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- 151 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Face Off Against Zheng Chaoyang 四合院：开局就和郑朝阳对掏 [Many dramas, many women, no drawn-out relationship drama, no emotional torment, decisive and ruthless, selfish but not heartless] [Don't read if you want mindless wish fulfillment. Don't read if you know nothing about Republican-era China.] He transmigrates to Beiping in 1947, into a man with a complicated background. Before liberation, when people devoured one another, there were The Courtyard, New World, Glorious Times, and others. After the winds of change, the story focuses mainly on Hong K 8.5kReads6.8Score26814d adds
- 152 Republican Era: I Get a One-Yuan Instant Buy Every Month 民国：我每月一元秒杀 A hyperdimensional mini-supermarket: one silver dollar. A 5,000-square-meter mansion in Dongjiaomin Lane: one silver dollar. A personal arsenal, bullets, and munitions factory: one silver dollar. A 10,000-ton ocean liner: one silver dollar. A small thermal power plant with a capacity of 300,000 kilowatts: one silver dollar. A personal space measuring 100 meters in length, width, and height, with a total volume of one million cubic meters: one silver dollar. A fully automated personal farm where 494Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 153 A Terrifying Night at the Abandoned Hospital 《废旧医院的惊魂夜》 A Terrifying Night at the Abandoned Hospital 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Send the Villains to the Detention Center 四合院：开局送禽兽去拘留所 Zhang Fan transmigrated to the capital in the 1960s, only to discover that this was the world of the Siheyuan novels. He was one of its residents, an eight-year-old child of a martyr, and he awakened a powerful sign-in System. He had hoped to live a wonderful life in this red era. Unfortunately, the beasts in the courtyard never gave anyone a moment's peace. Well, there was no helping it. If he wanted to sleep in as long as he liked and count money until his hands cramped, he'd have to deal with 6.3kReads8.6Score17714d adds
- 155 Espionage: Rising from Cannon Fodder 谍战：从炮灰开始崛起 The previous book is about to conclude, and an audiobook narrated by a real person is now available. Readers who enjoy audiobooks are welcome to check it out. [War of Resistance Espionage + System-Powered Wish Fulfillment + Multiple Paths of Development + Military Statistics Bureau in the Early Story + Army in the Later Story + Beating the Japanese to a Pulp] Son 32.7kReads7.6Score3.6k14d adds
- 156 Siheyuan: One Man's Journey 四合院：一人纵横 [Siheyuan + The Outcast + Wizardry + Tomb Raiding] Tang Zhongguo unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. Although he arrives during the three years of natural disasters, he unexpectedly awakens the Heaven Rewards Diligence System, which lets him gain proficiency in anything. However, just as Tang Zhongguo is getting ready to make his mark with the System, he discovers that this world is not as simple as it seems. It is filled with strange and eerie homes and tombs, dazzling su 114Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 157 Fleeing Famine to the City, Conquering the Era 逃荒进城，征服年代 A former elite soldier is reborn in the body of a thirteen-year-old refugee, with his six-year-old sister on his back. After a long, arduous journey, they reach the capital and pass by a courtyard house, where he unlocks a pocket dimension. There, he lives a very different life. 22.1kReads8.9Score82114d adds
- 158 A Siheyuan Where Eras Converge 年代融合四合院 A fantasy novel blending multiple TV dramas, spanning from the founding of the nation to the turn of the millennium: Wen San, Fifth Master Ke, Qin Huairu, Sha Zhu, Young and Dangerous, Han Chunming, the Nine Gates Commandant, 1980s Hong Kong, Hu Bayi, Zhang Qiling. Antiques, tomb raiding, immortality, a family clan, White Tiger bloodline. After ten years of turmoil brought the family crashing down, it rises again. A grand fusion of period dramas from parallel timelines. A novel written just for —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Siheyuan: Springtime for the Procurement Officer 四合院之采购员的春天 Yu Qing'an is reborn in the 1960s and discovers that he has become a purchasing agent at the Lao Daokou Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Yu Qing'an has no grand ambitions. He just wants a wife, children, and a warm bed. But the courtyard is full of schemers, every one of them looking to take advantage of him. Yi Zhonghai, if you want to be a moral paragon, go ahead. Don’t try to guilt-trip me into it. Liu Haizhong, if you want to be an official, go be one at the Hongxing Steel Plant. Being Seco 6.3kReads7.5Score26314d adds
