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- 151 Siheyuan: I Married Lou Xiao'e from the Start 四合院：开局娶了娄晓娥 I married Lou Xiao'e and sent my father-in-law to start a business in Xiangjiang. Is that really too much?? He Yuzhu married Qin Jingru and spent a little money. That’s not too much, right?? Xu Damao married Hua Jie and even had a child. Is that too much?? Lou Xiao'e isn’t married yet. The two of them fall in love at first sight, and it’s love at first sight all over again. Yi Zhonghai, the so-called paragon of virtue, is unworthy. He lives in the Four-Appliance Courtyard, so kick him out. He Yu 750Reads6.6Score10114d adds
- 152 Siheyuan: Starting with a Job After Returning to the City 四合院之从回城工作开始 [Revenge]+ [Behind the Scenes]+ [Mastermind]+ [Period]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [No System] This novel has no System. The opening is slow, the scheming and traps take time to set up, and the story is long. If that bothers you, don’t click! “It’s the 1980s. If I don’t set traps for them now, those beasts will be old before I get the chance!” Forced by the beasts of the courtyard to go work in the countryside, Li Jun finally returns to the city to get his revenge! Third Master: loses all his money, ha 1.8kReads7.1Score—14d adds
- 153 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Kicked Out Louzi, and Silly Zhu Came to Take Over 四合院：开局踹娄子，傻柱来接盘 Reborn as Xu Damao in a Siheyuan, he is saddled with two ultimate scumbag missions: [Eight Divorces] and [Seven Sons Under Seven Stars]. Starting in the 1960s, he has to get divorced eight times and have seven sons. And if he wants to avoid being executed... what kind of hellish start is this? Damao spends his whole life either getting married or on the way to getting divorced. Grudges? Not a chance. Really, every family will leave someone alive. I swear on the sun! 55Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 154 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
- 155 Siheyuan: The Brute Kicked Out of His Home 四合院之赶出家门的孽畜 A demolition heir who has never achieved anything, a bastard driven out of his home, two good-for-nothings fused into one person: what can he do in this unusual era? Achieve greatness? Forget it. He was only planning to shut the door and enjoy his own quiet life. Who could have guessed he'd end up in the legendary courtyard crawling with scoundrels? And it turns out he's the scoundrel himself. Troublemakers, rogues, and underworld bosses disrupt his peaceful life, while remnants, criminals, and 48.6kReads8.1Score3.3k14d adds
- 156 Siheyuan: I Have Seven Fairies at Home, and I'm Really Busy 四合院：家有七仙女，我真忙 "A Family with Seven Daughters" + "Everyday Family Life" + "Heartwarming" + "System" + "Pocket Dimension" + "Stockpiling Supplies" The story is plausible and true to its premise, with plenty of conflict, no demonization, and no saintly heroics. There are no grand ambitions. The goal is simply to live a good, quiet life. My new work is out! Come 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! 5.8kReads7.0Score19914d adds
- 157 Siheyuan: Starting by Pretending to Be a Scientist Returned from Abroad 四合院：从冒充归国科学家开始 [Siheyuan] [Cutting-Edge Technology] [National Rise] [Single Female Lead] [No Excessive Violence] A computer expert from the 21st century accidentally transmigrates into the world of Siheyuan in 1960. Looking at his home in Beiluoguxiang, Wang Zhenxing falls into deep thought. Something about this doesn't seem right. Build power plants, develop the steel industry and computers, and train talent for the country. Help the motherland soar. But some forces don't want him quietly focusing on people's 87Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 158 From the Start, I Brought My Seven Younger Siblings to Seek Help from Yi Zhonghai 开局带七个弟弟妹妹投奔易中海 The rating is out, and it is sure to rise over time. This is a period novel, with absolutely no cultivation. The golden finger is just for show. A name from his uncle's household was dragged from the depths of Yi Zhongding's memory. At the center of countless worlds and transmigrators stood Love in the Courtyard, home to a Daoist sage of morality, an eighth-grade fitter, and a master of elder care. Yi Zhonghai was the eldest son of Yi Zhongding's uncle, Yi Shidan! As Yi Zhongding thought about t 5.8kReads7.8Score29714d adds
