Novels like Looping Through the Heavens, Starting with a Dad-Tormenting Siheyuan Quest
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- 101 Siheyuan: The Family Is So Fierce the Neighbors Want to Move Away 四合院：家人太凶悍众禽想搬家 Li Wenhua passed away peacefully. After all, there was nothing worth longing for. But when he woke up again, he wasn't in Heaven or Hell. He was in the world of "The Birds Are Full of the Courtyard". A doting grandma and grandpa, a mother whose strength was unknown but who only got stronger against powerful opponents, a thick-skinned father, a dim-witted yet obedient second brother with extraordinary talent, and a well-behaved, sensible little sister. On the day they moved into the courtyard, he 47.9kReads8.5Score2.8kShelves
- 102 A Hilarious Tale of Immortals and Heroes 仙侠笑传 A new story is here! You're welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 51Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 103 You're Forcing Me to the Countryside? I'll Empty the House and Head Off to the Farms in Style 逼我下乡？我搬空家底潇洒插队 Reborn in 1975, Lin Jianguo looks at his biased parents and the younger brother about to take over his job, then gives a cold laugh. If you won't treat me right, don't blame me for returning the favor! He activates his pocket System and acquires Grandmaster-level Baji Fist, expert hunting skills, and expert marksmanship. He clears out every valuable belonging in his biased parents' house, then casually signs up his stepmother's son to go to the Great Northwest. With his bags on his back, he head 10.7kReads7.5Score809Shelves
- 104 Homelander in Siheyuan 祖国人在四合院 The ratings have only just come in. They'll slowly go up, everyone says so, and so do I... The cover was slapped together by AI. This is my first time writing a book, so I have no experience. After transmigrating to the capital in 1962, Huang Jinbu falls into the notorious Courtyard of Beasts. Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi, Silly Zhu, and a whole host of other top-tier troublemakers are all gathered there. Just as he thinks he'll have to scrape by, the Motherland 13.8kReads8.0Score1kShelves
- 105 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Awakening 四合院：傻柱的觉醒 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 18kReads6.6Score377Shelves
- 106 Siheyuan: Awakening the System, I Won't Let the Whole Courtyard Suck Me Dry 四合院：觉醒系统，不惯全院吸血 After transmigrating back to the 1960s and the beastly courtyard compound, the protagonist awakens a heaven-defying comeback System and sees through the evil intentions of everyone living there! There are no warm, friendly neighbors here, just a pack of bloodsuckers plotting against one another: the First Master, who abuses his position and uses moral pressure to get others to provide for his retirement; the Second Master, who dreams of becoming an official and loves throwing his weight around; 27Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 107 Siheyuan: One Smile from Him Leaves the Whole Courtyard Stunned 四合院：他一笑全院惊 Entirely handmade, no AI. Transmigration, lighthearted, multiple heroines, a warehouse, no hostility. When supplies are scarce, I have a supermarket. Enjoy a Cao thief’s life and live a different kind of existence. There’s no nightlife of glittering lights and bustling clubs, just the era’s shared activities. 17.5kReads6.8Score895Shelves
- 108 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Revenge 四合院之傻柱复仇记 A burned-out office worker who dropped dead in 2026 becomes Silly Zhu, who froze to death on the streets in 1951. Bound to a System, he learns cooking, traditional Chinese medicine, and Bajiquan. As he raises his little sister, he makes every beast who schemes against him pay the price. 27.6kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