- 160 Siheyuan: Medicine and Martial Arts Are Inseparable 四合院之医武不分家 [Period][Lighthearted][Low on Hostility][Laid-Back][One Female Lead] Transmigration doesn't seem all that difficult anymore. An obscure writer woke up one morning and found himself in 1947, without so much as a fuss. From the start, he was an eight-year-old child. Life was going to be tough. Fortunately, he had a golden finger. Yang Sanjin decided to live differently this time and make a good life for himself in this era. 6.6kReads7.2Score20614d adds
- 161 The War of Resistance: Maybe I Should Go It Alone 抗战，还是自己单干吧 Qin Xiang, an ordinary man from modern society, somehow transmigrates into the era of the War of Resistance! Watch as he rises from a conscript, step by step, amid the chaos of war! The protagonist unexpectedly awakens a space within his sea of consciousness. With this one golden finger, see how he gradually stockpiles supplies to survive! After the uprising, he temporarily joins the Nationalist government, but still makes a point of helping the Reds whenever he can! Going it alone doesn't mean 40.6kReads7.5Score2.9k14d adds
- 162 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Join the Army 四合院：开局从军 [Transmigrate + courtyard compound + farming + espionage + treasure hunting + landing on the moon + space adventures in a courtyard compound] Readers who aren't enjoying it can skip ahead to the 200,000-word mark. It gets really exciting after that, and the third volume is especially good. I originally wanted to change the title after the book was tested, but in the end I stuck with the original. After transmigrating to a courtyard compound, he nearly starves to death before meeting a benefactor 692Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 163 Bright Sword: I Somehow Became Li Yunlong’s Old Squad Leader 亮剑，我竟然成为了李云龙老班长 Li Erhu transmigrated by accident, only to discover that he was Li Yunlong’s old squad leader. From then on, all hell broke loose in northwest Shanxi! Li Erhu became the Japanese invaders’ worst nightmare, a god of war in everyone’s eyes, and a sensation around the world. Li Yunlong: “Squad leader, you said you’d look after me for life. You can’t leave me!” Kong Jie: “Old squad leader, you can’t look after Old Li and forget about me. I’m your student too!” Ding Wei: “Old squad leader, give the o 11.5kReads8.9Score50614d adds
- 164 Siheyuan: I Just Want to Be a Good Person 四合院：我只想做个好人 Xu Chen unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a Beijing courtyard complex and becomes a technician at a steel mill. At this point, Jia Dongxu is still alive, and He Yuzhu is still a good-hearted cook who looks after his younger sister. The courtyard seems peaceful on the surface, but beneath it, undercurrents are stirring. Yi Zhonghai, the paragon of morality; Liu Haizhong, devoted to the public good; Yan Bugui, generous to a fault; Xu Damao, the nicest man in the world... To make sure he 12kReads8.1Score44614d adds
- 165 No Idlers Allowed in the Siheyuan 四合院里不养闲人 Even after transmigrating, I won't forget the nation's grudge. Though young, I can still drive out the enemy. I distinguished myself in the War of Resistance and the Liberation War, and made the American invaders tremble during the Korean War. In peacetime, I fight enemy agents; in hard times, I help family and friends. The economy takes off at an unstoppable pace, and I ride the tide of business. The Siheyuan is full of remarkable people, a place where hidden talents abound. One act ends and an 6.2kReads7.6Score24414d adds
