Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

(Foreword: I want to apologize to the actors again. I'm writing another fanfiction with heavily modified characters. This is my fourth one, "The Courtyard House"! I want to reiterate that the characters in this work do not look like the actors. They do not look like the actors. They do not look like the actors. They do not look like the actors. They do not look like the actors.)

This time, we learned from our mistakes. There's no annoying system, no complicated settings, and no overpowered cheats, but it's still hilarious!

This book is just for fun and not very rigorous. There may be some incorrect data or settings. Please take this book as the main focus and consider it just a slightly different parallel universe.

The game starts by revealing everything—there isn't a mode like that yet, right? Maybe there are similar ones, but I just haven't seen them yet. Let's try something different!

There will be some minor glitches at the beginning, and some "suspected setup errors" will be explained later, so please be patient.

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On January 28, 1960, the first day of the Lunar New Year, a New Year's gathering was held at No. 95 Luogu Lane in southern Beijing.

"You want me to lend my house to the Jia family? And my workstation to Qin Huairu? That's like throwing a meat bun to a dog—gone forever!"

"Are you all forcing me? Trying to morally blackmail me? Fine, I'm done with this!"

At the New Year's gathering, 16-year-old Zhang Dabiao lost his temper! While being chased and intercepted by the crowd, he ran around wildly and almost climbed to the top of the covered walkway in the middle courtyard. At the same time, he pointed at the beasts in the courtyard and cursed them one by one!

"Jia Donglu, you cowardly mama's boy, what are you showing off for all day long? You've been working in the factory for 8 years and you're still only a level 1 worker, what makes you so arrogant? You think you're worthy to borrow my house?"

"Besides, you only have two years left to live! I'm not going to lower myself to the level of a short-lived wretch!"

"And Qin Huairu, you slut, you wanted to borrow my workstation? Don't you dare cry and act pitiful in front of me all day long! I thank you for not marrying me! You're so proud of marrying into the Jia family, aren't you? Just wait until you're a widow in two years, then you can go to the factory and trade steamed buns for steamed buns! I'll let you cry your heart out then!"

"Jia Zhangshi, you're a damn troublemaker! Whether the courtyard is in chaos or not is entirely up to the Jia family!"

"Bang Geng is a heartless thief, good for nothing but stealing and bullying! Besides, he has curly hair while Jia Donglu has straight hair, so it's really hard to say if he's even a member of the Jia family!"

Zhang Dabiao, nicknamed "Silly Biao," was a mentally challenged idiot who was usually so quiet you couldn't utter a sound even after being slapped three times. So, the fact that he could suddenly start cursing so fluently was quite surprising.

Everyone was taken aback for a moment.

"Yi Zhonghai, shut the hell up! You hypocritical, dead eunuch, childless old man! You can't have children, so you lied to an old lady about having gynecological problems, wasting her life for years! And you call it unity, friendship, and mutual help? You just want the whole hospital to support your apprentice's family, and you're even holding Jia Donglu back from his promotion, all so you can control him and have him take care of you in your old age! You act like nobody knows that!"

"You big idiot, Zhu! Your father was tricked and driven away by Yi Zhonghai and that old deaf man! When your father left, he left behind money and a job! Yi Zhonghai even embezzled the living expenses your father sent to Yushui every month, from 52 until now, so many years ago! That so-called 'big boss' of yours coldly watched you and Yushui scavenge for garbage and almost starve to death, but he refused to return the money your father left you! He just wanted to train you into a dog, a dog that would help the Jia family pull strings! Because you lust after Qin Huairu's body, you're despicable! So you'll be trapped by the Jia family for life, you're just a lapdog, you know that?"

"Xu Damao, you idiot, don't be too happy yet. You've already been kicked out of your family by Sha Zhu, you know? And Sha Zhu will have a son with Lou Xiao'e to cuckold you. This whole thing was orchestrated by Old Deaf! Do you know that Old Deaf has been trying to get Sha Xiao'e to divorce you all this time?"

"Yan Jiecheng, you're a complete idiot too! You're celebrating too soon. You're also childless, half because of that stupid Zhu kicking you, and half because your stingy father starved you!"

"Liu Guangqi, you fucking better not cause me any trouble! You're planning to marry into my family, and on your wedding night you'll pack up and run away from the courtyard house. You think I don't know?"

"You old deaf son of a bitch, go to hell with your ancestors! A martyr's family member? Beijing was peacefully liberated, where the hell are you going to deliver straw sandals? With your bound feet, you're either a remnant of the old regime or a concubine of a wealthy family. Delivering straw sandals? I'd be impressed if you could even reach the city gate!"

"Liu Pangpang, you're a fucking good-for-nothing! What can you do besides beating your sons? Become an official? You're not worthy! You'll beat all three of your sons away, not a single one will be left alive. Just you wait!"

"Old Yan, you're such a cheapskate, even a passing dung cart would taste the saltiness of your food! You're a small business owner, yet you sell flowers all the time! Stop pretending to be poor! Keep scheming, none of your four children will take care of you in your old age!"

Zhang Dabiao launched an indiscriminate attack, cursing everyone he could. At first, no one reacted when he started cursing, until Yi Zhonghai was cursed until he vomited blood, and Sha Zhu stepped in to beat him up. Yi Zhonghai ran around trying to avoid the blows, and the whole courtyard started to fall into chaos.

