After Zhao Shucheng arrived at the classroom, he began his morning reading, but he was surprised not to see Yi Yao.

After all, they arrived at school at the same time and were in the same class. Logically, Yi Yao should have arrived by now and be sitting in her seat.

Yi Yao had actually wanted to attend the morning reading session, but suddenly felt nauseous and wasn't feeling well, so she went to the restroom. Worried about something, she searched for the meaning of her symptoms on the school's computer lab and suddenly realized she might have an illness, and one that was difficult to talk about.

This left Yi Yao somewhat bewildered, unsure why she had contracted this disease or why it had happened to her.

When Yi Yao returned to the classroom somewhat absentmindedly, a boy said, "It's your turn to clean the blackboard today, where did you go? Let me help you clean the blackboard."

Yi Yao walked to the podium without saying a word and started wiping the blackboard. She saw the name Tang Xiaomi on it. Wasn't that the girl she had just met outside?

Just as she was wiping the blackboard, she heard Tang Xiaomi walk in laughing and talking with two girls: "Xiaomi, did you put on perfume? Or is it the smell of shampoo? It smells so good, just like milk tea."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaomi remained outwardly calm, but inwardly she felt a little nervous. She had taken special care to clean it up, but unexpectedly, there was still a lingering milk tea smell.

Just then, she looked up and saw Yi Yao on the podium. Noticing that Yi Yao was also looking at her, she immediately asked, "Hello, my name is Tang Xiaomi. Do you know me?"

Yi Yao naturally recognized that this girl was the one who was bullied on the street. However, she didn't expect that they would be in the same school and even be classmates.

"do not know!"

Tang Xiaomi was satisfied with Yi Yao's answer, but she also remembered that she seemed to have seen Yi Yao on the street before, and that she was a girl who went to school with Zhao Shucheng.

When Zhao Shucheng saw Yi Yao return to her seat, he walked over and asked, "Why didn't you come to morning self-study?"

Yi Yao said, "I'm not feeling well."

"Have you gone to the school doctor? If it's really not okay, you can go to the hospital, but it has to be a proper hospital."

"I understand! It's a pity I can't attend your award ceremony."

Zhao Shucheng didn't really care about the awards ceremony. After all, he had participated in countless such events, so one more or one less wouldn't make a difference.

Tang Xiaomi had been keeping an eye on Yi Yao, afraid that she would reveal what happened on her way to school. But she never expected to see Zhao Shucheng, the boy who had helped her before. She picked up a book and stared at him intently.

The girl who had been playing with Tang Xiaomi earlier saw Tang Xiaomi like this and said with a smile, "Qi Ming, he's the school's most handsome guy."

This made Tang Xiaomi even more nervous. You see, the reason she transferred schools was because she was bullied at No. 1 Middle School and was too embarrassed to tell her parents or teachers, so she used the excuse of high academic pressure to transfer to her current school.

But now the boy who saw my predicament is actually in the same class as me. What if he tells everyone? Wouldn't everyone know that I was being bullied, and my nightmares might come back to haunt me?

You see, the reason she specially wore her old high school uniform today was to impress her classmates and let them know that she was here out of her privilege. But if her classmates knew that she was here to escape bullying, wouldn't she go from being admired to being ridiculed?
"Do you know how enthusiastic Qi Ming would be if he took you to get your student ID and tour the campus? It's a pity someone else took you."

"It's the same. Qi Ming's enthusiasm shows that he is more responsible."

Hearing Tang Xiaomi say that, the girls laughed and said, "Let's focus on our studies!"

Soon, Zhao Shucheng and his classmates arrived at the school's main conference room to attend the annual awards ceremony for outstanding students.

Yi Yao didn't come because she had to go to the hospital for a check-up.

After Zhao Shucheng sat down, he heard girls mentioning his name repeatedly, but he wasn't surprised at all.

After all, Qi Ming in this body was considered the school heartthrob and a top student at Heping High School, so the girls paid a lot of attention to him. However, apart from Yi Yao, no other girl dared to get close to him.

Perhaps neither Qi Ming nor Yi Yao realized that because they were so close and went to and from school together every day, Yi Yao had already become the object of envy for many girls. All they needed was a breakthrough.