- 159 Siheyuan: Watching the Courtyard's Fools with a Smile 四合院：笑看众禽 [System] [Not a do-gooder] [No dumbing down] [Overbearing] [Multiple female leads] The male lead, Li Tianyou, arrives in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He had planned to live peacefully through those turbulent years, but who could have guessed that a pack of troublemakers would keep trying to harm him? If you want to take me down, then striking first is better than sitting back and taking the blows. 701Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 160 Diary of Life in Siheyuan No. 95 95号四合院生活日记 Zhang Lin's soul transmigrated into the body of a rootless village rascal from Zhangjia Village in 1953. No pocket dimension, no System, no special abilities. His only advantage was having read all kinds of stories about life in a Beijing courtyard, so he had a rough idea of China's history after its founding. As for the systematic education he'd received over a decade later, he couldn't see how it would help him just yet. Follow our protagonist as he enjoys an authentic life in the 1950s. 3.1kReads7.1Score—14d adds
- 161 1958: My Days as an Electrician 1958年，我当电工的那些日子 After transmigrating to 1958, the year the country's power industry was developing at its fastest, he becomes an orphan in Nanluoguxiang. The whole courtyard is pressuring him to give up his house, so Xu Fu pulls out a huge cleaver. “Anyone who tries to force me out, I'll chop them to death!” What can he do when there's no food? He turns around and takes the electrician exam, joining the power bureau and being assigned to work at the steel mill. He travels far and wide to install wires and repai 4kReads8.1Score12514d adds
- 162 Siheyuan: From the Song Dynasty to the Present Day 四合院，从宋朝活到现在 A new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Siheyuan: I Married the Deaf Old Lady from the Start 四合院：开局娶了聋老太 "A lighthearted story set in a courtyard compound, with no dark themes or animal abuse. If you're only here for the novelty, think twice to avoid disappointing each other." After transmigrating into the world of The Birds Fill the Courtyard, Xu Duoyu was completely dumbfounded. Other people transmigrated into the prime of their lives, but he had ended up in the body of an old man! Fortunately, his golden finger soon arrived, and he grinned... Doing good deeds earned him Good Samaritan Points, an 674Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 164 Siheyuan: My System Arrived Twenty Years Late 四合院：我的系统迟到了二十年 [If you dislike Qin Huairu, don’t read] [Multiple heroines] [Crossover between multiple TV dramas] [Reader-reward System] [Saintly white-lotus types, stay away] Nie Jianguo, a graduate student in the 21st century, worked himself to death from exhaustion. He transmigrated into the 1940s as a newborn and grew up through the early 1960s. He experienced a life other transmigrators had never known, and endured hardships they had never suffered. He struggled forward, step by step, through the hardest 39Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 165 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Go on a Killing Spree and Seize Immortality in the Courtyard 四合院：开局杀疯我在院里夺长生 [Transmigration] + [Multiple Women] + [Ruthlessness] + [System] Read with confidence. It gets amazing later. If it doesn't, you can hit me! Zhao Zheng transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1963. In his previous life, he was ruthless and cruel. In this life, he only wants to live quietly, but some people just keep asking for trouble. The whole courtyard begs him for forgiveness. But after he kills his first person, he discovers that the System rewards him with extra years of life. And so... 212.5kReads8.3Score20.2k14d adds
- 166 Siheyuan: Stop Trying to Talk Me Out of It, or I'll Become Invincible 四合院：别劝了，在劝我就无敌了 Wang Yaozu wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard in the 1950s. In this place where everyone schemes against everyone else, Wang Yaozu binds himself to the [Take Advice] System from the start. He can earn rewards by following other people's suggestions. If someone gives advice with malicious intent, the rewards are doubled, and may even score a critical hit. As the schemers patiently urge him again and again, Wang Yaozu starts to lose control. Wang Yao 9.6kReads7.0Score44714d adds
- 167 Siheyuan: My Dad Is the Deputy Chief of the Police Station 四合院：我爸是派出所副所长 I’m only sixteen, and you want me to get married? I have a farm, and you expect me to eat cornbread? I can’t stomach it. Qin Huairu wants me to give her meat? Then Banggeng can take my surname. He Yuzhu had a dream. When he woke up, he was no longer the old Silly Zhu. Want to suck me dry? Dream on. Jia Dongxu didn’t die, but both his legs were broken. Master Guan, the Ninth Gate Commander, is my master. Han Chunming is my junior apprentice. So what if I collect antiques? 7.7kReads7.9Score39714d adds
