Novels like Siheyuan: Did I Become Yan Jiefang?
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- 101 Siheyuan: Transmigrating as He Yuzhu, I Buy a House from the Start 四合院：穿越何雨柱，开局买房 He Yuzhu wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and become the well-known protagonist, Silly Zhu. But as soon as he opens his eyes, he learns some bad news: his father, He Daqing, has run off to Baicheng with a widow, and has been gone for half a year. His family has suddenly lost its backbone. More importantly, the original He Yuzhu has not yet started working at the future Red Star Steelworks, so the pressures of life and the uncertainty of what lies 18.3kReads5.4Score328Shelves
- 102 Siheyuan: My Son Is Silly Zhu 四合院：我的儿子是傻柱 He transmigrates as He Daqing, the biological father of Silly Zhu. Faced with the troublemakers of the Courtyard, He Daqing has the Positive Energy System. His first move is to marry Qin Huairu, leaving the Jia family without an heir! Only magic can defeat magic! 1.9kReads8.9Score102Shelves
- 103 Siheyuan: The Fool Who Loves Watching the Fun 四合院，傻子爱看热闹 Lin Sheng was reborn in the world of the siheyuan as the courtyard’s resident fool. Lou Xiao’e cared about him, He Yushui protected him, and Qin Huairu wanted to take advantage of him. Yi Zhonghai and Deaf Granny wouldn’t dare go near him. Yan Bugui wouldn’t dare provoke him. Jia Zhangshi’s schemes were no use against him, no matter what she tried. Banggeng wouldn’t dare go near him either. 12.3kReads8.7Score501Shelves
- 104 Siheyuan: The Family Split from the Start 四合院之开局就分家 Liu Shaoping had just been accepted to Peking University. To earn his tuition, he stayed up all night writing during summer vacation, until he suddenly died at his computer desk. When he woke again, he found he had transmigrated into a TV drama he had watched in his previous life, taking the place of Liu Haizhong’s second son. From the start, he discovered that his predecessor had been beaten to death by Liu Haizhong after sneaking an egg. He immediately resolved to split from the family. 5kReads8.5Score163Shelves
- 105 Siheyuan: Daily Sign-In Treasure Chests 四合院：每日签到宝箱 Zhang Jianshe was one ordinary person among countless others, with no great ambitions. He never imagined that even someone as average as him could transmigrate. And into Love in the Courtyard, a show he'd watched before! Now that was interesting... 7.8kReads6.5Score232Shelves
- 106 Siheyuan: The Eldest Son of the Third Master's Family 四合院：三大爷家的大儿子 In the summer of 1961, Yan Jiecheng transmigrates into a world where the college entrance exam is just a week away! Thankfully, he discovers that his mind has become much sharper. As the saying goes, even a last-minute cram can help you shine! 821Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 107 Siheyuan: Winning People Over with Reason 四合院之以理伏人 This is an age when reason can take you anywhere. With reason on your side, you can ambush people, subdue them, and make them bow and scrape. Remember, whoever masters the quotations holds the truth. Watch how he brings order to this chaotic courtyard house. The female lead will not be any of the women from the courtyard house. There are no good people in that place. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to send them all off for reform or to meet their maker? 607Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 108 In the 1960s, I Lived at No. 97 Nanluogu Lane 60年代，我住南锣鼓巷97号 In 1957, I transmigrated with a pocket dimension and arrived alone in the capital, where I became He Yuzhu’s neighbor. At first, I wanted to help He Yuzhu escape his miserable life, but fate had other plans. Whenever He Yuzhu saw a pretty woman, he forgot who he was at heart. Although He Daqing returned, he only lived with He Yushui, and He Yuzhu paid him no mind. I lived in Courtyard No. 97, passed the public security academy entrance exam, and became a railway security officer. The story 31.3kReads7.6Score1.9kShelves
