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- 101 Siheyuan: Reborn, I Settle Every Score 四合院：重生后，我一一清算 Synopsis of "Siheyuan: After Being Reborn, I Settle Every Score" In 1958, in a Beijing siheyuan on Longxugou, Chen Feng goes from a vengeful ghost in a freezing prison to a young man in his prime after being reborn. In his previous life, he watched his parents get framed through the collusion of the Third Master, Niu Degui, the Second Master, Li Mengcang, and the First Master, Yan Daomao. Their property was seized, and they died with their names unjustly stained. The Jia and Xu families took adv 5Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 102 Siheyuan: Beating Xu Damao to a Pulp from the Start and Bringing the Whole Courtyard to Heel 四合院：开局暴打许大茂镇压全院 Siheyuan + Fan fiction + Male-oriented spin-off + Transmigration The System accidentally brought Wang Fugui into the fan-fiction world of Love in the Courtyard. He had two choices. Return to his original world and keep working as a security guard, unable to afford a wife. Or stay in this world, where he would get two rooms in a Beijing Siheyuan, along with compensation from the System. Even a fool would know what to choose! The System was pretty generous, and the compensation was quite good. He 317Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Siheyuan: From the Start as Liu Guangtian, I Beat Liu Guangqi to a Pulp 四合院：刘光天开局，暴打刘光奇 The hapless Liu Guangtian transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. His parents already favor Liu Guangqi, and to make matters worse, Liu Guangqi is a two-faced schemer. Most of the beatings Liu Guangfu and he took as kids were because they got blamed for that bastard Liu Guangqi’s misdeeds. To hell with this! I can’t stand another day of this miserable life! Liu Guangtian grabs his younger brother by the hand. “Guangfu, what are you afraid of? From now on, your big brother will show you a diffe 27kReads7.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 104 Siheyuan: Young Silly Zhu's Comeback 四合院：青年傻柱的逆袭人生 At twenty-five, he transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and becomes He Yuzhu! What? His father, He Daqing, ran off! Good riddance. Isn’t this a perfect start? His father’s gone and left behind a big house. The old man may not care about his foolish son, but plenty of other people do. Leech off the old man? Absolutely. Might as well get the money back early, since he’s going to be taking it anyway. Yi Zhonghai: “Zhuzi, here’s 200 yuan. Go buy yourself a bicycle.” He Yushui: “Brothe 15.3kReads8.8Score58914d adds
- 105 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 11.3kReads7.5Score84114d adds
- 106 Hunting, Hosting Feasts, Raising Kids, and a Ten-Mile Bridal Procession: The Siheyuan System 四合院打猎做席养娃十里红妆系统 My new book, Love in the Courtyard: From the Start, I Beat Xu Damao to a Pulp and Put the Whole Courtyard in Its Place, already has over a hundred thousand words. Give it a read, it’s better than this one. Click my profile to find it. Courtyard setting + fan fiction + transmigrate + male-oriented spin-off + System Zhao Zilong arrives in a merged world centered on Love in the Courtyard, with other film and TV worlds playing a supporting role. The worlds have merged, bringing even more colorful ch 264Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 107 Siheyuan: Sending Yi Zhonghai to the Great Northwest from the Start 四合院：：开局送易中海去大西北 Spring 1961, and it was once again the breeding season for those beasts. Zhang Anping transmigrated into a courtyard home and discovered that his parents were senior engineers sent to assist in the west. They had been mailing him 150 yuan every month, but he hadn't received a single cent in six years. Familiar with life in the courtyard, Zhang Anping immediately called the police. Yi Zhonghai finally panicked. 45.1kReads7.6Score1.9k14d adds
- 108 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! 18.8kReads6.6Score40614d adds
- 109 Siheyuan: Bully a Martyr’s Family? From the Start, Silly Zhu Goes to Prison 四合院：欺辱烈属？开局傻柱进牢 A nineteen-year-old boy whose parents are both dead is cheated out of his family inheritance. After unlocking a golden finger, watch as he fights back, deals with the vile scoundrels, and finds a way to live well. With an Emotion Collection System, what will he do to gather enough emotion points? How will the fate of the courtyard change? 31.1kReads6.4Score1k14d adds
