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- 101 Siheyuan: A Song of Loyalty to the Nation Shook the Entire Factory 四合院：一首精忠报国震撼全厂 No brutality, and no excessive bloodlust. His relationship with Granny Deaf starts out good and turns bad, while his relationship with Silly Zhu goes from bad to good. The villains will all be punished eventually, but certainly not right at the start. 3kReads8.3Score11214d adds
- 102 Siheyuan: Transmigrate to 1966 四合院：穿越1966 A food-delivery rider was sent to a parallel timeline by a hundred-ton truck. He took the place of the pathetic simp He Yuzhu. Let's start by putting the birds in their place. The entire No. 95 courtyard is my private property. All you beasts, get out! 12.2kReads8.7Score53714d adds
- 103 Siheyuan: The System Sends Me to Cultivate Immortality 四合院：系统让我去修仙 Chen Xian acquired a game System that was supposed to transmigrate him into a game world. Instead, he ended up in the world of the Siheyuan. [The dog demon is getting closer and closer to your family members. Host, drive it away or kill it as soon as possible to protect them.] Chen Xian stared blankly at the one-eyed stray dog at the entrance to the Siheyuan, spraying urine at the wall, and sank into deep thought. [The family elder has appeared and is covering your flank. Host, drive away or kil 226Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 104 Siheyuan: 10,000X Experience Crits Leave the Courtyard's Troublemakers Panicking 四合院：万倍经验暴击，众禽慌了 Jiang Bo transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house and becomes a penniless street loafer. Luckily, he awakens the Ten-Thousandfold Experience Critical Hit System and gets a portable pocket dimension as a bonus! Not enough to eat? Impossible. Off to the mountains to hunt! Pheasants and rabbits are easy pickings, and even wild boars are no problem! You think you can scheme to take my house? Go back where you came from! I'm not playing along! You want to guilt-trip me? As long as I have n 13.9kReads7.2Score71714d adds
- 105 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Confess to the Nation That I Transmigrated 四合院：开局向国家坦白穿越者 Transmigrating into a siheyuan at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang in 1951. I wake up to a hopeless situation from the start, locked up by a bunch of beasts, who take all my food! They really want me dead. The first thing Lin Xiao does after breaking free is go to the garrison and confess that he's a transmigrator. Perhaps his golden finger won't change much about this Red-Hot Era if he keeps it to himself. But in the hands of a wise person, it could be more powerful than anyone could imagine. When Lin Xiao 7.7kReads6.8Score24914d adds
- 106 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu, Soft and Sweet, Is Brought Home 四合院:软软乎乎秦淮茹抱回家 Pure Love, Everyday Life, No Hostility, No Spatial System Marry a lovely wife, live a comfortable life, look good when you go out, have fun when you come home. Make money with ease, enjoy a lifetime of happiness, treat our Qin Huairu well, and build a happy family. Live happily ever after! Starting from nothing? No problem, I know how to make money! I draw posters and comics, earn extra cash, save grain, and stock up on supplies. I have no grand ambitions. An ordinary, peaceful life is what mat 72.9kReads8.8Score4.7k14d adds
- 107 Siheyuan: Hang Bang Geng and Get Granny Deaf Pregnant 四合院：吊死棒梗，让聋老太怀孕 [Pure rage-fueled chaos] + [Decisive and merciless] + [No survivors] When Li Yun wakes up, he discovers he has transmigrated to a courtyard compound. His parents have vanished without a trace, and the vultures in the compound are trying to grab everything they left behind. They quickly take over two of the rooms his parents left him, and soon even the last one is in danger of being snatched away. When Li Yun learns what has happened, he is furious. Fortunately, his Revenge System awakens. Killin 14.6kReads6.7Score93514d adds
- 108 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Con the Deaf Old Lady Out of Two Rooms 四合院：开局我先讹老聋子两间房 “Poultry-Tormenting” + “No Being Pushed Around” + “No Deadweight” + “Lone-Wolf Protagonist” + “Doesn’t Fawn Over Anyone” Li Wenyang transmigrates into the world of "The Courtyard Is Full of Poultry". From the start, he catches Grandma Deaf selling ration coupons on the black market, then extorts her out of two rear rooms. This, however, earns him the enmity of a whole bunch of beasts. Watch as Li sets the courtyard straight and takes down the beasts, starting with himself. 14.5kReads8.7Score64414d adds