- 109 Siheyuan: I'm a Young TCM Doctor Who Can Treat Any Problem 四合院：我小中医专治各种不服 [Not too brutal, but those who can't stomach death and dismemberment should stay away] Don't mess with me. You can't afford to! Why? Because I've got needles! Make my woman angry, one prick and your mouth will twist, your eyes will go crooked. Make my man angry, one prick and you'll never get back on your feet. Make my kid angry, no needles needed. I'll just smack him across the face. 15.7kReads7.3Score561Shelves
- 110 Siheyuan: My Mother-in-Law Chose My Happy Life 四合院：丈母娘选我的幸福生活 Lin Yang transmigrates into the frail, sickly character who never existed in the world of the Siheyuan. Orphaned at fifteen, he and his older sister, Lin Yue, have only each other. Fortunately, before transmigrating, he gained a golden finger that healed his body. While out hunting beyond the city, he rescues a girl from drowning by the river. After giving her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, he and the girl walk down the aisle together, setting off a series of stories. 33.2kReads7.6Score1.9kShelves
- 111 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Play Jia Dongxu 四合院：开局扮演贾东旭 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3kReads8.0Score110Shelves
- 112 Siheyuan: Liu Haizhong’s Eldest Son, Liu Guangqi 四合院：刘家长子刘光齐 Old Liu, Liu Pangpang is my father? Have I been reborn in a courtyard house in this era? Since I’m here, I might as well make the best of it. I don’t have much to tie me down anyway, so why not live life to the fullest? 8.2kReads6.6Score324Shelves
- 113 Torturing the Birds in the Siheyuan? I'm a Professional 四合院虐禽？专业的 My new work is here! You're all welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 4.3kReads6.3Score110Shelves
- 114 Siheyuan: A Big Shot 四合院之大人物 After being reborn, Liu Guangqi is the mysterious, unfilial son of the fat Liu from the back courtyard. Run off with a bucket? No way! Stop Liu Haizhong from beating his son? Also impossible. How could you not beat a mischievous brat? After moving into the Siheyuan courtyard, he starts changing the Liu family from the ground up! 2kReads6.9Score107Shelves
- 115 Siheyuan: I Have a Super Purchasing System 四合院：我有超级采购系统 Transmigration + System + Everyday life Yu Zhile transmigrates into a procurement clerk in the back courtyard of a Beijing quadrangle, on the verge of being transferred because he can’t complete his assignments. “Ding! Purchase successful. You’ve obtained the movement technique, ‘Not a Leaf Clings to You.’” “Ding! Purchase successful. You’ve obtained master-level cooking skills.” With a super procurement System, every time he buys supplies for himself or someone else, he receives ten times the a 4kReads6.8Score225Shelves
- 116 Siheyuan: The More Capable You Are, the More You Work; More Children, More Blessings 四合院：能者多劳，多子多福 No System, but he has a pocket dimension. Nothing over the top. No ill will. There are a few women from the Siheyuan, and characters from multiple shows. This is a story about women and money. Niu Dazhuang is a skilled hunter and farmhand, nicknamed “Big Wild Donkey.” From the start, he marries Qin Huairu’s cousin, Qin Xueru, in the countryside. Qin Xueru has a younger sister, Qin Ningru, and Qin Huairu has another younger sister named Qin Yueru. Qin Huairu also has an uncle, whose daughter Qin 44.4kReads8.0Score3.3kShelves
- 117 Siheyuan: I'm an Accountant at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 四合院：我在供销社当会计 [Period setting + spatial powers + one heroine + a touch of edge + career advancement] Li Yi transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. In 1960, the country is in the second year of natural disasters. After graduating from a technical secondary school, he is assigned to work as an accountant at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative serving the Nanluoguxiang neighborhood. At a courtyard-wide meeting, Yi Zhonghai seizes the chance to pick a fight. “Li Yi, I may not be much, but I’m stil 18.4kReads7.0Score412Shelves
