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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

Leo’s mind of the moments when Maggie had been his saviour.

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

you keep getting yourself into trouble?” she asked,

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

he found her naivety and acquiescence

Food

a cold

lips, arching an eyebrow as she observed. She commented, “Stubborn as a

beads of sweat trickling

eyes bright and unflinching, undeterred by the blood

know what kind of kids they

torment of his fractured bones engulfing his mind.

bread crusts to children like you,” Maggie

his teeth, squeezing his eyes shut against the pain.

out from the rest, a girl with a darkness that matched

out a bag of warm

couldn’t deny the allure of the hot, fragrant buns, even

if he could grab the buns in his current condition, but the girl caught on with just one look. “Thinking

But with a few nice words, I’ll

handle a twig, let alone a blade or

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

buns, and two

might convince her

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

gnawed with hunger

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

she/bid politely, yet

actions, Leo chuckled softly, marveling