- 166 Period: Transmigrating to 1957 as a Gossip-Hungry Young Police Officer 年代：穿越57吃瓜小警察 Transmigration + System + Period Setting + Siheyuan + Detective Story + Everyday Comedy + Not A Love-Filled Courtyard Not a love-filled courtyard!!! Zhang Dafei transmigrates into the body of another Zhang Dafei, a patrol officer with the subdistrict office in Yuer Hutong, Nanluoguxiang, in 1957. The original Zhang was gravely injured while saving a comrade. As soon as he regains consciousness, the System binds to him and demands a startup password. Startled, he trembles, pain surging through hi 11.9kReads8.0Score68014d adds
- 167 The 1940s: Conquering the Hard Years 四零：干翻艰苦年代 [1940s + Farming + Pocket Dimension + Artificial Intelligence + Growth] In a time of war, little Jiegeng was abandoned by her own mother. With her baby brother in her arms and the help of an artificial intelligence, she took one step at a time out of a small mountain village and grew into a towering tree. 9.2kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 168 Siheyuan: Starting in the Steel Mill Office 四合院：开局轧钢厂办公室 [Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully bound the System.] [Host: Zhou Huaimin] [Age: 25] [Constitution: ...] “Knock, knock, knock...” Someone knocked on the door. A young woman's voice drifted in softly... 996Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 169 The Beipingside Barber: From the Start, I Opened the Ghost Gate for the Japanese 北平剃头匠，开局给鬼子开天门 Unable to afford a haircut, university student Wen Pan, who works at a construction site, decides to buy some clippers and cut his own hair. At a street stall, he buys a pair of vintage clippers and a dragon-patterned razor. While trying to shave himself, he accidentally nicks a pimple and is sent straight to the moment when the Japanese invaders breached Beiping. He becomes a barber there and, in order to survive, takes over his predecessor’s work. Then he discovers that the dragon-patterned ra 18.5kReads8.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 170 The Head of the Household in the 1950s 五零年代当家主妇 Bai Baozhu awoke from a dream in a daze. In it, her children had died or been scattered, none of them had found a happy ending, and the whole family had met a tragic fate. It all began when the family was branded with that fatal class background. Waking with a start, Bai Baozhu trampled her enemies, crushed her foes, and step by step escaped their schemes, making sure her family would never suffer the same tragedy as in her dream. But who could have guessed that the deadbeat husband who never ap 5.1kReads8.7Score33114d adds
- 171 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Why Does Your Uncle Beat You Every Day? 四合院：傻柱，你大爷咋天天揍你 #System #MilitaryIndustry #PeriodSetting #Face-Slapping #Feel-GoodFiction #LightheartedAndFunny #PatrioticPassion #RiseOfTechnology I woke up in the world of Love in the Courtyard as the “early-dead” uncle of Silly Zhu! Right from the start, I got bound to the [Ding! God-Tier National Defense Support System activated!]. This unbelievable fortune had landed right in my lap! I’d never even been back to the courtyard? No problem! Silly Zhu’s father entrusted his two children to me on his deathbed. 260Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Memories of Xiaoxiang: The Golden Branch Rises from the Ashes 潇湘忆之涅槃金枝 [Late Qing to early Republic | Strong female lead seeks revenge | Family intrigue and political schemes | Completed] On a blood-red autumn night, the entire Qian family is slaughtered, and Luan Ci, the pampered second young lady, becomes a lone fugitive overnight. She escapes over a pile of corpses and takes refuge in the Ling residence, her sworn enemy's home, carefully plotting each step as she endures humiliation to survive. Everyone thinks she is a pawn they can manipulate, but none suspect 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Open a Shop in the Capital 四合院，开局就到四九城开店 Chen Dongqun transmigrates to 1950 and becomes Chen Ergou. He has always lived in the countryside, thinking he is in an ordinary period of history. Only when he comes to the capital with his mother does he discover that he has landed in the world of Love in the Courtyard. Hoping to watch the drama unfold up close, Chen Ergou begs his grandmother to buy a house in Courtyard No. 95. But once he moves in, he realizes things aren't nearly as simple as he imagined. Damn it, there are other transmigra 18.4kReads7.9Score69314d adds
