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

Chapter 396 They're Together
"Su Muyang's WeChat Moments," Shen Yanzhi answered quickly.

He doesn't actually have the habit of checking his WeChat Moments, but after seeing Su Muyang's message, he opened his Moments and liked it.

Shen Yanzhi hadn't actually looked closely at what Su Muyang had posted; he only vaguely recognized from the nine-grid layout that Su Muyang and Chi Yu were eating out.

His gaze fell on another post on Su Muyang's WeChat Moments as he swiped down to the next one.

The photo of Chi Yu, Su Muyang, and Tao Song smiling at the camera, along with Su Muyang's simple and straightforward words, instantly broke Shen Yanzhi's defenses.

He still remembers the shock and disbelief he felt when he first saw Su Muyang's post on WeChat Moments, followed by intense regret and terror.

He immediately unliked the post he had just given to Su Muyang, and after finding out where Chi Yu was, he rushed over.

Shen Yanzhi hated the group photo that Su Muyang posted, but if he hadn't seen Su Muyang's WeChat Moments, he wouldn't have known that Chi Yu was no longer single!

Upon hearing this, Chi Yu immediately realized the problem: "You must have misread it. My brother took a photo of the three of us together. Today's meal was a special treat from Tao Song to thank me for returning the lost money last time."

"impossible,"

Su Chengyan directly posted the words "brother-in-law" on his WeChat Moments; even someone with poor comprehension skills couldn't possibly misread it.

Shen Yanzhi took out his phone to show Chi Yu the post Su Muyang had made on WeChat Moments.

However, after he opened his Moments and scrolled down quite a bit, he still couldn't find the photo that Su Muyang had just posted.

Shen Yanzhi exited the Moments page, opened the chat box with Su Muyang, then clicked on his profile picture to enter his private Moments.

On Su Muyang's WeChat Moments homepage, the two posts that had been published today had inexplicably disappeared, and the latest post was a picture of a family dinner that was posted last Tuesday.

Su Muyang's WeChat Moments signature prominently reads: "Brother-in-law Shen, you can't hit me now that you're talking about my sister."

"..."

Shen Yanzhi paused in his movements.

The anger dissipated instantly.

He seemed to know what was going on.

"How is it?" Chi Yu peeked out slightly.

“It was Su Muyang who did this.” Shen Yanzhi raised his hand and showed Chi Yu his chat history with Su Muyang: “I just received a message from him. He asked me to like his posts on WeChat Moments, saying it was to collect likes. But when I clicked on Moments, I found that he posted two posts. One was about collecting likes, and the other was a photo of the three of you. He said Tao Song was his brother-in-law. I thought you had found a boyfriend.”

"Why did he do this..." Chi Yu's expression suddenly froze as soon as she finished speaking.

She seemed to know what was going on.

Shen Yanzhi was looking down at his phone and didn't notice the expression on Chi Yu's face.

He opened Su Muyang's Moments page again, showed Chi Yu Su Muyang's eye-catching Moments signature, and chuckled, "He probably knows I like you, so he wanted to set us up and deliberately sent it to me. How could I hit him? He helped me so much, making me realize my feelings. I'll ask him what he likes another day. I have to thank him."

Upon hearing Shen Yanzhi's words, a barely perceptible hint of guilt flashed across Chi Yu's eyes.

Su Muyang wasn't helping him at all; he was clearly helping her!

It was definitely because of what she said in the car earlier that Su Muyang somehow guessed that the person she liked was Shen Yanzhi, which led to this whole mess!
Looking at the smile on Shen Yanzhi's face, Chi Yu really didn't know how to explain this misunderstanding.

I recounted my conversation with Su Muyang in the car to Shen Yanzhi, but it seemed... a little embarrassing to say.

Chi Yu couldn't help but feel a little flushed.

Shen Yanzhi put his phone aside, grabbed Chi Yu's hand, and looked down at her intently: "Yu Yu, will you date me?"

Knowing that the whole thing was a prank orchestrated by his brother-in-law and that Chi Yu hadn't actually dated Tao Song, Shen Yanzhi couldn't contain his excitement and joy.

Just now, under the misunderstanding that Chi Yu was already in a relationship, his good manners and upbringing prevented him from forcing Chi Yu to break up. However, his feelings for Chi Yu and his possessiveness made him willing to be Chi Yu's mistress in order to fight for his place.

Now that he knows it was all a misunderstanding, Shen Yanzhi looks at Chi Yu with the same intensity a cat has seen catnip, as if he won't let her leave until she agrees to his request.

Even if it meant sacrificing his personal dignity, he would still cling to her and try to establish their relationship as soon as possible.

Chi Yu raised her eyes and stared intently at Shen Yanzhi.

The two were only a few feet apart. Chi Yu's left hand was still held in Shen Yanzhi's hand. While feeling the other's body temperature, he was also continuously increasing her life points.

Meeting Chi Yu's gaze, Shen Yanzhi remained silent.