- 109 Siheyuan: From the Start, the Whole Family Gathered Around to Cry 四合院：开局全家人围着哭 (Period Setting + Siheyuan Courtyard + Pocket Dimension + Mild Antagonism + Carefree + Multiple Heroines?) Li Zifeng was an utterly ordinary poor young man from a later era. After accidentally getting swept up in the transmigration craze, he was dropped straight into 1943, in Kaoshan Village. By chance, he became the apprentice of an eccentric master who spent all day drinking fake liquor and lived a carefree, easygoing life. He learned a unique set of unorthodox skills that were down-to-earth a 20.6kReads5.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 110 Siheyuan: From Slaughterhouse Worker to Government Official 四合院：从肉联厂屠宰工开始进部 [Completed, over a million words and ready to binge] [Reached No. 2 on the New Releases chart] Wang Jianguo transmigrates to a Beijing courtyard in 1952 and awakens the Slaughter System. Every time he slaughters a farm animal, he gains experience that he can trade for knowledge and techniques from the future! At first, the courtyard residents mock Wang Jianguo for biting off more than he can chew, thinking he can land a cushy job at the meatpacking plant! But their words are soon thrown back in 7.7kReads6.6Score37814d adds
- 111 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
- 112 The Barefoot Doctor Who Steals the Show in Siheyuan 四合院会截胡的赤脚医生 [Handcrafted with Ancient Methods] [Multiple Female Leads] [Ensemble Cast Focus] [Low on Hostility] [Devoted Female Leads] From the start, in 1951, he begins as a barefoot doctor in the countryside, just about to steal Qin Huairu away. But then the Jia family comes to ask for her hand in marriage? The residents of this courtyard compound are all much younger now: Yi Zhonghai, Jia Zhangshi, He Daqing, Yan Laokou, Liu Haizhong, and the others... With Zhang Baisong's arrival, the wheels of fate beg 53.4kReads6.7Score4.3k14d adds
- 113 Shadows of Espionage: Starting as a Patrol Officer 谍影暗杀：从巡警开始 “Instant Mission: Kill Wang Mingchu, a traitor to the Fuxing Society. Reward: +50 combat skill experience.” Enhanced physique, martial arts, marksmanship, spatial abilities, disguise... When the Special High Commission discovers that collaborators are being killed one after another, when the Military Statistics Bureau cannot fathom how the Japanese army’s arsenal was blown up, and when the Red Party’s contact point suddenly receives an anonymous warning... No one would have guessed that the guy 20.1kReads7.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 114 Siheyuan: The Road to Life Begins in 1953 四合院：53年开启生活之路 In 1953, in a parallel timeline, at Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang in the capital, Xiao Zhen stood calmly at the gate and said, “Mr. Yan?” “That's right, it's me,” Yan Fugui replied, adjusting his glasses... “Damn this damn courtyard!” Xiao Zhen thought, but his hands didn't stop. He pulled out two Huazi cigarettes... And so Xiao Zhen began his journey to study hard, work diligently, and strive to become a successor to socialism! 2.5kReads6.4Score10014d adds
- 115 The Handsomest Guy in the Siheyuan, Loved by Every Young Wife 四合院里最俊的仔小媳妇都喜欢我 [Reborn in a Beijing Courtyard, With a Pocket Dimension, Cheeky Shenanigans, Teasing the Birds, Lighthearted, Funny, Low on Hostility, Cunning] The protagonist, Zhao Shengli, is a sly old fox. While visiting his grandfather's grave, he complains that his grandfather never tried hard enough, leaving him unable to find a wife. His rant is so infuriating that it practically blows up the grave, and he transmigrates straight into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard, which he just watched, as a young m 982Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 116 Siheyuan: Living Next Door and Watching the Show 四合院：住隔壁笑看风云 Low on aggression, no cultivation, but with a powerful golden finger. The female lead is Qin Huairu. She is not promiscuous, but she does enjoy the occasional brief fling. She will use a secret identity to do things that are inconvenient to do openly. Fight Japanese pirates, root out traitors, collect antiques, and buy courtyards. When foreign enemies invade, she will head to the 38th Parallel to have some fun. Earn honors, become a general, catch enemy spies, and keep her family and country saf 7.5kReads8.0Score32614d adds
