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- 51 Siheyuan: The Eldest Brother Returns and Kicks Jia Zhangshi Away 四合院：长兄归来，踹飞贾张氏 He transmigrates into the world of the courtyard compound, from the start in 1958! He Yuguo, a veteran discharged from the army in his previous life, becomes Silly Zhu's biological older brother, a fearsome man just back from the battlefield. He also awakens a [God-Tier Instant-Kill System] that refreshes every day! Supplies are scarce and people are unpredictable? None of that is a problem with the Instant-Kill System! [Ding! Today's instant-kill items have refreshed!] [Instant kill in one seco 2.4kReads5.5Score10014d adds
- 52 Siheyuan: Awakening the Great Guy System from the Start 四合院：开局觉醒大好人系统 A courtyard full of beasts! The protagonist is determined to expose their true colors! “Walking ATM” Silly Zhu, “Crying and wailing” Jia Zhangshi, “Pure White Lotus” Qin Huairu, and “Thieving Saint” Banggeng! Pure, no heroine, science and technology, absolutely! Nuclear bombs, aircraft carriers, and a cosmic extermination cannon, plus fiery eyes, seventy-two transformations, and the mighty Heavenly Dragon... Let the glorious chaos begin! But when all the courtyard beasts start mending their ways 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Siheyuan: A Letter Takes Down the Head of the Courtyard from the Start 四合院：开局一封信废掉一大爷 He Yuzhu lets out an angry roar. He has just transmigrated to the 1960s and become Silly Zhu, the biggest sucker in Love in the Courtyard. Before he can even eat his first proper meal, a pound of pork and two pounds of white flour are stolen clean out of his home! “You want to bleed me dry? Dream on!” Facing the sanctimonious First Uncle Yi Zhonghai, the status-obsessed Second Uncle Liu Haizhong, the penny-pinching Third Uncle Yan Bugui, the sobbing “white lotus” Qin Huairu, and the tantrum-thro 1.5kReads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Siheyuan: Did I Cut Off the Jia Family's Lifeline from the Start? 四合院：开局断了贾家命脉？ Chen Feng transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he was bound to the Assassin System. After feeling the mistreatment his predecessor had suffered, he decided to teach that pack of beasts a proper lesson on his predecessor’s behalf. 19Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 55 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn in 1956 四合院：傻柱重生56年 He Yuzhu, who died a miserable death beneath a bridge, is reborn as a teenager. In an era of scarce supplies, having a pocket dimension is essential if you want a comfortable life. Surrounded by beasts, He Yuzhu wants nothing to do with them and only wants to live his own quiet life. But the beasts won't leave him alone. When Qin Huairu asks to borrow grain and He Yuzhu refuses, Jia Zhangshi runs straight to his door and makes a scene. Yi Zhonghai takes the Jia family's side and targets the He f 506Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 56 Siheyuan: No Peace in the Courtyard 四合院之满院不宁 Fishing fanatic Li Bufan transmigrates into the Siheyuan and starts a livestreaming System. With donations from all the big shots, he puts the scoundrels in their place. This is a comedy, without demonizing anyone, and with a slice-of-life feel. The protagonist is basically a guy who’ll do anything for the right price. 269Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 57 When the Lead Actor Comes to Live in the Siheyuan 当主演到了四合院生活 (The rating starts at 6.1 and will rise later.) Characters who have appeared: He Bing as Sha Zhu, Hai Yitian as Xu Damao, and Hao Lei as Qin Huairu. (Guest appearances: Fang Zige as Liu Haizhong, Wei Xiaojun as Lou Xiaoe.) Characters appearing later: Sha Jingchang as Yi Zhonghai, Li Guangfu as Yan Bugui... (More to be added) 3.1kReads6.6Score17414d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: Lurking in the Shadows to Strike 四合院：苟在幕后下黑手 Everyone says the beasts of the courtyard are smooth talkers and get things done without leaving a trace. They're also fond of using morality to guilt-trip people. Sun Hao transmigrates into the courtyard and awakens a golden finger. Watch as I scheme from behind the scenes and bleed you dry. Let's see if you'll still feel like stirring up trouble then. 16Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 59 Siheyuan: I'm the He Family's Second Young Master, Rising Through the Ranks 四合院：我，何家二少，一路进部 [Rebuild Silly Zhu] [Beat the courtyard beasts] [Restore the He family] He transmigrates to the 1960s as He Yuzhu’s younger brother and He Yushui’s twin brother, and