His usually calm and composed face was now showing signs of nervousness, and he even slowed his breathing.

The office was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

He was waiting for Chi Yu's reply.

Chi Yu pursed her lips and lowered her eyes in deep thought.

When Shen Yanzhi said those words, Chi Yu felt not only shock and confusion, but also a joy and sweetness that she herself was unaware of. However, from the very first sentence Shen Yanzhi spoke, she realized that his thoughts and hers seemed to be on different wavelengths, so she did not reveal her feelings to avoid any misunderstanding in the end.

After the two of them understood the ins and outs of the matter, there was still one thing that Chi Yu couldn't let go of, and that was her life points.

She relied on Shen Yanzhi to recharge.

Both of them knew this very well.

She and Shen Yanzhi were friends before, and Shen Yanzhi promised to help her recharge and prolong her life. For the past month or so, Shen Yanzhi has been doing a very good job.

Because of his exam preparation, Chi Yu was too busy to do anything else, so he only took from Shen Yanzhi and did not give him anything in return.

But in fact, Chi Yu had already decided in her heart that she would repay Shen Yanzhi in other ways after the exam, such as helping him in business or work without expecting anything in return, or giving him some patents she had researched for free as a thank you gift for Shen Yanzhi’s continued support in educating her.

In this way, it will be a mutually beneficial cooperation between the two parties.

Chi Yu was well aware that if only she benefited, no matter how strong Shen Yanzhi's sense of responsibility was, unilateral profit-taking would always be unstable for her. Only mutual benefit could make their cooperative relationship more lasting and solid.

But once her relationship with Shen Yanzhi changed from friends to lovers.

Chi Yu has never been in a relationship but has seen short videos showing couples who are deeply in love at first but end up in a mess and both are hurt.

If her relationship with Shen Yanzhi also changes in this way, and if their feelings for each other remain good, it will be beneficial to her, regardless of the reason.

But what if their relationship changes in the future and they never speak to each other again?
Life is precious, but love is even more valuable?
Chi Yu cannot put her life behind love.

This is why Chi Yu has never confessed her feelings to Shen Yanzhi, even though she realized she had feelings for him.

Chi Yu frowned slightly.

Shen Yanzhi keenly noticed her expression and immediately said, "Yu Yu, if you have any concerns, you can tell me."

In Shen Yanzhi's heart, he had actually imagined many times what life would be like for the two of them after they got together.

From any perspective, Shen Yanzhi felt that he and Chi Yu would have a bright future.

Even when she wasn't human, he and she got along very well.

Shen Yanzhi was not even afraid that Chi Yu would reject him.

No matter what reason Chi Yu gave for rejecting him, he would listen carefully and then correct all the things she was dissatisfied with about him.

But he was terrified that Chi Yu would remain silent, because then he would have no way of knowing what Chi Yu was thinking.

Just as Shen Yanzhi was repeatedly picking at his own shortcomings and flaws in his mind, trying to make himself more perfect and more pleasing to Chi Yu, Chi Yu spoke up: "Okay, I promise you."

Shen Yan was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed!
His excitement was barely concealed as he leaned forward and pulled the person into a tight embrace.

Shen Yanzhi couldn't help but lower his head and kiss Chi Yu's hair: "Thank you, thank you for agreeing to be my girlfriend."

His embrace was a little strong, and his body trembled slightly. Both of them could smell the faint cool fragrance and sandalwood scent on each other.

Chi Yu lowered her head and buried it in Shen Yanzhi's arms. Her fingers gripped the hem of Shen Yanzhi's clothes, then let go. Her slender fingers traced across his waist, down his back, and slowly hugged Shen Yanzhi back.

Apart from Shen Yanzhi being drunk, Chi Yu never took the initiative to recharge him during any of the subsequent recharge attempts.

This was the first time she had reached out to hug Shen Yanzhi back.

Shen Yanzhi's heart skipped a beat, and he hugged the person even tighter.

The tight fit gave both Chi Yu and Shen Yanzhi a sense of fulfillment and security at this moment, as if something had been missing in a place unknown to either of them, and that it had suddenly appeared and been perfectly filled.

Chi Yu buried her face in Shen Yanzhi's shoulder and nuzzled him: "Thank you too, boyfriend."

Her experiences from childhood have made her hesitant whenever she faces a choice, and she subconsciously weighs the pros and cons.

Whether she liked it or hated it, her first reaction was to suppress it fiercely.

It's hard to muster the courage to speak up about what you like or want, and even if you get it, you can't help but feel a strong sense of unworthiness.

Even when Shen Yanzhi confessed to her just now, although she was very happy and pleased, her first reaction was to back down.

Even though her relationship with Shen Yanzhi hadn't even started yet, she couldn't help but imagine the worst possible outcome.

Chi Yu has just realized this and has successfully overcome this mental state.

It's okay to worry about things that haven't happened yet, but you shouldn't let your emotions control you.

She likes Shen Yanzhi.

She wanted to create a future together with him.

(End of this chapter)