- 117 Siheyuan: Watching from the Sidelines 四合院之冷眼旁观 I'm new to this, just writing for fun. There's a fair bit of hostility, so if you don't like it, don't flame me. I want to write the courtyard story I've always imagined, transmigrating into Silly Zhu in 1951, before anything has even begun. What can you do to me? Just watch what happens to you all! 14.3kReads7.4Score45214d adds
- 118 Siheyuan: Transmigrating Without Knowing the Plot 四合院：不知道剧情的穿越 Disclaimer: This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! Not a wish-fulfillment novel! Read at your own risk! As a transmigrator, you’ve never even seen Love in the Courtyard. You transmigrate as He Yuzhu, yet you don’t even know who the charming widow is. If you know nothing, then what are you doing in the courtyard? He Yuzhu scratched his head. “Is any of that important?” “Bring on whoever you want. I’ll answer words with words and fists with fists. I’ve never lost an argument or feared a fight. Come 9.1kReads8.5Score32814d adds
- 119 Siheyuan: Xu Damao, I’m Going to the Moon 四合院：许大茂，我要上月球 [Lunar Development System] [A Manure Fork Takes Down Satellites] [Farming on the Moon] [Lunar Lord] [Space Weapons] [Rapping and Beatboxing] [A Door-Sized Blade to the Head] [Golden Bell Shield and Iron Shirt] [Founding a Nation Overseas] [Unreasonable Cutting-Edge Tech] [Wild Shenanigans] I, Xu Damao, have a grand dream: I want to farm on the moon! Ever heard of seeds for space? Seen a potato as big as a watermelon? What? The Americans want to land on the moon? If they dare step on my fields, I 1.1kReads6.4Score11514d adds
- 120 Siheyuan: The Retirement Crew Is Completely Stunned 四合院：养老团全懵逼 A wish-fulfillment story. Zhang Dajian, an emergency physician from the future, arrives in 1958 at Courtyard No. 95. He is only sixteen, his father has recently passed away, and he has no elders to protect him. The compensation for his father’s death at work draws the greedy neighbors’ attention. When Zhang Dajian first arrives, he is in poor health, so he keeps his head down and writes a story under Jia Dongxu’s name, ruining the reputations of Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi. Once his health reco 23.5kReads6.7Score1.3k14d adds
- 121 Siheyuan: I Control the Whole Game, So Don't Mess with Me 四合院：掌控全局，谁也别惹我 Fang Che wakes up from a nap and discovers that he has transmigrated into the world of Birds Fill the Courtyard. Silly Zhu lets Qin Huairu bleed him dry, loving every minute of it because he lusts after a widow. He's destined to die without heirs! First Master Yi acts upright on the surface, but is actually a hypocrite who is all appearances and no virtue! Second Master Liu is ambitious but incompetent, obsessed with becoming an official. He's an unkind father, and his children are unfilial! Thi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's Life in the 1980s 四合院：何雨柱的年代生活 [Entirely handwritten, no AI] This is a long story, and I’ll tell it to you at a leisurely pace. You’ll need a little patience, but I promise it’ll be worth it. Those who see clearly are destined to suffer; those who know what’s coming can never find peace. The further the protagonist gets, the heavier, colder, and lonelier his heart will become. At first, this is a crossover fanfic bringing together several works. Later, it becomes a story set in a bygone era, with one real-life figure after an 25.5kReads7.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 123 The Siheyuan Cultivation Loser's Comeback 四合院修仙废材的逆袭 [Siheyuan + System + Cultivation + Daily Life + …] Chen Shuai, who has lived two lives, transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan. Yi Zhonghai, Silly Zhu, Jia Zhangshi… They’re nothing but dust. Just don’t mess with me, or else… What? There’s no spiritual energy in this world, so I can’t cultivate? No problem. I have secret body-tempering techniques, and spirit stones awarded by the System! What? This era is unusual, and making money is difficult? No problem. With my abilities, earning over ten 3.4kReads6.6Score13714d adds
