CHAPTER 896: CHAPTER 896: THEY THINK WE’RE MOTHER AND SON

The couple just now had dull and sallow skin, and there wasn’t a trace of resemblance between them and the child, they didn’t look like his biological parents at all.

"Little boy, do you remember your parents’ contact details?" Ann Vaughn took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the dirt off the little baby doll’s face, asking softly.

The little baby doll shook his head, his expression forlorn, "Daddy’s not here, Mommy is also..."

While speaking, he sneakily glanced at Ann Vaughn, and when he saw her looking, he shyly pouted and took a while to softly say thanks, "Thank you, pretty sister, sister is so kind."

Turns out this child’s parents are both gone...

Ann Vaughn looked at him tenderly, patting his head, and held his hand to help him stand up, "Sister will take you to see a doctor first, kids shouldn’t delay when they’re sick, otherwise it will become more serious."

Just as she finished speaking, Ann Vaughn suddenly froze.

Wait a minute...

How did she first notice that this child had caught a cold and had a slight fever?

"Hmm!" The little baby doll nodded vigorously, his face flushed with the cold, looking especially adorable.

Ann Vaughn immediately put aside her previous question, asked passersby for the location of the nearest clinic, and took the little baby doll there.

During the injection, Ann Vaughn held his little hand by the side, telling him stories to distract his attention.

In the same clinic room, other kids cried their throats almost hoarse when getting injections, but the little baby doll didn’t make a sound, occasionally offering Ann Vaughn a shy smile.

After the injection was done, Ann Vaughn carried the little baby doll to a bed to rest.

"Now, when you’re sick, you need to rest well to get better quickly, sister will tell you a story so you can sleep, okay?"

The little baby doll shook his head vigorously, looking anxious, "My mommy disappeared while I was sleeping, I don’t want to sleep, when I wake up sister will also be gone."

Turns out this child’s mother wasn’t gone, but ran away?

Ann Vaughn instantly felt even more sorrowful, holding the little baby doll’s pale arms, comforting him, "Sister won’t leave, you sleep well, I promise I’ll be here when you wake up."

"Promise?" The little baby doll stared at her, as if afraid she’d disappear in the blink of an eye.

"Hmm! Let’s pinky promise!" Ann Vaughn smiled softly, extending her hand to him.

After the pinky promise, the little baby doll finally closed his eyes to sleep contently.

Looking at the adorable sleep face before her, Ann Vaughn couldn’t help but recall Kressiel once said she had a son.

Initially, she felt nothing but unease and confusion about it, but now looking at this child, a sense of expectancy stirred within her.

"Ah!" Ann Vaughn muttered in frustration, she had actually forgotten to ask Kressiel for her contact information!

In fact, even if she remembered earlier, she hadn’t had the opportunity to ask.

After all, she was constantly surrounded by Warren Vance’s spies.

Now she could only take it one step at a time.

By late afternoon, Ann Vaughn returned to the clinic with a bag of food.

Just then, she happened to run into the little baby doll running out with red eyes. He took a few steps back, almost tripping.

Ann Vaughn quickly pulled him back, crouched down with a lingering fear, and asked, "Why didn’t you rest well in bed?"

The little baby doll looked dejected, uneasily staring at the floor, "I thought, thought sister was gone."

Ann Vaughn’s heart suddenly ached, as if possessed, her nose tingling with emotion.

She never considered herself to be a soft-hearted person, otherwise she wouldn’t have left Gothasen without looking back.

But facing this child, her heart couldn’t harden no matter what.

"I won’t disappear." Ann Vaughn wiped his red eyes gently, speaking softly, "I just went out to get you food, but I didn’t know what you liked to eat, so it took a bit longer."

The little baby doll immediately hugged Ann Vaughn, rubbing against her neck and in a sweet voice said, "Thank you, sister."

Ann Vaughn smiled lightly, "You’re welcome."

After a cozy dinner, Ann Vaughn took out a map bought at a convenience store, laying it out on the little baby doll’s hospital bed.

"Sister, what’s this?"

"World map." Ann Vaughn made space for him on one side, "I’m leaving here tomorrow, but I haven’t decided where to go yet."

After a while without a response from the little baby doll, Ann Vaughn curiously looked over at him.

The little baby doll was tightly twisting his hands, his small lips pursed tightly, looking anxious.

Only then did Ann Vaughn suddenly realize, she was leaving here, what about this child?

A child with no parents, especially with such adorable pale looks, in a place with chaotic law and order, would undoubtedly attract attention.

That couple wouldn’t be the first to want to harm him, nor would they be the last.

"Would you... want to leave here with me?" Though not hopeful, Ann Vaughn still asked.

The little baby doll’s dull eyes instantly lit up like stars, nodding like a pecking chick, "I want to!"

Ann Vaughn couldn’t help but laugh, though she felt as if possessed, unable to see her future, yet daring to interfere with someone else’s future.

If she let herself heartlessly leave this child, she couldn’t bear it.

Remembering this made Ann Vaughn feel extremely pitiful, she didn’t even know what she had done before, what she relied on to live, who gave her the courage to adopt a child?

Taylor Swift?

After hesitating for a long time, Ann Vaughn decided to first inform the child clearly, "Following me might be tough in the future, you..."

"I’m not afraid of hardship!" The little baby doll hugged Ann Vaughn’s arm, his voice sweet, "I like sister, if sister can be my mommy, there’ll definitely be more sweetness than hardship!"

What’s it like to be coddled by such a soft and cute Little Dumpling?

Ann Vaughn suddenly felt energized!

Even if she has less to eat later, she’d definitely never let this child go hungry!

"By the way, I haven’t asked you yet, what’s your name?" Ann Vaughn held back the excitement overwhelming her heart, gently asking him.

The little baby doll lifted his head with a bright smile, "My name is Jasper Vaughn, Vaughn like ephemeral clouds, Jasper for elegance, Vaughn for scenery."

That’s the name given to him by the person he loves most.

It means hoping he can be carefree and elegant like fleeting clouds, unrestricted, but everything he sees and gains will be beautiful landscapes in his heart.

Upon hearing this, Ann Vaughn’s breath hitched, "Your last name is Vaughn too?"

Wow, what a heavenly fate??

"Hmm!" Kenny gave a big bright smile.

"That’s great!" Ann Vaughn gently rubbed his soft cheeks, "When we go out in the world, people will hear our names and think we’re really mother and son."

Kenny thought that’s the truth, they really were biological mother and son.

But he couldn’t tell Ann Vaughn this.