- 109 Period: From the Start, I Chose the Great Northern Wilderness in 1955 年代：开局1955选择北大荒 Easygoing + a little overpowered + farming + no harem + a pocket dimension + a courtyard house for the first 30 chapters + the Great Northern Wilderness later on The story begins in 1955. The protagonist leaves Beijing and heads to the Great Northern Wilderness to farm. There's a pocket dimension, farming, animal husbandry, good times and hard times, cruelty and warmth. The story has just been released. You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support m 24kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
- 110 1940: I Have the Thousand-Blade Demon Saber for Killing the Japanese! 1940：杀鬼子我有魔刀千刃！ A modern college student transmigrates to 1940 and takes over the body of a child named Wu Liuqi, who was killed by the Japanese. He awakens the Enemy-Slaying, Nation-Strengthening System! With the template of the assassin Wu Liuqi and the Thousand Blades Demon Sword in hand, he throws his head back and shouts, “You Japanese devils, your grandpa is here!” 2.1kReads7.4Score107Shelves
- 111 Conquering the Realm, Part Seven: The Qingzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第七部之青州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Seven: The Qingzhou Tripod 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Silly Zhu's Uncle 四合院：穿越成傻柱舅舅 In 1958, Li Jianjun transmigrated into the body of a demobilized soldier. This man turned out to be He Yuzhu's uncle, who was also named Li Jianjun. After leaving the military, he took a job as the chief of security at the Steel Mill and officially moved into the courtyard. Silly Zhu and He Yushui finally experienced the care of an elder. With no way out, Yi Zhonghai was left dumbfounded. 109Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 113 Siheyuan: With a Zombie-Slaying Daoist Master Around, No One Dares Cause Trouble 四合院：僵尸道长在，没人敢作怪 After fighting evil spirits, Mao Xiaofang, his two apprentices, Black Rose, and Shrimp were planning to return to Gantian Town. But a temporal rift swept them away, and they crash-landed in a Beijing courtyard house in the 1960s. The moment they arrived, the entire courtyard was in chaos. Looking at the disorderly place, Mao Xiaofang sighed. “Never mind. We’ll stay here for now.” He had hoped to keep a low profile, but evil spirits kept causing trouble. So the three brothers, including Silly 279Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 Siheyuan: How Dare You Steal My Inheritance? 四合院：我的遗产你们也敢吞？ When a doctoral graduate’s soul landed in 1961, he became a young man in rural Changping who shared his name. His parents were dead, and his uncle’s inheritance had been completely divided among the “old neighbors” in Courtyard 95 on Nanluoguxiang: three rooms, eight thousand yuan in savings, and a secure job at the steel mill, all seized. With no way to seek justice, he had only a will and the future technology and master-level martial arts bestowed upon him by his transmigration. From appealin 6.6kReads6.6Score201Shelves
- 115 Siheyuan: My Pocket Dimension Can Store Anything 四合院：我的空间能收取万物 It's been nearly three years since the novel ended, and I'm still getting such great results. I'm so flattered, so I've added some bonus chapters to thank my longtime readers. Zhang Jianjun wakes up one morning scared out of his wits. He's transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard! With the arrival of his golden finger, Zhang Jianjun's path to cheating begins. Beating people up is for brutes. Stabbing them in the back is an art. By the middle of the story, he starts traveling the world and sets u 49.7kReads8.6Score2.5kShelves
- 116 Lord of Reincarnation in the Nine Domains 九域轮回之主 Synopsis Good-for-nothing Lin Feng is betrayed by his beloved and his clan brother, stripped of all his cultivation, and thrown into the Blood Prison of the Nine Netherworlds. In his despair, he awakens the Nine Hells Reincarnation Seal, which can devour baleful energy, souls, and even the myriad laws of the heavens! From then on, the Blood Prison becomes his hunting ground, baleful energy his nourishment, and ferocious beasts his watchdogs. When he shatters the Nine Hells and returns to the Ni 570Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 117 Siheyuan: My Name Is Yi Zhonghe 四合院：我叫易中河 A modern man transmigrates into the world of the courtyard drama, becoming Yi Zhonghe, Yi Zhonghai’s younger brother, a character who never appeared in the show. He moves into the courtyard and takes a job at the steel mill. See how a modern soul reforms the courtyard’s self-serving residents, turning the “courtyard full of miscreants” into a true Love in the Courtyard. 84.8kReads8.0Score4.6kShelves
