffered a crushing defeat, and Tongtian was forced to swallow the Saint-Falling Pill. Enraged, Tongtian stripped away the remnants of the Jie Sect's fortune and sent them into the endless void, hoping that one day someone destined to inherit it could lead the Jie Sect to greatness again. Hongjun learned of this. The Creation Jade Disc nurtured among his three flowers shot out a beam of golden light, intent on scattering the Jie Sect's 9.1kReads8.1Score48614d adds
- 189 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao, but I Won't Be Xu Damao 四合院：我许大茂，不做许大茂 This book has no System, golden finger, or cheat. This is an all-new Xu Damao, transported to another world and made into an entirely new person. It tells a different story about Xu Damao! A man in his thirties from a later era, Xu Damao, gets hit by a truck. In that instant, the primordial power of heaven and earth causes him and the Xu Damao from the courtyard compound to collide, and he passively transmigrates. The courtyard’s Xu Damao is whisked away by a Dongfeng truck. See how the Xu Damao 1.2kReads5.5Score—14d adds
- 190 Siheyuan Culinary God: I, He Yuzhu, Got Married from the Start 四合院神厨：我何雨柱开局就结婚 [Heartwarming + everyday life + plot changes + one heroine] After transmigrating as He Yuzhu and awakening the Chef God System, how will he deal with the bunch of pests in the courtyard? He marries a wife from the start, so Qin Huairu and Uncle Yi can forget about guilt-tripping him! Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng, don’t cause trouble, or Brother Zhu will make you pay! 30.2kReads8.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 191 Siheyuan: The Civil Engineering Big Shot Has Arrived! 四合院：土木大佬驾到！ [No System] [Has a Spatial Dimension] [Low on Violence] Liu Bo: an utterly ordinary name. But if you have an arrogant subordinate named Long Aotian, then Liu Bo must be someone extraordinary. The quintessential big-shot protagonist, no doubt about it. But he's not the protagonist of this story. Liu Bo is a construction worker in 2025, working as a site manager at a construction site in a tiny county town ranked somewhere around the eighteenth tier. It happens to be a night shift pouring concrete 1.7kReads5.9Score10714d adds
- 192 Conquering the Realm, Part Four: In Search of the Tripods 问鼎天下第四部之寻鼎记 Conquering the World, Part Four: The Quest for the Tripod 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 From the Start: I, Silly Zhu, Move Out of the Courtyard 开局：我傻柱搬离四合院 He Yuzhu lived in the twentieth century. Since he shared the same name as Silly Zhu from the courtyard compound, people around him never stopped teasing him. One day, after drinking at home, his soul transmigrated into the world of the courtyard compound, where he became Silly Zhu. With help from the System, he eventually became a business and entertainment mogul. 9.9kReads6.2Score20314d adds
- 194 Siheyuan: Starting in 1953 四合院从1953开始 He Yuzhu, who shares the same name as Silly Zhu, complained about the plot of the courtyard story and was chosen by the System. He was sent into the world where the story takes place and became Silly Zhu. Fortunately, the System showed some consideration: instead of dropping He Yuzhu into the story at the beginning, it sent him back to before He Daqing ran off with the widow. Since I’m here, and I have a System, I won’t be fooled again or act like a simp this time around. I’ll live for myself an 23.6kReads8.7Score69014d adds
- 195 Siheyuan: Making My Own Way to Success 四合院：风生水起靠自己 [No harem + fierce, scheming protagonist + a touch of invincibility + lighthearted slice of life + space-based farming + building a family + no saintly do-gooder] In the real world, there was a passionate young man with an unbending sense of justice. His name was Zheng Yi. By a twist of fate, he stumbled upon an extraordinary opportunity that took him to the year 1955. What left Zheng Yi most dumbfounded was that this was the world of Love in the Courtyard. That’s right, the world of Love in the 14.9kReads6.9Score60114d adds
- 196 Siheyuan: Infinite Creation in My World 四合院之我的世界无限创造 Invincible! Pure wish fulfillment! If it doesn't satisfy you, you don't pay! Chen Tian was playing Minecraft at home when he unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. There, he obtained the ultimate authority to create without limits in Minecraft, allowing him to reshape the world around him at will. As he transformed more and more places, the energy fed back by this authority kept changing his body, making him invincible. Don't like the little Japanese? Wipe out their 5.9kReads5.8Score29914d adds
- 197 Siheyuan: As a Procurement Officer, I Have a Pocket Dimension 四合院：身为采购员的我有空间 [Siheyuan courtyard + pocket dimension + farming + low angst + smart protagonist + satisfying read + one heroine] An accident brings the protagonist, Zhao Dongsheng, to Love in the Courtyard. He also gains a Blessed Land Space System. He becomes a procurement officer. In an era of scarce supplies, his job makes him incredibly popular. Wheat, rice, and corn: plant them all. And of course, make room for fruit, too. Raise chickens, ducks, fish, geese, and cows. All of them. As for the noi 36.8kReads7.6Score2.3k14d adds
- 198 Siheyuan: In Less Than Six Months, I Gathered Enough for a Mahjong Table 四合院：不到半年，凑齐一桌麻将 2.2kReads5.9Score10514d adds
- 199 Conquering the Realm, Part Three: The Yongzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第三部之雍州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Three: The Yongzhou Tripod 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Siheyuan: Take My Advice and Don't Mess With Me, I Know Your Secrets 四合院：听劝别惹我，我知你底细 Lin Yuan, a corporate drone caught in the rat race of the 21st century, wakes up to find he’s become a trainee purchasing agent at the Hongxing Steel Mill in 1958. And he’s living in a courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang, a den of corruption and endless scheming? A hellish start? Not a chance! His transmigration comes with an intelligence System, leaving no secrets hidden from him, whether in the courtyard or at the steel mill. Who’s hiding gold bars, who stole state grain, who’s plotting behind so 31.6kReads6.7Score1.7k14d adds
