I Am Done Being a Good Person

"Lin Yu! Get up! The college entrance exam is right around the corner, and you have the nerve to sleep in class!"

A piece of chalk flew with pinpoint accuracy toward the boy in the back row!

"Huh????"

Lin Yu lifted his head in a daze, looking at the furious teacher on the podium. His mind was a chaotic mess.

"Where is this? Didn't I get hit by a car?"

Lin Yu shook his groggy head, looking at the unfamiliar surroundings. His brain stalled.

Lin Yu was an orphan. He didn't know who his biological parents were and had grown up in an orphanage, fed by the kindness of the community.

Although he didn't live in luxury, he never went hungry, nor did he suffer any of the melodramatic abuse often associated with orphans. Aside from the lack of parental companionship, Lin Yu's childhood was actually quite pleasant.

The director of the orphanage was a saintly old man who constantly preached about the inherent goodness of human nature and the importance of performing small acts of kindness. Over time, under the old director's influence, a grand ideal slowly took root in Lin Yu's heart. As a young boy, he made a vow: he would perform one good deed every day! He would be a good person who contributed to society.

After graduating from college, Lin Yu wasn't exactly part of the elite class with a massive salary, but he still made a decent living.

Every month, Lin Yu gave half his paycheck to the old director to help the younger children at the orphanage. At the same time, he kept his childhood vow close to his heart and carried it out to the end.

He had expected to eventually find a like-minded woman and live out his life that way, but one day, after he helped an elderly person who had fallen, his life took a sharp turn in a different direction.

The situation was incredibly cliché. The old man's family sued him. The reason was ridiculous: they claimed Lin Yu had knocked the old man down. Just like that, Lin Yu went from a good Samaritan to the perpetrator. The speed of this transformation left him completely blindsided.

On the day of the trial, the old director came to support him; he believed the child he raised wasn't that kind of person. The judge also seemed to see that the situation was likely as Lin Yu described, but the incident had occurred in a blind spot for the surveillance cameras. Lin Yu had no evidence to prove his innocence, and the old man's family was relentless. With no other choice, the judge had to rule against Lin Yu and ordered him to pay for the old man's medical expenses and other costs.

In the courtroom, the light in Lin Yu's eyes dimmed. He didn't understand what was wrong with the world. He had done a good deed, yet he ended up mired in a lawsuit, his savings of several years wiped out.

Dazed and confused, Lin Yu walked out of the courthouse accompanied by the old director.

"Director, was I wrong?" Lin Yu asked, looking at the old man.

"Xiao Yu, you weren't wrong! It's just that your kindness was misplaced! I'm useless for letting you suffer this injustice! Cough!"

The elderly director looked at Lin Yu's young face and said with a pained heart. The once spirited Lin Yu had become silent, his eyes devoid of light.

"Let's go, child. Let's go home first."

The old director, who had spent his whole life being kind to others, didn't know how to comfort him. His heart was filled with torment and self-reproach. He knew of Lin Yu's grand ideal because it was his own influence that had planted it, and Lin Yu had always been his pride.

Yet, this kindness of Lin Yu's had been exploited by people with ulterior motives, causing him harm.

"Director, you go back first. I want to walk for a bit by myself..."

Lin Yu's voice was lifeless, filled with desolation.

"Xiao Yu, you must not do anything foolish. You still have me, and all your younger brothers and sisters at the orphanage. We're waiting for you to come back. I'll go back and make your favorite braised pork!"

The old director said with concern.

"Don't worry, Director. I'm just going for a walk. I'll be fine once I clear my head. You go on back, and be careful on the way!"

"Alright, I'll head back then. Make sure you're back by dinner time. The kids are all waiting for you!"

"Yeah."

The old director watched Lin Yu's retreating back with a worried expression and sighed.

Lin Yu walked toward the intersection like a walking corpse. The sun overhead was scorching, but his heart felt ice-cold. Was the ideal he had held onto for over a decade wrong? Lin Yu felt lost, as if his life had suddenly lost its direction.

As the green light turned on, Lin Yu stepped out to cross the street. Suddenly, a deafening roar erupted in his ears, and he felt the world spin.

Did I just get hit by a car?

Floating in mid-air, Lin Yu caught a glimpse of a red Ferrari stopped on the crosswalk. A young woman with heavy makeup sat inside, looking at the scene before her in terror.

"Bang..." With a dull thud, Lin Yu landed heavily in the middle of the road, rolling several times...

"Damn it!! (;｀O´)o, is this heaven punishing me??? I'm sorry, Director, it looks like I won't be able to eat that braised pork!! You cruel heavens, if there is a next life, I will definitely not be a good person!"

In his final moments, this thought flashed through Lin Yu's mind before he plunged into endless darkness.

Back in the present, Lin Yu shook his throbbing head and looked around. He was in a classroom filled with about forty students in school uniforms who looked quite young. At the front of the room, a middle-aged man in his forties with a receding hairline was looking at him with an angry expression.

Looking at this scene, both familiar and strange, Lin Yu's eyes, which had been dazed, slowly widened. His throbbing brain gradually cleared.

"Damn, are you kidding me? Did that female driver's foot on the gas pedal send me through time????"

Lin Yu refused to believe it and pinched his thigh hard. A sharp, piercing pain confirmed that he wasn't dreaming; everything before him was real.

"Hiss... I really did transmigrate!!!"

Lin Yu whispered to himself.

"Lin Yu, don't think that just because your academic grades are good, you can slack off in class. The Awakening Ritual is in two days. If you fail the awakening, no matter how high your academic scores are, you won't be getting into a Martial University!"

"Students, listen to me carefully. This awakening is your only chance to get ahead in life. You must seize it. If something goes wrong during the awakening, you'll be the ones regretting it later!!! Do you hear me!"

Lin Yizhong looked at Lin Yu in the back row and shouted angrily.

"I know about the college entrance exam! But what the hell is this awakening? And what kind of school is a Martial University?? What kind of hellish world have I transmigrated into????"

Lin Yu was completely bewildered by the teacher's words. He had experienced the college entrance exam in his previous life, so he could handle that, but the teacher's subsequent words left him utterly confused. Awakening? Martial University? This couldn't be a normal world, could it?

While Lin Yu was still in a state of shock, a sharp pain suddenly shot through his brain, followed by a flood of unfamiliar memories.