- 124 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Gets Married From the Start 四合院：傻柱开局先结婚 Yu Zhu transmigrates into Silly Zhu in 1961, and causes a major disaster soon after arriving. That year, Yi Zhonghai has already tightened his control over Silly Zhu. Qin Huairu has already started asking him for lunch boxes. To escape the fate imposed on him, Silly Zhu quickly finds someone and gets married. Then he fights back against Yi Zhonghai's control. Yi Zhonghai wants to guilt-trip him? You have to have a conscience first, don't you? Qin Huairu wants to borrow money? He exposes her fami 11kReads7.4Score30814d adds
- 125 He Yuzhu’s Life in a Bygone Era 何雨柱年代生活 After transmigrating into He Yuzhu, he punches Yi Daode, kicks the soul-summoning sorcerer, gives Qin Bailian a piece of his mind, and keeps the courtyard’s pests in line. He won’t fawn over anyone in the courtyard. If they don’t like it, they can fight him. 186Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 126 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
- 127 Siheyuan: I Received My Ancestor's Legacy from the Start 四合院之开局得到先祖遗赠 An accident sends Zhang Ping'an back to the early days of the founding of the nation. He becomes Jia Zhangshi and Zhang Xiaohua’s younger half-brother, twenty-one years younger than his sister. Old Jia is rescued from the start, and He Daqing never leaves for Baoding. Will the courtyard still be ruled single-handedly by Yi Zhonghai and the Deaf Granny? 46.9kReads7.8Score2.6k14d adds
- 128 Siheyuan: Crippling Silly Zhu from the Start 四合院：开局打残废傻柱 I have two bodies. One is a soldier fighting desperately against a coalition of foreign forces on the northern battlefield; the other is the abandoned son of a capitalist family living on a street in the capital. They are thousands of miles apart. Life is hard for the capitalist family in this era, while the soldier has been gravely wounded on the battlefield. If the soldier and the capitalist heir merge, a brand-new war hero will be born. Unexpectedly, the capitalist heir in the capital gets on 9.5kReads8.3Score30514d adds
- 129 Siheyuan: A Life of Freedom Begins After Leaving the Army 四合院：肆意人生从退伍开始 Just discharged from the army, Yang Hao unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan and awakens a golden finger. See how he gets by in a courtyard full of shameless scoundrels, with a few lovely confidantes by his side. Well, you know what I mean. This book is entirely set in a fictional parallel world. Please don’t confuse it with reality. 26.6kReads7.6Score1.3k14d adds
- 130 Siheyuan: The Struggle Begins in the 1950s 四合院：奋斗从五十年代开始 [Courtyard-house setting; personal space; everyday life; mild edge; occasional tormenting of the scoundrels] After accidentally transmigrating into a courtyard house as a discharged soldier, he gets home only to discover that a bunch of scoundrels have occupied it. As a proper transmigrator, the first thing he has to do is extort a hefty sum from them. He may not have a System, but fortunately, he has a personal space. So he’ll start out as a purchasing agent at the steel mill. Step by step, he’ 16.6kReads7.2Score75414d adds
- 131 Espionage: I Have an Intelligence System 谍战，我有一个情报系统 People usually play many roles in society. They may be a son in one family, an employee at one company, and a citizen of one country. Liu Songfeng is more than all that: one man with a thousand faces, surrounded by layers of intrigue. In this turbulent age, Liu Songfeng uses his intelligence and extraordinary courage to navigate between rival factions. Yet his identity is shrouded in mystery, impossible to pin down. No one knows his name, but his deeds will live forever. Liu Songfeng says, “I wa 6kReads8.6Score34614d adds
- 132 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Became a Secret Agent 四合院之开局成了特务 [Original, One Female Lead] [No System] [No Pocket Dimension] [A Story of Hard Work] I transmigrated and immediately received an appointment as a secret agent? My own father was a counterrevolutionary? And he was executed by firing squad? My own brother was a secret agent too? See how Ren Sheng escapes these heavy shackles and lives a wonderful life of his own. As for the courtyard house? I dealt with the secret agents. You think I can't handle you lot? I've got work to do, and I have to date my 6.2kReads—Score24614d adds
