Siheyuan: I Only Wanted to Keep a Low Profile

It looks good. Set in a traditional courtyard house, it doesn't focus on any particular character as the protagonist. Instead, it emphasizes an era and industrial development—that's the true meaning of writing a novel. If a modern person were to travel into a courtyard house drama and the story were written from the perspective of that drama, then this modern protagonist wouldn't be considered a…

It's no fun if you don't cause trouble, play in the water, or crush the crabapple blossoms.

This "Shenma Liren" is worthless. If she wants to have a harem, she should just do it openly. Why hide it? I didn't understand at first. Is she trying to build a harem? She's trying to have her cake and eat it too. She can't establish a coherent character. Did they change writers recently? The character conflicts are so big.

Not bad, a pretty good story about courtyard houses. It reduces mindless courtyard plots and increases national sentiment – ​​that's the right approach.

I just started watching... His uncle passed away... There's no furniture in the house... Weren't we supposed to investigate?... And what happened?

The synopsis says the main character's name is the same as mine, which is ridiculous—the surname and given name are identical. This name isn't common at all; it's utterly absurd.

Actively currying favor in the early stages is suicidal. Once you catch the eye of those big shots, and you demonstrate contradictory talents, if they want to promote you, they'll send people to investigate your entire family history. If all else fails, they'll relegate you to some remote, deserted place. Do you really think those big shots will believe your fabricated reasons?

I really dislike the scenes where you try to outsmart the system; it makes you look stupid.

Having read this book by the author, I feel it has a relatively positive outlook on values. Having followed it to this point, I've found that it doesn't contain much violence or graphic content. The descriptions of various events are logical, and it's clear that many of the relevant historical characteristics were researched before being written. I hope the author can continue to maintain this level of writing and not resort to fabricated and illogical writing styles just to pad the word count.

Why is it said that the courtyard house is sucking the blood of "Silly Pillar"? Because he's a poor bastard. He only makes a few dozen yuan a month, barely enough to support his younger sister, hence the nickname "Silly Pillar." How can the protagonist, with his limited resources, being sucked blood by helping the people in his own courtyard?