Novels like Siheyuan: From the Kitchen Stove to the Pinnacle of Life
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- 51 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
- 52 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! 30.2kReads8.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 53 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
- 54 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!” 12.3kReads6.1Score45414d adds
- 55 The Fool Next Door 隔壁傻柱 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! 10.4kReads5.6Score49914d adds
- 56 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
- 57 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 41.7kReads7.3Score3.8k14d adds
- 58 Silly Zhu Reborn in 1951: Paralyzing Ring from the Start 傻柱重生51，开局获得麻痹戒指 [Siheyuan] + [Bright Sword] + [Under the Zhengyang Gate] + [Hutong] + [Bright Sword] + [Snow Leopard] + [Blood Romance] + [Legendary Special Ring] + [Dragon-Slaying Saber] + [Rebirth Ring] + [Love Ring] Reborn in Siheyuan, Silly Zhu, He Yuzhu, had endured a miserable half-life. As he closed his eyes, he spotted his old nemesis Xu Damao rubbing his hands together, waiting to collect his body! Xu Damao slipped Lou Xiao'e's dowry snuff bottle into his pocket, awakening the Hit-for-Hire System! The 23.4kReads7.5Score1.5k14d adds
- 59 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 25Reads6.1Score514d adds
- 60 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
- 61 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
- 62 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
- 63 Deception and Catching Them in the Act 欺骗.捉奸 Deception. Catching Them in the Act 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 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
- 65 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
- 66 Poisoning 投毒 Poisoning 145Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 His, Hers, and the Thin Paper Between Them 他.她.窗户纸 He. She. The Thin Veil Between Them. 116Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 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
- 69 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
- 70 Reborn as Qin Huairu: A Woman Must Stand on Her Own 魂穿秦淮茹之女人当自强 After waking up, Qin Ru, a business queen worth billions, found herself turned into Qin Huairu, the timid, tragic heroine of Love in the Courtyard! Fresh from tearing into a cheating jerk and his mistress, she faced the whole courtyard full of shameless parasites and sneered, “Let's see how you like playing with me.” In the technical workshop, she modernized the production process and quickly rose to become a senior-grade worker. In management, she led sweeping reforms with an iron fist, stampin 720Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 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 6.8kReads6.6Score20114d adds
- 72 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
- 73 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 722Reads8.8Score2514d adds
- 74 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
- 75 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 1.6kReads—Score5814d adds
- 76 Siheyuan: The Whole Courtyard Is Asking for Trouble, So I Wipe Them All Out 四合院：全院作死，我直接杀光 After his Nascent Soul perishes, he returns to the courtyard in 1953 as a security chief, carrying on the legacy of a Celestial Master. But he discovers that his elder sister is dead and his nephew is on the brink of death. Those who seized the He family home and bullied the orphan will face karmic justice through a series of “accidents.” 633Reads8.6Score5914d adds
- 77 Siheyuan: Becoming a Rogue Everyone Loves 四合院：做一个人见人爱的流氓 [System] [Multiple Heroines] [Low on Grimness] [Historical Fantasy] Lin Muzhi, a down-and-out writer from the 21st century, wakes up as Lin Weidong, a backward young man in a 1965 courtyard. His neighbors are rubbing their hands together, ready to crush this “troublemaker” and take everything from him. But... The whole courtyard soon realizes that this time, the newcomer isn't prey. Armed with the perspective of a modern civilization, he's come to rule this world of tangled relationships like it 40.3kReads8.7Score1.9k14d adds
- 78 Reborn as He Yushui: Little Cop, Hurry Up and Wash My Feet 魂穿何雨水小警察快来给本宫洗脚 He Xiaoyu, a mechanical engineer, suddenly died after working late night after night to finish technical drawings. When she opened her eyes again, she had become an eight-year-old girl named He Yushui, a pitiful little character with barely any presence, swept along by fate in the story of Love in the Courtyard, which she'd stayed up late reading. Looking at the small, thin figure in the mirror, He Xiaoyu took a deep breath. Since heaven had given her another chance at life, she would never let 12Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 79 Siheyuan: I Take Yi Zhonghai to Task and Demand 6,000 Yuan 四合院：手撕易中海，逼赔六千块 Chen Wangshan is a transmigrator. He has transmigrated into a notorious courtyard house from across the myriad heavens, full of beasts. No endless bickering back and forth. He'll teach those beasts how to behave by using the law. A new author with a new work. Please go easy on me, dear readers! A fist salute! Thank you! (The rating just came out and will rise later, so please read with confidence.) 83.7kReads5.5Score3.8k14d adds
- 80 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
- 81 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 1.3kReads6.1Score—14d adds