- 133 Siheyuan: From Street Punk to Pioneer in the Fight Against Spies 四合院之从街溜子到反特先锋 System: Zhang Someone is a member of the Japanese intelligence service. He'll deliver a piece of intelligence tonight beside the small bridge pier on the north bank of the Tonghui River. Yan Jiefang rushes to the Public Security Bureau that very night to report him. … Jia Zheng receives a new mission. Instructions: In seven days, meet secretly with He Jiahao of the Shanghai Black Dragon Society at the third pillar from the east end of the West Railway Station. Discuss the mission details in per 15.4kReads7.2Score94214d adds
- 134 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
- 135 Siheyuan: Transmigrating to 1966 四合院之穿越1966 In September 2024, a forty-year-old chef at a state guesthouse was dragged into the sea by a mysterious force while sea fishing. Somehow, he transmigrated to 1966 and, by a strange coincidence, ended up in the body of Silly Zhu, that pitiful, pathetic, and hateful fool. He had no desire to be Silly Zhu. Back when he was alive, his wife once came up with a little verse while watching the TV drama: “One man’s toil builds the whole courtyard, while every last one calls Silly Zhu ‘Dad.’ Birth father 9.8kReads8.2Score37814d adds
- 136 Siheyuan: With Space at My Fingertips, I Make My Own Good Life 四合院：空间在手，日子我有 Xu Qing accidentally transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard and became one of the courtyard's residents. See how Xu Qing grows and turns his own fate, as well as everyone else's, around with the help of a small pocket dimension. 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Siheyuan: I Stop Time at the Start and Support My Family by Solving Cases 四合院：时停起手，我靠破案养家 In 2026, forensic pathologist Wang Zhili accidentally transmigrates to the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang in 1965, thanks to a Shanghai-brand watch made in 1965. At the time, unsolved cases abound and enemy agents are active. But life at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang is even more exciting than solving cases! Silly Zhu: What’s so great about being a cop? You can’t even solve the case of the missing chicken in our courtyard! Qin Huairu: Comrade Wang Zhili, I can do your laundry. Just give me ten jin of 1.9kReads—Score11414d adds
- 138 Siheyuan: The Second Uncle’s Path to Awakening 四合院：二大爷的觉醒之路 Liu Haizhong is reborn and realizes he has turned his life into a joke: he dotes on his eldest son, beats his second son, and bullies his third, until all his children hate him to the core. He has been obsessed with becoming an official, only to be used as a pawn by Xu Damao. Now that he is old and sick, not one of his three sons is willing to care for him. In this life, he finally sees the light. He stops spoiling his eldest and stops beating and berating his younger two, treating them all fair 33Reads—Score114d adds
- 139 Siheyuan: I Kicked the Deaf Old Lady Unconscious from the Start 四合院：开局踹晕聋老太太 (One heroine + a touch of edge + no suffering + no making trouble + no chasing girls) After getting too carried away with something, a modern shut-in suddenly drops dead. He transmigrates to a courtyard compound in 1957. Watch as he puts the neighborhood scoundrels in their place and plans out his life. 24.6kReads7.7Score1k14d adds
- 140 Siheyuan: I Have So Much Money, I Could Never Spend It All 四合院：钱太多，根本花不完 [Period Drama] + [Film and TV Fan Fiction] + [Love in the Courtyard] + [System Treasure Hunting] + [Urban Farming] + [No Harem] The 1950s: an era of hunger, threadbare clothes, and empty pockets. Everyone in the courtyard pinches pennies to get by. They go the whole year without a proper serving of meat, and are lucky if they can fill their bellies with cornmeal gruel! But everything changes when the male lead arrives. He eats lavish meat and fish every day, and the delicious aroma fills the ent 8.8kReads6.4Score32214d adds
- 141 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
- 142 After My Adopted Son Abandoned Me, I Stopped Being Everyone's Father 被养子遗弃后，我不再给别人当爹 After the male lead, Lin Yang, is abandoned by his five adopted sons, he loses all hope. Fortunately, his daughters-in-law are good to him, so he decides to stop dwelling on the past, help his five daughters-in-law build their fortunes, and embark on an extraordinary path. 1.7kReads—Score7514d adds