awakens a sign-in System. His first move is to expose Yi Zhonghai’s hypocrisy, help Silly Zhu see him for who he really is, and then send him to the police station for good measure. He doesn’t just want to change the He family’s fate. He also wants to go to university! He’s going to make a name for himself in this world, fair and sq 2.7kReads7.1Score11314d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Knocks Out Silly Zhu from the Start 四合院：许大茂开局KO傻柱 [Transmigration, Four-Sided Courtyard, System, Multiple Heroines] UFC champion Xu Damao refused to throw a fixed fight, so the boss pulling the strings sent thugs to beat him to death. He transmigrated into the body of Xu Damao, a resident of Nanluoguxiang in the capital in 1965. He opened his eyes already struggling on the brink of death, then unexpectedly awakened a System. Whether you’re the Four-Sided Courtyard’s battle god or its paragon of morality, first you get a beating, and then we’ll 606Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 61 Forest's First Book 森林的森0的第1本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 473Reads6.8Score13414d adds
- 62 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
- 63 Siheyuan: Invest in the Neighborhood Troublemakers, Get a Hundredfold Return 四合院：投资众禽，奖励百倍返还 Lu Xiaochuan unexpectedly transmigrated into the era of Qin Man Siheyuan. As it happened, he arrived just as a matchmaker was bringing Qin Huairu to Jia Dongxu's home for a matchmaking meeting. Who would have thought Jia Zhangshi would turn Qin Huairu down because her family was asking for too high a bride price? Lu Xiaochuan happened to witness the whole thing. So he began his plan to steal the match! He also activated the Investment System. As long as he invested in the courtyard's assorted sc 34Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 64 Siheyuan: Spirit Spring Nourishment, and Beautiful Women Lose Themselves 四合院：灵泉滋养，美妇沉沦 On the first day after Ma Xiaodong transmigrates, Qin Huairu corners him at the door and calls him a “pervert.” The whole courtyard waits to see him get kicked out. He fires back, “Where were you last night?” Qin Huairu turns deathly pale. The courtyard falls silent, and the onlookers find their legs going weak. On his very first day, he’s turned the whole place upside down. 5kReads5.0Score26414d adds
- 65 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Slit Jia Dongxu’s Throat and Wiped Them All Out 四合院：开局割喉贾东旭，杀光了 Wang Qiang (protagonist): A transmigrated soul who awakens the Assassin King System. Cold and ruthless, he swears to get revenge. Jia Dongxu: The instigator who failed the skills assessment, and Wang Qiang's first target. The Deaf Old Lady: A villain who resells grain coupons, and Wang Qiang's second target. Liu Haizhong: A self-important hypocrite, and Wang Qiang's third target. Jia Banggeng: A petty bully who steals chickens and dogs, and Wang Qiang's fourth target. Yan Fugui: A cheapskate who 2.8kReads5.3Score10614d adds
- 66 Siheyuan: It All Began When I Became a Sanitation Worker 四合院：从我是环卫工人开始 Who knows whether tomorrow or an accident will come first? In any case, Chen Qing caught the transmigration trend sweeping through the web-novel world. He drifted off, woke up in a daze, and just like that, completed his soul-transmigration experience. You won't believe this, but in his previous life, everyone longed for a government job. Chen Qing showed up and got to enjoy one without lifting a finger. Sigh, there's always someone better. He thought he'd be an outsider free to live as he pleas 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Siheyuan: It All Began When I Became Xu Damao 四合院：从我成为许大茂开始 Xu Damao, a young man from the new century, transmigrates into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard one day, taking over the body of the villain Xu Damao, who shares his name. Right from the start, he makes a forceful comeback, ambushing and taking down Silly Zhu. That same day, he gives his own wife a good dressing-down. The rest of the story comes later. In short, the author hasn't figured it all out yet and can only make it up bit by bit. 298Reads—Score10714d adds
- 68 Siheyuan: Factory Doctor from the Start, Keeping All the Beasts in Line 四合院：开局厂医，拿捏众禽 Wang Daye transmigrates to 1965, into a courtyard house full of trouble, and becomes the steel mill's factory doctor. With an incredible legacy of medical skills, he can heal people above and deal with pests below... Silly Zhu: Listen, I want to thank you. Because of you, I get beaten up three times a day. Qin Huairu: Leave the door open for me tonight, and I'll let Jingru marry you. Yi Zhonghai: To have a child, I'll give it everything I've got. One more brick... Xu Damao: Brothers for life. Co 2.1kReads6.7Score10714d adds