- 174 Two Days Off and Immortality? Starting as a Casanova in a Siheyuan 双休长生？从四合院当海王开始 Transmigration + immortality + multiple women + overseas shoplifting sprees + entrepreneurship + ruthless decisiveness Some characters’ ages have been adjusted slightly as needed. At the end of 1948, Chen You transmigrated into a world where several period dramas had merged. Fortunately, he awakened a sign-in System and obtained the Longevity Art. The heroines, including Lou Xiao'e, Qin Huairu, and Chen Xueru, came one after another. The residents of the courtyard were green with envy, but there 26.2kReads7.8Score2.3k14d adds
- 175 Superpowered Heroes Beat Up the Japanese Invaders 异能者暴揍鬼子 Wang Lu possesses the Dragon Soul Divine Cauldron, whose blessing grants him supernatural powers to hunt Japanese soldiers and collect Sin Points. He forms a league of superpowered fighters and leads them in killing, sabotaging, and destroying, carrying out one bloody atrocity after another to fill the Japanese with fear and dread. 344Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Republican Era Espionage: Code Name Crab 民国谍战之代号螃蟹 They endured a long, dark night, writing an indispensable page in China's War of Resistance with their blood. Some say your writing feels real, but who knows that the real world of espionage was even more brutal, too brutal to put into words. With this book, I pay tribute to all the heroes who gave their lives for their country on the intelligence front. 22.8kReads8.2Score2.1k14d adds
- 177 My Soul Traveled to 1903 Republican China 魂穿民国1903 Transmigration, a pocket dimension, resistance against Japan. After transmigrating as Zhang Damao, he uses his pocket dimension to seize weapons, raid Japanese banks, stockpile food, and train soldiers, all to wipe out more Japanese invaders during the War of Resistance. 15.7kReads7.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 178 Siheyuan: I Live Next Door to Xu Damao, and My Surname Is Wang 四合院：家住许大茂隔壁，我姓王 Wang Jinyin transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes an ordinary electrician. He lives next door to Xu Damao and is a warmhearted sort. From the start, when Xu Damao goes to the countryside to screen films, Wang Jinyin heads over to Xu Damao's home to fix a light. Who could have guessed? Xu Damao comes home early! With the System at my side, the world is mine. Wang Jinyin's motto is: “If you have a problem, I'll lend a hand. I live next door, and my surname is Wang!” Of course, since doing aw 9.2kReads6.8Score33914d adds
- 179 Wolf Warrior 1938 战狼1938 Lin Gang and Zhou Jie are modern-day elite soldiers. Betrayed by their former employer during a mission, they die on the battlefield and transmigrate together to Shanghai in 1938, where a new battle begins. 11.2kReads7.5Score81314d adds
- 180 Siheyuan: A Wild Boar Gets Me a Ten-Mu Greenhouse from the Start 四合院：开局野猪送我十亩地大棚 [Gossip] [Watching the Show] [Period] [Transmigration] [Purchasing Agent] [Invincible] [Witty] [Funny] [Daily Life] [One Female Lead] [Ruthless] PS: The Courtyard House content doesn’t make up a particularly large portion of this story. Most of it focuses on the protagonist’s everyday life. If that’s not your thing, don’t read! PS: The male lead has a pet companion who provides the comedy, but the pet’s role becomes less prominent later on. If you’re not into pets, feel free to skip those part 39.8kReads8.3Score2.5k14d adds
- 181 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Sell My Iron Rice Bowl 四合院：开局卖掉铁饭碗 [Everyday-life focus, with the spirit of the Wei and Jin dynasties, and not too much hostility.] After transmigrating to a Beijing courtyard in 1962, he sells his iron rice bowl from the start. He studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and becomes a technician. When the times change, he goes into business, opens a factory, and helps revitalize the country's industry. (Mostly everyday life, mostly everyday life, mostly everyday life. That's important, so we're saying it three times 10.6kReads7.7Score32314d adds
