"How pitiful."
Zheng Qing immediately felt a surge of sympathy, wondering if he had been too harsh toward an orphan with his previous poor attitude. But then, he realized something was off: "Wait... was his family wealthy before?"
Xiao Xiao shook his head: "Going back three hundred years, the entire Qingcheng Lin's family hasn't produced a single registered wizard."
"Then is his mother from a prominent family, with a rich dowry?" Zheng Qing continued to frown.
"No, she wasn't."