- 118 I Am Li Huaide's Bodyguard 我是李怀德的警卫员 Li Dahu, a soldier, served as Li Huaide's bodyguard. After leaving the military, he was assigned to the Hongxing Steelworks. This is the story of how he struggled through years of famine while supporting his three younger brothers and three younger sisters, and gradually built a better life for himself at the Hongxing Steelworks. 49.7kReads7.2Score3.2kShelves
- 119 Siheyuan: Damou's Brother-in-Law Has an Iron Body, What a Scammer 四合院：大茂妹夫铁身躯，坑人啊 [The hottest Siheyuan story of 2025] [Sneaky schemer] [Funny] [Prankster] [Lots of conflict] [Feel-good power fantasy] He befriends Xu Damao and Li Huaide. Xu Damao is the brother-in-law of Sha Zhu. He sets traps for all the other troublemakers. This book is all about pranks: first, he swindles them out of their pocket money, then he makes them suffer miserably. Don't read if that's not your thing! 21.9kReads6.0Score514Shelves
- 120 Siheyuan: Li Tianyou, the Brilliant Detective 四合院：妙笔神探李天佑 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 140Reads7.9Score111Shelves
- 121 Siheyuan: I Am Jia Erlengzi 四合院：我是贾二楞子 Jia Erlei fails to survive his tribulation and ends up in the body of a man with the same name in Compound No. 95 in 1959. He has a pocket dimension, but no supplies. Someone else has taken his job, and his uncle and aunt treat him badly. How will he survive in Compound No. 95? 21.8kReads8.3Score1kShelves
- 122 The Great Emperor Returns: Starting with the Annihilation of His Clan 大帝归来：从灭族开始 Synopsis: Lu Changsheng, the supreme cultivator of the cultivation world, spent a thousand years cultivating before ruling the myriad realms with a single sword. When he tore through space and returned to Blue Star, he discovered that only five years had passed on Earth. Monsters were running rampant across the Western Pacific, and half the country had fallen. With a single sweep of his sword, he wiped out countless demons. But when he finally returned home, he was met with this: His parents had 1.4kReads—Score170Shelves
- 123 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Why Does Your Brother Beat You Up Every Day? 四合院：傻柱你哥咋天天揍你？ [Moderate violence] [Turning Silly Zhu and Yushui’s lives around] [Rebuilding the family’s values] He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as Silly Zhu’s “short-lived” older brother! After returning from the battlefield, he turns his younger siblings’ lives around. His younger brother, He Yuzhu, is exploited by the whole courtyard and still acts like a pathetic simp. He Weiguo has just one word for him: “A beating!” He’ll beat some sense into him! His younger sister, He Yushui, has suffered 55.1kReads8.1Score3.6kShelves
- 124 Siheyuan: I, Jia Dongxu, Want to Be Reborn Too! 四合院：我贾东旭也要重生！ [Love in the Courtyard; wish-fulfillment!!!; comedy; transmigration; one female lead (Qin Huairu); pocket dimension] Silly Zhu next door has been working himself to the bone around the clock. It's about time I, Jia Dongxu, got to be the main character!!! Reincarnated as a man doomed to die young? This time, I'll hold this family together! You won't teach me properly? I'll cut ties with Yi Zhonghai and find myself a new master! Yi Zhonghai: “Dongxu, I was wrong!” Caught Jia Zhangshi sneaking 29.7kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves
- 125 Siheyuan: The Jie Sect's Fortune! Seizing the Fortune of All Things! 四合院：截教气运！截取万物！ In the Battle of the Investiture of the Gods, the Jie Sect suffered a crushing defeat, and Tongtian was forced to swallow the Saint-Falling Pill. Enraged, Tongtian stripped away the remnants of the Jie Sect's fortune and sent them into the endless void, hoping that one day someone destined to inherit it could lead the Jie Sect to greatness again. Hongjun learned of this. The Creation Jade Disc nurtured among his three flowers shot out a beam of golden light, intent on scattering the Jie Sect's 8.7kReads8.1Score443Shelves
