Pátio Quadrangular: Meu Sistema de Check-in Especializado em Domar Canalhas

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A winter day in the 1960s, within the old city of Beijing.

Outside, the wind howled like blades, beating against the window frames, but inside, what was harder to endure than the cold was the pungent scent of alcohol.

Su Jian was awakened by the wind outside, shivering in the darkness, his brows furrowed, body trembling—partly from the cold, partly from confusion.

"I…"
"Did I… travel through time?"

After a long while, Su Jian rubbed his forehead, finally accepting his new identity.

He had arrived in the world of "Love in the Courtyard," finding himself inhabiting one of the dwellings within this courtyard.

According to the memories fused in his mind, he was not only a worker at the Red Star Steel Mill but also had a younger sister—Chu Yan.

This sister was not related by blood, but had been rescued by his mother during a famine. His mother cherished her, even to the point that his former self developed jealousy.

Chu Yan took his mother's surname, and her name was bestowed by someone at his mother's request.

The past years had been peaceful, but fate proved unpredictable. His mother had died of illness, and his former self drowned his sorrows in drink, dying in a drunken stupor.

"So it seems I've not only traveled through time, but now own two rooms and gained a younger sister?"

Dawn was breaking.

Before Su Jian could examine his surroundings, the door behind him creaked open, letting the cold wind sweep away the smell of alco