My Parents Sued Me for Not Being Dutiful

"Bran, just plead guilty. Your dad and I only want to keep you from going down the wrong path. You just have to spend ten years in prison, come out, and start over. We'll be waiting for you at home." Mom looked at me with feigned concern, like she was about to cry.In my past life, I would've softened and listened to her. In fact, I did. Now, hearing the same words again only made me sick."Brandon, don't be stubborn. Mom and Dad treat you even better than they treat me. You just broke their hearts. Just admit it." Even Cody joined in. And just like that, they pushed me into a corner.Our relatives started chiming in one after another."What's the point of raising a son like this? We all saw how your parents doted on you growing up, treating you like a fragile piece of glass. Now, you don't even know how to be grateful.""Exactly. I thought Brandon would turn out more reliable than Cody. What a disappointment. It makes me think twice about having more than one child, especially gi

"Bran, I can understand if you didn't want to pay for my treatment. But when I was hospitalized, you didn't even visit once. What kind of son…"The live chat comments immediately turned against me."What could possibly be so important that you can't even take a call? I reply to messages while waiting at traffic lights. How can you call yourself someone's son?""Unbelievable. Parents are usually closest to the child they favor most, but it's the opposite here. His brother is a better son than he is."Some comments were also on my side."What if he really had something urgent? I once took a call from home during a meeting and got fired for it.""To the commenter above, how often does something like that actually happen?"The live chat went back and forth, while my relatives in the gallery hurled insults that were hard to listen to. Meanwhile, Mom kept wiping her tears, playing the perfect victim.Judge Caine glanced at me. "We will now extract the defendant's memory."A surge of

Following the murmurs of my relatives, Judge Caine spoke again."Second charge—the defendant assaulted his parents. Do you plead guilty?"I didn't blink, merely shaking my head. "I don't."Dad exploded like a cat with its fur standing on end. He shot up from his seat and roared at me, "You piece of trash! The scar you gave me is still here! How dare you deny it?"As he spoke, he rolled up his pant leg, revealing an ugly scar.Everyone in the courtroom gasped and shot me judgmental looks.I straightened my back and refused to look at him."If I did it, I'll naturally admit it. But I didn't, so why should I?"Dad wanted to say more, but Judge Caine silenced him with a look. Without wasting any more words, he followed the same procedure as before and played the footage on the big screen.This time, the live chat was much more cautious. No one dared to throw out opinions so casually anymore. After all, the sting of being proven wrong earlier was still fresh in everyone's minds.S

The relatives who had spoken for my parents earlier all turned silent. No matter how many pleading looks my parents threw their way, they were completely ignored.The relatives, clearly feeling ashamed, just let out deep sighs and left one after another. A few who had yelled at me the most harshly in the beginning even came over with apologetic smiles."Bran, please don't blame us. We were deceived by your parents, and that's why we misunderstood you. They're the truly despicable ones for hiding the truth.""That's right, Bran. We're really sorry."I waved my hand and said nothing.After all, according to the court's rules, they would face some level of punishment anyway. I didn't need to get my hands dirty.The live chat was now condemning my parents as well."What? They actually pushed their own son out as a shield in a life-and-death situation? What kind of animals would do that?""Now I know why those two shameless people kept insisting Brandon plead guilty from the start.

After another round of capital injection, my company became a leading force in the industry.I heard that Cody also contracted tuberculosis in prison. He called our parents, and they went to see him, both of them crying their hearts out. But they didn't treat him with the same cold indifference they had shown me in my previous life. They simply felt powerless to help.I guessed that they would come looking for me, so I sat in my office, waiting.The moment Mom walked in, she dropped to her knees. My eyebrows twitched slightly, but I made no move to stop her."Bran, please save your brother. He's going to die. If you just give us some money, we'll be grateful to you for the rest of our lives."Why hadn't they begged anyone like this for me in my previous life? They even had my money at the time. Saving me would've been as simple as a single decision.Yet they still chose to turn a blind eye.I scoffed coldly."If you could remember that I was in the same situation in my past lif