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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

his beer, memories flooded Leo’s mind of the

that seemed distant yet luminous, akin to a glowing moon.

getting yourself into trouble?” she asked, a

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

cautious as a leopard, he found her

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him, sending him into a cold sweat and forcing him

She commented, “Stubborn as a mule. No

deepened, beads of sweat trickling down

bright and unflinching, undeterred by the blood staining her

of kids they prefer in orphanages?”

mute, the torment of his fractured

won’t even feed bread

his eyes shut against

with a darkness that matched his

Maggie teased, holding out a bag

the allure of the hot, fragrant buns, even though he

mind, 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

forever be just a thief. But with a few nice words, I’ll gladly hand them over. I might even consider bringing

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

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

purchased five buns, and two

words of kindness might convince her to hand over

had vanished for five days, and every cent in his pocket came from his hard–earned job.

gnawed

how to plead for help, but in the blink of an eye, she rose and tossed the last two

she/bid

chuckled softly, marveling at her resilience.