All Chapters of Trial of a Parasite: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

When I woke up, I was sitting in a packed conference room.The people around me looked like they had just woken up too. The hall buzzed with noise.“Where is this?”“How did I end up here? Who are you people?”“Welcome, everyone, to the Trial of a Parasite.”A solemn voice rang out from the stage in front.Trial of a Parasite?I frowned, recalling the new law that had been passed just last month.Starting this year, exploiting others for personal gain would be criminalized under the charge of parasitism.Anyone accused of being a parasite would be forcibly brought here, to stand trial.If found guilty, the accused would be forced to repay everything they took—many times over—until there was nothing left of them but death.The man beside me suddenly perked up, his shiny bald head leaning closer.“So that means we’re the lucky audience picked for this case?”“I don’t have time to sit around as an audience member.”I rolled my eyes impatiently.“My mom’s pension comes in today. I need to

Chapter 2

My sister-in-law clung to me, crying as she pleaded, “I’m sorry, we won’t send Ethan to private school. Please, just don’t take it out on him…”My mother cried even harder, leaning against the doorframe, her body trembling.The memory ended there.But the audience was fully ignited.“What kind of lunatic beats a child for no reason?”“That poor kid. Stuck with a crazy aunt and her crazy daughter. What rotten luck.”My nephew stepped down from the platform, clutching an egg in his hand, sniffling.“My mom said eggs are precious… I only get one a day. I couldn’t bear to eat it, so I gave it to Megan. I didn’t think Auntie would hate me this much…”The bald man beside me looked heartbroken. He snatched the egg and stuffed it into his mouth in two bites.“Good boy. Eggs are good food. If she won’t eat it, I will!”“We’ll stand up for you. That parasite of an aunt is about to be judged!”The more he spoke, the angrier he became. With a shout, he swung a punch at me.Fortunately, the invisib

Chapter 3

Megan had a congenital heart condition and couldn’t handle strenuous activity. During group play, she could only sit off to the side.My nephew seized the chance and quietly circled behind her.He twisted open the bottle and dumped the urine over her head.“Look! She’s the real toilet!”Clapping his hands, he shouted excitedly to the other children.Startled, Megan clutched her chest, her face turning purple as she collapsed to the floor.The teacher rushed to the office to get her medication.However, my nephew only smiled more smugly.When I handed the medicine to the teacher, he overheard that it could save Megan’s life.He remembered how his mother always said that girl was a burden who would take half of what should be his.If she were gone, wouldn’t that solve everything?He carved the candy into pieces that matched the pills in both size and shape.Then, while the teacher was busy receiving parents that morning, he slipped into the office and swapped the medication in the bottle

Chapter 4

My brother immediately caught on, scrambling to his feet.“Right! Once we sell the house, we’ll have money to compensate that woman for the miscarriage. Besides, Mom’s the one who’s always been taking care of us anyway.“I don’t mind letting her stay. Once the house is gone, she can move in with us and handle the cooking and laundry!”Only then did the truth in my mother’s memory unfold on the screen.I had realized she intended to transfer the house to my brother.Even though the deed was in my name, I worried she might try something underhanded to force me, so I rushed back to retrieve it.My sister-in-law arrived soon after, bringing my nephew with her.While she confronted me in the room, my nephew, left in the living room, spotted Megan and felt the urge to torment her again.He deliberately shoved one of those urine-soaked eggs into her hand, trying to trigger her into reliving that humiliating experience.When I heard Megan crying in fear, I finally snapped, grabbed my nephew, a

Chapter 5

The audience, still unsatisfied, grew restless.“What? So, there’s more than one case today?”“And the same person is the defendant in both?”The bald man beside me let out a chuckle, clearly enjoying the spectacle. He turned to me with a grin.“She thought she was the one calling the shots, and didn’t realize someone else was pulling the strings. She looked all pleased with herself, thinking she could walk away with all the money and never saw her own husband setting her up.”Adrian frowned, a trace of reluctance in his expression.“Nina, don’t blame me for being ruthless. We were married. I never wanted it to come to this. But you’ve been far too greedy.“Be honest with yourself—how much have I given you over the years? For this family, how many nights have I spent out entertaining clients?“And you? You want a divorce over a slice of cake?”Adrian stepped beneath the memory extraction device, and his memories appeared on the screen.It was late at night. Adrian was drunk as he stag

