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 exacted a toll.

flooded Leo’s mind of the moments when Maggie

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

getting yourself into trouble?” she asked, a touch of exasperation in her

interference, pushing her away as he struggled to stand amidst the pool of blood,

found her naivety

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a cold sweat and forcing

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

of sweat trickling down

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

of kids they prefer in orphanages?” she

mute, the torment of his

bread crusts to children

his teeth, squeezing his eyes

from the rest, a girl with a darkness that matched his own, a

out a bag

the allure of the hot, fragrant buns, even though

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

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

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

quietly tallied how many she devoured.

had purchased five buns, and two remained

might convince her to hand over the last two

for five days, and every cent in his pocket came from his hard–earned job. He was accused of stealing another’s

stomach gnawed with

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

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

past actions, Leo chuckled softly, marveling at her