Novels like Siheyuan: I’m Even More of a Scoundrel
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- 1 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Life Rekindled 四合院，傻柱的重燃人生 Reborn in 1955, He Yuzhu binds himself to a sign-in System. With his cooking skills as a blade and supplies as a shield, he protects his loved ones amid the tides of the era and rewrites the tragic fates of himself and the people he cares about. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Reborn in the Fiery Years: I Have a Hundred Acres of Land 重生火红年代，我有百亩空间 Chen Qi accidentally transmigrates into a courtyard compound in 1959. Everyday gossip and entertainment. No angst, no angst, no angst. The courtyard compound won’t be demonized. The protagonist won’t stay cooped up there forever. Later on, he’ll use his spatial ability to go abroad and live it up. 2.4kReads6.4Score127Shelves
- 3 Siheyuan: I'm Living the Easy Life in the East Wing 四合院之我在东厢房当咸鱼 This is a story about a transmigrator in a world of film and television. There are plenty of little everyday things, and it's nice to laze around. Being a behind-the-scenes schemer is nice too. It all depends on the mood. The protagonist's cheat abilities never run out, so don't worry. Most of them will sit unused much of the time. 651Reads5.7Score103Shelves
- 4 1946: Transmigrating to Courtyard No. 1 on Nanluoguxiang 1946，穿越南锣鼓巷一号院 Yang Fan transmigrates to a courtyard at Number One Nanluoguxiang, eighty years in the past. As the eldest son of a family of injured servicemen, he relies on the advanced pocket-sized world he carries with him to rise against the odds in a parallel world beginning in 1946. He embarks on eighty years of colorful adventures and writes an extraordinary story of his life. 22.5kReads7.1Score1.2kShelves
- 5 Reborn in the Siheyuan: The Neighbors Envy My Life 重生四合院众禽羡慕我生活 Reborn in the Courtyard: Building My Career in the Courtyard This is a spectacular counterattack by a modern soul against an age of ignorance! Chen Jingxing, a top medical student, unexpectedly comes back to life in the past, only to become the orphan of a martyr who was literally angered to death in Love in the Courtyard! Before the first seven days after his death are even over, the memorial altar is overturned. Jia Zhangshi, the necromancer; Yi Zhonghai, the paragon of morality; Yan Bugui, t 180Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 6 Siheyuan: Don't Mess with the Sign-In Guy 四合院：别惹那个签到的人 Lu Jinzhou transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan, binds himself to a sign-in System, and embarks on a path to turn the tables through “keeping a low profile while growing stronger, then delivering precise face-slapping.” He first establishes clear boundaries so no one dares cross him. Using his disguise skills to impersonate multiple people and stir up trouble, he fans the conflicts in the courtyard, setting Jia Zhangshi, Silly Zhu, and Xu Damao against one another while he watches from t 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Siheyuan: Starting by Improving My Life 四合院：从改善生活开始 Fang Shaoliang, an engineer from the 21st century, unexpectedly arrives in an era plagued by shortages of medicine and food. He also lands in the beast-filled Siheyuan of Love in the Courtyard. To the courtyard's assortment of devils and monsters, Fang Shaoliang can only say, “Stay away from me. We don't know each other!”… 7Reads—Score191Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: Rising to Power by Crushing Yi Zhonghai 四合院：从碾压易中海开始崛起 After Xu Taiping, a worker living in the world of Love in the Courtyard, is struck by lightning and killed while out picking mushrooms, Xu Taiping from Blue Star transmigrates into his body and binds himself to a Skill-Learning System. The original Xu Taiping was meek and timid, easily pushed around by the courtyard’s scoundrels led by Yi Zhonghai. The new Xu Taiping hits back hard. First, he goes after the Jia family and makes them repay their debts. Then he takes on Yi Zhonghai, destroying his 221Reads—Score100Shelves
