Why did you make me reincarnate?

When Xu Chaoyang returned to school, it was already completely dark.

Just as she parked the car, Ning Qiushuang suddenly received a phone call, her voice sounding somewhat anxious.

"Xu Chaoyang, where are you? Xie Shu and the others found me and said they can't get in touch with you."

"Parking lot. I just went to the TV station to talk to Senior Qiu about something."

"Something's happened on the forum again." Ning Qiushuang spoke quickly: "Someone posted that you abused your power and embezzled the sponsorship money for the Autumn Games. Now the homepage is full of this."

Xu Chaoyang hurried towards the studio. "When was the post published?"

"An hour ago, it showed your sponsorship amount and even your license plate number. It looked pretty real."

Xu Chaoyang remained silent for a few seconds after hearing this; he already knew who it was.

"Don't worry, I'll be right there."

Ning Qiushuang paused for a moment and then said, "Okay, you should hurry back to the studio. I'll be at Sister Rong's place soon."

"What are you doing there?"

"Sister Rong knows people in the internet monitoring department; maybe she can help check the poster's real name information."

Xu Chaoyang frowned slightly, but before he could say anything, Ning Qiushuang spoke up again: "Anyway, I can't sleep at school, so I might as well do something for you."

Sure enough, the sound of a bus arriving at the station came from the other end of the phone, along with Ning Qiushuang's words: "I'm hanging up now, I'll talk to you when I get there."

Xu Chaoyang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized that Ning Qiushuang seemed to have changed a lot recently.

When we first met, she always spoke gently and smiled without showing her teeth. Now, why has she started to act first and ask for permission later?

Although she meant well, the internet surveillance department couldn't get involved. Even if Song Rong had connections and could obtain real-name information from them, she wouldn't dare use it herself...

Back in the studio, the atmosphere was even colder than the temperature outside.

Xie Shu sat in front of the computer, the screen light reflecting off his glasses in a stark white light, while Jiang Mingbai paced back and forth beside the server rack.

Even Zhao Shu, an unofficial member, got involved, sitting in a folding chair in the corner helping to reply to forum messages, her brows furrowed.

Xu Chaoyang pulled up a chair and sat down. "How's the situation?"

Xie Shu turned the screen towards him; the post had been pushed to the top of the forum's homepage, with nearly a thousand replies below it.

Xu Chaoyang scrolled down the comments section, where the majority of the comments were offensive.

"I've heard there's something fishy about this forum. Where does a college student get so much money to run a website?"

"My friend works in the student union's discipline inspection department. He said Xu Chaoyang is extremely arrogant. During recruitment, he directly took down the department head, Chen Hao, as a personal vendetta."

"The person upstairs is right. Chen Hao was punished because he offended him. This person is extremely vengeful."

Xu Chaoyang scrolled down the list one by one, his expression remaining unchanged.

No normal internet user would bother posting such comments; it's clearly a group of hostile accounts.

It can only be said that Xue Jiancheng truly deserves to be among the first to play the internet game. He was already mastering such an advanced tactic as hiring online trolls back in 2002.

Jiang Mingbai couldn't hold back any longer and slammed his fist on the server rack, the metal plate making a dull thud.

"These bastards! What do you mean by 'heard from a friend'? It's all baseless fabrication!"

Xie Shu didn't even look up. "You smashed the server rack, and the server crashed. They're even happier that way."

Jiang Mingbai's chest heaved violently as he sighed and put his fist away.

Xu Chaoyang scrolled to the top of the post and read the title again: "Did you find out anything?"

Xie Shu pushed up his glasses. "Just like last time, the IP address was used through an off-campus proxy, and there was no information at all. The poster was clearly prepared."

"But some details in the post are too accurate."

As a girl, Zhao Shu is more perceptive. "The sponsorship amount for the Autumn Games, and Xu Chaoyang's license plate number, are things that ordinary students wouldn't know. The poster must have had inside contact with the forum."

"It's Chen Hao," Xu Chaoyang revealed the answer.

Xie Shu and Jiang Mingbai exchanged a glance, wondering how he came to this conclusion.

"He had been in the student union for over a year, so it wouldn't have been difficult for him to get involved in the details of sponsoring this forum, and he also had my personal information there."

Xu Chaoyang said with a smile, "Mainly because he was severely scolded by Teacher Liu Yang last time, and now that Xue Jiancheng has extended an olive branch, he naturally took the opportunity to retaliate."

The other party has already contacted Qiu Fei, so there's no reason for them not to play Chen Hao as a card.

"So what do we do now?"

Jiang Mingbai was getting anxious. "We can't just stand by and watch them cause trouble, can we?"

Xu Chaoyang thought for a moment: "We can reply to this post, but we should only focus on one point."

Zhao Shu blinked, not quite understanding what he meant.

Xu Chaoyang explained, "The comment that mentioned my license plate number is an act of leaking personal privacy, so we're retaliating based on that."

Zhao Shu was currently acting as the forum's temporary public relations representative. After a little thought, she understood Xu Chaoyang's intention.

"That's a good idea. In fact, most students are rational. Once they find something wrong, they will start to deduce whether other content is also problematic."

While replying to the post, she also tried her best to think of other solutions.

"I will also post an update at the same time, saying that I participated in the distribution of materials for the Autumn Games and that every sponsorship can be traced in detail."

Xu Chaoyang was somewhat surprised at this point, and glanced at her: "You're willing to post it?"

"What's there to be unwilling about?"

Zhao Shu laughed, "I'm the forum's unofficial operations officer."

Xu Chaoyang nodded, and just as he was about to say something, Ning Qiushuang finally sent back a message.

"I've arrived in Binjiang," Sister Rong said...

Xu Chaoyang interrupted her, saying, "Don't talk about anything else yet, where exactly are you located?"

"At the Civic Center, the Internet Monitoring Section's duty room is on the third floor..."

"Don't move, I'll come get you."

He hung up the phone and immediately stood up: "Do as I just said. Senior Brother Jiang, keep an eye on Chen Hao's movements and make sure he doesn't cause any more trouble."

"Where are you going again?"

"To pick someone up."

When I arrived at the Civic Center, it was already 11 p.m.

Almost all the lights in the building were off, except for the windows on the far side. Ning Qiushuang stood at the entrance, her hands in her trench coat pockets, her nose red from the cold.

Xu Chaoyang stopped the car in front of her and rolled down the window: "Get in the car quickly."

Ning Qiushuang opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat, bringing in a gust of cold air. She rubbed her hands together and took out a folded piece of paper from her pocket, handing it to Xu Chaoyang.

"I just asked Sister Rong's friend to check. He's on duty today. Although the IP address that posted the message was an off-campus proxy, the registered email address was linked to a mobile phone number, and the owner of the phone number is Xiong Zhi."

She unfolded the note; it contained information about a young man.

"Xiong Zhi, male, 21 years old, registered address is Building 15, Jingang Campus."