- 182 Siheyuan: Starting with Retirement 四合院：从退休开始 He transmigrates into the body of a 60-year-old man in a world of movies and TV shows. He also has terminal cancer and only a few months left to live. The Touching Life System is activated. The old man is thrilled. But when he looks around the courtyard where he lives, The Courtyard Full of Beasts, he senses the System’s deep hostility. In the 1980s, he enters the world of Hong Kong dramas: Police Story, Fight Back to School, The Haunted Cop Shop... Don’t worry about the timeline in this book. I 9.4kReads8.4Score31514d adds
- 183 Cultivating Immortality for Longevity: Seeking the Dao in the Great Thousand World Is No Match for Steady Farming 长生修仙：寻道大千不如稳健种田 Everyday farming + longevity + cautious cultivation + alchemy + System + spirit beasts + no heroine He meets a benefactor, enters Danyang, and sets his heart on the boundless light of the Immortal Dao. His spiritual roots are poor and his resources scarce, so he’s unlikely to make it past the Qi Refining stage in his lifetime. So he trains his body, endures hardship, and grinds away despite the struggle. His benefactor dies, his backing is gone, and he’s expelled from the inner sect, left in a m 13.1kReads7.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 184 Back to the 1940s: Fleeing Famine to Shanghai 穿回四十年代逃荒去上海 In 1942, Wang Li woke up in a cellar and discovered she had transmigrated into the body of a landowner’s wife. From the start, she was fleeing famine, and along the way she got separated from her companions. Well, if she had to flee, she had to flee! Life hadn’t been great in the modern world either. Now it was just her and a simple-minded girl. After enduring all kinds of hardships, they finally made it to Shanghai and bought a house. In her spare time, she even helped herself to the belongings 2.7kReads8.2Score13614d adds
- 185 Siheyuan: The Security Chief Takes the Whole Compound in Hand 四合院：保卫科长，镇压全院 One day, in the midst of a year of famine, Li Meng transmigrates and becomes one of the many refugees fleeing to the capital. He collapses from hunger and cold in an alley, but luckily a plain-looking young woman finds him and takes him home. Before long, he becomes her live-in son-in-law. What he never expected was that this was the world of The Animals of the Courtyard. With the help of his System, Li Meng settles into a peaceful life in the crowded courtyard. By a stroke of luck, he rises fro 63Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 186 I Stumbled Upon My Aunt's Secret 我偶然发现小婶的秘密 I Accidentally Discovered My Aunt's Secret —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 The Rise of a Great Nation: Invincible Since the Republic of China Era 大国崛起：从民国开始无敌 Lu Chen is reborn in the late Qing and early Republican era, a time of chaos, and obtains the Ultimate Family Sign-In System. He discovers that the more he raises his family’s overall strength, the better the rewards he receives from signing in. From the scholar, farmer, artisan, and merchant trades to medicine, culture, industry, military manufacturing, physical training, and cultivation, he can obtain it all. As his family grows stronger, his own lifespan increases without limit as well. “Ding 4.2kReads7.1Score27114d adds
- 188 Siheyuan: Slay Enemies, Get Divine Gear, and Give It to the Nation 四合院：杀敌爆神装，上交国家 I transmigrate as He Yuzhu's twin brother and awaken the Enemy-Slaying System. The more enemies I kill, the greater the rewards. My storage space is packed with food, weapons, and medicine, all of which I hand over to the country to support the war effort. By day, I play the fool. By night, I become a demon of slaughter. In 1945, I'll make those people understand: whoever dares to invade China, no matter how far away, will be punished! 3.6kReads5.5Score22014d adds
- 189 My Korean War 我的抗美援朝 It was a war no one could ever forget, a war that founded a nation! 2.9kReads8.2Score18914d adds