Chapter 6

The scene on the screen shifted to after Megan was born.Because Megan had a congenital heart condition, I worked even harder to save up for her surgery.After I became top sales again, Adrian’s expression darkened.We worked in the same department, but his performance was nowhere near mine.Unable to accept it, he went online for advice.“Why is my wife always outperforming me in sales? Is she using some shady methods behind my back?”He got exactly the kind of answers he wanted.“The men have the money, but it’s always women closing the deals. Figure it out.”“Man, you’re practically glowing. Everyone can see it.”So, while I was still out meeting clients, Adrian, already home and stretched out on the couch, became convinced he had figured everything out.Fury boiled over.“Damn it, I bust my ass all day, and I come home to not even a hot meal!”“She doesn’t care whether her husband lives or dies. Who knows who she’s out there trying to please?”The more he thought about it, the more

Chapter 7

By the time the video reached this point, those who had defended Adrian earlier fell silent.Only Adrian, now reduced to his parasite form, remained defiant, wriggling his way out from beneath the crumpled tissue.“I was just playing along; it was part of the job!“And who knows what you’ve been doing out there with those bosses? You think you’re so innocent?“Let’s be honest, you’re the one with double standards. You expect me to slave away while you sit back. You’re the real parasite here!”The bald man beside me, apparently having forgotten the shock from the seat earlier, perked up again and chimed in.“Yeah, let me say something fair. You think those kinds of ‘work dinners’ are easy? You’ve got to make sure the girls keep the boss happy, smile through it all, keep the drinks flowing. By the end of it, it’s more exhausting than overtime!”A mocking smile tugged at my lips as I glanced sideways at him.“Oh? So, him grabbing and groping women is suffering, but me running myself ragge

Chapter 8

I forced myself to ignore the voices in my ear and tightened my grip on Megan’s cold hand.“Tell me, sweetheart, why would you think that?”“Because…”Megan broke into sobs.“Because I heard the neighbors talking about us.“They said you work so hard just to save money for my treatment… that I’m just a bottomless pit.“They said you’re always busy because of me, that’s why you couldn’t keep Dad… that I ruined our family.“They also said… if I died, you’d finally be free…”It felt like a knife twisting in my chest.“That’s not true.”I wiped the tears from her face.“When someone does something wrong, it comes from who they are; not from the person they hurt. The blame doesn’t belong to the one who was betrayed.“And the reason I want to treat your illness is simple. It’s because I love you.“A good parent doesn’t weigh what they’ll get in return before choosing to love their child.”I stood up, only then realizing the earpiece had gone silent for quite some time.Of course. I had almo

Chapter 9

More than twenty years of being overlooked had left me starved for love. Even though I knew right from wrong, I still couldn’t help trying to please my parents and my husband, hoping to get from them the sense of security I had missed in childhood.But no matter how sincerely I treated them, they never gave me that same sincerity in return.And that wasn’t because I had done something wrong; it was because they weren’t worth it.It was time for me to make a firmer choice.The doors to the operating room opened, and the doctor stepped out with a reassuring smile.“Don’t worry, your daughter made it.”Fortunately, it wasn’t too late.When my mother called again, asking me to support my brother’s family, I cut her off without hesitation.“Mom, if you want to help him, use your own money. You’re not a child; I’m not managing your finances anymore. “If you want to spend it all on livestream virtual gifts, go ahead. If you want to give it all to my brother, that’s your choice. But when you

Chapter 10

After my brother’s family sold their house to compensate the woman passenger, he and his wife spent their days in a rented apartment, arguing and hitting each other.My nephew, on the other hand, was more than happy to be left alone while they fought, spending all his time online.Then, chasing some idea of giving her son a better future, my sister-in-law listened to the wrong people. She pulled him out of school and paid a hefty sum to send him to a so-called internet addiction camp.He had once relied on being a minor to act without consequence, never imagining he would soon run into people even more ruthless than he was.To pay for his tuition, my brother and his wife followed an illegal recruiter overseas, supposedly to make big money. I never saw either of them again.But by then, I no longer cared much about what happened to them. The only thing that mattered to me was that Megan’s heart surgery was a success.The doctor said winter would put extra strain on her heart.If she ma

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