Zhao Shucheng noticed a clue and couldn't help but sigh that Qi Ming was really a "central air conditioner," attracting many girls but never showing a clear attitude. No wonder so many things happened later.

While Zhao Shucheng was thinking about something, he inadvertently saw a very beautiful girl.

The other person was Gu Senxiang, a typical school beauty and academic star, gentle and kind. She saw a girl with crutches looking for a seat, so she stood up and gave her seat to the girl, while she went to find a seat at the back, but happened to sit behind Zhao Shucheng.

Tang Xiaomi sat behind Zhao Shucheng and asked him curiously, "Do you think our class monitor is so outstanding that he wins awards every year?"

"Of course! You don't know, the class monitor is not only a good person, but also a good student. He's always first in the class."

After the girl with the leg injury sat down, she realized that Gu Senxiang had forgotten her phone and called out, "Senxiang, you forgot your phone!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Senxiang leaned forward and said, "Just hand it to me."

But she didn't realize that her body was very close to Zhao Shucheng's, so close that it seemed he could touch her with just a turn of his head, and she could even smell a faint fragrance.

Zhao Shucheng naturally wouldn't do something so indecent, so he turned sideways, took Gu Senxiang's phone, handed it to her, and said, "Your phone."

Gu Senxiang looked at Zhao Shucheng with some surprise, then smiled and said, "Thank you, classmate!"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "You're welcome. We're all classmates; helping each other is only right."

The awards ceremony began soon, and the students had no time to whisper among themselves.

Zhao Shucheng even tidied his clothes in preparation for going on stage later.

Soon, Zhao Shucheng and the other outstanding students went up to the stage, received their certificates of honor, and a bouquet of flowers.

Zhao Shucheng looked at the flowers, but unexpectedly, the girl next to him yawned and then covered her nose.

Zhao Shucheng turned his head and saw that it was Gu Senxiang. It seemed that she was allergic to pollen, and that his actions had made her feel unwell.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, is it because of these flowers? Let me take them further away!"

As he spoke, Zhao Shucheng took the flowers into his other hand and moved a little further away from Gu Senxiang.

Gu Senxiang felt a little better, but she still used the certificate of honor to cover her nose, as if that would prevent pollen from spreading there.

After the commendation ceremony, Zhao Shucheng noticed that Gu Senxiang's face was a little flushed and said with some concern, "Gu, how are you feeling? Should I take you to the school clinic?"

Gu Senxiang didn't want to trouble Zhao Shucheng, so she politely declined, saying, "I'm fine, I'll be alright in a bit."

Zhao Shucheng saw through the other party's act of bravado and said, "That won't do. Since it's my mistake, I must take responsibility. Let's go!"

As Zhao Shucheng prepared to take Gu Senxiang to the school clinic, he noticed that Gu Senxiang was still far away from him. Then he saw the flowers still in his hand and immediately understood. Zhao Shucheng was not just an ignorant high school student; he was quite skilled in both traditional Chinese and Western medicine. Now that he knew Gu Senxiang was allergic to pollen, he naturally couldn't continue holding the flowers, so he casually placed them at the meeting room door.

Gu Senxiang hesitated for a moment before saying, "This isn't right, it's a school reward for you."

"I've already got it, so what I do with it is my own business. Since it's the one that makes you uncomfortable, I can only leave it here for now, waiting for its destined owner to appear."

As he spoke, Zhao Shucheng led Gu Senxiang directly toward the school gate. The reason was that Zhao Shucheng suddenly realized that the school clinic could only handle some simple injuries. For diseases like allergies, there might not be any treatments or medications available, so it would be more reassuring to go to a large hospital.

Gu Senxiang initially refused, but couldn't resist Zhao Shucheng's persuasion and had no choice but to go along. After a series of examinations, it was indeed found that Gu Senxiang was allergic to pollen.

The school doctor instructed Gu Senxiang to stay away from allergens and to carry allergy medication with her at all times so that she could receive timely treatment if she encountered the same problem again. She was also told to try to avoid raw, cold, and spicy foods while taking her medication.

Gu Senxiang felt a little embarrassed after hearing this, especially since Zhao Shucheng, a somewhat unfamiliar boy, was sitting next to her.