- 9 Siheyuan: From the Start, the Beasts Want to Take My Workstation? 四合院：开局众禽想夺我工位？ I woke up to find myself transmigrated to a courtyard in 1968. From the start, Jia Zhangshi had teamed up with the First Master to steal my house, which I’d inherited as the family of a fallen soldier, and my iron rice bowl at the steel mill? Yang Shengli sneered and activated his “Infinite Supplies Space.” You think I’m going to keep indulging you beasts? He whipped out his family-of-a-fallen-soldier certificate and called the police! Jia Zhangshi went to prison, Yi Zhonghai was fined, and the 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, You're Quitting as a Cook? 四合院：傻柱你不当厨子啦？ A ruthless financial wolf, reborn in the 1960s as Silly Zhu, the man everyone in Love in the Courtyard can bully? Drained by the fake-sweet Qin Huairu, schemed against by the hypocrite Yi Zhonghai, and treated by the whole courtyard of vermin as their lifelong meal ticket? No worries: the Future Information Stream System is online! [Information: Pork will be in extremely short supply in the capital next week, and prices will skyrocket!] While the courtyard vermin are still squabbling over a dime 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Siheyuan: I Want to Keep a Low Profile, but My Strength Won't Let Me 四合院：想低调，奈何实力不允许 While fighting off a thug to help someone in danger, Guo Shaojie was stabbed and badly wounded. He lost too much blood and passed out. When he came to, his soul had transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Fortune smiled on him, and he obtained a supermarket System. In this red-hot era of shortages, he could finally live without worrying about food or clothing. But in a courtyard full of beasts, he worried that people would envy him. He wanted to keep a low profile, but the System' 315Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, You Can't Handle Her, Let Me 四合院：傻柱你把握不住，让我来 On his way home from work, Wang Xiaoer helped an old woman who had fallen in the road. Instead of thanking him, she tried to extort money from him. Faced with this, Wang Xiaoer flew into a rage. In a fit of anger, he picked the old woman up and rushed into the middle of the road. Crash! PS: There is no System, no pocket dimension, and no talismans, so don't get hung up on the timeline. The protagonist won't pick fights with heaven, earth, or thin air, nor will he cause trouble for no reason or d —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Siheyuan: Refusing to Be Someone's Kept Man from the Start 四合院：开局拒绝拉帮套 [Siheyuan] + [Period Piece] + [Feel-Good] + [No Self-Sacrificing Do-Gooder] “Go to work? A dog wouldn't... Go! Going to work is exactly what I'm doing!” As a fresh-faced office drone just starting out in the working world, Shen Fei had no choice but to accept the reality of being exploited by his unscrupulous boss. After one exhausting overtime shift, Shen Fei woke up in the turbulent 1970s. Figuring he might as well make the best of it, Shen Fei was just about to happily settle into his new hou —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: I Jolt Awake on My Deathbed, Only to Find I'm the Beast 四合院：垂死惊坐起，禽兽是自己 [Siheyuan, lighthearted and witty, with a protagonist who has a “Beast System.” What kind of story will unfold in a courtyard full of beasts?] He Jiusheng was a young entrepreneur worth billions, but he was terminally ill, and there was nothing anyone could do for him. He got caught up in Huaguo's new scientific research project, the “transmigration and rebirth” experiment, and accidentally transmigrated into the television drama Love in the Courtyard. He didn't get the “more children, more bles 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: Silently Navigating the Flock of Beasts 四合院：默行诸禽 The protagonist, Chen Mo, transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and obtains an experience System. Follow his everyday life as he outwits and battles the courtyard's beasts, all the way to the pinnacle of success. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Siheyuan: Becoming Invincible by Winning Over the Factory Beauty 四合院：从攻略厂花开始无敌 After transmigrating into 1965, Qin Huairu is already at his door, trying to bleed him dry from the start? He activates a daily sign-in System in response! “Ding! Successful interaction. Sign-in reward acquired!” A fake innocent like her thinks she deserves the first sign-in reward? Get lost! I turn around and use a little self-sacrificing ploy to pull Lin Wanqiu, the steel mill's prettiest and most innocent nurse, into my arms! “Ding! First sign-in successful. Hundredfold critical bonus trigger —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Siheyuan: Hustling as a Middleman in the 1960s 四合院：我在六零当倒爷 [Slow-paced + family and neighborhood life + decisive and ruthless + realistic prices + absolutely no toxic elements] Flowers bloom again, and people can be young again. Wen Tianming, a tycoon of his generation, is unexpectedly reborn in 1960 and binds himself to an exchange System. It can identify customers with pinpoint accuracy, and he earns rewards by trading items with them. In an era of strict crackdowns on speculation and profiteering, high school student Wen Tianming becomes the biggest —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Siheyuan: With the Secrets of Heaven in My Hands, the Whole Flock of Beasts Is Stunned 四合院：天机在手，众禽集体傻眼 Tang Xiu transmigrates into a Siheyuan, and from the start, he's thrown into a “showdown.” Banggeng steals a chicken and frames him for it. Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum and rolls on the ground, demanding compensation. The sanctimonious Qin Huairu tells him to be the bigger person. Yi Zhonghai, the First Master, takes sides, while every beast in the courtyard hopes to grab a share. At this critical moment, the [Heavenly Secrets Gossip System] activates! [Ding! Qin Huairu is scheming to get you t 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 A Leisurely Life, Reborn in the Siheyuan 重生在四合院的悠闲人生 When Lin Weimin wakes up, he's become the seventh son of the dirt-poor Lin family in Qinjiazhuang, outside Dongzhimen. He has six older brothers, and nine mouths to feed. Watching his father and brothers toil day and night while the family owns next to nothing, he takes a few coins and a head full of knowledge from another era and decisively heads to the city to make a living. In the Propaganda Department of the Steel Mill, his superb handwriting amazes everyone, and he leaves Xu Damao fuming on —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Siheyuan: I Became a Top Leader by Gawking at Gossip 四合院：我靠吃瓜成了大领导 [Transmigration + cunning + self-interest + System + face-slapping + light Cao thief story + power fantasy + period setting] After transmigrating into the body of someone in 1958, he arrives in the world of Love in the Courtyard as Sun Xiangyang, an inconspicuous young man whose parents died early and who is nearly starving to death. At the height of his despair, the [Emotion and Gossip System] activates! As long as he watches people tear into each other and stirs up trouble, making the courtyar —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Siheyuan: Nezha Reincarnates as a Cannon-Fodder, and Li Jing Goes on a Rampage 四合院之哪吒穿成炮灰李靖杀疯了 Put your brain on hold first. The Third Prince Nezha, Lord of the Sea-Calming Altar, is ferocious and lives by the creed “If you won't back down, fight.” While hunting down Li Jing, he transmigrates into The Beastly Courtyard. In the courtyard, he punches Xu Damao, kicks Jia Zhangshi, argues Qin Huairu into tears, and sends Banggeng flying. His one obsession is stringing people up on skewers, and not just that old bastard Li Jing. If these people dare to provoke him, he'll string them all up too —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Siheyuan: In Debt from the Start, the System Helps Me Become a Hero 四合院，开局欠租，系统助我成侠 In this seemingly ordinary Siheyuan, the undercurrents of the martial world run deep. Silly Zhu is a rough-edged fellow who used to worry about paying rent. But after stepping in to help someone, he unexpectedly activates the [Siheyuan Hearth and Home System] and begins a delightful adventure as an unlikely hero. Qin Huairu carries a hidden legacy of medical arts. Usually, she keeps a low profile, but at crucial moments she reveals her miraculous healing skills and fights with everything she has —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Period: The Lazy Man's Wife Is a Capital-Educated Youth 年代：懒汉媳妇可是首都知青 Su Qi was a little dazed. How had Liu Daqing, Banggeng, Li Kuiyong, and Chen Xiaoer all ended up sent down to work in their village? And that Zhang Xiaoya insisted on marrying him. He’d already married a young educated woman after getting her pregnant, but then one day his mother-in-law from the capital suddenly showed up. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 I Transmigrated into Siheyuan, But Never Meant to Mess with the Period Drama Heroines 穿四合院真没想霍霍年代剧女主 “Multiple heroines,” “System,” “a fusion of dramas from different eras,” “making up for regrets,” “Love Is in the Air,” “The Meridian of Zhengyang,” “Glory,” “A New World,” “Man Is Iron,” “Aim,” “Silent Honor,” “protagonist” Transmigrating into the chaotic, miserable year of 1949, Ye Qing loses it from the start! Forced to flee an arranged marriage, he makes his way alone into the capital. The System lies flat, and gold yuan notes become worthless. He had planned to keep his head down in a court 6kReads5.4Score358Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: Don't Mess with Me, and We'll Each Go Our Own Way 四合院：别惹我，那就各自安好 A traditional fanfic based on the original novel, not the TV adaptation. If that bothers you, don't click. Another office drone transmigrates, starving and skin and bones from the start. Those three years are just around the corner, and there's plenty to do. But the most important things are filling his stomach and finding a proper job. What? He already has a wife? He'd planned to settle down and enjoy a simple life with his wife and kids, but someone just had to pick a fight. If you can't affor 1kReads6.8Score103Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: Flipping the Table from the Start? The Whole Courtyard Begs for Forgiveness 四合院：开局掀桌？