- 190 Siheyuan: The Good Life 四合院之美好人生 After transmigrating to the 1960s, Zhang Zhifei becomes an ordinary resident of a Beijing courtyard compound. At first, all he wants is to shut the door, live a quiet life with his younger siblings, and leave his mark on the era. Unfortunately, a small temple attracts big demons, and a shallow pond is full of turtles! In this little three-courtyard compound, there’s Yi Zhonghai, the “Virtue Venerable” known as the “perfect man”; Liu Haizhong, a power-hungry “official wannabe” and domestic abuser 27kReads8.4Score83414d adds
- 191 A Tough Guy in a Republican-Era Siheyuan 我在民国四合院当黑皮 [Multiple heroines + simple System + gradual development + goes on the run later] After criticizing a novel's spineless protagonist, I was banished by the You Think You Can Do Better System to a Republic-era courtyard house. Huh? There's also the TV dramas New World and The Glorious Era here? And a pocket dimension? Then let's spiral straight to the top. Since I've transmigrated, I want it all: beautiful women and money! I'll keep my head down at first, then enjoy the sweet life. 2.2kReads6.9Score10514d adds
- 192 Building a Super Family, Starting with Seclusion in the Mountains 建立超级家族，从隐居山林开始 (Golden finger + invincible protagonist + behind-the-scenes scheming + seclusion + multiple heroines + spatial storage + hoarding supplies + villain protagonist + building a faction + pursuing immortality on his own + Republic of China era.) A new novel from a five-star author. The plot is guaranteed to deliver, so read with confidence. The protagonist transmigrates to the parallel-world Blue Star and gains a golden finger that lets him collect taxes from the entire world. But his original body 2.5kReads8.7Score15214d adds
- 193 Transmigrated Into a 1940s Book: From the Start, It's Just Me, My Little Sister, and a Baby Fleeing for Our Lives 穿书四零：开局就剩妹妹带娃逃命 High school student Jiang Jiyun was innocently caught in the crossfire while watching an incident out of curiosity, then transmigrated to an era torn apart by war. It was the setting of a historical novel she had read, where she became a nameless passerby who was killed off without ever appearing in the story. From the start, Japanese soldiers swept through the countryside, massacring the entire village. After burying the original owner’s mother, Jiang Jiyun set out with the child entrusted to h 14.3kReads9.1Score98614d adds
- 194 War Against Japan: The Enemy-Lines Suicide Squad 抗日之敌后敢死队 This is a spy thriller. There is no System, no transmigration into another person's body, no rebirth, no transmigration into a book, and no futuristic weapons to lend a hand. It's a story about using intelligence and the unique talents of extraordinary people to pull off one major operation after another that gives the Japanese invaders a headache. Since there are no futuristic weapons to help, the story moves a little slowly. I ask readers to be patient and enjoy it. The story takes place in Z 715Reads6.2Score10014d adds
- 195 I Transmigrated into Silly Zhu and Stole Lou Xiao’e from Him 穿越成傻柱，我截胡娄晓娥 A master chef gets an unexpected stroke of luck and is reborn as the young He Yuzhu. Watch him win people over, outsmart the courtyard's schemers, and enjoy the carefree, 'wonderful' life of the Siheyuan, while making them regret their actions every day. 13.9kReads6.3Score61614d adds
- 196 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2: Sequel 2 《怀疑老婆对我不忠2》续2 Sequel 2 to Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2: Sequel 1 《怀疑老婆对我不忠2》续1 Sequel 1 to Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 19Reads—Score114d adds
- 198 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2 怀疑老婆对我不忠2 Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 《怀疑老婆对我不忠》 Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 200 Siheyuan: A Master Chef from the Start, Awakening Heaven-Defying Comprehension 四合院：厨神开局，觉醒悟性逆天 [Everyday Life + Not Much Anger or Conflict] Cao Ao, an ordinary nobody who originally lived in the Siheyuan, was reborn in 1954. He works in the kitchen of Hongfeng Restaurant, one of the Eight Great Restaurants, alongside He Yuzhu. After activating the Opportunity System, he received a ten-jin gold brick. It couldn't be traded, but it had a hidden property: a hit to the head could make someone lose some of their memories. And so... 9.5kReads8.1Score31214d adds
