Chi Yu hid inside the phone, watching Shen Yanzhi eat.
The man was focused and meticulous in everything he did—it was true when he was working, and it was true now as he ate.
Assistant Chen sat across from Shen Yanzhi.
He had been working for Shen Yanzhi since graduating from university and was one of his trusted aides.
While eating, Assistant Chen quietly reported work matters to Shen Yanzhi.
Shen Yanzhi responded occasionally.
After finishing his meal, Shen Yanzhi returned to his office to rest.
As he placed the phone in his pocket, Chi Yu once again saw the [Charging] notification appear on the phone screen.
When Shen Yanzhi took the phone out of his pocket, the notification quickly disappeared.
Back in his office, Shen Yanzhi chose not to continue working but instead sat on the sofa to relax and rest.
He casually placed the phone on the coffee table.
Chi Yu watched him quietly, feeling this man really didn’t seem to like using his phone much. It was almost as if he had some kind of compulsion—if there was a place to put the phone down, he absolutely wouldn’t let it stay on his person for even one extra minute.
Trapped in the lock screen, Chi Yu could only pass time by boredly staring at the ceiling or at Shen Yanzhi.
She didn’t notice that the man, whose expression had been composed just moments before, now furrowed his brow slightly, as if suppressing something.
The office had a separate rest room. When Shen Yanzhi went inside to rest, Chi Yu’s position shifted from the coffee table to the bedside table.
Chi Yu wept inwardly: “…” Ah, to have transmigrated into a phone and not even be able to use it freely—she was probably the most down-and-out member of the entire transmigration army.
At three in the afternoon, Shen Yanzhi convened a meeting with the company’s senior management, something already scheduled by his secretary.
As he left the office, he said to Assistant Chen: “Have the tech department check my office.”
His tone was flat. After leaving this seemingly offhand remark, he strode away.
Assistant Chen, left behind, wore a grave expression and immediately took the matter seriously.
For President Shen to say such a thing clearly meant… he had sensed something abnormal, or rather, he felt his office was no longer secure!
How was that possible!
Who would dare tamper with President Shen’s office!
Assistant Chen immediately messaged the tech department, instructing them to come over at once.
Chi Yu, in the pocket, also heard Shen Yanzhi’s words. She too was curious and puzzled—what was wrong with Shen Yanzhi’s office? She had been watching him for several hours and hadn’t noticed anything unusual in the office, though it was possible she had simply missed it.
Chi Yu didn’t dwell on it too much.
Although she had transmigrated into Shen Yanzhi’s phone, whether Chi Yu or Shen Yanzhi, their current relationship was no different from strangers.
Chi Yu’s attention was captured by something else.
When Shen Yanzhi went to the meeting, he had put her in his pocket.
This time, Shen Yanzhi didn’t place the phone on the table.
With the phone in his suit jacket pocket, the dark screen displayed [Charging] as before.
And then, even smaller text flickered into view: 1%
Chi Yu’s heart jumped.
This was definitely not normal charging!
Curious, she moved closer, accidentally touching the 1% beneath [Charging]. Then an option appeared before Chi Yu:
[Exchange for Human Form for 0.1 minutes?]
[Yes]
[No]
If Chi Yu had a physical body, she would definitely have widened her eyes in shock.
Human form?
Was it what she thought it meant?
Chi Yu was eager to try, even if only for six seconds.
Fortunately, reason pulled her back. Chi Yu stared fixedly at the first option for a long while before reluctantly choosing [No].
She was currently in Shen Yanzhi’s pocket. The meeting room held not only the big boss Shen Yanzhi but also other company executives.
She didn’t know if clicking the other answer would send her directly back to her own body, give her a new body, or result in something else entirely.
Without being certain what this meant, Chi Yu had to be cautious.
It had to be said, the existence of this option suddenly showed Chi Yu a new turning point and hope!
She discovered that whenever she touched that numerical value, the option would pop up again.
When her gaze fell on those three words [Charging], Chi Yu no longer felt they were cold, emotionless text. Instead, the more she looked at them, the more endearing and pleasant they became.
Moreover, Chi Yu had a new hypothesis about this charging state.
All three times this state appeared were after Shen Yanzhi put the phone in his pocket.
It was highly likely that Shen Yanzhi himself was the medium causing the phone to display ‘Charging’. The longer the phone stayed in his pocket, the higher this power value would climb, and consequently, the longer the human form time she could exchange for!
Chi Yu noted the time and waited patiently. About ten minutes later, the original 1% value flickered and changed to 2%.
Chi Yu eagerly touched it and saw:
[Exchange for Human Form for 0.2 minutes?]
[Yes]
[No]
Exactly!
Her guess was correct!
Chi Yu could hardly contain her excitement and couldn’t help rolling around several times inside Shen Yanzhi’s phone.
When she first discovered she had transmigrated into a phone, Chi Yu hadn’t felt dejected or desperate, but upon finding she could turn back into a human, she nearly lost her composure.
Since waking up, she had been forcing herself to accept and adapt to the fact that she had become a phone, not daring to imagine she could actually become human again.
At this moment, the emotions rising in Chi Yu’s heart were no less than massive waves suddenly surging on the ocean surface—perhaps even more turbulent and fierce.
Shen Yanzhi, sitting at the head of the meeting table, suddenly paused. He reached into his pocket and took out the inexplicably hot phone.
He frowned slightly, placed the phone on the table, then continued with the meeting.
Chi Yu, having lost her precious charging pocket: … Miscalculation!!!
She had forgotten she and the phone were one now. Her overly active mental state caused the phone to run on overload, making the motherboard heat up.
Clutching that pitiful 0.2-minute duration, she silently cried herself to despair inside the phone.
The meeting lasted nearly an hour and a half. After everyone else left, only Shen Yanzhi and Assistant Chen remained in the vast meeting room.
Chi Yu stared longingly at Shen Yanzhi, hoping he would put the phone back in his pocket.
Shen Yanzhi, completely unaware, looked up at Assistant Chen.
Without waiting for Shen Yanzhi to speak, Assistant Chen already understood his meaning.
Assistant Chen set down what he was organizing and pushed up his glasses: “President Shen, the tech department has thoroughly checked your office three times, inside and out, and found no problems.”
Shen Yanzhi was extremely meticulous in both private and professional matters.
Assistant Chen expected that after hearing this result, the big boss would summon the tech department to question them personally. Unexpectedly, his expression remained unchanged, as if he had anticipated this all along, and he simply nodded: “Mm.”
As if his instruction to have the tech department check his office had been merely a passing whim.