Jane brought Vivian back to their rental house to pack their bags.
Vivian was born with a heart condition that was getting worse by the day. Jane had contacted a doctor and they were going to perform surgery on Vivian as soon as possible.
Looking at Vivian's sweet face, Jane's heart melted.
Five years ago, Jane woke up in a hospital with no memory of anything except her name - Jane - which she found on her ID card in the bedside drawer.
She wandered aimlessly for days like a ghost, not knowing where she came from or where she belonged.
At that time, there was always an inexplicable sadness lingering in her heart that made it hard for her to breathe.
Although she didn't know why she lost her memory, intuition told her that those memories weren't ones she wanted.
So naturally, she stopped trying to retrieve them and moved on from those vague memories of the past.
Jane survived by doing odd jobs and lived simply for one year until one morning when she found an abandoned baby girl in an alleyway, who was Vivian.
Vivian had been abandoned because of her congenital heart disease; perhaps the seriousness of this illness made it too much for whoever left her behind.
Jane lived alone and had no intention of raising a child, but nobody else wanted to adopt Vivian and welfare institutions wouldn't go out of their way to care for such a child, so ultimately what awaited Vivian was death.
Jane didn't have the heart to let Vivian face it. With empathy stirred within herself, she decided to raise this abandoned child and gave her a name "Vivian".
Vivian became very dependent on Jane but also incredibly adorable, making anyone who saw her feel pity towards them both.
Although only four years old now, due to health reasons, Vivian rarely interacted with other children and could not go to school, which meant wherever Jane went, she had to bring Vivian along.
Thus, she could only do multiple part-time jobs everywhere just so they could afford treatment fees.
Jane knew if she stopped working even briefly, then there would be no hope left for Vivian
The surgery cost 800, 000 dollars. Jane thought she needed more time to save up, but she didn't expect someone to give her 500, 000 dollars.
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