- 126 Siheyuan: Is There Any Future in Being a Factory Doctor? 四合院：当厂医有搞头吗？ While delivering food, delivery rider Li Huaishui is sent back to 1944 by a truck, into the womb of a family in Shandong. As he slowly grows up, he learns that his brother, who is more than twenty years older and rarely comes home, is named Li Huaide. Then he discovers that his eldest brother works at the Red Star Steel Mill in the capital… 16.7kReads5.5Score858Shelves
- 127 Siheyuan: I Ruin Silly Zhu and Wipe Out the Whole Bunch 四合院：废了傻柱，全灭众禽 From the start, he breaks Silly Zhu's right hand. After finding out how the Sixth Man System determines its verdict, he deals with the beasts by chapter 100. Silly Zhu ends up begging on the streets with all five limbs broken. Seriously, trust me, bro. 16.7kReads6.1Score550Shelves
- 128 Conquering the Realm, Part Six: The Xuzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第六部之徐州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Six: The Xuzhou Tripod 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Siheyuan: Infinite Creation in My World 四合院之我的世界无限创造 Invincible! Pure wish fulfillment! If it doesn't satisfy you, you don't pay! Chen Tian was playing Minecraft at home when he unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard. There, he obtained the ultimate authority to create without limits in Minecraft, allowing him to reshape the world around him at will. As he transformed more and more places, the energy fed back by this authority kept changing his body, making him invincible. Don't like the little Japanese? Wipe out their 5.9kReads5.8Score299Shelves
- 130 Siheyuan: The Carefree Life of a Villain 四合院：恶棍的潇洒生活 [No harem, prickly and cunning male lead, somewhat overpowered, laid-back everyday life, stockpiling supplies, decisive and ruthless, no bleeding-heart heroine] After waking up in a Beijing courtyard home in 1960, Shen He decides he'll never be a pushover again. I have a staff that can sweep away every injustice in the world. I have a staff that can make every scoundrel and spy tremble. I have a staff that can let the light of justice shine everywhere. Look... this is the Staff of Justi 26.4kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves
- 131 Lao Mo, Eating Fish in the Siheyuan, Dominating Hong Kong 老默，四合院吃鱼，香江称霸 [Decisive and ruthless] [No dragging things out] [Kills them all] [Unexpected twists] To find his daughter, he kills his way from a Beijing courtyard house all the way to Xiangjiang. The protagonist is Lao Mo, Jinghai’s top assassin: arrogant, cold, ruthless, and a man of few words who kills without batting an eye. He terrifies every lowlife around, and even the mention of his name makes them quake. Everyone who’s read it says it’s an absolute thrill. If you don’t believe them, check out the rev 43.2kReads7.9Score2.1kShelves
- 132 Resistance War in the Siheyuan: A Dog by Day, a Wolf by Night 四合院抗战：白天是狗，晚上是狼 By day, he is Lu Chengan, a puppet army company commander under the Japanese. He bows and scrapes before the Japanese, calls his fellow puppet soldiers brothers, and pretends not to notice the contemptuous looks from the civilians. He leads his men through drills, patrols, and inspections, occasionally cooperating with the Japanese in their so-called “security enhancement campaign.” He puts on a show when he has to and turns a blind eye when he can. His company includes a platoon leader named 162Reads7.4Score113Shelves
- 133 Siheyuan: I Only Want to Live a Quiet Life 四合院：只想平淡过一生 This book is dedicated to my younger self, to the chaos of those days and the loneliness buried deep inside, and to everyone who can't help looking back on the past. It's also dedicated to you, if you'd like to learn about life in Beijing's crowded courtyard compounds. This place was once a little world of its own: the gray walls were mottled, the doorways stood side by side, and life was noisy and real. Neighbors schemed and quarreled, clashing over every inch of land and wall, and getting red 35.9kReads7.9Score1.3kShelves
