I Was Admitted To The Villain School - Chapter 1

Lin Xinghe craned her neck, observing the modernized gate in front of her. To be more precise, she was looking at a huge schoolgate in blue, purple and teal, in quite the cyberpunk style.

Large words flashed under neon lights —Villain School.

Under the soft light, she lowered her head and glanced at the gilded scroll in her hand. The words “Admission Notice” were written in seal script on the front, and when the scroll was rolled out, calligraphy spelled out ——

Student: Lin Xinghe

Our school has decided to admit you to the Department of Modern Studies. Please report to the school with this notice before dawn.

The official seal of the villain school was stamped below.

Lin Xinghe looked at the completely inconsistent school gate and the admission notice; for a moment, she felt that she had gone to the wrong place. The strange sense of wrongness made her stop in front of the empty, quiet entrance.

Everything happened so suddenly.

She still hadn’t fully absorbed what actually occurred.

An hour ago, she had still been wearing a couture dress to attend the Hundred Flowers Award ceremony, for which her debut film “April and the World” had been nominated.

The director, screenwriters, production group, and actors were all new to the entertainment scene, but their film somehow became this year’s dark horse.

When Lin Xinghe came to the stage to receive the Best Actress Award, she felt that it was reasonable but unexpected.

She had always been really lucky. When she was shopping for snacks in the supermarket, she caught the eye of the director of “April and the Human World” and became super famous through the movie filming.

However, she wasn’t always lucky, or else she wouldn’t have been electrocuted by a bolt of lightning as thick as a tree truck during a spontaneous, blustery storm right after the award ceremony.

At the time, there had been so many people there that you could have picked someone out of a sea of people taller than she was. But it was as if the lightning were honed to her body, precisely striking her and killing her on the spot.

And then, she didn’t have the time to reminisce on her short life or even to admire her own charred corpse. Lin Xinghe felt a burst of blinding light pulling her soul into an unfamiliar, strange land surrounded by a vast expanse of whiteness and nothingness.

It was then that she found a scroll floating in the air. She reached out and touched it. The scroll landed in her palm, as if she had turned on a switch to another world. The white nothingness was dispersed, as if cut open by a knife, and all the light disappeared. When she next opened her eyes, a strange world had replaced the light.

She looked up and saw the surreal-looking villain school.

… To go in?

… Or to not go in?

Abruptly, both doors of the school gate slowly opened, and rapid footsteps approached.

A tall, slender girl appeared in front of Lin Xinghe. She sized her up and said flatly, “Lin Xinghe, right? Hello, I’m Lu Qin, the class rep of Class 1 of the Modern Era Department. Sorry to keep you waiting. When I received the notice, I thought you would arrive in the morning; I didn’t expect you to come in the middle of the night.”

The conversation took an unexpected turn as Lu Qin suddenly asked her, “Have you ever killed someone?”

…What kind of random question was that?

Lin Xinghe slowly shook her head.

“What was your job during your life?”

“Actress.”

“Ah, actors are the most useless. They aren’t even as good as pork sellers.”

Seeming a little disappointed, Lu Qin muttered: “That’s right, what good students can the Modern Era Department get?” Her enthusiasm dimmed a bit.

…An actress in her previous life. Most actors were good-looking, and the new classmate was no exception. She was petite and small, and her facial features were as delicate as a porcelain doll’s. A person who was good-looking but incompetent would fail tragically in this school.

While Lu Qin assessed Lin Xinghe, Lin Xinghe also assessed Lu Qin and naturally she caught her murmur. This place made her very uncomfortable. She wanted to leave, but she found that there was a layer of gray all around — a thin film that covered the entire sky.

Lu Qin said, “Stop looking at it. You’re already dead. If you want to be resurrected, you can only go to school and graduate. Do you see that layer of enchantment? It’s the door to another world, and you can’t get out until you get a diploma. Look down, when you entered this world, you got a corporeal body and are no longer just a soul.”

Lin Xinghe clenched her fists a few times, and the movement felt the same as it did in life. At some point, her fancy evening dress had also changed into a simple skirt that resembled a uniform that also included the school badge on the chest pocket.

At this moment, Lu Qin seemed to think of something. She smiled widely and enthusiastically took Lin Xinghe’s hand, saying, “Let’s go to the school; I’ll give you a tour. It’s the place where you’ll be staying for the next one or two, or maybe even ten years.”

Lin Xinghe remained silent and followed Lu Qin into the school.

A cold gust of wind blew into their faces.

Beneath the two rows of street lamps was an endlessly long bridge with an impossibly deep river flowing underneath .

Lu Qin took Lin Xinghe into a sightseeing car.

On the ten minute journey, Lin Xinghe learned that Lu Qin was the villainous fake daughter in a fake daughter versus real daughter novel. Because she was afraid that the real daughter would take back her life, she set her up to be kidnapped. Unexpectedly, she was discovered by the real daughter’s boyfriend, or the male protagonist. He then caused Lu Qin to be mistaken for the real daughter and kidnapped, and she died in the process.

“…Villain?”

“Of course, the only people who can enter our school are villains, big villains and small villains. Anyone who blocks the main character’s path is considered a villain.” Lu Qin drove off the long bridge, pointing to the buildings in the distance, and described, “Our school has four departments, the modern era department, the ancient era department, the xianxia* department, and the fantasy** department. The classrooms of our modern era department and the ancient era department are in the east, and the xianxia department and the fantasy department are in the west. The dormitory area is a bit further, closer to the xianxia department.”

