Fix DeepSeek multi-turn chat breaking with reasoning_content error

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Multi-turn conversations with DeepSeek V4 were completely broken — the second message always failed with "reasoning_content must be passed back to the API". The first message goes through fine, but as soon as you reply it errors out.

The issue is that ContentDelta had no field for reasoning_content, so it got dropped during stream deserialization. The stored assistant message had no reasoning_content, and when that message got included in the next request, DeepSeek rejected it because the field it originally sent was missing. Classic round-trip fidelity bug.

Fixed by adding ReasoningContent to ContentDelta, threading it through ChatRequestMessage and the chatRequestMessageJSON wire struct with proper marshal/unmarshal, and setting it on the stored assistant message after stream completion. Field is omitempty so it has zero effect on providers that don't use it.

Verified by running a multi-turn DeepSeek V4 conversation — follow-up messages go through cleanly now.

Fixes #3266

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OpenAI request messages now support reasoning_content during JSON serialization and deserialization. Streaming content deltas can carry optional reasoning content. Stream processing accumates non-empty reasoning deltas and stores the combined text in assistant and partial messages. Existing visible text and tool-call handling remain unchanged.

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This localized change preserves DeepSeek reasoning content across multi-turn requests without affecting providers that do not use the field. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 1 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the DeepSeek multi-turn reasoning_content failure and the fix. It accurately summarizes the main change.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the reasoning_content round-trip failure, the implemented propagation and storage changes, and the verification performed.
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In `@pkg/aiusechat/openaichat/openaichat-backend.go`:
- Around line 163-165: Update extractPartialTextMessage to include
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