- 69 Siheyuan: An Eight-Year-Old Immortal in the 1960s 四合院：八岁仙尊混六零 Set from 1958 to 1978, covering milestones such as the Great Leap Forward, the Three Years of Hardship, and the Cultural Revolution. The story takes place in the same “Red Star Courtyard” as Love in the Courtyard. The protagonist hides their identity as a cultivator while surviving in this period drama, protecting their family, including their parents and grandparents, and face-slapping the courtyard’s “beasts,” such as Silly Zhu, Qin Huairu, and the Third Master. They fight off their maternal r 1.4kReads5.5Score10214d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Called Off the Wedding? I'll Marry Huang Rong Instead 四合院：秦淮茹悔婚？我娶俏黄蓉 [Feel-good power fantasy + daily beatdowns for the courtyard's scoundrels + ruthless and cold-hearted protagonist, definitely not a good person!!! + no System, but with a golden finger] [Qin Huairu is portrayed negatively! If you like Qin Huairu, stay away!] Chen Shi'an transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house. Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu haven't met yet? Then of course he'll swoop in and win Qin Huairu for himself. He suffers a severe injury and is left with a limp while saving Qin Hua 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Siheyuan: After My Family Was Destroyed, I’ll Wipe Out Every Last Scoundrel! 四合院：家破人亡后！杀光众禽！ [Courtyard houses + probability-based murders + high-IQ crime + ruthless action + punishing the loathsome residents] [The rating is low because the book was just rated and has very few words so far. It will rise later.] In his previous life, Chen Mo was a world-class mathematical genius. After transmigrating, he becomes Chen Mo of the courtyard houses, a man about to be drowned by the wicked neighbors! Chen Mo's family of five had once been happy and prosperous, but the neighbors schemed against 25Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 72 Siheyuan: A Lapdog’s Life, Reborn to Be a Dog Again 四合院之舔狗舔狗，重生做狗 After He Yuzhu died beneath a bridge and was devoured by wild dogs, a wisp of his soul arrived in the underworld. He had thought that since he had done nothing shameful in life, he might not be reborn as a king or minister, but at least he would be born into a wealthy family. But after the Judge reviewed his life, he unexpectedly sentenced him on the spot to be reincarnated as a dog... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: I Woke Up as He Yuzhu? 四合院：一觉醒来我成何雨柱了？ A modern-day wage slave ends up in the world of a TV drama after an accident, becoming the ultimate simp, He Yuzhu. But this time, he refuses to be Silly Zhu. He wants a life of his own! 14.6kReads6.9Score62214d adds
- 74 Siheyuan: Is Ten Thousand Yuan Enough to Buy the Lives of Everyone in the Courtyard? 四合院：一万块够不够买全院的命 After transmigrating into a siheyuan, I was targeted for murder from the start. The hypocrite Yi Zhonghai, the genuine villain Xu Damao, the bloodsucker Qin Huairu... A whole pack of beasts wants to treat me like a man with no heirs and bleed me dry? Fine. I'll kick Silly Zhu flying, then bring out the more than ten thousand yuan my uncle left behind. I'm not going to reason with you. I'm just going to settle the bill. How much are your lives worth? 12.1kReads5.7Score46814d adds
- 75 Siheyuan: Dongxu Is in Prison, Huairu, Why Don’t You Marry Me? 四合院：东旭坐牢了，淮茹你嫁我吧 Su Ze transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Frail and sickly since childhood, he finds Jia Dongxu trying to steal his home from the start. With prison looming, Qin Huairu, who had only just started dating him, panics. Huairu, you don't want Jia Dongxu to go to prison, do you? From then on, Qin Huairu stays with Su Ze. She thinks she can wait for him to kick the bucket, then inherit his money and property to benefit the Jia family. Who knew he'd only get stronger and healthier? Q 2.5kReads5.4Score15914d adds
- 76 Siheyuan: The Death Notice 四合院：死亡预告函 On the Ghost Festival in 1962, Lin Feng’s soul transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, only to be buried in a mass grave. After waking, he inherits the memories of the original owner, Lin Dong: his parents died under suspicious circumstances, the courtyard’s residents coveted his family’s assets, and the neighborhood office turned a blind eye to their crimes. The original owner was murdered by Jia Dongxu and others to silence him. By a twist of fate, Lin Feng receives compensation 3kReads6.9Score14914d adds