- 134 Conquering the Realm, Part Five: The Yanzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第五部之兖州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Five: The Yanzhou Tripod 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 I’m Here to Set the Chaotic Siheyuan Straight 朕来整顿禽满四合院 After Zhu Yuanzhang died, he transmigrated into the body of a junior official. When he got home, he found that His wife was Empress Ma, doing laundry for someone else. His son was Zhu Biao, with a broken leg. His grandson was Zhu Xiongying, skin and bones. The so-called “good neighbors” in the compound stole from his family, insulted his wife, and schemed against his son. The whole place was full of beasts. Then the System arrived, bringing him master-level Chinese medicine, a farm he could c 1.2kReads6.1Score—Shelves
- 136 Siheyuan: My Years in the Security Office 四合院之我在保卫处那几年 By some bizarre twist of fate, he transmigrated into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. Feng Bin, a small-time landlord from the future, became the head of the security office. After moving into the courtyard, he didn't find himself caught up in the usual scramble over housing. Feng Bin: Is this really the same courtyard I know? Yi Zhonghai: It is. Look at me now: all alone, with no one to rely on, destined to die lonely. Qin Huairu: Exactly. I worked so hard trading for steamed buns, and in th 28.5kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
- 137 Reborn as Silly Mao: Sending Banggeng to Juvenile Detention from the Start 傻茂重生，开局送棒梗儿进少管所 “Drawing Sword,” “Under the Zhengyang Gate,” “The Little Woman Under the Zhengyang Gate,” “Snow Leopard,” “Hutong,” “The Age of Galloping,” “Man Is Iron, Rice Is Steel,” “Glory Era” Xu Damao is reborn on the very day Banggeng steals a chicken. He sends the thief's whole family to prison, gets the Lou family out of town, and begins his unstoppable comeback! 2.3kReads—Score100Shelves
- 138 Siheyuan: Beautiful, Don’t Be Like That 四合院：美女别这样 [Courtyard Life + Multiple Female Leads + Decisive Actions + System] After transmigrating as a new resident in the courtyard who was being bullied to death by the old folks expecting him to support them, he reports them to the police and gets Jia Zhangshi sent to the firing squad, while Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui are thrown in jail. He blocks the entrance to Deaf Granny’s home and eats egg cakes, making the old hag shriek with envy. Can helping others really earn rewards? How does 66.9kReads7.3Score4.3kShelves
- 139 Siheyuan: Starting with a Street Stall 四合院：从摆地摊开始 Chen Jun dies suddenly from working overtime and wakes up in Nanluoguxiang in 1954. His father died young, his mother is sick, his little sister is helpless, and he is unemployed. What a disastrous start! Luckily, with the System’s help, Chen Jun gains the means to establish himself. Faced with all the troublemakers in the courtyard, Chen Jun lives by the principle that he ignores minor losses, but anyone who causes him major losses goes straight to prison. From the start, he gets Jia Zhangshi s 66.9kReads7.6Score3.6kShelves
- 140 Siheyuan: What I Say Goes in This Canteen 四合院，这个食堂我说了算 Zhang Renkang inexplicably finds himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He works his way up from a lowly kitchen helper to become the cafeteria director. What? Silly Zhu wants to cause trouble? Give him a beating and kick him out of the cafeteria. What? Qin Huairu wants a free ride? Ha, I won't do it unless I get something out of it. What? Yi Zhonghai wants me to take care of him in his old age? Dream on. I throw in my lot with Li Weimin and thrive. Watch Zhang Renkang take on the whole 9.2kReads7.6Score295Shelves