- 110 Deception and Catching Them in the Act 欺骗.捉奸 Deception. Catching Them in the Act 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 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—14d adds
- 112 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. 30.9kReads8.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 113 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Remarkable Life 四合院：何雨柱的精彩人生 After possessing Silly Zhu, the protagonist watches his entire life unfold from the perspective of an observer. Silly Zhu spends his whole life being schemed against by the scoundrels in the courtyard. In the end, they swindle him out of everything he owns, and the three siblings led by the notorious thief Bang Geng drive him out. He freezes to death beneath an overpass, his body almost devoured by wild dogs. At last, the protagonist takes Silly Zhu's place and gets a second chance at life. See 21.3kReads8.1Score67014d adds
- 114 Poisoning 投毒 Poisoning 145Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 His, Hers, and the Thin Paper Between Them 他.她.窗户纸 He. She. The Thin Veil Between Them. 116Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Reborn in One Body, Returning to 1949 四合院何雨柱三合一魂穿1949 A rookie writer's commentary, set in a slow-burning, realistic period drama! A chef, a practitioner of traditional martial arts, and a skilled slingshot shooter, with no System and no accelerated time in the pocket dimension. It may look like a story about everyday family life, but the food, antiques, and hunting are all portrayed with absolute realism. The words are imbued with love for the country and its people, and readers only need to uncover the foreshadowing that's worth savoring. Feel fr 10.9kReads8.2Score32714d adds
- 117 Siheyuan: Cultivating Immortality Amid the Bustle of Everyday Life 四合院：烟火红尘修仙 A special forces soldier from the modern world transmigrates into another world in the late 1950s. By a twist of fate, he gains a chance to cultivate. Reborn, he vows to pursue the Great Dao and seek immortality. To build up merit and change his fate, he experiences the bustle of everyday life in a courtyard during that extraordinary era, explores human nature, bears witness to people's hearts, tempers his will, and freely reshapes his destiny. 13.3kReads7.7Score48014d adds
- 118 An Ordinary Life in the Siheyuan 四合院的普通人生 A story about a courtyard house, seen through the eyes of an ordinary person. It's full of negativity, but there's positivity too. No invincible heroes, no toilet humor. Thank you for your support! 55.4kReads8.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 119 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—14d adds
- 120 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 6.6kReads6.6Score20114d adds
- 121 You Don’t Understand the Art of Being a Simp 舔狗的境界你不懂 You have no idea what it means to be a devoted simp. 117Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 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. 84.8kReads8.0Score4.6k14d adds
- 123 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! 140Reads7.9Score11114d adds
- 124 A Siheyuan Story Beginning on the Eve of Liberation 从解放前夕开始的四合院 A modern chef’s soul travels back to 1948, on the eve of Liberation. He moves into a courtyard residence with no System, no talismans, and no superpowers. All he has is a family heirloom storage ring, and he lives a leisurely life in a harsh era. He goes to work, cooks, and occasionally teases the misfits in the courtyard. The story isn’t too angsty: no toilet humor, and no wishing people would hurry up and die. A tranquil life in a bygone age, 62kReads7.7Score2.4k14d adds
- 125 Siheyuan: Born in 1950, Researching While Enjoying the Gossip 四合院：开局50，边吃瓜边科研 [Siheyuan] [Period] [Technology to Strengthen the Nation] [One Heroine] [Putting the Yard's Troublemakers in Their Place] What? I've been reborn in a Siheyuan in 1950, and I'm a student at a top university, a genius in the top three of my year. As he recalls the fragmentary memories in his mind, Li Xiao breaks down completely. “I studied the humanities in my past life. What is this supposed to be? Is this some kind of joke?” From gas-cylinder cannons to Type 63 rocket launchers. From motorcycles 31.3kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 126 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? 21.8kReads8.3Score1k14d adds