- 77 Evil King of the Siheyuan: I Stop Time to Judge the Fools 四合院邪王：我时停审判众禽 [Maximum satisfaction]+ [No angst]+ [Putting the bullies in their place]! This book is also known as: “When I Stop Time, I Don’t Care About Anyone” and “Was That Really an Accident? The Courtyard Bullies Are in Tears After I’ve Tricked Them!” Lin Fan transmigrates into "The Full Courtyard", only to discover that not a single person around him is decent. Faced with a courtyard full of scheming scoundrels, he awakens the Time Stop System, which lets him do whatever he wants while the world is froz 409Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: God-Tier Match-Stealing, Starting with Qin Huairu 四合院：神级截胡，从秦淮茹开始 [Putting the Bullies in Their Place] [Showing Off Wealth] [Multiple Heroines] [Just started getting ratings, and they're skyrocketing...] After waking up, Jiang Sheng transmigrates to the 1952 setting of Love in the Courtyard, where he becomes an orphan living in the back courtyard. The whole courtyard of ingrates wants to suck me dry? Sorry, my [God-Tier Opportunity-Stealing System] is activated! Jia Dongxu wants to marry Qin Huairu? I snatch her from him from the start and get our marriage cer 13.2kReads6.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 79 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Went to Seek Out Relatives and Stumbled into a Courtyard of Beasts 四合院：开局投亲，误入禽院 During the famine of 1961, siblings Li Yujing and Li Loulan, who had come from Shandong, received a letter from the capital. Their childless uncle was gravely ill and had left them a house and some money to inherit. However, Li Yujing, a transmigrator, discovered that he had arrived in a shared television-and-film universe. The evil neighbors in the courtyard wanted to drive the siblings out and seize their uncle's estate. 17.1kReads8.6Score81214d adds
- 80 Siheyuan: My Second Uncle Is Yi Zhonghai, So I Lie Flat 四合院：二叔易中海，我直接躺平 Yi Xiaotian transmigrated into an era of shortages, where even clothes and food were scarce. A disastrous start: his father died in a hunting accident, and his mother was bedridden. Then, just before his mother passed away, she grabbed Yi Xiaotian's hand and said, “Son, after I'm gone, go to your second uncle for help. He's your father's biological brother. His name is Yi Zhonghai, and he lives at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.” The moment Yi Xiaotian saw Yi Zhonghai, he dropped to his knees with a t 6Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 81 Siheyuan: The Night-Soil Collector Marries Huairu, Driving the Jia Family Mad 四合院：掏粪工娶淮茹，贾家气疯 Should she choose a steel-mill worker or a night-soil collector? Qin Huairu, a country girl who came to the capital for a blind date, faces a difficult choice. The steel-mill worker is the apprentice Jia Dongxu. As for the Jia family, you know how they are. The night-soil collector is Yang Zhiyuan, a man who can trim donkey hooves and is considered the courtyard’s biggest pushover. Yang Zhiyuan was dragged along by Jia Dongxu to serve as a foil on his date, so Jia could make himself look like th 220Reads—Score16214d adds
- 82 Siheyuan: Revenge! Masterminding All Kinds of Accidents 四合院：复仇！幕后制造各种意外 This is a reborn revenge story focused on plotting behind the scenes. The protagonist makes most of the people in the courtyard lose what they care about most, whether it’s money, status, skills, or health, then leads them step by step toward ruin. The courtyard house storyline is complete. If you like courtyard-house fan fiction, you can start reading now. No need to wait for more chapters. 8.3kReads6.4Score51514d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Fantastical Life of Turning the Tables 四合院：逆袭，何雨柱的魔幻人生 He transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes sixteen-year-old He Yuzhu. After awakening an absurdly powerful System, he has to start from scratch, but his talent is just as absurdly powerful. Without her father, He Yushui becomes everyone’s beloved darling. Yi Zhonghai, who had been plotting against He Yuzhu, is left completely dumbfounded. Years later, He Yuzhu looks back on his life. “I’ve spent my whole life walking on thin ice!” 1.8kReads6.4Score10114d adds
