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.

and every gesture of affection exacted

flooded Leo’s mind of

she possessed a grace that seemed distant yet luminous, akin

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

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

cautious as a leopard, he found her naivety

Food

him, sending him into a cold sweat and forcing him to crumple once

observed. She commented, “Stubborn as

sweat

the determined girl knelt before him, her eyes bright and unflinching, undeterred by

what kind of kids they prefer in orphanages?” she queried.

mute, the torment of his fractured

even feed bread crusts to children

his eyes shut

darkness

out a

hot, fragrant buns,

the buns in his current condition, but the girl

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

can’t even handle a twig, let alone a blade or

Leo quietly tallied how many she devoured. One, two,

had purchased five buns, and two remained untouched.

might convince her to hand over

and every cent in his pocket came from his hard–earned job. He was accused of stealing another’s work and endured a brutal beating.

gnawed with hunger

plead for help, but in the

she/bid politely,

her past actions, Leo chuckled