全院跪求原谅 After transmigrating into The Notorious Beijing Courtyard, Qin Tian found himself a mentally disabled tenant whom everyone could bully! He'd barely opened his eyes when Xu Damao shoved him unconscious. The original owner had also suffered years of theft at the hands of Jia Zhangshi and others, earning him the nickname “the courtyard's walking blood bank.” Fortunately, all was not lost. He bound himself to the Super Face-Slapping System, unlocking a superhuman physique and a mustard-seed dimensio 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Quit the Army and Report Jia Zhangshi 四合院：开局退伍反手举报贾张氏 [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Period] [System] [Scheming] [No Saintly Do-Gooder] [Siheyuan] In 1958, Li Weiguo returns to civilian life, and things are hellish from the start. Every beast in the whole courtyard gangs up on him, eager to swallow him and his house whole, without leaving so much as a bone! Faced with Jia Zhangshi throwing tantrums, Qin Huairu playing the victim, and Yi Zhonghai's hypocrisy... Li Weiguo can't decide: should he beat Silly Zhu to a pulp first, or cripple Xu Damao? Forget 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Siheyuan: Yan Bugui Reborn in 1958 四合院：阎埠贵重生1958 This is not one of those resentful, combative courtyard-compound stories. Yan Bugui spent his whole life pinching pennies and scheming, saving money to put his children through school and support himself in old age. In the end, his children grew distant, and his final years were somewhat lonely. Only on his deathbed did he regret never having lived for himself, and lament all the old objects he had missed out on when they were young and dismissed as “junk.” Reborn, he uses his shrewd, miserly na 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Was Surrounded by Transmigrators 四合院：开局被穿越者包围了 [Not a Saint] [No Back-and-Forth] [Decisive and Ruthless] Su Lin transmigrates into a courtyard house, and his excitement lasts all of three seconds before he activates the Assassination System and learns that there are nine other transmigrators in the compound! Can he absorb their Systems by killing them? What are we waiting for, then? Let me see who’s causing trouble. Kill! Let me see who’s trying to steal Qin Huairu’s man. Kill! Let me see who’s… What are you doing to First Auntie? Wait, Firs 4Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: You Steal Her Away, I'll Become a Neighborhood Office Cadre 四合院：让你截胡，我当街道办干部 Lin Yi wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Things are hellish from the start. He’s assigned a job at a steel mill, but Jia Dongxu snatches the cushy purchasing position right from under his nose, and Lin Yi is sent off to clean the toilets instead. Lin Yi just laughs. “Anyone who wants this job can have it!” He quits on the spot and walks away with a swagger as the courtyard’s troublemakers jeer at him. He thinks he’ll have to find another way to m 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Siheyuan: Sister Xiao'e, Let Me Help You 四合院：晓娥姐我帮你 Lin Hao, a modern-day head chef, accidentally transmigrates to a courtyard complex. By sheer luck, he also gets the Heaven-Sent Joyful System. Morality? What’s that? Without morality, what are they going to use to guilt-trip me? 5kReads6.1Score173Shelves
- 32 Siheyuan: You Actually Made Xu Damao Marry Silly Zhu 四合院：你居然让许大茂嫁给傻柱 No AI involved, entirely written by hand. Nonstop thrills, no letters of forgiveness, no convoluted plot loops, and no repetitive drivel. One more thing: this story gets a little wild. Xu Damao is cured of his illness and turns into a woman, destined to marry He Yuzhu. After Silly Zhu marries Xu Damao, the whole courtyard is left dumbfounded. The male lead transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. On his first day, he rescues the steel mill director’s daughter from some thugs and im 332Reads8.0Score103Shelves