- 118 Siheyuan: A Nobody’s Carefree Life, Powered by Sign-Ins 四合院：小人物，靠签到逍遥世间 Jiang Weiguo accidentally transmigrates to 1962, into Love in the Courtyard, a place plagued by shortages and crawling with beasts. Watch how he rises to the top with the help of a sign-in System. The Jia family, don’t even think about taking a single advantage of me. Silly Zhu, you deserve to die without an heir. The First Master is a hypocrite; the Second Master is a useless fool; the Third Master is still scheming. P.S. Later on, he’ll go to Xiangjiang, and characters from other movies and TV 23Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 119 Siheyuan: I Move Out from the Start, Leaving the Courtyard Animals Stunned 四合院：开局搬走，众禽麻了 Lin Hai, a young man from a later era, transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house. Knowing full well that this menagerie of a compound is no place to stay, he moves out from the start without a moment's hesitation. Yi Zhonghai: “Lin Hai, could you empty the old lady's chamber pot for me…” Jia Zhangshi: “Lin Hai, my family is having money troubles. Could you donate a few dozen yuan…” Qin Huairu: “These steamed buns just came out of the steamer and are still hot. How about letting Banggen 34.1kReads5.4Score935Shelves
- 120 Siheyuan: Old Liu Is a Daughter-Obsessed Dad 四合院：老刘是个女儿奴 [Transmigration] + [System] + [Period] + [Space] + [Other Transmigrators] + [Long-Term Laborer] After Hong Yue dies unexpectedly, she is supposed to take her System to the world of cultivation and become a pretty little immortal maiden. But while traveling through the turbulence of time and space with her System, she collides with another System in an encounter that happens once in a thousand years. The collision sends her off course. Her soul is too weak, so the System drops her into the neares 3.3kReads7.2Score128Shelves
- 121 Siheyuan: From Street Punk to Pioneer in the Fight Against Spies 四合院之从街溜子到反特先锋 System: Zhang Someone is a member of the Japanese intelligence service. He'll deliver a piece of intelligence tonight beside the small bridge pier on the north bank of the Tonghui River. Yan Jiefang rushes to the Public Security Bureau that very night to report him. … Jia Zheng receives a new mission. Instructions: In seven days, meet secretly with He Jiahao of the Shanghai Black Dragon Society at the third pillar from the east end of the West Railway Station. Discuss the mission details in per 15.4kReads7.2Score967Shelves
- 122 Carpenter Life of Yan Jiecheng in Siheyuan 四合院阎解成的木匠生活 A modern young man transmigrates into Yan Jiefang in the siheyuan courtyard. His soul fuses with the computer from his previous life, creating a System panel that also comes with a pocket dimension. The System can record the knowledge he learns and share it with him. Starting out as a humble carpenter, Yan Jiefang begins a simple yet colorful life in this era. 1.9kReads6.2Score153Shelves
- 123 Siheyuan: Rising Up, Starting with a Job at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 四合院：从入职外交部开始崛起 [No System + No Hostility + No Vile Characters + Love in the Courtyard Fanfiction + Period Story + One Heroine + Building a Strong Nation + Diplomatic Intrigue] Zhao Fan transmigrates into the 1959 TV drama Love in the Courtyard, during the three years of natural disasters. Those who didn't work received no additional food rations, and everyone was just trying to stay alive. To make sure he had enough to eat, he put his foreign-language skills from his previous life to use and secured a job at t 9.9kReads7.3Score395Shelves
- 124 Siheyuan: The Chef's Peaceful Life 四合院：厨神的安逸生活 A chef's soul finds itself in the world of the courtyard. In an era of hardship and austerity, he uses his seasoning warehouse and culinary skills to make a life of his own. The story is light on hostility and focuses on everyday life: the struggles of an ordinary man. 2.9kReads5.7Score107Shelves
