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

Chapter 344 Chi Yu: More Money

After Su's mother took Chi Yu to the Liang family, other relatives and friends also received the news: Su's real daughter has returned!
Some people sent congratulatory messages to Su's parents by phone, while many others visited in person to find out what was going on.

This situation had already been explained to Chi Yu by her mother when she brought her home, and Chi Yu had been mentally prepared. Even so, Chi Yu was still momentarily taken aback by the Su family's vast social circle.

The mother and daughter spent most of the day receiving guests.

The people who came were either friends of Su's parents or relatives of the Su family. They were all quite particular, and almost none of them came empty-handed; they all brought gifts for Chi Yu.

Chi Yu had never encountered this situation before. She turned to look at Su's mother, her eyes pleading for help.

Like Su's mother, Chi Yu had almond-shaped eyes, clear and bright with upturned corners, making her incredibly beautiful. Su's mother's heart almost melted when she was looked at by such eyes. She smiled and smoothed things over, saying, "These are all the kind gestures from your uncles and aunts. They're all family. Please accept them first, and we'll treat them to a meal another day."

Upon hearing Su's mother's words, Chi Yu immediately understood, smiled and thanked her, then accepted the gift.

In just one afternoon, Chi Yu received so many gifts and red envelopes that they filled a small table.

It's inconvenient to use your phone when entertaining guests.

Chi Yu was busy with social engagements and had no time to think about anything else.

Shen's Building.

It was supposed to be during working hours, but Shen Yanzhi, who is usually very focused, kept taking out his phone to glance at it today.

The message bar on my phone was empty; there was no dough figurine as I had imagined, nor any unread messages.

The man's sharp, cold eyebrows furrowed slightly, his eyes darkening. He pursed his lips, pushed his phone aside, and continued handling official business.

……

In the evening, Su Chengyan and his father went home early from get off work, and everyone sat down at the dining table for dinner.

The Su family did not have a rule of not speaking while eating or sleeping, so Su's mother told them what had happened during the day.

Both of them showed a regretful expression when they heard that Su's mother had brought Chi Yu back to the Liang family today.

Su Chengyan held the chopsticks in his long, slender, fair fingers, and said regretfully, "If I had known, I wouldn't have gone to the company and would have been your driver instead. I haven't visited my grandparents in a while."

Most importantly, if he goes, everyone will know that his younger sister has returned.

“We only met Grandpa and Grandma, my eldest uncle and my second aunt today. The other two uncles were away on business or on a business trip,” said Su’s mother. “Since it’s so close, you can take Yu Yu to visit Grandpa and Grandma anytime you have time next time.”

Su Chengyan nodded, but in his heart he was thinking that next time he had time, he would take Chi Yu to meet his cousins ​​in Beijing, especially his older cousins, who all had very nice personalities and were not much older than Chi Yu. He could ask them to take Chi Yu out to play.

Then Su's mother mentioned who had come to see Chi Yu that afternoon.

After Su's mother finished speaking, Chi Yu added, "I received a lot of gifts and red envelopes today."

Su's father said in a gentle voice, "Just take it if they give it to you."

"So many people came?" Su Chengyan frowned slightly, but instead showed concern for Chi Yu: "Aren't you very tired today?"

"It's alright. Mom sat next to me the whole time, and I didn't say much." Chi Yu had been in Shen Yanzhi's phone for three months, and the only person she faced every day was Shen Yanzhi. She felt that her social and speaking skills had deteriorated.

Meeting so many people today actually helped Chi Yu quickly get used to them and rediscover her former sense of how to be a person.

"But no one should come tomorrow, right?" Chi Yu looked at Su's mother: "Mom, I might not be home tomorrow."

"It's alright, you go about your business. Even if people come, I'll handle the socializing," Su's mother replied, then asked with some curiosity, "Where are you planning to go tomorrow?"

Chi Yu: "I want to go back to my old place and bring some things with me."

Upon hearing that Chi Yu wanted to bring her luggage over, Su's mother was delighted: "I'm not going out tomorrow, so you can use the car and driver as you like!"

Chi Yu didn't stand on ceremony: "Okay, thank you, Mom."

Having a family car to pick her up and drop her off would definitely make things much more convenient for her.

……

The following morning, Chi Yu called his driver and went out.

Chi Yu spent her last semester of university as an internship, and she rented a place outside the university for work convenience.

After her internship ended and she graduated from school, Chi Yu did not return the rented apartment but continued to live there.

Three months have passed in the blink of an eye. Although the rent was paid with a deposit of one month's rent and three months' rent in advance, she suddenly disappeared for three months. It is unknown whether the landlord has cleared out her belongings.

Chi Yu told the driver, Uncle Chen, the address of the rented room.

The rental address is quite remote, in an urban village, and a bit far from the Su family villa.

After driving for nearly an hour, under Chi Yu's direction, the black Rolls-Royce stopped at the entrance of a muddy alley.

After getting out of the car, Chi Yu walked into the alley with practiced ease. Uncle Chen followed closely behind.

When Chi Yu appeared in an old apartment building, the landlord, who had been chatting with his neighbors downstairs, immediately recognized her. His eyes widened in disbelief, and his voice was filled with joy: "Chi Yu, girl?!"