- 33 Siheyuan: Riding the Waves with an Ancient Online Game 四合院：带着远古网游浪里个浪 [Siheyuan courtyard + Everyday life + Mild edge + Shrinking the space occupied by the courtyard’s troublemakers + A touch of ensemble cast + Slightly slow burn + Here for the laughs] Dong Xing transmigrates to the 1950s, with an “unreliable” great-grandma, a “troublemaking” little sister, a roguish dad, and a sweet, slightly clueless mom. He’s the only one left to inherit the “village chief’s throne.” And he also gets an ancient online-game golden finger that’s absurd beyond belief. All right, s 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Siheyuan: I Start Out Mentally Ill and Summon Old Jia 四合院我精神病开局召唤老贾 [Unhinged] [Shameless] [If I’ve been rained on, your umbrella has to be ruined too] The enemy can come and go as they please, and so can I. Shen Lang’s updates come too fast, and the courtyard starts copying him. Little by little, he leads the entire courtyard astray. The Siheyuan turns into a sack-filled Siheyuan, a beggar Siheyuan, a scam-the-injured Siheyuan, a fraud Siheyuan, a haunted Siheyuan, and finally a law-abiding Siheyuan, to the point that people tremble at the mention of Courtyard 437Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Siheyuan: Yi Zhonghai Actually Has a Daughter 四合院：这个易中海居然有女儿 What if... Yi Zhonghai had a daughter? Would he still scheme to have others support him in his old age? What if... Silly Zhu had a wife? Would people still treat him like a human ATM? What if... Xu Damao had an ancestor… See how Sun Xin finds his own way to live in a courtyard full of beasts, carving out a different kind of life for himself. What if… the courtyard house… P.S. This book has no intense conflict or talismans of any kind. It's all everyday life in the courtyard, so don't r —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Siheyuan: I'm the Plague, and All the Neighbors Are in Tears 四合院：我是病魔，众禽都哭了 After transmigrating, Li Mancang acquired the Disease System, which lets him spread all kinds of illnesses. And so... the menagerie of the courtyard suffered lives worse than death. Moral blackmail? I'll give you mouth sores! Throwing a tantrum? I'll teach you to dislocate your jaw! Want to suck me dry? Ask the “waist snake” if it agrees first. His motto in life is: “Don't mess with me, or... you might catch a disease that'll cost you a fortune.” After transmigrating, Li Mancang acquired the Di 3.1kReads6.0Score116Shelves
- 37 Siheyuan: I Got Myself a Government Job 四合院：我给自己上编制 In 1959, Lin Yuanzhi steps out of the train station in the capital, having transmigrated into Beastly Courtyard, with pockets emptier than his face. The good news: the World of Tanks warehouse in his head is real, with mountains of silver and hundreds of tanks. The bad news: in this era, you can’t get anywhere without a letter of introduction. He squats in a sheltered corner, uses stationery from his warehouse and a commemorative medal to write himself a letter of introduction, then tears off ha 1.5kReads5.6Score102Shelves
- 38 Siheyuan: From the Start, Silly Zhu Finds His Father a Wife 四合院开局傻柱给亲爹娶媳妇 The Four-sided Courtyard stays the same, but He Yuzhu comes and goes. Let Zhuzi start a new life. This is a transmigration story, not a story about a reborn Foolish Zhu. There isn't too much malice here; reading too much of that stuff gives me a headache. The paragraphs in the first dozen or so chapters aren't very well done, so I hope new readers will bear with me. I think the later chapters are at least better than the earlier ones. I have more and more readers now, and I think it's because I' 4.2kReads8.0Score154Shelves
- 39 Siheyuan: Stockpiling Supplies in My Space, Living the Good Life 四合院，空间囤物资，日子美滋滋 (Note: This is not an edgy, combative story. Readers who like protagonists who pick fights with everyone should proceed with caution!) Back in that fiery era, what would you most want to do? Li Zhenhua woke up from a nap and discovered he had transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard. What should he do with the days ahead? After a moment's thought, Li Zhenhua realized that the Jia family storyline had already been ruined by other transmigrators, and the three senior uncles had all been reduced to 20Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 40 The Long Years of Nanluoguxiang 南锣鼓巷之岁月悠悠 A minor state-owned enterprise manager in his fifties transmigrates to Nanluoguxiang in 1962. When he opens his eyes, he finds three older brothers ahead of him and a younger brother behind him. There are five bachelors in the family, and right across the street is the famous Number 95 Siheyuan, known throughout the heavens. He does have a golden finger, but all it can provide is food and drink, with no other benefits. Follow the story of Jiang Laosi as he leads his brothers through this extraor 3.2kReads6.8Score184Shelves
- 41 Siheyuan: Reborn He Yuzhu Returns to 1951 四合院之重生何雨柱回到1951 He Daqing, a chef from the capital, abandoned his son and daughter to go to Baocheng and raise a widow's children. This led to his own children being bullied and schemed against by the whole pack of monsters in their courtyard, making for a miserable life... 1.4kReads7.3Score104Shelves