- 168 Silly Zhu's Life Story 傻柱生活录 Courtyard compound + daily life + no personal space + a happy life; Let me say this three times: there is no personal space! More than one female lead, but not many; A soul from the future transmigrates into young He Yuzhu and discovers he has no golden finger and no personal space; How great a butterfly effect will He Yuzhu’s changes have? Will he still cross paths with Qin Huairu? How will he handle his connection with Xiao'e? Will Yi Zhonghai’s fate still be the same as before? Will the court 19.1kReads8.3Score88514d adds
- 169 Reborn in Tianjin, 1997 重生津门1997 Look at me! Look at me! Look at me! No tired old tropes, no melodrama, and chapters already in the bank. See how Han Chao gets a second chance at life and protects everything around him. You say he has no money? No problem: open a Sony theater, fight crickets, and sell technology. You say that’s not fast enough? Then I’ll just have to unleash a big move! The plot is carefully researched, and many of the events are based on things that really happened to people around the author. Every word is ty 17.5kReads8.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 170 Siheyuan: Everyone Stand at Attention and Salute the Big Brother 四合院：全体起立，给大哥敬礼 At eighteen, Chang Le awakened memories of his past life and discovered he was in the imperial capital in the early 1950s, living at the infamous No. 95 Nanluoguxiang Courtyard. By then, He Daqing had just run off, Silly Zhu was still a foolish little kid, Qin Huairu hadn't married into the courtyard, and Xu Damao was still a brat. Just as Chang Le was feeling utterly exasperated, he activated the Big Brother System. Every year, he could recruit twelve underlings. [Recruit an elite underling and 10Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 171 Siheyuan: The Wind of That Year 四合院：风吹那年 After transmigrating because of a strange chat group, don't get hung up on the courtyard house. Come take a look at the era I have in mind. The courtyard-house story begins when the main plot reaches its era. I'm stacking the thickest armor up front... The author likes to grind levels like a sword god on Shili Slope. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Liu Xiaocui, the Village Girl of the 1980s 八零村妹刘小翠 She has barely gotten over a scumbag who deceived her in love when her own father sells her to an old widower. What should she do? Beat the scumbag senseless. And I'm done being your daughter. She heads to the city, but gets harassed by hooligans along the way and almost loses her life. As long as I'm still alive, Liu Xiaocui, you'd all better watch out. Once she reaches the city, local bullies try to crush her business as soon as she starts out. You've got powerful connections, do you? I 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 I Became Silly Zhu's Uncle 我成了傻柱他叔了 Before I began writing this story, I hesitated for a long time. My previous story, Dreams Pursued in the Courtyard, still left me with many regrets. It was my first time writing, and I wanted to include too much, which made the story feel scattered later on. My portrayal of the courtyard’s characters also left room for debate. Ever since this period drama aired, opinions have been divided. More than anything, people today find it hard to imagine what life was like back then. Set in the heart of 6.4kReads7.1Score21714d adds
- 174 The Crown Prince of Siheyuan: My Uncle Is Yi Zhonghai 四合院太子爷之我舅是易中海 Sun Xiaobao transmigrates to an era of poverty. After losing both his parents, he suddenly remembers that he came from another world and has an uncle in the city. He quickly gathers up some of the junk from home and heads into town to seek his uncle's help. To his surprise, his uncle turns out to be the famous Yi Zhonghai. Great! Now he can live the good life with his uncle. It takes just one sentence for Sun Xiaobao to win Yi Zhonghai's whole heart: “Uncle, I'll take care of you in your old age 467Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 175 Siheyuan: Rising Step by Step in a Red-Hot Era 四合院，从火红年代开始步步高升 [No hostility]+ [Enjoying the show]+ [Watching the courtyard's wretches turn on one another]. When his father is transferred for work, You Fang moves into this courtyard full of monsters and demons. He lives next door and enjoys the show. Also known as My District Chief Father in the Courtyard. 15.8kReads7.0Score57814d adds
