Genius Club-Chapter 1173 - 38 Du Yao and Tang Xin (Extra update for monthly votes!)_3

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Lin Xian was feeling a bit lost.

He knew far too little about Lady Du Yao, and there was no way to filter the information.

The main issue was that he had no idea about Lady Du Yao’s approximate age.

If they followed Director Liu An’s suggestion and excluded all Du Yaos under the age of 20, the list could be reduced by more than half.

But this kind of blind process of elimination was meaningless. After all, the seven- or eight-year-old Du Yao in primary school today might grow into a neuroscience genius two or three decades later and head to Africa for peacekeeping and assistance efforts.

Thinking about it carefully now...

No wonder he felt like he’d seen this face somewhere. To be honest, encountering it anywhere wouldn’t be surprising. Who knew which of the 2,000 Du Yaos he had seen before.

Lin Xian thought for a while again but felt he couldn’t come up with any filtering conditions.

Any filter might lead to missing the real Du Yao.

The worst-case scenario...

Was that none of these 1,778 Du Yaos were the Du Yao referenced in Gao Wen’s handwritten letter. Instead, that Du Yao hadn’t even been born yet.

"So difficult."

Lin Xian truly felt the meaning of the saying "looking for a needle in a haystack."

But this needle had to be found.

He only had one month left in his novice protection period. After one month, Einstein + Copernicus would need just one question to directly identify the true Du Yao.

"Can I copy a portion of this data?" Lin Xian asked.

"That’s not possible."

Director Liu An shook his head:

"Honestly, letting you look at it is already breaking the rules. This is private citizen information, and you don’t have formal credentials or enforcement authority, so taking it away is out of the question."

"But this data, you can actually look it up at the Donghai City Public Security Bureau too. The household registration system is nationally connected, so if you don’t plan to stay long in the Imperial Capital, you could return to Donghai to continue the investigation. If that’s inconvenient, I can write you an introduction letter."

"Alright."

Lin Xian nodded, intending to follow the rules:

"Does the household registration system include education information?"

"It does."

Director Liu An responded truthfully:

"Right now, the country is working to interlink various information systems, enabling mutual inquiry and data sharing. Many information channels are already accessible. But I should warn you that education data only covers domestic records. If someone studied abroad, that information isn’t available in this system."

"Then let’s check the domestic records first."

Lin Xian said:

"Please help me filter for Du Yaos with a bachelor’s degree or higher. I’ll review the data by field of study."

...

During the three days in the Imperial Capital, Lin Xian spent almost all his time at the National Security Bureau. Over those three days, he reviewed information on 1,778 Du Yaos under the age of 50, and found no Du Yao with a neuroscience-related field of study.

Quite a few of them had high levels of education, but their undergraduate and postgraduate fields of study were all literature and language-related... Could one of them suddenly switch to neuroscience in the future?

The search for Du Yao was turning out to be far more difficult than Lin Xian had imagined.

That evening.

Lin Xian started chatting with Zhao Yingjun about this matter, and Zhao Yingjun said:

"Since you’ve finished checking domestic universities, why not investigate the overseas students?"

She explained:

"In the neuroscience field, overseas universities started much earlier than those in China. There’s a gap, and we have to acknowledge that reality. Also, Du Yaos studying abroad will almost certainly have at least a bachelor’s degree, and their foreign language skills will definitely be strong, which aligns with the characteristics required for peacekeeping and relief missions in Africa."

Lin Xian nodded.

"I’ve been considering this too, but right now I’m worried Du Yao might actually still be in primary school. If that’s the case, I really have no way of finding her. On the list, there are over 900 Du Yaos under the age of 18. I can’t bring all of them to Donghai City... Their parents would never agree to it."

"Then let’s head back to Donghai."

Zhao Yingjun suggested:

"I have a friend in Donghai who might be able to help us with overseas education information inquiries. Let’s first narrow down the list to Du Yaos with records of studying or traveling abroad, then filter the information further and let him assist with the search."

Right after.

Lin Xian and Zhao Yingjun returned to Donghai.

Lin Xian had solid connections in Donghai and didn’t need Director Liu An’s introduction letter. The Donghai City Public Security Bureau owed Lin Xian a major favor, and his return was warmly welcomed.

In the end, the list of Du Yaos was further compressed.

Only 41 Du Yaos had records of studying abroad.

Soon.

With Zhao Yingjun’s connections, the overseas education information for these 41 Du Yaos was investigated.

"Lin Xian, look."

Zhao Yingjun pointed to one Du Yao’s information:

"Look at this Du Yao—born in 1998, Johns Hopkins University... This university is one of the top institutions in the world. And look at Du Yao’s field of study... it’s neuroscience-related. This must be the right Du Yao!"

Lin Xian moved the mouse and clicked into the data record.

"Johns... Hopkins University."

He blinked.

The name of this university felt so familiar.

"I’ve certainly heard of this university before."

Lin Xian scratched his head, trying to recall, to remember... freewebnoveℓ.com

He didn’t know many people who had studied overseas, so there were very few occasions anyone had discussed foreign universities with him...

Suddenly!

His eyes widened!

"I remember now..."

His voice trembled slightly.

Pressing his lips together, he gently uttered the name:

"Tang Xin."

That’s right.

Tang Xin was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University. When she returned to Donghai, she had shared plenty of stories with Lin Xian about her time abroad.

She talked about food, living costs, university life, academic pressures, and much more in Mi Country.