Courtyard Chronicles: The Good Man Misunderstood

One moment he's yelling at his screen—the next, Xu Rongguang wakes up in 1960s Beijing, trapped in the world of a period drama he once watched. In a cramped courtyard where neighbors spy through every crack and gossip spreads faster than wildfire, survival means playing the long game. They see him as the helpful neighbor, the reliable friend, the good man. But Xu knows the truth: in this era of scarcity and suspicion, kindness and cunning are two sides of the same coin. As he navigates factory politics, tangled relationships, and the moral complexities of a bygone era, one question haunts him—…