Lin Xinghe was a little surprised.

How could she, a young celebrity in her prime, be a villain?

However, her bewilderment did not last long, as she was shocked by the scene in front of her.

The school gate was cyberpunk-y, but the style inside was completely chaotic.

Even in the middle of the night, almost as soon as the bridge ended, one could see four conspicuous buildings with completely different styles. It could even be said that their differences were 108000 miles*** apart.

The classrooms of the modern era department were several modern high-rise buildings, which were no different from those of her life. The classrooms of the ancient era department were full of palaces and pavilions, with red tiles and green walls, as if they were extracted from the Forbidden Palace itself.**** The classroom of the xianxia department floated like a city in the sky, with celestial mansions standing upright in the air. The classroom of the fantasy department resembled a Gothic manor or castle, seemingly identical to buildings in Central Europe.

The incongruous styles of four different architectural styles clashed in this large school.

…What strange place did she come to?

“By the way, what is your specialty?” Lu Qin suddenly asked.

Lin Xinghe contemplated it and replied, “My luck is quite good.”

Lu Qin wanted to roll her eyes.

… Was she a fool? How was having good luck a specialty? It was probably too embarrassing or trivial to bring up. Lin Xinghe had nothing but looks. If the students in the modern department wanted to survive in the school, they either had to sleep around or group together. If students did not have a useful specialty, they would be eliminated in the first test. Freshmen like Lin Xinghe would disappear completely from the school in a few days.

Lu Qin weighed the odds in her mind for a while and smiled calmly.

“It’s getting late, let me take you to the dormitory area to rest. We start class at ten in the morning, and if we go now, you can still have eight hours of sleep. All the daily necessities have already been prepared for you, so you can go directly to bed. If you have any questions, there is a freshman handbook, or you can come to 605 to find me.”

The sightseeing bus stopped at the dormitory entrance.

Lu Qin added, “The dormitory is divided into two districts. I live in 605 in the second district. Your room is 303 in the first district, and if you walk straight ahead, there will be signs. Just make sure you get to the modern department campus Classroom 1 at at ten tomorrow. I won’t escort you all the way.”

Lin Xinghe nodded politely: “Okay, thank you, class rep.”

Lu Qin waved to her, watching her figure gradually disappear into the night. When she was out of view, she lowered her head and sent a text with her phone—Master Jun*****, she left for District 1. If we meet in the next exam, please look out for me.

Li Jun leaned lazily against a tree, staring into the distance with narrowed eyes.

The lackey****** next to him handed him a cigarette. Li Jun put it in his mouth.

The younger brother lit the cigarette and complimented, “Master Jun won the top ten in the last exam, so Lu Qin has delivered a congratulatory gift. I just asked Lu Qin, this time you will definitely be satisfied with the package; she was an actress in life. Her appearance is more than enough to qualify her as the belle of the modern department. Also, most actresses can actually let go, unlike those sniveling little girls in the ancient era department, she’s guaranteed to serve you well!”

Li Jun sneered and replied, “The female students from your modern era department are only useful for warming my bed.”

“That’s right. They always rank the lowest in every exam. None of them are like you, assigned to the fantasy department because of your powerful abilities. I watched the whole live broadcast of your last exam, and the last thunderbolt was amazing. You have the style of a strong victor!”

After all of the compliments, Li Jun felt at ease, and he glanced at the only way to go to the dormitory in District 1.

Five minutes passed, and there wasn’t even a shadow of a ghost.

“Mr. Jun, don’t worry, women walk slowly, and the girl is an ignorant freshman. She might have been attracted by flowers and plants on the side of the road.”

After another half an hour, Li Jun had smoked his fifth cigarette, but he still didn’t see the new student.

He instructed impatiently: “Go check why she still isn’t here.” The lackey complied.

Not long after, the lackey came back, looking like he had seen a ghost: “There was no one.”

At this moment, Lin Xinghe had finally climbed over the fence. She was covered in mud.

Just half an hour ago, she had been observing the novel sights on the road. There was only one street branching towards the dormitory area, with green plants she couldn’t name on both sides. The road was blocked up with half-height fences on both sides.

Logically speaking, she couldn’t fall in.

But as she walked, she twisted her foot, slipped, and directly fell over.

Originally, she thought the ground was flat, but it turned out there was a steep slope. Lin Xinghe fell to the bottom like a snowball. Was this lucky or not? Even taking into account such a fall, not a single hair on her head was harmed.

Her surroundings were pitch-black.

Lin Xinghe didn’t panic,but it took her a lot of effort to climb up again. Fortunately, the heroine in her debut film was an expert rock climber. She had to learn rock climbing professionally for a month in preparation for the film. Ordinary people might not be able to climb this slope.

When she got to the top, she found that the dormitory area was already in front of her.

TL Notes:

*Xianxia’s direct translation means immortals and martial artists, usually known as a genre in between pure martial arts and pure Chinese fantasy.

**Fantasy in this case refers to Western fantasy, so think Lord of the Rings, Narnia, or Harry Potter.

***A common Chinese saying that means that two things are leagues apart.

****The Forbidden City in Beijing was the residence of Ming dynasty emperors, and it is now preserved as a cultural museum.

*****An informal way of referring to someone in a higher position.

******Literally translated as little brother, meaning someone who sucks up to someone in a position of power for protection.

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