- 125 After Becoming the Eldest Uncle's Adopted Son in the Siheyuan 四合院成为一大爷养子后 [No System + Bargain Hunting + Story + Character Growth] Zhang Suo transmigrates by accident into the world of a traditional Beijing courtyard compound. Just as he imagines marrying a beautiful, wealthy woman and reaching the pinnacle of life, he suddenly realizes he’s arrived too early: he’s become a thirteen-year-old beggar on the brink of starvation. What’s worse, he has no System. To stay alive, he has no choice but to ask Yi Zhonghai to take him in as his son, unexpectedly changing the stor 5.8kReads6.8Score201Shelves
- 126 Siheyuan: Liu Haizhong’s Uncle-in-Law 四合院：刘海中的小姑父 Strengthening the nation, cultivation, transmigration, invincibility, multiple heroines, System Zhen Xudong has just died and been reborn into the world of Courtyard House and its TV adaptations. He obtains a cash-powered lottery System that lets him draw once a month using his money. He spends untold sums of money on draws and wins all kinds of skills, inheritances, items, technology, and even people… 3kReads6.7Score137Shelves
- 127 Siheyuan: I Stop Time at the Start and Support My Family by Solving Cases 四合院：时停起手，我靠破案养家 In 2026, forensic pathologist Wang Zhili accidentally transmigrates to the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang in 1965, thanks to a Shanghai-brand watch made in 1965. At the time, unsolved cases abound and enemy agents are active. But life at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang is even more exciting than solving cases! Silly Zhu: What’s so great about being a cop? You can’t even solve the case of the missing chicken in our courtyard! Qin Huairu: Comrade Wang Zhili, I can do your laundry. Just give me ten jin of 1.9kReads—Score114Shelves
- 128 Siheyuan: The Story She and I Had to Tell 四合院之我与她不得不说的故事 (The rating just came out, so it's a bit low. It'll go up.) He transmigrates to the world of the courtyard and gains a pocket world. He puts the beasts in their place, with no unnecessary drama, just one satisfying story after another. Of course, there'll be a little romance too. 1.2kReads5.5Score100Shelves
- 129 Siheyuan: Jia Dongxu, the Root of All Evil 四合院之万恶之源贾东旭 What would you buy if you could take 250,000 yuan worth of supplies back to 1950? Zhou Wenbin unexpectedly gets the chance to travel through time. He can take 250,000 yuan worth of supplies back to Nanluoguxiang in 1950. As long as he changes the story, he can return to the real world, and he can also bring back anything he acquires in the world of the Siheyuan. Thus begins an extraordinary journey. 1.2kReads7.4Score101Shelves
- 130 Siheyuan: The System Is Down, So I Have No Choice but to Join the Ministry 四合院：系统挂了，无奈只能进部 A young man from the modern world transmigrates to a courtyard house and becomes Yan Jiecheng. Apart from inheriting his family’s stingy ways, the original owner has no prospects in school and does nothing all day. Third Master starts pressuring him to go on a blind date! He wants Yan Jiecheng to settle down and then take odd jobs to help support the family. Yan Jiecheng snaps: “A blind date? No way! I’d rather stay single my whole life than give in! I’m going to school and becoming a cadre!” Hi 1.9kReads7.4Score109Shelves
- 131 Jia Dongxu, I’m Qin Huairu’s Backer! 贾东旭，我是秦淮茹的靠山！ [Light System + Courtyard Drama + Feel-Good Story + Fanfiction + Low Conflict + Family Bonds] Jia Xu, an orphan who couldn’t even afford to get married in the modern world, accidentally transmigrates into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, taking over Jia Dongxu’s body. He changes Qin Huai’s difficult life as a lonely widow with no one to rely on, and in turn changes the fate of everyone in the Jia family and the lives of the entire courtyard. Set in a turbulent era, the story reflects the posi 14.5kReads7.8Score864Shelves
- 132 Siheyuan: I, Yi Zhonghai, Am Not Childless 四合院，我易忠海不是绝户 [Siheyuan] [System] [Multiple Heroines] [More Children, More Blessings] After transmigrating into Yi Zhonghai in the 1980s, he finds that First Aunt has just passed away and obtains the More Children, More Blessings System! Yi Zhonghai immediately sets his sights on Xiaodang and Huaihua! Just then, Bang Geng shows up with his girlfriend, Tang Yanling! 14.2kReads8.5Score892Shelves
