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

flooded Leo’s mind of the moments when Maggie had been

days, she possessed a grace that seemed distant

she asked, a touch of exasperation in her

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

as a leopard, he found her naivety and acquiescence

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sending him into a cold sweat and forcing him to crumple once again.

she observed. She commented,

glare deepened, beads of sweat trickling down his

her eyes bright and unflinching, undeterred by the blood staining her

they prefer in orphanages?” she

torment of his fractured bones

bread crusts to

gritted his teeth, squeezing his eyes shut against the

girl with a darkness that matched his

Maggie teased, holding out a bag

the hot, fragrant buns, even though he didn’t meet

grab the buns in his current condition, but the girl caught on

a thief. But with a few nice words, I’ll gladly

a twig, let

Leo quietly tallied how many she devoured. One, two, three. Her pace slowed down, showing that

buns, and two remained untouched.

of kindness might convince her to hand

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

gnawed with hunger

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

heading out. Farewell, she/bid

her past actions, Leo chuckled softly,