- 84 Siheyuan: Forced to Move, I Started Spreading Rumors 四合院：被迫搬家，我开始造谣 Li Xiangyang wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into a courtyard house. Then people spread a rumor that he died by suicide, and he is forced to move out. Fortunately, the System he awakens is a rumor-spreading System. So he gives them a taste of their own medicine and starts spreading rumors far and wide. “Ding! You spread a rumor that Yi Zhonghai slept with a widow. The scandalous rumor succeeds, and you learn eight great skills!” “Ding! You created a rumor about a ‘deaf secret agent’ a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Siheyuan: Starting Out as an Apprentice at a Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic 四合院：从中医馆学徒开始 Also known as: Courtyard Compound: From Apprentice of Chinese Medicine to the Ministry [Not too dark] + [Chinese medicine] + [Joining the Ministry] + [Spirit fields] Lu Si'an transmigrates into the world of a courtyard compound in 1955. Lu Gui, a widower raising two children on his own, tragically died half a month ago in an industrial accident at the steel mill. A courtyard full of beasts, a wooden table, a plank bed, two battered thermoses, and a five-year-old little sister. A truly disastrous 1.3kReads6.5Score10114d adds
- 86 He Yuzhu, the Moral Paragon: A Young Man Who Wins People Over with Reason 道德楷模何雨柱，以理服人好青年 As the 2008 Olympics approach, elderly He Yuzhu, under Bang Geng’s persuasion, is about to transfer the three rooms in the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang to him. Bang Geng thinks his scheme has succeeded. But he never expected that He Yuzhu, transmigrated from Blue Star, would take over the old He Yuzhu’s body. With the help of the Old Six System, he successfully foils the schemes of Bang Geng and Qin Huairu, and makes their lives worse than death. With the Old Six System’s help, He Yuzhu, th 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Siheyuan: I Started Fighting the Japanese in 1943 四合院：我从四三年开始打鬼子 Transmigrate to Beiping in 1943 and start by fighting the Japanese. This is a War of Resistance novel with no AI. The author has two completed novels of over a million words, so feel free to check out their previous works. Not one of them was written by AI, so readers who dislike AI can dive in with confidence. The writing style is lighthearted and funny. 73.4kReads7.1Score4.9k14d adds
- 88 Siheyuan: A Hundredfold Cashback 四合院，百倍返现 Jiang Yuan arrived in a courtyard in 1960. He obtained a Peerless Good Samaritan System. As long as he treated characters from the story well, he would receive a hundredfold cashback. From then on, Jiang Yuan became a beloved good man, adored by everyone. He even ran for courtyard administrator and became the head administrator. Yet despite all the good deeds he did for his neighbors, their lives didn’t improve at all. Banggeng and Dongxu broke their legs, Guangqi broke his hand, and Silly Zhu b 786Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 89 Reborn as Wang Laoliu, I Slaughter My Way Through the Siheyuan 重生王老六，杀穿四合院 The second son of the Wang family, who lives in the east wing of the front courtyard, is reborn on the eve of his whole family being struck from the household register. This time, he won't hide in the Wang family brigade. He'll face the beasts of the courtyard head-on and send every last one of them packing! 1kReads7.6Score10914d adds
- 90 Siheyuan: Snatching Lou Xiao'e and Stirring Up Trouble 四合院：截胡娄晓娥，疯狂捅娄子 [Snatching System] [No limits to targeting and hurting the courtyard's scoundrels!] [Vicious!] When Su Xiaochen opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to the early 1960s in Love in the Courtyard. From the start, the protagonist was seriously ill and had no family. Just then, Su Xiaochen acquired the Snatching System. From then on, his goal was to take everything from every character in the original story. I love seeing you all helpless against me!!! What else? I have a pocket dimension. During th 12.8kReads6.8Score73414d adds
- 91 Siheyuan: Don't Mess With Silly Zhu, He'll Really Hit You 四合院：别惹傻柱他真揍人 He Yuzhu died. He died on New Year's Eve. He'd spent his whole life helping the Jia family, only to be driven out of the courtyard in his old age after transferring all his property to Banggeng and his siblings. In the end, wild dogs devoured his corpse. It was his lifelong rival, Xu Damao, who collected his remains. Unable to accept his fate, he transmigrated back to 1965. The first thing he did after being reborn was give Banggeng a beating to vent his anger… 1.1kReads6.4Score10214d adds
