Let’s start all over again,shall we?

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

mind of the moments when Maggie had been his

seemed distant yet luminous, akin to a glowing moon.

getting yourself into trouble?” she asked, a

bristled at her interference, pushing her away as he struggled to stand amidst

a leopard, he found

Food

through him, sending him into a cold sweat and

pursed her lips, arching an eyebrow as she observed. She commented, “Stubborn as a mule. No wonder you keep

sweat trickling

determined girl knelt before him, her eyes bright and

know what kind of kids they prefer in

mute, the torment of his fractured bones engulfing his

won’t even feed bread

teeth, squeezing his eyes shut against

from the rest, a girl with a darkness that

holding out

allure of the hot, fragrant buns,

he debated if he could grab the buns in his current condition, but the girl caught on with just one look. “Thinking about snatching them?” she teased.

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

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

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

purchased five buns, and two remained

convince her to hand

from his hard–earned job. He was accused

stomach gnawed with

in his throat as he pondered how to plead for help, but in the blink of an eye, she rose and tossed the last two

heading out. Farewell, she/bid politely, yet coldly.

her past actions, Leo chuckled