- 176 I Transmigrated to a Siheyuan and Married a Widow from the Start 穿越四合院，开局入赘娶寡妇 Zhao Chenhua transmigrated. His soul had traveled to a courtyard house in 1961. But after receiving the original owner’s memories, he was stunned. He was from the countryside. After three years of famine, he had nearly starved to death before fleeing to the capital. To survive, he agreed to marry into a family living in the courtyard house. Any children they had would have to take the wife’s surname, and he had even signed an agreement: if her whole family was dissatisfied with him, he would hav 5.1kReads7.6Score28614d adds
- 177 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Strikes It Rich After Rebirth 四合院：穿成傻柱赚翻了 He transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard and became He Yuzhu, keeping his distance from all the ridiculous messes. Given another chance at life, he wanted to live however he pleased! If anyone didn’t like it, they could fight him! [Pocket dimension + stockpiling supplies + treasure hunting + 1970s setting + marriage before love + following the army + doting dad] 2.1kReads7.8Score10414d adds
- 178 After the Seventies-Era Officer Returned, He Had a Son and a Daughter 七零军官回来后，儿女双全了 [1970s + military marriage + space] Hua Jiuling transmigrated to the 1970s overnight. Her husband, Gu Beiming, was called away on an urgent mission right after their wedding. Months passed with no word from him. Her parents-in-law gave her a hard time, her sister-in-law cursed her, and her sisters-in-law schemed against her. With her pregnant belly, Hua Jiuling picked up a kitchen knife, fought back, split the family, and moved into the hunter’s little house by the village committee. Fortunately 18.2kReads8.3Score2.4k14d adds
- 179 A Quiet Life in the Siheyuan World 在四合院世界安静生活 A slow-burn story about an ordinary life, with no overpowered golden finger. Take your time, dear readers. After accidentally saving someone, he transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. He only wanted to live a peaceful life. But all sorts of complicated troubles keep cropping up around him. Dear readers, come along with me into Xu Changping’s 1960s. 12.4kReads6.4Score42514d adds
- 180 The Mortician Married an Officer, and I Became the Scumbag’s Aunt by Marriage 入殓师嫁军官，我成了渣男的小婶 Just before the end of her shift, Su Nianchu received the last corpse scheduled for cremation. To her surprise, the deceased had the same name as her. Su Nianchu's heart skipped a beat. She had a bad feeling! Sure enough, an accident happened during the cremation. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into the body of a village girl in the 1980s. She was lying on a kang, giving birth! Nearby, her malicious husband watched her, planning to trick her into taking sleeping pills so he and 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Reborn in 1960: Da Mao's Life of Triumph 魂穿60之大茂的得意人生 This story is set in a parallel world. Any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental. "Siheyuan + Family Squabbles + Reforming the Courtyard + Changing Fate + Serving the Nation" There is a System, but it is used sensibly and won't affect the plot! Synopsis: Xu Mao, a corporate drone from the twenty-first century, unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Siheyuan. By a twist of fate, he ends up in Xu Damao's body. He takes a look at his “little brother” first. Sigh, no wonder the origina 23.8kReads7.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 182 Siheyuan: I, Wang, Specialize in Stabbing People in the Back! 四合院：王某人独善背刺！ [System] [Street Office from the Start] [Both Parents Alive] [All About Being Sweet-Talking and Smooth!] Transmigrate to a Beijing courtyard in the 1950s, join the street office, and make your mark in both culture and sports as you deal with the troublemakers! 24.6kReads8.0Score81114d adds
- 183 Siheyuan: From Beasts of Burden to Master Zhu 四合院，从牛马到柱爷 In his previous life, he was drained dry for decades and only saw the truth when he was dying. This time, in 1963, Silly Zhu transmigrates and gets a second chance. With a personal pocket dimension at his disposal, he can grow vegetables, raise pigs, and more. 🔥 The Jia family wants to freeload? Not a chance! 🔥 Yi Zhonghai wants him to support him in his old age? He'd better start by calculating how much he owes! 🔥 Xu Damao stabs him in the back? Silly Zhu gives him a harsh lesson on the spot! 3.4kReads—Score20214d adds
