Caught in a chaotic situation, she is doted on by six villainous sons.

Chapter 138 They are not Jiang Liwu's boyfriends

A look of doubt rolled across Shang Tingyan's eyes. He tensed his jaw, focused intently, and even stopped breathing.

Jiang Liwu couldn't ignore the fact that Cui Yunye was still in a wheelchair, and she finally asked, "Xiaoye, your legs..."

Her hand covered Cui Yunye's knee, her eyes filled with tenderness and a surge of self-reproach and guilt.

She was being too naive, thinking that one turning point in her life would completely change Cui Yunye's fate.

Knowing that Jiang Liwu had misunderstood, and seeing her heartbroken because of him, Cui Yunye's heart softened, ached, and panicked. He hurriedly explained, "No, don't be sad, I'm fine, really, my leg is perfectly fine, I can run and jump. My stepmother knows that the injury wasn't serious at the time, and you can't even see the scar now, look." He forcefully pounded his leg and pulled up his trouser leg to his knee to prove it.

The exposed feet showed no signs of atrophy. They were strong, long, and powerful, with firm, smooth muscle curves, incredibly well-built, and brimming with vitality, proving that Cui Yunye was not lying.

Jiang Liwu breathed a slight sigh of relief, but she was still uneasy. "Then why are you sitting up here...?"

If nothing's wrong, as he says, why would he come to see her in a wheelchair?

“Sometimes it’s a bit unruly.” Cui Yunye didn’t intend to hide it, and he couldn’t hide it anyway.

The physical wounds have healed, but the gloom lingers, and the emotional damage seems impossible to heal.

He wasn't the only child who was to be mutilated by Caisheng back then; those images haunted Cui Yunye like a nightmare, and he could never forget them.

So even after he recovered, he still hallucinated that his leg was crippled and that one of his eyes was blind and unable to see.

When he suddenly starts walking normally, his legs feel as if they have lost the support of the leg bones and all the strength has been drained away. Every muscle and blood vessel in his legs is in excruciating pain, causing him to kneel down.

Therefore, he will need a wheelchair.

He could have seen Jiang Liwu sooner, but when he received Yu Zaiyan's message, even just four words, he became so excited that he lost control. Because he was too anxious, his legs couldn't keep up with his body's movements and he instantly lost the ability to move. No matter how much he struggled, it was to no avail, so he had no choice but to let his subordinates push him over.

In fact, this was the first time his subordinates had seen him like this in all these years. In the past, when he lost the strength in his legs, he was always calm and composed. He might have looked pale and sweaty because of the bloody nightmares he had as a child, but he would never be so disheveled and anxious, even hating himself for being useless and desperately thinking that he would crawl over no matter what.

"But now, it will be completely healed." Because the person who could truly heal the wounds in his legs, his heart, and his spirit has returned.

"Stepmother, help me up." Cui Yunye smiled. He had a tough, handsome, and unapproachable face, which was particularly fierce, but at this moment his smile was surprisingly good-looking, as if he were exuding the scent of orange juice and mint.

Jiang Liwu's face also broke into a warm smile, "Okay."

With the help of her arm, Cui Yunye got up and went from feeling a little unsteady to standing firmly.

He could clearly feel his legs burning slightly as a continuous stream of power was being injected into them, as if flesh and blood were growing wildly.

Releasing Jiang Liwu's support, Cui Yunye walked around her with increasing ease and strength, saying, "Look, my leg is perfectly fine."

Jiang Liwu looked at him with a doting smile, and this time she was truly relaxed.

Cui Yunye suddenly reached out and hugged her tightly, this time with a bit more force, as if to convey his longing. He lowered his eyelashes, his eyes filled with a myriad of emotions, and then slowly closed his eyes.

"Stepmother, I have listened to you and lived a good life. I sleep on time every day, eat well, and exercise."

Jiang Liwu could clearly feel the bulging muscles of Cui Yunye hidden under his clothes; he was definitely a male mother.

In fact, his personality doesn't match his appearance. You might think he's rebellious and quick to anger, as fierce and menacing as the scar on his eye, but actually he's the most obedient, sensible, and soft-hearted one. Despite being the youngest of the brothers, he's the most mature. As the younger brother, he knows how to take care of his older brothers and comforts them in his own way, who have also lost Jiang Liwu.

"Stepmother, would you like to try my cooking?"

Jiang Liwu hugged him back and said with a smile, "It's an honor, and I'm really looking forward to it."

Cui Yunye is a very proactive person. Even though he was reluctant to part with Jiang Liwu for a short time, he still went to the ingredient warehouse to select ingredients himself.

Shang Tingyan's figure blocked the eggplant he was about to take, and Cui Yunye paused for a moment. "I wonder what advice Mr. Shang has for me?"

Actually, he noticed Shang Tingyan when he left the ward. The other man seemed to be thinking about something and followed him all the way.

Aside from business dealings, they didn't have much real-life interaction.

The gaming industry is booming, and Cui Yunye is a gaming giant. Every game under his company makes a fortune, especially Dawn of the Promise, which has truly become a game for everyone. As a skilled investor and holding company, Shang Tingyan naturally wouldn't miss out on this opportunity, as he owns a small portion of Cui Yunye's company.

Don't underestimate this small portion of shares; even just one percent is worth 30 billion.

"I heard you call Jiang Liwu 'stepmother'?" Shang Tingyan helped Cui Yunye put the eggplant into the vegetable basket.

Cui Yunye stared at the eggplant for a few seconds. Shang Tingyan must be a good cook; the eggplant was a good choice. He didn't refuse his kindness and went to the seafood section to catch shrimp and crab with a net. "Mr. Shang is curious about my relationship with my family?"

"Family." Shang Tingyan repeated, this time not relating it to romantic relationships, because he noticed that Jiang Liwu's interactions with the people in the ward weren't overly inappropriate. "You mean relatives?"

Cui Yunye gave Shang Tingyan a strange look, but thankfully he was patient. "Is there a problem?"

There's a problem, a huge problem. Cui Yunye didn't refute it and admitted to being related to her. Shang Tingyan's Adam's apple bobbed. "Then Fu Siyue, Wei Xifeng, Si Mocheng, and Yan Wenyu and Yu Zaiyan aren't Jiang Liwu's boyfriends either?"

Cui Yunye looked at Shang Tingyan as if he were looking at a madman spouting outrageous nonsense, his expression indescribable. "What nonsense are you talking about?"

At that time, the oldest was eight years old and the youngest was four years old. Did Shang Tingyan expect them to develop any inappropriate relationship with his stepmother?

I reckon the stepmother never hits her children, but she'll probably hang them up to discipline them, for fear they'll go down a path of immorality.

Who told you they were boyfriend and girlfriend?