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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.

gesture of affection exacted a toll.

flooded Leo’s mind of the moments when Maggie had been

seemed distant yet

yourself into trouble?” she

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

as a leopard, he found her naivety and

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surged through him, sending him into a cold sweat and forcing him to

She commented, “Stubborn as

glare deepened, beads of sweat trickling down his

bright and

of kids they prefer

mute, the torment of his fractured bones

They won’t even feed bread

squeezing his eyes shut against the pain.

a darkness

hungry?” Maggie teased, holding out a bag

the hot, fragrant buns, even though

debated if he could grab the buns in his current condition, but the girl

just a thief. But with a few nice words, I’ll gladly hand

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

on the bun. Leo quietly tallied how many she devoured. One, two, three. Her pace slowed down, showing that

purchased five buns, and two remained

a few words of kindness might convince her to hand over

in his pocket came from his hard–earned

gnawed

for help, but in the

heading out. Farewell, she/bid politely, yet

her past actions, Leo chuckled softly, marveling