- 133 Siheyuan: I Have an Intelligence System 四合院：我有情报系统 Lin Xiaoman transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan and is faced with a family split from the start. Fortunately, he has an intelligence System that provides him with a steady stream of information about the Siheyuan world. From then on, he knows everyone’s little secrets in the Siheyuan. At the steel mill, he rises smoothly through the ranks thanks to the information he receives in advance. 18.4kReads6.5Score943Shelves
- 134 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Run for Village Chief and Build the Greatest Village in the World 四合院：开局竞选村长，打造天下第一村 Siheyuan: Running for Village Chief from the Start and Building the Greatest Village in the World 131Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 Period: Transmigrating as Jia Dongxu and Binding the Slacking System 年代：穿越贾东旭，绑定摸鱼系统 [Siheyuan + period drama crossover + low on aggression + Qin Huairu + taking on bullies + slow-burn power fantasy] Modern young man Jia Dongxu gets incredibly lucky and becomes the 1951 version of Jia Dongxu, the most despised mama's boy in the compound. He can't carry a load or lift a finger, and nobody in the compound thinks he'll amount to anything. “That wastrel Jia Dongxu will starve to death before long!” But Jia Dongxu isn't worried in the least. The newly bound [Slacker System] is glowin 1.9kReads7.1Score114Shelves
- 136 Siheyuan: I Woke Up One Day and Had Transmigrated 四合院：一觉醒来，穿越了 I woke up and found myself in such a miserable situation: fleeing famine... What a terrible era... Can’t you just let me live in peace... The Capital... I’m coming... How is this going to end...? 3.5kReads6.4Score116Shelves
- 137 Siheyuan: My Master Keeps Insisting I Become His Disciple 四合院：我师父追着要收我为徒 [Low on angst, with a storage space but no System] Everyday life, with multiple heroines He Yuhui unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of the courtyard compounds. After inheriting the original owner's memories, he learns that he has an uncle named He Daqing. Without hesitation, he decides to head to the capital and seek refuge with He Daqing. He Yuhui's arrival brings many changes to life in the courtyard... He Yuzhu doesn't marry late. He Yushui doesn't become an expert at causing trouble 8.9kReads7.2Score395Shelves
- 138 Siheyuan: I Arrive in 1959 with a Warehouse 四合院：带着仓库来到1959 [Low-conflict, everyday life, spatial powers, lighthearted; not for readers who enjoy stories about hardship and nostalgia] Niu Wangcai transmigrates to No. 95, Nanluoguxiang. Normal enough. Niu Wangcai lives opposite Yan Fugui’s home in the front courtyard. Also normal. Niu Wangcai has both parents alive... and a childhood betrothal... Wait... aren’t the protagonists in these novels all orphans? From the start, he gets a whole family and a wife... 25.1kReads7.3Score1.5kShelves
- 139 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. 8.5kReads5.6Score322Shelves
- 140 Siheyuan: The Third Master Has Arrived 四合院：三大爷来了 I really transmigrated! Just imagine, a handsome 185-centimeter man like me turned into a shriveled old geezer who’s only 165 centimeters tall. My heart aches! Then I saw the person beside me in bed, and it ached even more! And there’s a whole bunch of hungry kids to feed, none of them mine! Now it aches even more! 3.1kReads8.6Score105Shelves
- 141 Siheyuan: Starting as the Compound's Troublemaker 四合院：从在大院做搅屎棍开始 [A troublemaker = sowing discord + fanning the flames + stirring up trouble + adding fuel to the fire] From the start, Wang Dabao inherits his uncle’s estate and moves into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Before he even enters the courtyard, he faces the first challenge familiar to all who transmigrate: the tenants have their eyes on the house, so Wang Dabao turns the tables and swindles them out of eighty yuan. Wang Dabao: “Damao, did you know Yi Zhonghai and Silly Zhu conspired to make sure 16.2kReads6.5Score645Shelves