- 92 Siheyuan: My Fists Are the Ultimate Law 四合院：我的拳头就是最大的道理 [Moderate grit + career success + satisfying revenge] Li Huaze transmigrates into the world of Siheyuan, becoming a former soldier and the neighborhood tough guy of Nanluoguxiang. He lives by the rules of a brawler: might makes right. Jia Zhangshi is trying to summon a ghost? He slaps her across the face. Bang Geng is stealing? He kicks him flying! Yi Zhonghai wants someone to support him in his old age? Li Huaze takes the security team and sends him to prison. Liu Haizhong is obsessed with gain 11.5kReads8.0Score38714d adds
- 93 Siheyuan: My Eventful Years 四合院：我的峥嵘岁月 The rating has only just come in, and it’ll rise later. This is a slow-burn story, so don’t rush to judgment. It doesn’t start out with instant gratification, so feel free to skip it if that’s not your thing! He was once the fearsome “Hungry Tiger” of the capital, leaving home at ten and tempering himself in bloodshed. Warning: the martial arts scenes in this book aren’t meant to be taken seriously. Stubborn skeptics, you’ll have to bear the consequences yourselves!! He’s the “Little Tiger” in 18.9kReads7.3Score90114d adds
- 94 Siheyuan: A Dream of Yellow Millet 四合院：黄粱梦 [Multiple Themed Scenarios] [Ensemble Cast with Multiple Characters] [Simp for No One] Quick transmigration mini-stories, with no drawn-out misunderstandings or frustrating angst. It's all about the fun, with a focus on taking down scumbags. 7.2kReads8.4Score38614d adds
- 95 Love in the Courtyard: The Silent Lambs 情满四合院之沉默的羔羊 He Yuzhu, a transmigrator with no human feelings. Ruthless killings leave the courtyard's residents dwindling in number. Xu Damao, a projectionist at the Red Star Steel Mill. Every time a case comes up, he gets framed and becomes the prime suspect. Third Master Jing, a legendary detective. He always falls just one move short of catching He Yuzhu. This is a story about a group of little people trapped in a courtyard. No one can escape the wheels of history or the human nature that binds them. Tim 1Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 96 Siheyuan: I Drive the Birds of the Courtyard Crazy by Extracting Things 四合院之我靠提取整疯众禽 After transmigrating to 1958, in Love in the Courtyard, Lin Chen awakens the [Innate Trait Extraction] System. A special reward gives him Yi Zhonghai’s lifelong mastery of the fitter’s trade. Once a helpless apprentice with no one to rely on, he had been bullied by everyone. But now he refuses to put up with the courtyard’s collection of troublemakers: the greedy, foul-mouthed Jia Zhangshi; the ungrateful Jia Dongxu; the sanctimonious Qin Huairu; the lovesick Silly Zhu; and First Master Yi Zhon 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Siheyuan: The Star Valley Farm Owner's Happy Life 四合院：星露谷农场主的幸福生活 Lin Qi transmigrates to August 1960, when three years of economic hardship have left everyone with empty stomachs. He has a 70-year-old grandfather to support and an eight-year-old sister to care for, and all the family has left is enough cornmeal for three meals. At this desperate moment, Lin Qi awakens the Stardew Valley System and gains a farm, a proficiency-boosting System, and an affection System. While the scoundrels in the courtyard fight and scheme over every bite of food, Lin Qi is alre —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Siheyuan: I Returned from Hell 四合院：我从地狱归来 Reborn + Assassin + Pocket Dimension + Decisive and Ruthless (I've read lots of siheyuan novels and felt like there weren't any left worth reading, so I thought I'd try writing one myself.) Zhao Feng, who died beneath a missile, was reborn in a siheyuan, only to be buried alive. After clawing his way out of a mass grave, Zhao Feng decided to have some fun with the beasts. He just hoped they wouldn't die too quickly. 2.2kReads6.6Score10314d adds
- 99 Siheyuan: I’m Silly Zhu’s Cunning Cousin 四合院：我是傻柱的老六表哥 No System, but there’s a pocket dimension. A satisfying power fantasy with no characters acting stupid and no groveling after anyone. This book delivers, guaranteed. If you’re not satisfied, come find me online and give me a good thumping. Every detail in this book is researched against the historical record. If anything is off, the author will fix it right away, doing their best to make sure everyone enjoys the read. 4.3kReads7.0Score14114d adds
- 100 Siheyuan: The Bandit System Forces Me to Cause Trouble from the Start 四合院：悍匪系统开局逼我捅娄子 [Possessing Silly Zhu + Bandit System + no self-sacrificing saint + decisive and ruthless] Take what should be taken, hit those who deserve it. This time, Silly Zhu is all about doing what feels right. Enduring hardship for a while is no reason to shortchange yourself. 3.3kReads6.8Score21414d adds