- 184 I Transmigrated into Siheyuan and Immediately Got Trampled by a Pig 刚穿越四合院就被猪拱了 [Taming the courtyard's troublemakers] [Skill upgrades] [Solving special cases] [Everyday relaxation] This transmigration from the start is pretty wild. What does it feel like to transmigrate into a siheyuan, get groped by a pig, and have someone eavesdrop on you through the wall? Why marry into the siheyuan when you know the Yan family is stingy and scheming? Yu Li's violent side awakens. She becomes a policewoman and an expert at solving cases. 11.3kReads8.8Score78314d adds
- 185 Starting at Courtyard No. 96, I Rule Both the Underworld and the Law! 从96号院开始黑白通吃！ [Penniless]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Rags-to-Riches Comeback]+ [Siheyuan]+ [Blood Romance]+ [Sent Down to the Countryside] Su Wen wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into a period drama. Looking at his family's utterly destitute circumstances, he can only feel his scalp go numb! Not only are both his parents dead, he also has a younger sister to look after. The original owner even dropped out of school to work and support his sister, paying for her education. What was he supposed to do afte 49.3kReads7.5Score2.8k14d adds
- 186 Siheyuan: A Happy Life Begins as a Factory Doctor 四合院：幸福生活从当厂医开始 [Multiple female leads, multiple TV and film worlds, self-interest, and pure entertainment] Liu Yishou closes his eyes and opens them again, only to find himself inexplicably in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He has become a factory doctor recommended by the Health Bureau to the Red Star Steel Mill, and moved into Courtyard No. 95, home to a whole bunch of villains. Faced with the scheming and petty squabbles of the entire courtyard, Liu Yishou awakens the [Sign-In-for-Illness System] and d 2Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 187 Siheyuan: The Year Is 1948? As Long as It's Satisfying 四合院：年代1948？爽就完了 Liu Minghao was good for nothing except his looks and his impressive endowment. He was eating barbecue, drinking beer, and scrolling through profiles of rich, generous young women when he inexplicably transmigrated. Wait, weren't I supposed to end up in a courtyard house? Why was I in the middle of the 1948 battle for the liberation of Fengtian, nearly getting blown to bits? Hold on! My golden finger is a loot-and-extract system? The scoundrels are in for a treat now! 64.5kReads6.9Score4.1k14d adds
- 188 Siheyuan: After My Family Was Destroyed, I Left No One Alive! 四合院：家破人亡后！一个不留！ {Siheyuan courtyard + no System + no female lead + mystery} Complete, original version!!! Pick whichever version you like!!! Lin Feng had a superhuman talent for computational simulation. He gave his life to research for his country, but died suddenly by accident! He transmigrated into the body of Lin Feng from the Siheyuan courtyard! The original Lin Feng had a family everyone envied, but the courtyard's vicious residents grew jealous and destroyed his family. His only younger sister was also s 186Reads8.5Score11014d adds
- 189 Siheyuan: He Shen Becomes Silly Zhu 四合院之和珅变傻柱 After He Shen took his own life, he was cast into a story set in the Siheyuan. In the underworld, he had amassed a fortune by bribing his way onto the Yellow Springs Road for his wife. The story begins just before He Daqing is about to leave with Widow Bai! It's 1950, and he's returned to the age of fifteen. How will Lord He handle a new life in this new instance? 9.6kReads8.7Score75614d adds
- 190 Wang Dachui's Happy Life 王大锤的快乐生活 Wang Dachui, who sacrificed himself to save someone, was mistakenly tossed by Ox-Head and Horse-Face into the world of the Beijing courtyard homes. See how this little man from another world survives among a courtyard full of vultures, matching wits and trading blows with them. The author has completed several Beijing courtyard novels, all written by hand from beginning to end. The plot twists and turns, so come and savor it! 47.4kReads—Score3.4k14d adds
- 191 Siheyuan: Stealing My Best Friend’s Match, Just So You Can Live the Good Life 四合院：截胡好兄弟就怕你过得好 [Period setting + System + not a do-gooder + face-slapping] I just woke up to find a bunch of beasts trying to take over my house, and even trying to kill me. Watch how I, Cheng Bizhi, deal with these beasts and thrive in the courtyard. If you make my life miserable, I'll make yours even worse. I can beat you up, and you'll still have to smile at me. 8.4kReads7.1Score27114d adds