- 127 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—Score17014d adds
- 128 I'm He Yuzhu from the Courtyard House 四合院我是何雨柱 The life of an ordinary person. Come see what happens after He Yuzhu becomes an ordinary man, with no potty humor, no invincibility, and none of those talismans. Thanks for your support. 31.5kReads8.9Score79414d adds
- 129 The Urban Supreme: Starting by Tearing Up the Marriage Contract 都市至尊，从撕毁婚书开始 A mysterious marriage contract was drawn up twenty years ago. Twenty years later, Lin Jiuxiao descended from the mountains with the contract, only for his wealthy fiancée to tear it up in front of everyone. “A country bumpkin from the mountains thinks he’s worthy of marrying me?” Amid the laughter, Lin Jiuxiao calmly gathered the scraps. “The contract can be destroyed. But the Su family has enjoyed three generations of wealth thanks to my master’s sect. Today, it’s time to pay it back.” The mome 778Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 130 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 162Reads7.4Score11314d adds
- 131 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—14d adds
- 132 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 66.9kReads7.3Score4.3k14d adds
- 133 Starting in the 1950s: Hunting, Raising Kids, Wooing Women, and Fighting the Beastly Neighbors 五十年代开局：打猎养娃撩妹斗禽 Check out my profile for my new book. Thanks! Courtyard setting + fan fiction + transmigration + male-oriented spin-off Zhao Shisan helped his female friend fix her drain. As he climbed out the window to escape, his foot slipped and he wound up in the world of Love in the Courtyard. His previous life had been too ordinary. This time, he wanted to live gloriously, wielding power over the world by day and sleeping in the arms of beautiful women by night. First, he set himself a modest goal: own te 2.9kReads6.9Score10114d adds
- 134 Siheyuan: My Wife Was Snatched Away After I Returned from the Battlefield 四合院：战场归来媳妇被截胡 Lin Ping transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. After Yi Zhonghai schemes against him, Lin Ping has no choice but to join the army and head to the battlefield. When he returns to the capital, he never expects Jia Dongxu to steal the woman who was supposed to be his wife. But not marrying Qin Huairu suits him just fine. Using the golden finger he brought from his previous life, he goes on to live a happy life that everyone envies. 37.2kReads7.2Score1.7k14d adds
- 135 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao, but I Won't Be Xu Damao 四合院：我许大茂，不做许大茂 This book has no System, golden finger, or cheat. This is an all-new Xu Damao, transported to another world and made into an entirely new person. It tells a different story about Xu Damao! A man in his thirties from a later era, Xu Damao, gets hit by a truck. In that instant, the primordial power of heaven and earth causes him and the Xu Damao from the courtyard compound to collide, and he passively transmigrates. The courtyard’s Xu Damao is whisked away by a Dongfeng truck. See how the Xu Damao 1.2kReads5.5Score—14d adds
- 136 Siheyuan: The Civil Engineering Big Shot Has Arrived! 四合院：土木大佬驾到！ [No System] [Has a Spatial Dimension] [Low on Violence] Liu Bo: an utterly ordinary name. But if you have an arrogant subordinate named Long Aotian, then Liu Bo must be someone extraordinary. The quintessential big-shot protagonist, no doubt about it. But he's not the protagonist of this story. Liu Bo is a construction worker in 2025, working as a site manager at a construction site in a tiny county town ranked somewhere around the eighteenth tier. It happens to be a night shift pouring concrete 1.7kReads5.9Score10714d adds
- 137 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—Score10614d adds
- 138 Xu Damao's Story Begins in the Siheyuan 许大茂从四合院开始 The courtyard is just where Xu Damao's story begins. How could an era of dramatic change and burning passion go by without me, in the prime of my youth? See how Xu Damao, once a genuine hypocrite and villain, and his two little companions build lives unlike any other. With an unreliable little System, we're not counting on him. The missions are yours, so what do they have to do with me? We'll make our own decisions and live our own lives! (A note: this is a slow-burn story that spans a long peri 2.1kReads5.8Score—14d adds
