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

Chapter 381 The Softness Inside the Little Seashell (Bonus Chapter)

Chi Yu is undoubtedly the protagonist today.

She stood beside her father and thanked everyone again for their support today.

The last two tables were filled with parents searching for their relatives. For some reason, they were the last to enter the hotel, so much so that they were still eating when many others had finished their meals.

Upon seeing Mr. Su and Chi Yu arrive, the parents who had been searching for their daughters quickly put down their chopsticks, thanking Mr. Su and congratulating him on finding his daughter.

Chi Yu could clearly sense the envious yet desolate look in the eyes of the parents who were searching for their children when they saw her and Su's mother.

Chi Yu had actually noticed the group of parents searching for their relatives before the court hearing, since they were a group of people holding signs, which was very eye-catching.

However, this morning Chi Yu was surrounded by a crowd, and her most important matter was the court hearing, so she was unable to speak to this group.

Now that they were closer, Chi Yu realized that most of them looked haggard and tired, as if they had been through a lot in life.

Chi Yu noticed that their missing person notices were full of photos of children, both boys and girls. Looking at the content, she realized that these children were about the same age as her!
Most of them were abducted by human traffickers when they were three or four years old, or five or six years old... In other words, these parents searching for their children have been on the road to finding their children for more than ten years!
Looking at the graying hairs on the temples of these parents searching for their relatives, and thinking of Su's mother's recent emotional breakdown, Chi Yu pursed her lips tightly, feeling inexplicably heavy-hearted.

She suddenly realized, belatedly, that while she was struggling alone against the chill of fate and facing life's hardships, someone was deeply missing her.

It wasn't that Su's parents didn't love her, and it wasn't their fault that they couldn't find her; it's just that fate sometimes leaves people helpless.

Like these parents searching for their children, they have tried very hard and have been on the road of searching all these years, but they still haven't found the children they miss day and night.

Perhaps Chi Yu's gaze was too intense, because the parent closest to her smiled at Chi Yu, then pointed to the photo of a three-year-old girl printed on her clothes and said, "This is my daughter, Yin Yin, the same age as you. She was kidnapped by human traffickers when she was three years old, and it's been twenty years now... If she were still alive, she would probably be a young woman like you..."

She looked at Chi Yu, yet it was as if she were looking through Chi Yu at something else, her eyes filled with deep longing and anticipation.

Su's mother came over and chatted with several parents who were searching for their relatives.

Judging from their familiar tone of voice, it was obvious that Su's mother knew them, and they seemed to know each other very well.

After chatting with them for a few minutes, Su's mother walked up to Chi Yu, gently patted her head, and said, "Yu Yu, the reporters will be broadcasting live from the hotel later. Let's use your popularity today to give these parents who are searching for their relatives more exposure, okay?"

Chi Yu nodded: "Mm."

After a moment's hesitation, Chi Yu couldn't help but whisper, "Mom, will they be able to find it this way?"

“Yes, it’s the internet age now. As long as there’s a lot of exposure and more and more netizens see it, we might be able to get some useful clues from them.” Su’s mother, who had also been part of the family searching for their relatives, looked at Chi Yu with reluctance: “Your father and I have to stay here for a while. You want to go back and do your homework, right? I’ll have your older brother take you home.” Chi Yu snapped out of her thoughts, remembering what Shen Yanzhi had told her when he left, and shook her head in refusal: “I don’t need my brother to take me. I’ll go home by myself. I haven’t been out for many days. I want to browse the bookstore before going home.”

Seeing that Chi Yu really didn't want Su Chengyan to take her, and considering that Chi Yu hadn't been out much lately and was probably bored out of her mind, Su's mother thought that Chi Yu was probably bored out of her mind.

She took out her phone from her bag and transferred 500,000 yuan to Chi Yu's WeChat account: "Go shopping more, and buy anything you like."

"Okay, thank you, Mom." Chi Yu gave Su's mother a warm hug.

Su's mother was stunned for a moment.

Chi Yu has always been like a resilient little seashell, seemingly gentle, harmless, and non-aggressive, but at the same time, her hard shell also firmly envelops her, maintaining a certain distance and sense of propriety with everyone in her family.

At this moment, Su's mother suddenly noticed that the small seashell, which had been closed, suddenly opened its hard shell, revealing the soft interior.

Chi Yu walked out of the hotel.

Just now, when Shen Yanzhi left the dining table, he said to her, "I'll wait for you outside."

Chi Yu walked down the steps, but did not see any familiar figures.

She took out her phone and sent a WeChat message to Shen Yanzhi: [I'm out, where are you?]
Almost the instant she sent the message, she received a reply from Shen Yanzhi: [In the car, look up, walk forward.]
Chi Yu subconsciously looked up and took a few steps forward.

A row of cars was neatly parked along the roadside in front of the hotel. In one of the black sedans, a fair hand stretched out from the driver's seat and casually rested on the window, which was very eye-catching.

The slender fingers with distinct joints, and the naturally drooping fingers with their cool white skin under the sunlight, create an aesthetic impact that no hand enthusiast can resist.

Even though Shen Yanzhi in the driver's seat didn't stick his head out, it was as if he knew Chi Yu was looking at his hand, and he moved his slender fingers as if plucking a string on a zither.

Upon seeing this, Chi Yu quickly walked over.

Shen Yanzhi only withdrew his hand when Chi Yu got closer and closer.

　good night

　　(End of this chapter)