A genius? I just love studying.

Chapter 98 Clues
Back in class, before he could even sit down, Li Hai impatiently and angrily handed over his phone, saying, "Chen Hui, look."

The phone screen still showed a post from Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book). Chen Hui remembered the poster; he was the same guy who posted the tutorial last time, asking netizens to give his uncle and aunt bad reviews.

I deleted my previous post. Those who know, know. Although I was telling the truth, I was afraid of causing trouble. After all, everyone has seen just how much power that guy has. We ordinary people like us dare not fight against them.

I'm scared, I'm scared.

Many people were already asking why the post was deleted, and the previous post had also garnered a lot of popularity. As soon as this post came out, it immediately aroused the indignation of these people, and the already heated public opinion was stirred up to a new level by this post.

Only by uniting can we defeat those guys.

I refuse to believe there is no justice in this world.

[Please provide the address, ladies! Go and confront them downstairs at their apartment building. We must get justice for the blogger!]

[Don't be impulsive, everyone, or they might sue me for instigation. I didn't say anything!] The poster even came out to reply to a comment.

Don't worry, we'll protect you. My sister is a lawyer!

"This guy deleted all his previous posts, and I thought he had reformed. But I didn't expect him to post something again today. I really want to punch him!"

Li Hai's face turned ashen.

These guys are one thing to cause trouble online, but if they come offline, he's genuinely worried about Chen Hui's safety.

"Why don't you come stay at my place for a while?"

Li Hai said worriedly, "We happen to have an empty bedroom in our house."

"Why go to your house? Report to Teacher An and let Chen Hui stay at school. It's safer at school than at your house."

Liang Peixuan also turned around and offered his advice.

Li Hai, who always liked to argue with Liang Peixuan, surprisingly didn't object. After a moment of silence, he finally nodded, "That's right, boarding school is a good idea!"

He's not stupid. If Chen Hui really moves into his house, netizens will still be able to find Chen Hui, and the things he's worried about will still happen. It might even affect his own family.

Chen Hui didn't respond. Instead, he picked up Li Hai's phone, opened the poster's homepage, and searched for clues.

Nowadays, everyone displays their IP address when browsing the internet, but this poster's IP address is listed as Thailand, while the screenshot of his previous tutorial post clearly shows him in Chengdu. Obviously, he must be using a VPN, which is probably why Uncle Hat can't find him.

Chen Hui did not give up and continued to search for clues that could confirm the poster's identity.

But the other party was cunning; they had deleted all the previous posts, so there was nothing usable left.

Suddenly, Chen Hui saw the poster's profile picture.

Some people like to use cartoon pictures as their profile pictures, while others prefer to use photos. Unfortunately, this poster's profile picture is a photo!
Click on the profile picture to enlarge.

The photo shows blue-purple petals covering the asphalt road, with half of a cast iron carved railing visible at the edge of the lens.

This further confirmed Chen Hui's belief that the photo was taken by the poster himself, rather than being a picture from the internet.

The flower in the photo is a jacaranda, native to South America. It is commonly used as a street tree in cities south of 30° North latitude in China, and is frequently seen in Chengdu, Kunming, and Fujian.

This photo was taken by the person who posted it!

Chen Hui was resolute.

He originally didn't want to waste any more time arguing with them, but since these people still wouldn't let him go, then so be it!
"Li Hai, could you ask Teacher An for leave for me? I'm going to an internet cafe."

After saying that, Chen Hui grabbed Li Hai's phone and rushed out of the classroom. Chen Hui's first choice was naturally Dadi Internet Cafe, but this time he was kicked out. He had no choice but to go to Feiyu Internet Cafe, which was farther away and more expensive.

今年蓉城蓝花楹盛花期是5月7日至14日，与照片EXIF信息记录的5月9日07:17完全吻合。

After importing the photo into his computer, Chen Hui easily obtained the photo's EXIF ​​information, but he didn't know what it was for yet. Chen Hui created a new notepad on his desktop and entered this clue into the notepad.

Zoom in, zoom in!
Chen Hui stared intently at the picture on the computer screen, his gaze finally settling on the railing at the edge of the photo.

Each section of the railing consists of a loop unit composed of "hibiscus flower - wave pattern - Sanxingdui eye-shaped pattern". Chen Hui took a screenshot of the railing and searched for it online.

However, while the internet is convenient, there is also too much and too much information, making it difficult to find the information you need.

However, Chen Hui is patient. He was able to persevere for more than ten years even when his grades did not improve, so he is certainly not lacking in patience.

Behind Chen Hui's unit, number 103, a girl with a ponytail peeked out from beside the screen and looked at Chen Hui.

"Oh, what a coincidence! You've even followed me all the way to Feiyu Internet Cafe?"

Xia Mi glanced at Lin Xiaotang, then at Chen Hui opposite her, her small eyes darting around, looking like she was watching a melon seed.

She had never seen Lin Xiaotang show curiosity about anything else before.

Lin Xiaotang stood up and went behind Chen Hui. After staring at the screen for a moment, she said, "This type of modular railing only appeared in the 2008 Chengdu Old City Renovation Project, and it is distributed in the Huaxi Dam area."

Chen Hui, who was frantically searching for pictures, turned around in surprise and looked at the tall girl who had appeared out of nowhere behind him.

"Look again at the bottom left corner of the photo; there's a reflection there."

Ignoring Chen Hui's astonishment, Lin Xiaotang snatched the mouse from him, opened Meitu Xiu Xiu (a photo editing app), dragged the image in, and after a series of operations to enhance the contrast, a fragmented license plate, "Rong A·L7," emerged from the reflection.

"Jacaranda tree, license plate number, Huaxi Dam, May 9th, 07:17!"

As long as we can find the location where this license plate number appears in Huaxi Dam, we can pinpoint the approximate area where the filming took place!
Chen Hui took out his phone and dialed Wu Huachun's number.

"Principal, I have some leads on the rumor-mongers and I'd like to provide them to Uncle Hat. Could you help me contact them?"

Where did you get the clue?

Wu Huachun was puzzled.

"Clues extracted from the image of the person spreading the rumor."

"???"

Wu Huachun was even more puzzled. What useful clues could be extracted from the profile picture?

However, he still made a special call to Zhou Yu and gave him Chen Hui's contact information.

"clue?"

Zhou Yu frowned as he answered Wu Huachun's call.

What clues could a high school student find?
He had also read some reports about Chen Hui and knew that the kid was a math genius, but math had nothing to do with catching criminals; catching criminals required experience.

Even their experienced cybercrime and criminal investigation experts were stumped, so how could a high school student possibly solve the problem?

However, he eventually dialed Chen Hui's number, firstly to give his teacher face, and secondly because Chen Hui was indeed a victim. They had failed to catch the rumor-mongers, and they needed to give the victims an explanation.

(End of this chapter)