- 142 Siheyuan: I Have a Lottery Multiplier System 四合院：我有一个抽奖倍增系统 [Siheyuan + System + less bloodshed] He transmigrates to 1960, a time of hardship when food and clothing are scarce. Fortunately, he has a prize-drawing System. The screen looks like a slot machine, displaying all kinds of food and skill books. Below it are two buttons: one to refresh and one to double the prize... The pointer lands on a white-flour steamed bun... 16.7kReads7.1Score641Shelves
- 143 A Siheyuan Country Boy Moves to the City 四合院小农民进城 #Love in the Courtyard #Not Following the Original Plot #Old Fox At the end of 2023, a junior office worker is electrocuted while on duty. He transmigrates to the world of Love in the Courtyard. The office worker is terrified. This is supposed to be a place where everyone in the courtyard is evil! But there’s no going back. What is he supposed to do? Heaven doesn’t even give him a System or anything. All he has is a jade pendant left behind by the body’s original owner. Its pocket dimension is o 967Reads8.1Score103Shelves
- 144 Siheyuan: Starting in 1952 四合院之从52年开始 A discharged soldier from the 21st century accidentally transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Li Qiang, a veteran who has just returned from the Korean War after being transferred to civilian life. Back in the courtyard, he lives an ordinary yet happy life with his older brother and sister-in-law's family. A different courtyard, a different story. 2.7kReads8.0Score114Shelves
- 145 Siheyuan: Earn Merit, Rise Through the Ranks, and Let Others Do Your Dirty Work 四合院：立功升官，擅长借刀杀人 Turning enemies against each other + planning before acting + a short temper + repeatedly earning extraordinary merit + enjoying life + courtyard life From the start, Silly Zhu wants to give half of the big fish from Zhao Hao’s home to Qin Huairu, then divide the rest among everyone in the courtyard. He cleverly resolves the problem. He has to get back at Silly Zhu, making sure he never finds a wife for the rest of his life. He also makes iron underwear for Xu Damao and teaches him martial arts, 613Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 Siheyuan: Yan Jiekang's Entertainment Career 四合院：阎解旷的文娱生涯 [Chinese Showbiz] + [World Superstar] + [Super Idol] + [Siheyuan] + [Hong Kong Showbiz] After transmigrating into the world of Siheyuan, he becomes Yan Jiekang, who shares his name with the original. He brings over works from across the entertainment industry and, after Reform and Opening Up, becomes a superstar. 5.1kReads8.2Score247Shelves
- 147 Siheyuan: A Troublemaker Moves In 四合院之顽主入院 Ding-dong... A new quest has been issued: Blend into the courtyard as soon as possible. Zhang Weimin transmigrated to the 1960s. Following the System’s quests, he gradually uncovered the secrets of this unfamiliar world. With the soul of a modern man, watch how he thrives in an era of scarce resources. 1.9kReads7.6Score105Shelves
- 148 Sign-In at the Siheyuan: Starting in 1953 签到四合院从一九五三开始 A flop author on the Tomato platform transmigrates to 1953 Beijing and becomes a resident of a large courtyard, with a transmigrator's perk: a Sign-In System. 294Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 149 Siheyuan: I Do Whatever I Want! 四合院，我为所欲为！ Multiple heroines + self-interest + no troublemaking in the courtyard + officialdom + slow-burn development Timeline: The Courtyard + The Wreath at the Foot of the Mountain + In the Name of the People Promoted in the 1960s, offered protection and sent to work as an editor in Shanghai in the 1970s. Dismissed in the late 1970s, he moves to Hong Kong, then returns to China in the 1990s. This book doesn’t punish the vile characters in the courtyard. The difference in status is too great, and the pro 8.6kReads—Score271Shelves
- 150 Siheyuan: Liu Guangtian’s Hidden Resilience 四合院之刘光天的隐忍 Any resemblance is purely coincidental! This book is plain and simple... plain and simple. This book has no hostility... no hostility. This book is a little... a little... Readers, make of it what you will... what you will... will... do as you please! 8.4kReads6.5Score276Shelves
