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Chapter 236 Food Snatcher

Maggie’s eyes shimmered with moisture as she gave a weak smile, shifting the conversation.

Leo shared a similar background with Maggie, yet their paths diverged.

His mother, once Joshua’s mistress, was a fleeting figure that disappeared soon in his life.

She had hoped to manipulate Joshua through Leo, using cunning ways to conceive his child.

But when she tried to leverage the child, Joshua had grown indifferent, showing no interest in the child she had schemed to bring into the world.

The woman’s efforts to manipulate Joshua blew up in her face, resulting in threats, bribes, and finally. expulsion with a stern warning.

This descent into madness left Leo to navigate a childhood marred by abuse.

In her rare moments of clarity, she’d shower him with maternal affection, but in her darker times, she’d unleash verbal and physical torment upon him.

Raised without a father and in such tumultuous conditions, Leo forged a resilient and hardened shell,

Yet, he quickly learned that sheer strength wasn’t enough without a solid support network by his side.

Hence, the lad who once frolicked in the mud mastered the art of projecting the image of a model. student, at least on the surface.

He realised that by adopting the persona of a courteous and capable individual, he could earn trust effortlessly, bypassing the necessity for physical confrontation.

Experiencing the dark side of human behaviour from an early age, he cultivated a frostier demeanour, seamlessly merging it with his natural aloofness.

His interactions were always polite, never condescending, yet his true essence remained veiled. He observed others discreetly, responding to provocation with calculated ferocity.

Similar to Maggie, he was thrust into maturity ahead of his time, relegated to the role of a supporting

character.

comfort and every gesture of affection exacted a toll.

flooded Leo’s mind of the moments

that seemed

you keep getting yourself into trouble?” she asked,

her away as he struggled to stand amidst the pool of blood, snapping. “Stay out of

a leopard, he found

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surged through him, sending him into a cold

observed. She commented, “Stubborn

sweat trickling down his

knelt before him, her eyes bright and unflinching, undeterred by

know what kind of kids they prefer

torment of his fractured bones

well–behaved, sensible ones. They won’t even feed bread crusts to children

his teeth, squeezing his eyes shut against

girl with a darkness that matched his own, a depth that

holding out a bag of warm buns.

fragrant buns, even though he didn’t

but the girl caught on with just one

a few nice words, I’ll gladly hand them over. I

as ever. What’s the point? You can’t even handle a twig, let alone

before him, Maggie casually nibbled on the bun. Leo quietly tallied how many she devoured. One, two, three. Her

buns, and two remained

whether a few words of kindness might convince

his hard–earned job. He was accused of

stomach gnawed

his throat as he pondered how to plead for help, but in the blink

she/bid politely, yet coldly.

chuckled