- 42 Siheyuan: Transmigrating as He Dashui, Silly Zhu’s Uncle 四合院：穿越成傻柱堂叔何大水 He Dashui transmigrates into the body of a demobilized soldier and discovers he's the youngest cousin of He Daqing. He joins the Red Star Steel Mill as captain of security and officially moves into the courtyard. See how this uncle protects his nephew and niece. 134Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 43 Period: Blind Box Rewards, Starting a New Career as a Bureau Chief! 年代：盲盒奖励，转业当局长！ Sun Shaojun transmigrates into The Ordinary World and becomes the Sun family's third child. From the start, he lands a deputy-section-level government post as deputy chief of the Public Security Bureau! He has the Daily Blind Box System, which gives him three blind boxes every day. Opening them yields all kinds of rewards. Day One's blind boxes~ 1. Physical enhancement serum~ 2. Mastery of combat skills~ 3. Mastery of investigation skills~ … Day Two's blind boxes~ 1. Mastery of cooking~ 2. Syst 641Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 44 Siheyuan: I Started with a Fortune of Ten Billion and Want Nothing to Do with Those Beasts 四合院：开局百亿家产不和禽兽玩 A veteran anti-gang police officer starts out in 1948. What chance do the Four-Sided Courtyard's pests stand against a ruthless, scheming man with a modern mindset? What will become of them in the end? See how the protagonist uncovers the secrets hidden within the courtyard. If you want to know, read on. 21.1kReads7.5Score1.1kShelves
- 45 Hunting Spies in the Siheyuan 我在四合院抓特务 (Modern advanced criminal investigation techniques, a 1950s courtyard setting, anti-espionage, and a pocket dimension) Li Fei, an outstanding graduate of the police university, transmigrates into the world of the courtyard houses. Armed with criminal psychology, micro-expression analysis, and trace evidence examination, he brings 1958’s criminal cases down to his level. 863Reads6.6Score100Shelves
- 46 Siheyuan: I Start by Helping Old Li Rescue Xiuqin in Bright Sword 四合院：从亮剑帮老李救秀芹开始 [Republican-era dramas, including The Story of a Noble Family, Glory Days, New World, Hutong, A Little Woman Under Zhengyang Gate, and more] Zheng Chao'an gets incredibly lucky and suddenly finds himself back before Liberation. It is 1942, and when he opens his eyes, he is in the middle of a desolate wilderness. Fortunately, his System activates, helping him realize that he has landed in a world where Republican-era dramas have merged together. Here, he has an elder brother, Zheng Chaoshan, and 2.2kReads6.3Score104Shelves
- 47 I Transmigrate into Siheyuan as He Yuzhu 穿越四合院我是何雨柱 He Yuzhu’s life was one of endless sacrifice and exhaustion. He was a skilled chef at the steelworks who gave everything to support Qin Huairu’s family. First Master Yi Zhonghai schemed to arrange his marriage so He Yuzhu would care for him in his old age, and withheld his living expenses. His own father ran off with his money, and his sister betrayed him. Even when he finally saw through them in his later years, he could only silently swallow his grievances. In the end, he became a tragic “hone 14.9kReads6.7Score969Shelves
- 48 Siheyuan: Claiming My Back Pay from the Start 四合院：开局要回抚养费！ A five-star hotel chef from the modern era is unexpectedly reborn as He Yuzhu in 1958. From the start, he demands repayment for his upbringing, then sends a hypocrite off to the northwest to toil for the nation, where not even a pardon can bring him back! In a courtyard full of schemers, he looks after his younger sister, He Yushui, and makes a good life for them in that tumultuous era! After his mysterious pocket space is accidentally exposed, what kind of storm will He Yuzhu stir up? Will he s 1.1kReads6.6Score106Shelves
- 49 Siheyuan: Kill Yi Zhonghai, Cut Down Qin Huairu 四合院：杀易中海，砍秦淮茹 [Siheyuan, dark revenge, mercenaries, a cast of villains] A huge inheritance from an uncle overseas makes everyone in the courtyard green with envy. Li Huaide from the steel mill uses threats, Director Wang from the subdistrict office puts her stamp on the papers, and the whole courtyard votes by a show of hands. Overnight, the Chen family is declared to have “voluntarily donated” all their property, and all four family members “commit suicide.” They don't know that Chen Feng, the only son of th 507Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 50 Siheyuan: The Gentleman-Cultivation System 四合院：君子养成系统 With the help of the System, He Yuzhu transforms from Silly Zhu, a careless man who is easily manipulated, into a gentleman who is a master chef on the level of a state banquet, mild-mannered and composed, neat and charming in appearance, and mindful of boundaries with firm principles. He remains true to his moral code while learning to protect himself and make something of his life in the world around him. 74Reads—Score—Shelves
