After her identity was stolen, she lived in the short-lived villain's phone.

Chapter 320 The Two of Us Alone
Chi Yu and the other two knew who the attending doctor was referring to.

Thinking of the terrible things the other family members had done, all three of them tacitly remained silent.

Now, Shen Yanzhi sits on the hospital bed receiving an IV drip, his once sharp and cold face now softened, revealing a gentler side.

Su Chengyan was still worried about the phone that Shen Yanzhi had dropped in the river. He asked Chi Yu to stay with Shen Yanzhi in the hospital room while he went to the river to check on it.

Shen Yanzhi didn't have a spare phone, and he was on an IV drip. If Chi Yu left with him, Shen Yanzhi wouldn't be able to find anyone to help him later.

Chi Yu nodded in agreement.

Before leaving, Su Chengyan added with concern, "If anything happens, remember to call me."

Chi Yu felt that Su Chengyan sometimes treated her like a child who couldn't take care of herself, but this feeling of being cared for by family was quite novel.

Chi Yu nodded: "Okay."

The two said goodbye in the corridor. After Su Chengyan turned and left, Chi Yu took a deep breath and pushed open the door to enter the ward.

Shen Yanzhi sat quietly on the bed, a thin blanket covering his lower body. When he saw someone come in, he subconsciously looked up and found that only Chi Yu had come in. Shen Yanzhi asked in confusion, "Where is Brother Yan?"

“My older brother went to the river…” Chi Yu looked at the aloof young man sitting in the ward, his attitude polite yet somewhat distant: “If you need any help, you can tell me.”

Shen Yanzhi nodded: "Okay."

Chi Yu turned around and closed the ward door, her expression slightly unnatural.

This was the second time Chi Yu had been alone with Shen Yanzhi since she became human.

This was also the first time the two of them were alone in a space after Chi Yu's identity was exposed.

The VIP private ward was large and spacious, but Chi Yu felt the space was cramped and somewhat awkward.

However, thinking of Shen Yanzhi's life-saving grace today, Chi Yu quietly moved to the bedside.

Shen Yanzhi had been watching her with a natural expression. Only after she moved closer did he speak in a low voice:
"Yu Yu,"

"that……"

In the quiet ward, two voices suddenly rang out at the same time.

Chi Yu raised her head and met Shen Yanzhi's gaze.

The two spoke at the same time, each saying only two words, but at least they broke the silence in the ward.

Chi Yu assumed Shen Yanzhi needed her help with something, so she politely declined, saying, "You go first, what do you want to say?"

"Hmm," Shen Yanzhi responded, then uttered the three words that had been brewing in his heart for a long time: "I'm sorry."

A straightforward apology, without any beating around the bush.

Chi Yu was stunned. Before she could react, Shen Yanzhi spoke again: "It's my fault. I didn't protect the phone and put you in danger. This is my first apology to you. Secondly, I still want to apologize to you. Actually, I knew your identity a long time ago, but I kept it from you."

Chi Yu was stunned. She never expected that Shen Yanzhi would apologize to her.

And it was an apology in person.

Don't underestimate the simple phrase "I'm sorry." Few people actually say it when they realize they've made a mistake in a serious matter.

In this world, there are more people who know they are wrong but stubbornly refuse to admit it. People usually value self-esteem and face more than anything else.

Chi Yu's initial unfamiliarity with Shen Yanzhi vanished instantly.

She realized that the Shen Yanzhi standing before her was exactly the same Shen Yanzhi she had met and learned about through their phone conversations—he hadn't changed at all. Her initial unease and awkwardness vanished, replaced by a sense of peace and openness.

Chi Yu looked back at Shen Yanzhi with clear eyes: "I'm the one who should apologize. I'm sorry for lying to you for so long."

Before she could finish speaking, Shen Yanzhi immediately replied, "It's alright."

Then he immediately followed up with, "Have you forgiven me?"

Chi Yu nodded: "I wasn't angry to begin with."

Between her and Shen Yanzhi, she was the one who deceived him first.

She had always relied on Shen Yanzhi and his phone to survive, and Shen Yanzhi had never taken anything from her.

Unexpectedly, the secret she had kept hidden in her heart and was most afraid of being discovered by Shen Yanzhi was suddenly revealed in just a few words.

Moreover, Shen Yanzhi's reaction was unexpectedly calm and tolerant.

Chi Yu breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but say more: "You should know more about what happened to me."

“I was originally a human being. I was tricked by Chen Jiazhi into going on a cruise ship to relax, and in the end, she pushed me off the deck that she had tampered with.”

"When I regained consciousness, I was already inside your phone. At first, I was afraid of being discovered by you, so I hid."

"You basically know what happened next."

After Chi Yu finished speaking, Shen Yanzhi's expression hardened: "So, you yourself don't know why you ended up in my phone?"

“I didn’t know at first, but I found out later. One night, while I was sleeping on your phone, I had a dream…” Chi Yu was prepared and repeated what she and Su Chengyan had said before.

She concealed Chen Jiazhi's rebirth and the wicked system, only picking out some information about the system novice to tell Shen Yanzhi.

Shen Yanzhi listened very attentively to the matter concerning the mobile phone spirit.

He had a high level of trust in the phone spirit and a very strong bias against it. Now that the phone spirit has become a person, Shen Yanzhi's trust and bias have all shifted to Chi Yu.

This was the first time the two of them were alone together, and they didn't expect to have such a pleasant conversation.

Shen Yanzhi received the IV drip with one hand, and even his aversion to the hospital room disappeared.

Seeing that he seemed to be in a good mood, Chi Yu asked curiously, "What about you? When did you find out my identity? Was it the time I transformed into a human and dragged you out of the car?"

"I suppose so." Shen Yanzhi thought about it carefully and voiced his suspicions about the phone spirit that he had long ago.

Hearing Shen Yanzhi's thought process, Chi Yu was greatly surprised.

She herself didn't realize that she had quietly given herself away quite a few times without noticing.

No wonder Shen Yanzhi didn't suspect anything even when she felt like her disguise was about to be exposed later on. It turns out he indirectly became her helper in concealing her identity!

Noticing the vivid expression on Chi Yu's face, a smile flashed across Shen Yanzhi's eyes: "However, it was indeed when I saw you that I truly became certain of your identity."

"Hmm." Chi Yu snorted lightly, "I lied to you before, and then you lied to me too, deliberately playing me for a fool. So, we're even."

Shen Yanzhi, who was originally in a good mood, gradually pursed his lips after hearing the words "even things out".

For some reason, he didn't quite like those two words applied to him and Chi Yu.

But for a moment, he couldn't find any other suitable excuse, so he could only pretend not to hear it, his gaze falling on his left hand receiving the IV drip, and forcibly change the subject: "I think... my hand is a little cold."

One update today. Goodnight. I'll revise it again the day after tomorrow if I have time.