- 82 After Seven Rebirths, I Was Spoiled Rotten, Yu Yutianmo 七次重生后我被宠上天雨宇天墨 After Being Reborn Seven Times, I Was Doted on by Everyone, by Yu Yutianmo 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 I Came Here to Fight for the Emperor’s Favor, So Why Are You Making Me Fight Zombies? 我是来宫斗的，你却让我打僵尸 I came here to fight palace intrigue, but you want me to fight zombies. 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 I Transmigrated with a Braised Egg and Became a Princess in the Continent of Hanyue 穿越，带着卤蛋当公主，大陆翰月 Transmigrate, bring a braised egg and become a princess, on the Hanyue Continent 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 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
- 86 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 2.7kReads—Score10414d adds
- 87 When the Game Descended, the Simp Awakened and Became Invincible 游戏降临，舔狗觉醒后无敌了 The game arrives, and after the simp awakens, he becomes invincible 123Reads—Score314d adds
- 88 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
- 89 In the Siheyuan, Silly Zhu Stops Being a Doormat 四合院傻柱不在做冤大头 Snow blanketed the world. As he lay dying beneath a bridge, He Yuzhu watched his archrival, Xu Damao, summon the last of his strength to carry him back to the courtyard, and regret tore at his heart. Reborn as a young man, he awakens a mysterious pocket dimension and gains the skills of a culinary god. He immediately cuts ties with the Jia family. He will repay the deaf old lady's kindness, ease his younger sister's suffering, and rekindle his bond with Lou Xiao'e. As for those bloodsucking para 918Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 90 A Writer's Soul Reincarnates as Silly Zhu, Living However He Pleases 写手魂穿傻柱之随心所欲 He Yuzhu woke up in the body of Silly Zhu from the Siheyuan, determined not to repeat his past mistakes. But when Qin Huairu came over looking pitiful to borrow some food, he lost his head for a moment and pulled her inside. As he was feeling refreshed and getting his memories straight, he suddenly realized it was 1958. Jia Dongxu was still alive, and Qin Huairu wasn’t a widow yet! Just then, Jia Dongxu’s anxious shouts came from outside the door: “Huairu! Huairu, where are you?” 31Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 91 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 132Reads7.4Score2214d adds
- 92 Siheyuan: My Revenge Begins at the Mass Grave 四合院：从乱葬岗开始复仇 Reborn on a mass grave, Zhang Aiguo returns with a System. The scoundrels stole my family’s property, sold my younger sister, and left me for dead. This time, they’ll pay for every drop of blood! The hypocritical patriarch, the venomous old woman, every last one of them: none will get away! Watch as this young man delivers the ultimate judgment and gets his revenge in this man-eating courtyard! 391Reads8.8Score5914d adds
- 93 The Apocalypse Doesn’t Exist, Because I’m Mentally Ill 末日，不存在的，因为我是精神病 The apocalypse doesn't exist, because I'm mentally ill 118Reads—Score314d adds
- 94 Is Cultivating Immortality Hard? You Can Do It with Just Your Hands 修仙难吗？还不是有手就行 Is cultivating immortality hard? You can do it as long as you have hands 96Reads—Score214d adds
- 95 High Martial: System 250, My Qi and Blood Are Soaring 高武：系统250，气血嘎嘎涨 High Martial: System 250, my blood energy is surging 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Siheyuan: The Simp Killed the White Lotus, All in the Name of Harmony 四合院：舔狗杀了白莲花，主打一个和睦 Siheyuan: The simp kills the white lotus, all in the name of harmony 211Reads—Score214d adds
- 97 Transmigrated to the Siheyuan, Where I Married Huaihua 穿越四合院之我娶了槐花 Modern young man Tian Xuyang is betrayed by his girlfriend and humiliated by his rival, but in his darkest hour he fights back and makes his enemies pay dearly. Just as he is sinking into a luxurious life supported by a rich woman, he suddenly discovers that his "sugar mommy" is actually Yu Li, the restaurant owner from Love in the Courtyard. He has accidentally transmigrated into a book and landed in a Beijing courtyard in the early 1980s! Among the gray tiles and brick walls, the sounds of Sil 3.7kReads—Score12914d adds
- 98 The Path to Taming Demons in the Zuma Continent 热血传奇：祖玛大陆的训魔之路 Lin Xiao is the quintessential rich second-generation heir, usually idle and carefree, with a passion for immersing himself in Legend of Mir. His father chairs a publicly listed conglomerate, and his mother is also a successful businesswoman. But the powerful Wang family of the capital sets its sights on the Lin family's business. Old Master Wang holds a high-ranking national post, and the family's heir apparent, Wang Jingyu, colludes with local officials to maliciously undermine the Lins so he 14Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 99 Xu Damao, the First-Blood Champion 一血达人许大茂 Crossing Between Worlds: Xu Damao's Modern Comeback Xu Damao, a top literature student, couldn't find a job after graduation and became obsessed with the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. He especially envied the womanizing, cunning “Xu Damao,” jokingly calling him a master of getting women into bed. Then one day, he transmigrated and became the very Xu Damao he “admired,” just as he was about to marry the wealthy Lou Xiao'e! Faced with a courtyard full of beastly neighbors, including the calc 2.3kReads5.7Score13314d adds
- 100 Siheyuan: Getting Better with Age, If You Can Do It, Step Up 四合院：越活越牛，谁行谁上 Song Yan, a top-ranked Honor of Kings streamer, dies suddenly during a livestream and transmigrates to the era of “Beasts in the Courtyard.” From the start, Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng bully him, but he unexpectedly awakens the Ultimate Counterattack System! Whenever he’s provoked, sabotaged, or set up, he instantly gets a reward: Any Honor of Kings skill he wants! Activate Kai’s Immortal Body, and anyone who touches me gets sent flying! Once Dian Wei goes berserk, every scumbag in the courtyard 4kReads7.3Score10214d adds