- 139 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 2.2kReads5.9Score10514d adds
- 140 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. 9.9kReads6.7Score35814d adds
- 141 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 135Reads7.4Score13614d adds
- 142 A New Life Begins in the Siheyuan 四合院开始新人生 A modern-day antique shop owner and part-time collector buys a jade talisman on the black market, then dies in a car accident. The talisman is activated, and he transmigrates to the 1950s. Realizing that his misfortune has brought him an incredible opportunity, he is reborn into a new life. From then on, he becomes a man of many talents: by day, an ordinary government cadre; behind the scenes, a cultivator, collector, and major black-market dealer, among other identities. In the end, he breaks f 22.6kReads7.7Score1.4k14d adds
- 143 I’m Really Not a Scumbag Pillar 我真不是渣柱 Zhang Baoshi, a young man from the modern world, unexpectedly finds his soul transported into the body of Silly Zhu, a sixteen-year-old character from Love in the Courtyard. Having read plenty of fanfiction, he immediately swoops in on Qin Huairu and activates a pocket-dimension System, hoping to live a quiet life. But fate has other plans: Qin Huairu ends up marrying Jia Dongxu, leaving him utterly disheartened. Remembering how the Jia family drained him dry in the original story, until he froz 31Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 144 Siheyuan: Getting By in the Era with a Game System 四合院，带着游戏系统混年代 Li Qinghe accidentally transmigrates into a television drama world set in 1955. In this composite world, where many period dramas have been brought together, Li Qinghe uses a video game cheat and works hard alongside his family to build a better life. Moving into a siheyuan, watching the drama, enjoying the gossip: a laid-back slice of life. No angst, no angst, no angst. If that's not your thing, don't come in! 44.9kReads8.3Score2.1k14d adds
- 145 Siheyuan: Bridging the Myriad Worlds 四合院之对缝诸天万界 Whether the courtyard is in chaos or not is up to the Jia family. Silly Zhu does the dirty work, and Old Yi keeps watch. But ever since Wang Xiaotian arrived at the courtyard, everything changed... 15Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 146 The 1950s: Making a Happy, Prosperous Life 年代五零：红红火火过日子 Reborn in the 1950s. What? Worried about starving to death? Don’t panic, don’t panic. We’ve got a pocket dimension. What? This is the notorious Courtyard of Beasts, where everyone’s supposedly a scumbag? What am I supposed to do? Luckily, my dad became the First Master, and my mom is the director of the women’s federation at the steel mill. Who still dares mess with me? Sun Zhengguo says: Go wild all you want, just don’t drag me into it. I only want to spend this happy life with my family. Both 38.5kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 147 The Junkyard Monkey of the Siheyuan 四合院之破烂猴儿 After transmigrating into the world of Republican-era film and television, he becomes a young Hou the Junk Dealer. Here are Seventh Master from The Grand Mansion Gate, Tian Zao from the hutongs, Wu Jingzhong from Lurk, the colorful residents of the courtyard house on Nanluoguxiang, and characters from many other period dramas. See how Hou Tianlai makes his way through the world of film and television and toys with all those colorful characters… 5.5kReads8.5Score20114d adds
- 148 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!” 2kReads7.4Score10714d adds
- 149 Siheyuan: I'm Yi Zhonghai's Biological Son 四合院：我是易中海的亲儿子 A modern mechanical engineer transmigrates into the world of the courtyard and becomes Yi Zhonghai's biological son. With a son of his own, will Yi Zhonghai still scheme against others? Will Silly Zhu still become their meal ticket? Will Love in the Courtyard still turn into a courtyard full of beasts? Ordinary people just want enough to eat and warm clothes. There's no need for so much resentment or sinister scheming, just everyday family squabbles. In this backward era, do your best to help de 37kReads9.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 150 Myriad Realms: From the Start in Siheyuan, I Rise to the Supreme 万界之开局四合院，万界成至高 A new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 19.3kReads7.4Score69714d adds