- 143 Siheyuan: From One Man to a Family of Soldiers and Police Officers 四合院：从一人到军警之家 Also known as From One Man to a Family of Soldiers and Police and My Partner Is Both Red and an Expert This is a miraculous age spent struggling against the whole world. In the midst of desperation and devastation, a group of people dedicated themselves to a great cause, standing tall and raising monument after monument through their achievements. Amid the smoke and roaring artillery, people charged forward without regard for their own lives. On the peninsula, people willingly became ice sculptu 16kReads7.3Score86014d adds
- 144 Siheyuan: A Tiny Courtyard Across the Heavens, Come If You Dare 四合院：诸天小破院，有胆你就来 He woke up one morning to find himself as He Yuzhu, the biggest sucker in the courtyard. Luckily, time had not run out, and things weren’t beyond saving yet. He Daqing had only just run off, so there was still a chance to set many things right. Taking advantage of his morning temper, he beat up the moral paragon Yi Zhonghai, only to discover that there was more to this courtyard than met the eye. After all, where had the original courtyard gotten its east and west wings? And now there were three 15.3kReads7.0Score66214d adds
- 145 Siheyuan: A Little Chef's Happy Life 四合院：小厨师的幸福生活 Silly Zhu: Why is his cooking so much better than mine? The gap is ridiculous. Yi Zhonghai: There’s no room in this courtyard compound for someone this amazing. Qin Huairu: He really is a good man, but unfortunately, I’m a widow. (The story isn’t too intense, focuses on everyday life, has a touch of the devoted-dad genre, and features one female lead.) 9.3kReads8.1Score27514d adds
- 146 Siheyuan: I Brought a Baggage from the Start 四合院：开局带了个拖油瓶 After transmigrating into a Beijing courtyard, he finds himself with a little burden from the start. His comrade sacrificed himself on the battlefield to protect him. Then his wife abandoned their three- or four-year-old daughter and ran off. Yang Shen steps up without hesitation and becomes Yaya's dad. Luckily, he has the System, so he never has to worry about food or drink, and he manages to thrive in this era. What? The scoundrels in the courtyard want trouble? Don't come looking for a beatin 13.3kReads7.3Score62714d adds
- 147 Siheyuan: Springtime for the Procurement Officer 四合院之采购员的春天 Yu Qing'an is reborn in the 1960s and discovers that he has become a purchasing agent at the Lao Daokou Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Yu Qing'an has no grand ambitions. He just wants a wife, children, and a warm bed. But the courtyard is full of schemers, every one of them looking to take advantage of him. Yi Zhonghai, if you want to be a moral paragon, go ahead. Don’t try to guilt-trip me into it. Liu Haizhong, if you want to be an official, go be one at the Hongxing Steel Plant. Being Seco 6.3kReads7.5Score26314d adds
- 148 Espionage: A Silent Struggle 谍战：一场无声的斗争 An ordinary aspiring writer unexpectedly finds himself in Republican-era China. Using his strengths, amid internal strife and foreign threats, he resolutely chooses a path of discretion, efficiency, and long-term undercover work for his people and his country. 6.3kReads8.2Score43114d adds
- 149 Siheyuan: Seizing the Jia Family’s House and Making Qin Huairu Pay Her Debt 四合院：收走贾家房秦淮茹抵债 [System + definitely stealing love interests + period setting + some, but not too much, hostility + won't take a loss or put up with mistreatment] [Revenge] The Jia family's house? What Jia family house? Qin Huairu? She was given to me to settle a debt, so she's mine. Silly Zhu, want a wife? Xu Damao, it makes perfect sense for you and Yi Zhonghai to team up and look after each other in your old age. Back in 1955, Gu Yinghua makes up his mind... 46.2kReads7.0Score3.8k14d adds
- 150 Are All My Wives Spies? Come On, I Just Want to Live 媳妇全是特务？别搞啊，我想活着 [Espionage] [Republican Era] [Scheming] [Mind Games] [Vengeful] [Dancing on the Edge of a Blade] Li Yundong transmigrates to Beiping in 1948, code-named Vulture. From the start, he gathers the heir of a capitalist family, a Kuomintang major, and a top Secret Service official… The difficulty of survival is off the charts! Fortunately, he has a 100,000-cubic-meter space and a wife he got for free: a Qing Gang bigwig's beloved daughter, a wealthy merchant's heiress, a lieutenant colonel and spe 52.4kReads6.9Score4.6k14d adds
