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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

beer, memories flooded Leo’s mind of

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

yourself into trouble?” she asked, a touch

struggled to stand amidst the pool of blood, snapping. “Stay out of it,

leopard, he found her naivety

Food

sending him into a cold

observed. She commented, “Stubborn

beads of sweat trickling down

him, her eyes bright and unflinching, undeterred

they prefer in

of his fractured bones engulfing his

well–behaved, sensible ones. They won’t even feed bread

teeth, squeezing his eyes shut against the

a darkness that matched his

out a bag of warm

of the hot, fragrant buns, even though he didn’t meet her gaze.

his current condition, but

“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

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

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

five buns, and two

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

pocket came from his hard–earned job. He was accused of stealing another’s work and endured

gnawed with hunger

metallic tang lingered in his throat as he pondered how to plead for help, but in the blink of an eye, she rose and tossed the

out. Farewell, she/bid politely,

actions, Leo chuckled softly, marveling