Zhao Shucheng didn't feel embarrassed; instead, he felt a little guilty. After all, he had been a doctor himself and knew how uncomfortable it was for someone with a history of allergies to be in close contact with allergens.

"Gu, I'm so sorry to have made you suffer. Don't worry, this kind of problem will never happen again."

"It has nothing to do with you; it's my own fault for not taking proper precautions."

Just as Zhao Shucheng and Gu Senxiang returned to the classroom from the school clinic, Yi Yao had already finished her check-up.

To Yi Yao's disappointment, the test results were almost identical to what she had found on the computer; she had contracted that embarrassing disease.

And the doctor actually said that this disease is easily contracted through sexual intercourse, but I've never had any. I don't even know how I got it, and I've never been to a public bathhouse. How can anyone believe me?

To make matters worse, the doctor told her to bring her parents with her next check-up because the treatment would cost a lot of money, which she simply couldn't afford on her own.

Hearing that such a large sum of money was needed, Yi Yao felt even more devastated. She already had such a hard time asking her mother for money for her school uniform, let alone asking her mother to help pay such a large medical bill. So Yi Yao ran out of the clinic crying.

As Yi Yao was taking the elevator downstairs, she ran into Gu Senxi.

Gu Senxi glanced at Yi Yao and noticed she was wearing their old school uniform. Curious, he asked, "Hello, classmate. My name is Gu Senxi, the 'Qi' in 'film, television, and music' (without the 'Xi' radical). What can I do for you?"

Just then, the elevator doors suddenly opened, and a couple carrying a child walked in.

Gu Senxiang immediately said awkwardly, "This has nothing to do with me!"

As he stepped out of the elevator, Yi Yao followed him out, then looked around blankly and asked, "Where am I?"

"This is the sixth floor!"

"I want to go to the first floor!"

He then pressed the elevator button, and walked straight in after it opened.

Gu Senxi looked at Yi Yao going up in surprise and said, "This...this...this is going up!"

He was puzzled as to what was wrong with Yi Yao, but as he walked, he saw his sister with a boy.

"Sister, are you okay?"

"I am fine."

Gu Senxi said, "You said you were alright, look how red your face is. You're ruined, ruined, ruined! This guy, you murderer!"

Zhao Shucheng recognized the student in front of him as Gu Senxiang's younger brother because when he got Gu Senxiang's phone before, there was a family photo on it.

"Hello, classmate, I didn't mean to."

"Do you know that severe allergies can be fatal?"

Zhao Shucheng said, "I understand now. I promise that this kind of thing will never happen again when I meet Gu in the future."

"You still want a future?"

Zhao Shucheng said, "Well, we're all from the same school, we see each other all the time, you can't expect me to transfer schools, can you?"

"It's not impossible!"

Gu Senxiang said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Qi Ming didn't do it on purpose. Besides, the doctor said he's fine. What's so serious about it? Stop making a scene, okay?"

"Qi Ming, right? If anything happens to my sister later, let me tell you, you're not getting away."

Zhao Shucheng said, "I definitely won't run away; I'll take full responsibility!"

Gu Senxiang felt a little embarrassed, because something about what they were saying sounded off, as if they had secretly pledged their lives to each other.

Zhao Shucheng watched them leave. The two siblings had a very good relationship, chatting and laughing.

After learning that Gu Senxiang was alright, Zhao Shucheng prepared to go home and also wanted to ask Yi Yao how her hospital check-up went.

But when they returned to the alley, they heard Yi Yao's mother constantly nagging Yi Yao, as if she wished Yi Yao wouldn't spend a single penny.

"Yi Yao! What's wrong? Are you crying?"

"No, it's from the smell of the food I was cooking!"

Zhao Shucheng knew that Yi Yao was lying, but he didn't press the matter further. After all, this was a problem between Yi Yao and her mother, and as an outsider, he couldn't interfere.

"How was the hospital checkup? Did they find anything wrong?"

Yi Yao was too embarrassed to tell Zhao Shucheng, so she could only say, "It's nothing, it's alright."

Tell me exactly what's wrong, and we'll figure something out together.

Yi Yao shook her head and said, "Don't ask anymore." (End of Chapter)

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