He didn't hear anything about the chaos the crowd was in, because he was still in a state of high excitement from drinking too much. He just vaguely saw that the entire courtyard was in complete disarray.

Yi Zhonghai vomited blood and collapsed to the ground, supported by an elderly woman who pointed at him, her fingers trembling uncontrollably.

The old deaf man had collapsed to the ground, his face pale, and no one cared for him.

Liu Pangpang was frantically whipping Liu Guangqi with Seven Wolves cigarettes, making him howl in pain.

Old Man Yan pointed at himself and loudly and vehemently defended himself.

Jia Zhangshi was jumping up and down below, cursing loudly and clearly using very foul language. Qin Huairu was standing to the side, holding Banggeng and Xiaodang, her eyes red and sobbing.

Sha Zhu, with red eyes, climbed up the covered walkway, looking determined to kill himself.

Jia Donglu, Xu Damao, and Yan Jiecheng chased after Shazhu and beat him, almost pulling off his cotton-padded trousers by dragging his trouser legs.

He Yushui stood in the middle of the courtyard, at a loss, and was almost in tears.

But at this moment, Zhang Dabiao's ears were still ringing and he couldn't hear anything. His head was still a little dizzy. Just as he was getting excited, Sha Zhu hit him on the head with a tile.

Zhang Dabiao fell down and was then swarmed by the beasts. He didn't know what happened after that.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the 60th year of the lunar calendar, Comrade Zhang Dabiao single-handedly caused a brawl in the courtyard, and in the end, everyone was arrested and taken to the police station.

This event is historically known as the "First All-Out War of the Courtyard Houses"!

Then, the "Civilized Compound" sign was taken down by the neighborhood committee.

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Half a day later, Zhang Dabiao woke up in the hospital, and then thought about all the messes he had made—

[Holy crap, how did everything get exposed?]

[So now we have no cards left to play? I ruined a winning hand myself?]

How the hell are we supposed to play this?!

He regretted it so much, he was filled with deep regret!

The time traveler is also called Zhang Dabiao, but his nickname is "Sangbiao" because he was just 30 years old in 2025.

He studied animation and worked as a concept artist at a game company for several years after graduation before being laid off.

I could have made a living by taking on freelance work online, drawing illustrations and comics, but with the advent of the AI ​​era, I ended up having to deliver food.

My father passed away a long time ago, and my mother's death was rather sudden; she didn't leave a will. Adding to the property disputes among relatives, and since the house was my father's ancestral home, in the end, according to the Inheritance Law, the house was taken over by the relatives, who only gave him 5 yuan.

He bought the house with a loan in 21 when housing prices were high because he was working at a game company at the time, and his salary was quite good initially. He also tried investing in stocks like his colleagues, but after October 24, he maxed out his credit card to trade stocks…

He couldn't repay his loan this year and was about to default. The bank sent him a letter, and his girlfriend left him. He was depressed at home and drank until he got alcohol poisoning and was about to die.

It was utterly tragic!

He felt that nothing in his life had ever gone smoothly!

Half-dead, he heard a voice say that he was bound to a certain person and that the voice would take him on a journey through time, promising a big gift package, a sign-in system, and even the ability to bring one of his personal items...

Personal belongings?

He then chose his own house.

However, the system says that the house is not considered "personal property" because the mortgage is not yet paid off.

He just wants his own house!

He just wants his own house!

Why should the bank just take back the house I worked so hard to save up for half my life?!

My ungrateful relatives have forcibly occupied my old family home, and the bank is also going to take back my house!

The system won't even let me take my own house with me?!

Is my house going to be foreclosed by the bank and become a foreclosed property as soon as I die?

I've worked hard for half my life, made a huge down payment, and taken out a massive loan. The interest alone has bought me a house. But because I was short of money for a few months and didn't make timely payments, my property is going to be foreclosed on?

Moreover, even if the house is auctioned off, it might not be enough to cover the loan repayments. What if I die, lose my house, and still owe the bank a mountain of debt?

Is there no justice left in the world?!

In his final moments of lucidity, he shakily and unsteadily got up and went to the kitchen. Grabbing a lighter, he prepared to turn on the gas. "If you won't let me take the house, then I'll just burn it down and be done with it! Not a single thing will be left for the bank!"

To hell with time travel, to hell with the system!

They all perished together!

Destroy it!

Then, amidst its chaos, the system grumbled and gave in, sending his soul to the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang in the early 1960s, where it merged with Zhang Dabiao, who had just died drunk.

When he opened his eyes, he was still dizzy and drunk. Was this body drunk too? In his daze, he heard something about lending a house to the Jia family.

The Jia family in "Full House of Love"?

While Zhang Dabiao was struggling to integrate his memories, he looked closely and saw Yi Zhonghai, Sha Zhu, Jia Donglu, Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu...

Holy crap—

Zhang Dabiao immediately exploded!

I've already time-traveled, and there's still someone who's interested in my house?!

Let's get him!

Everything's been exposed! It's all been revealed!

We'll expose everything you've been plotting!

I can't take this anymore!

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Then, he was beaten up and taken to the hospital. His head was cracked open, but it wasn't serious; he just got it bandaged up.

Looking back now...

I was too young and naive, and I didn't consider the bigger picture...

Zhang Dabiao is very troubled, not because of the mess in the yard, but because the forced house construction violates the system's preset rules.

Even the system has a temper; in a fit of anger, it unbound itself from him...

Run away!

What the hell is this all about?