Xuemei was at a loss for words for a moment, and her feelings of sympathy for Xiao Niqiu's experiences outweighed her initial disdain for him as a swindler.
Perhaps her words didn't match her true feelings, and she said, "You have hands and feet, why do you have to be a swindler?"
Xiao Niqiu looked at Xuemei, unsure of how to explain to her that, being an itinerant with no background like him, nobody would take him in.
Even the porters at the transportation wharf had to have a clear background. He had no household registration, no family background, and not even a proper name.
Seeing Xiao Niqiu quiet, Xuemei bit the corner of her lip, falling silent as well. Then, as if thinking of something, she asked, "Did you... become a beggar because you got separated from your family?"
She had heard Xiao Niqiu say that he was picked up by an old beggar when he was six, so what was Xiao Niqiu before then? Could he be a lost child when he was so young?
