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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.

mind of the moments when

those days, she possessed a grace that seemed distant yet luminous, akin to a

keep getting yourself into trouble?” she asked, a touch

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

found her naivety and acquiescence

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cold sweat and forcing him to crumple once

an eyebrow as she observed. She commented,

of sweat trickling

eyes bright and unflinching,

of kids they

the torment of his fractured bones engulfing

even feed bread

gritted his teeth, squeezing his eyes shut against the

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

out

the allure of the hot, fragrant buns, even though he didn’t

his current condition, but the girl caught on with just one look. “Thinking about snatching

chuckled. “Then you’ll forever be just a thief. But with a few nice words, I’ll gladly hand them over. I might even consider bringing it to you every

ever. What’s the point? You can’t even handle a twig, let alone a blade or bullet. Are you daft?”

how many she devoured. One, two, three. Her pace slowed down, showing that she was almost

had purchased five buns,

a few words of kindness might convince her to hand over the last two

came from his

stomach gnawed

for help, but in the blink of an

out. Farewell, she/bid

actions, Leo chuckled