- 192 Siheyuan: Forcing Qin Huairu to Marry Me and Subduing the Beasts 四合院：强娶秦淮茹，镇压众禽兽 Liu Jianshe unexpectedly arrives in Love in the Courtyard and starts by winning over the White Lotus! He activates the Fortuitous Encounters System, then reclaims all the money the beasts have bled from him, exposes their hypocritical faces, and rises to success! As for his admirers, Lou Xiao'e, Yu Li, Ding Qiunan, and the others, Liu Jianshe can only sincerely apologize: he's a saint, after all! 863Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 193 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Take My Little Sister and Flee the Famine in Beijing 四合院：开局带妹妹逃荒四九城 Su Jianjun transmigrates to the famine-stricken year of 1960 as a teenage refugee, with his younger sister in tow. They are still hundreds of kilometers from the capital, and they have already run out of food. Just as they are about to starve to death on the road, he acquires a pocket world at the critical moment. He can farm, raise livestock, and even strengthen his body. With the pocket world to help him, Su Jianjun leads his sister through the famine and makes it to the capital. He also uses 8.7kReads6.2Score36514d adds
- 194 A Recluse's Unconventional Life: Anything but Lying Flat 废宅的另类生活除了躺平啥都干 A modern-day loser and shut-in’s transmigration fantasy. No pocket dimension, no toilet humor, no drawn-out romantic tension, and no handsome men or beautiful women. Just a quiet, ordinary story. There’s a crippled System, a rear-wing room, and a job he can inherit. Really, it’s just a story about life in a bygone era wearing a courtyard-compound costume. The first half revolves around the courtyard-compound world, while the second half is set in Hong Kong, so the story feels a little disjointed 644Reads6.6Score10014d adds
- 195 Siheyuan: I’m Marrying Huaihua, So Why Are You Crying, Huairu? 四合院：我娶槐花，淮茹你哭什么 I accidentally transmigrated to a courtyard house during the Reform and Opening-Up era and became middle-aged He Yuzhu! I'm marrying Huaihua, so Qin Huairu, why are you crying? Huaihua: Brother Zhuzi, you really live up to your name! Xiaodang: Silly Dad, look at my twin tails. Aren't they pretty? Qin Huairu: Y-you... all of you... I want in too!!! Qin Jingru, Tang Yanling, and You Fengxia were all dumbfounded... He Yuzhu uses his information advantage to build a restaurant empire and take the cu 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Siheyuan: I'm Silly Zhu's Older Cousin 四合院：我是傻柱大表哥 Li Chengye knew his mother loved watching Love in the Courtyard, so he bought her the original novel, Silly Zhu. But after reading it, his mother, He Dahua, became furious over He Yuzhu's fate: Bang Geng kicked him out, and he froze to death under a bridge. She flew into a rage and pelted Li Chengye with the book. That one throw sent Li Chengye and his mother, He Dahua, into the story of Birds Fill the Courtyard. He became Silly Zhu's older cousin, while his mother became He Yuzhu's biological a 8.4kReads8.8Score30714d adds
- 197 Siheyuan: Stirring Up Trouble in Secret 四合院：暗中搞事情 Not too much aggression + calling people out + cunning. Not a wish-fulfillment story One morning, I step once more into the dusty old lane, And sleep in a quiet courtyard, unknown to all. Before others, I lower my gaze and hide my schemes, While in secret, I stir up waves and roil the years. The deaf old woman's idle gossip, I see right through, The beasts' greedy plots, I expose them all. Do not think someone humble has no influence, A mere flick of my hand can ruffle the immortals' world. 71kReads7.7Score4.2k14d adds
- 198 Siheyuan: From the Start in 1944, I Married a Female Spy 四合院：1944开局娶了女特务 My new work is out! You can 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! 84.7kReads8.2Score5.9k14d adds
- 199 Siheyuan: My Life as a Gamer 四合院：我的游戏生活 “Single heroine: Qin Jingru” “Yi Zhonghai’s apprentice” “Game System” “1962” “A peaceful life” “A little technological development” After a huge truck sent him into the world of Love in the Courtyard, Yang Tao decided to make the best of things and began living a quiet life in the courtyard. When Yang Tao saw the words “Divine Emperor’s Protection” pop up on the System, he felt something damp on his face and reached up to touch his cheek. “Sweat?” Yang Tao glanced up at the gloomy sky, then brea 4.6kReads8.4Score20514d adds
- 200 Siheyuan: Teaching the Beasts a Lesson in 1948 from the Start 四合院：开局1948年教训禽兽 [No morals + mild tormenting of the courtyard's beasts + everyday life at the heart of it + a powerful, practical golden finger] Li Mingxuan transmigrates into a courtyard in 1948, where he spends his days tormenting the beasts. The protagonist has no manners and often plays dirty. The whole point is: if I have no morals, you can't guilt-trip me... The courtyard's beasts definitely won't be killed off all at once. If I killed them immediately, there'd be nothing left to write about. Isn't it bet 318.4kReads7.3Score30.1k14d adds
