Quick Transmigration and Childbirth: The Target is Not Human

Xia Yangyang dared not nod, much less argue, because if she knew that her son had run into such a dangerous place, she might be even angrier than Victor.

Xia Yangyang held up three fingers: "He will never go to such a dangerous place again. I swear on my life."

Unfortunately, Ian couldn't see the situation clearly; he only sensed his father's aggressive tone.

She pried open the hand covering her mouth and protested, "I ran in there myself, it's not Mom's fault, she was trying to protect me!"

After saying that, he patted Xia Yangyang's hand reassuringly.

Victor finally shifted his attention from Xia Yangyang to the little one at his feet.

He squatted down, his face calm and even smiling, but only Xia Yangyang knew that this was a sign that he was truly angry.

Xia Yangyang sensed something was wrong and grabbed Ian's hand, trying to pull her son behind her, but Victor held his small body down.

Victor's large, thick hands pressed down on Ian's entire left shoulder.

"You acknowledge... 'her' as your mother?" Victor gestured with his chin towards Xia Yangyang.

Ian was a little intimidated, but he still tried to meet her gaze: "A mother is a mother."

Victor laughed, patting his small, fragile shoulder repeatedly, pressing down on him so hard he could barely stand.

He suddenly lowered his voice and leaned close to his son's fin: "Do you want me to tell you again the story of how I saved you from the human dissection table?"

Ian's face turned deathly pale.

He looked pleadingly at his father as if recalling some terrifying memory, while Victor began to speak.

Xia Yangyang was able to learn about the perilous situation at the time in great detail from this place.

But what kind of father would repeatedly dredge up such terrifying memories for his child? Just to teach the child a lesson and make them forever wary of humans?

This is far too cruel.

At the very least, she wouldn't allow that to happen to Ian.

"Enough, Victor!" Xia Yangyang covered Ian's ears, his little body trembling violently. "If you're angry, take it out on me! Why are you scaring our son? He doesn't remember anything from when he was little!"

Victor wouldn't listen.

To be precise, he wanted to pass on his pain and hatred to his son.

His morbid obsession made him completely unaware that it would ruin Ian.

With undeniable force, Victor pried Xia Yangyang's hands apart one by one, his deep green eyes fixed on Ian, whose face had lost all color.

"Tell me now, do you still acknowledge her as your mother?"

"..."

"She hid the Heart of the Ocean inside your body. What mother, besides a human, would do such a thing?"

Xia Yangyang was furious at these words.

She explained it countless times, whether she was crying, arguing, or acting out of her mind...

"Victor, you clearly haven't figured anything out! I've explained it countless times: Ian was born with congenital heart failure, and only the Heart of the Ocean can save him, only the Heart of the Ocean can! Besides, he was so weak back then; if he left the culture medium, he would die even for a moment!"

Victor grinned sinisterly, like a snake flicking its purplish-black tongue: "Even with a heart failure, it should be born in its mother's womb like other fish. Why would it end up in a human incubator?"

Xia Yangyang choked on her words: "..."

Victor, seizing the opportunity, said quietly, "Could it be an experimental subject?"

So that's where the problem lies.

It felt like my Ren and Du meridians had been opened up.

She should have explained, but when she opened her mouth, she found herself unable to explain.

Experimental subject...? She did want to have a child using human technology, but that was because they were completely unable to conceive naturally, with a probability as low as zero.

But even at such a low level... can she really entrust such an important life to humans and let them nurture it?

Xia Yangyang couldn't speak and pursed her lips.

Her silence made Ian's face turn even paler. He glanced at his mother, then at the tiger head toy his mother had sewn by hand.

She pulled her hand away from her mother's.

My mother said that on land, to prevent children from being harmed by evil spirits, mothers would embroider tigers on their children's clothes and shoes.

This is done to scare away evil spirits and diseases, so that children can grow up healthy and safe.

Having finally brought his heartless son back to the right path, Victor's anger subsided considerably.

She disdainfully picked up the tiger-head toy he was holding with two fingers and threw it far away: "Go back to your palace and play."

Ian lowered his head and ran to pick it up without saying a word.

Xia Yangyang frowned: "Why are you cursing him like that? What did he do?"

"He is mentally unstable and slow-witted."

"Victor, if you can't speak properly, I wouldn't mind taking him back to land, regardless of whether the ocean is full of rotten fish or shrimp!"

Speaking of land...

Victor scoffed, and Ian's face paled: "I don't want to!"

Xia Yangyang looked stunned.

She hadn't expected Ian to react so strongly.

Victor's mood immediately improved, and he leisurely enjoyed Xia Yangyang's bewilderment and confusion.

The tentacles swept over the obedient son.

The little guy climbed into his arms very obediently and familiarly as soon as he touched him.

Victor patted his head gently. "Good son, tell her, would you rather stay in the ocean or on land?"

"I...I, I will always be with my dad."

Ian buried his face in his chest, his voice trembling with sobs, soft and weak, as if he were terrified of something.

Xia Yangyang had a gut feeling something was wrong: [What is Ian afraid of? Did Victor threaten him in some way?]

The system stammered and hesitated, saying, "[I don't know, maybe...maybe it really takes a lifetime to heal from childhood trauma.]"

Victor asked Xia Yangyang for weapons again, but Xia Yangyang refused to give them to him.

He seized on her vulnerability, sneering and stabbing her viciously: "See? You clearly have the ability to protect yourself, yet you refused to protect Ian until the very last moment of his life. Xia Yangyang, you obviously lack the awareness and qualifications to be a mother."

This was said to Ian.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Ian, who was already curled up, snuggled even closer into Victor's arms.

It was as if that was his only haven, and everything else was just a mirage.

Xia Yangyang gritted her teeth and swallowed her anger: "No matter what you say, I won't give it to you."

Now that she and Victor are at odds, that's her last trump card.

She can't just sit here and let herself be slaughtered.

"That's a real shame. Until you hand over your weapon, it's best if Ian stays under my care... As for you..."

Victor grinned triumphantly, his eyelashes fluttering as he swept his gaze over her again, saying, "I'll make you watch as the ocean floods the land, humans... heh heh."

He was vague in his explanation.

He left with a disdainful, arrogant glance, then turned and left with his son in his arms.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to set up a water barrier to prevent her from leaving the inner palace.