- 141 Siheyuan: Reborn as Yi Zhonghai's Only Son 四合院：穿成易中海的亲儿子 [Period novel + witty and humorous + chosen-by-heaven System + no saintly heroine + face-slapping + slice of life] Yi Tianci is reborn as Yi Zhonghai's biological son in Love in the Courtyard, making him a bona fide rich second-generation heir. With the System at his side, Silly Zhu can no longer rely on protection, and Old Deaf Granny is no longer the revered matriarch. No one can escape. While dealing with the courtyard's troublemakers, he also catches the tide of the times and writes a remark 34kReads8.1Score2.6kShelves
- 142 Siheyuan Culinary God: I, He Yuzhu, Got Married from the Start 四合院神厨：我何雨柱开局就结婚 [Heartwarming + everyday life + plot changes + one heroine] After transmigrating as He Yuzhu and awakening the Chef God System, how will he deal with the bunch of pests in the courtyard? He marries a wife from the start, so Qin Huairu and Uncle Yi can forget about guilt-tripping him! Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng, don’t cause trouble, or Brother Zhu will make you pay! 30.2kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves
- 143 Conquering the Realm, Part Four: In Search of the Tripods 问鼎天下第四部之寻鼎记 Conquering the World, Part Four: The Quest for the Tripod 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 From Deputy Director to Army Commander: The Yan Family's Rise 从副局长到入朝军长阎家逆袭 [Siheyuan] + [Romance in the Blood] + [Glorious Era] + [The Little Woman Under Zhengyang Gate] + [Under Zhengyang Gate] + [Hutong] + [Bright Sword] + [Snow Leopard] Yan Suma, the cousin of Yan Bugu and Yan Shuzhai, joins the honored ranks of the public security forces when the city of Beiping is liberated. Yang Ruihua: “Dear, what's your cousin's background?” Yan Bugu: “I'd like to know that myself! The guy won't tell us a thing. Everyone drinking with him last night was bragging like crazy!” 11.8kReads6.1Score416Shelves
- 145 Siheyuan: My Uncle Is Yuan Tiangang 四合院：我舅舅是袁天罡 Yuan Tiangang, the Tang dynasty's Imperial Astrologer, wakes up to find himself the unlikely uncle of He Yuzhu, a man living in a Beijing courtyard. Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum? A dose of Tiangang Arts will set her straight. Yi Zhonghai puts on a false front? Let's calculate the day your bad luck will strike. Qin Huairu wants to leech off you? Uncle will teach you what it means to “make you cry with the Huayang Needle.” Everyone is dumbfounded: Is this old man a divine being or a lunatic? He Y 2.5kReads—Score106Shelves
- 146 Siheyuan: In Less Than Six Months, I Gathered Enough for a Mahjong Table 四合院：不到半年，凑齐一桌麻将 2.2kReads5.9Score105Shelves
- 147 Conquering the Realm, Part Three: The Yongzhou Tripod 问鼎天下第三部之雍州鼎 Conquering the World, Part Three: The Yongzhou Tripod 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Rewrites His Life 四合院：傻柱改写人生 In his previous life, he was driven out of the Siheyuan and froze to death beneath a bridge. Reborn in this life, he returns to find the courtyard just as it was. But He Yuzhu is no longer the Silly Zhu everyone could push around. 9.6kReads6.7Score338Shelves
- 149 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Age of Empires 四合院：傻柱的帝国时代 In the 1950s, life in the capital was hard, and the winds of change stirred beneath the surface. A modern soul found himself in the body of a young man known as Silly Zhu. His father had run off, leaving only his little sister behind. The courtyard was rife with trouble, and hidden currents swirled through the streets. Fortunately, he had a world of his own: the Age of Empires game world. Starting in the primitive Stone Age, he reclaimed land, developed production, and smelted metal, steadily l 42kReads7.3Score3.8kShelves
- 150 Siheyuan: Returning from the Mass Grave to Collect Blood Debts 四合院：乱葬岗归来，血债血偿 At eighteen, Lu Jianjun is framed and nearly left to die in the wilderness, but by sheer luck, he survives. After that brush with death, he sees through the schemes and selfish motives of every household in the courtyard. Returning to the compound with the experience and livelihood skills he accumulated in his previous life, all he wants is to keep his own life steady, earn an honest living with his own hands, avoid the endless conflicts around him, protect the people he cares about, and carve o 135Reads7.4Score136Shelves