"Aunt Liu, it's me." Chi Yu stopped and greeted the landlady in a friendly manner before explaining her purpose: "Aunt Liu, I'm sorry, something unexpected happened a while ago and I haven't been able to contact you. Are my things still in my room?"

"Yes, yes! Don't worry, all your things are still here for you!" Liu Qinyin replied, patting the wrinkles in her clothes. She couldn't care less about chatting with her neighbor for a moment, and her attention was entirely focused on Chi Yu.

Liu Qinyin is in her fifties and lives with her husband in seven rented apartments in an urban village.

With so many people coming and going in the seven rental buildings every day, she wasn't familiar with Chi Yu at first, until one day when she accidentally fell while buying groceries.

There were many people coming and going at the time, but no one was willing to lend a helping hand. It wasn't until Chi Yu, who was also on her way to the market to buy groceries, passed by and found her that she was taken to the hospital immediately.

At first, Liu Qinyin did not recognize that Chi Yu was one of her tenants. It wasn't until she bumped into him in the tenement building that she immediately recognized him as the kind person who had helped her that day and done a good deed anonymously.

Seeing Chi Yu standing alive and well in front of her, Liu Qinyin was overjoyed. She grasped Chi Yu's hand with trembling hands and said, "During the days you first disappeared, the police came several times to ask about you and your whereabouts. When I heard them say that you had fallen into the sea, my heart almost jumped out of my chest. I didn't want to believe it... How could something happen to someone as good as you!"

Thankfully, God had mercy... Later, my daughter called me and said you were rescued. So I've been waiting here every day. I knew you would come back..."

Chi Yu was surprised that the landlord was sitting there waiting for her, but what made her even happier was that her things were not lost.

Chi Yu said somewhat embarrassedly, "Aunt Liu, I came back this time to pick up my luggage and cancel my lease."

"I know, you've found your biological parents now, haven't you? And they're the richest people here, it's all over the place." Liu Qinyin was happy for Chi Yu: "Those who survive a great calamity are bound to have good fortune in the future. You've already endured all the hardships of this life in the first twenty years, your life from now on will definitely be smooth sailing."

Chi Yu smiled and said, "Thank you for your kind words."

Liu Qinyin knew that Chi Yu's key was definitely gone. She reached into her pocket and took out a separate key strung together with hemp rope, handing it to Chi Yu: "Your room key."

“We only found out about your incident after the police arrived. In the past three months, apart from the few times the police went in during their investigation, I was the only one who went in twice. I turned off the water and electricity in your room, took the food from the refrigerator, and left everything else untouched. You can go up and take a look now.”

As Liu Qinyin spoke, she went upstairs with Chi Yu.

Chi Yu lives on the fifth floor.

After opening the door, just as Liu Qinyin had said, everything in the small single suite was exactly as Chi Yu had left it.

Chi Yu looked around.

Previously, due to limited living standards, she didn't have many belongings in her rented room.

Now that he's back in the Su family, many things are basically useless to Chi Yu now.

Chi Yu took out an empty suitcase and began packing her things.

She packed her clothes and took her personal identification documents, graduation certificate, and degree certificate with her. In fact, the latter was Chi Yu's main purpose in coming back to retrieve her belongings.

After packing a few odds and ends into two large suitcases, Chi Yu stopped.

Upon seeing this, Uncle Chen immediately stepped forward to help Chi Yu carry his luggage.

Liu Qinyin had already come downstairs while Chi Yu was packing her things. When she saw the two of them come down, she was a little surprised: "So fast?"

"Okay." Chi Yu returned the key. "Aunt Liu, here's the key back. Can you calculate how much rent I still need to pay?"

Liu Qinyin put away the key, and upon hearing the second half of Chi Yu's sentence, her eyes widened. She took out a stack of banknotes she had prepared beforehand from under the cashier: "You didn't even stay there, so the room can't be rented out even if it's empty. You don't need to pay. This is the deposit you paid before. Count it."

Although the environment in urban villages is poor, the houses are cheap and affordable. With so many people struggling to make ends meet at the bottom of society, how could they not be rented out?

Chi Yu smiled, neither exposing her nor taking the money: "Then let's leave it at that. We paid one month's deposit and three months' rent in advance. This deposit is just enough for the luggage storage fee for these three months. Thank you, Aunt Liu."

"..."

After putting the two suitcases into the trunk, Chi Yu returned to the car and looked at the scenery and pedestrians rushing past, feeling a little wistful.

Three months ago, she was just one of the passersby walking on the street.

Now, she is about to embark on a new chapter in her life.

The ups and downs of these past three months have been so bizarre, it's like a dream. Chi Yu couldn't help but take out her phone and open her WeChat balance.

Originally, she just wanted to check her savings to make sure that everything that had happened was real.

However, after clicking on it, Chi Yu looked at her long string of numerical balance and thought, "Hmm? Why does my balance seem a little off?"
Why would it start with 2? She should only have a little over a million.

Chi Yu opened her eyes and carefully counted the numbers in her secret stash of money.

Then she realized it wasn't her imagination; the balance was indeed wrong!
How did nearly a million yuan suddenly appear in her account?!

(End of this chapter)