The film and television city starts from the courtyard

When Zhao Shucheng arrived at the hospital, Yi Yao had already completed her first treatment and was lying weakly on the hospital bed. Upon seeing Zhao Shucheng, she showed a surprised and delighted expression.

She said, "Qi Ming, you're too good to me, so good that I take everything you do for granted. It's very possible that one day you'll take your heart out and put it in front of me, and I won't think much of it, and I might even stomp on it a few times."

Yi Yao reached out her hand, wanting to pull Zhao Shucheng along, but then hesitated to touch him.

Zhao Shucheng rolled his eyes and said, "Yi Yao, don't look at me like that. You make me feel like I'm some kind of heinous criminal."

"Qi Ming, you'd better not be so nice to me. The nicer you are to me, the cheaper your feelings seem."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Yi Yao turned her head and said, "No."

“We are neighbors and good friends. Since you are sick, of course I will take care of you.”

Yi Yao said, "But the doctor said to let the guardian come, but you..."

“I am also your guardian.”

Zhao Shucheng stayed with Yi Yao at the hospital for a while before going home with her.

After seeing Zhao Shucheng return home, Yi Yao's gaze lingered on him. She seemed to be becoming increasingly dependent on Qi Ming, perhaps because she had owed him so much in the past, and now felt she could rely on him anytime, anywhere, and ask him for help with anything.

Sometimes she thinks that if they could stay like this forever, it wouldn't be so bad.

When she heard her mother scolding her for coming home late, she was too lazy to argue and didn't even want her mother to know about it.

On Monday, Zhao Shucheng and Yi Yao went to school as usual.

At the school gate, Zhao Shucheng ran into Gu Senxiang, whom he had met at the commendation ceremony.

She hadn't expected to run into Zhao Shucheng, and immediately nodded and smiled.

Zhao Shucheng walked straight over and asked, "Gu, are you feeling better?"

Gu Senxiang touched her cheek and said with a smile, "It's just a pollen allergy. After so many days, I'm fine now."

Zhao Shucheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. I was worried that this would leave some aftereffects."

As Zhao Shucheng spoke, he noticed that Gu Senxiang was avoiding his gaze, and there was also a boy around them casting a scrutinizing look at him.

Gu Senxiang naturally saw her younger brother staring at Zhao Shucheng, so she quickly nudged him and said, "Xiao Xi, I already told you Qi Ming didn't do it on purpose."

"He didn't do it on purpose, but I'm the one who got scolded."

"Gu Senxi!"

Seeing that his sister seemed angry, Gu Senxi said helplessly, "Alright, alright, I was just saying. But be careful in the future. My sister is delicate and frail, and she is the focus of our family's protection."

"I understand, I'll be more careful next time!"

Seeing his sister glaring at him, Gu Senxi quickly ran away, but turned to Zhao Shucheng and silently said, "You brat, I'll remember you!"

Gu Senxiang said helplessly, "I'm sorry, Xiaoxi didn't mean any harm."

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "It's okay, I know he just wanted to protect you."

After all, whoever has such a beautiful older sister at school, the younger brother would have to act as her protector. So, if he sees other boys getting close, he'll assume they have ulterior motives towards his sister. Like lions guarding their territory, they'll chase away anyone who approaches.

When Gu Senxiang saw that the students around them were looking at them, she suddenly felt embarrassed to continue talking to Zhao Shucheng. She made an excuse to go back to the classroom and ran away in a bit of a mess.

Yi Yao had been keeping an eye on Zhao Shucheng, and when she saw him like this, her expression immediately became serious.

In the afternoon, after Yi Yao returned to the classroom, she was sitting in her seat thinking when Tang Xiaomi walked over to her seat.

"Yi Yao!"

Yi Yao snapped out of her daze, looked at Tang Xiaomi, and asked curiously, "What do you want to see me about?"

"I heard you were sick and hospitalized yesterday, and Qi Ming accompanied you. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine!"

Tang Xiaomi said, "By the way, I heard them say that you and Qi Ming are just neighbors, is that true?"

"Don't ask around, we're just neighbors."

Tang Xiaomi didn't believe Yi Yao's words at all. After all, if they were just neighbors, why would Yi Yao need Qi Ming to accompany her, and even make Qi Ming leave the KTV, causing her to lose face?

At this moment, Zhao Shucheng entered the classroom carrying homework books, handing them out as he spoke:
"The teacher had something to do during the fourth period this afternoon, so you can go home early."

Tang Xiaomi was worried that Yi Yao might say something to Zhao Shucheng, so she said, "Then take good care of yourself!"

The students were overjoyed to hear that they didn't have to go to class, so they immediately started packing their things to go home.

Yi Yao originally planned to leave with Zhao Shucheng, but thinking about what Tang Xiaomi had said earlier, she suddenly felt that she should keep a distance from him at school.

So while Zhao Shucheng was still unlocking the door, Yi Yao rode off on her bicycle.

Zhao Shucheng shook his head helplessly. As he pushed his bicycle to leave, he saw Gu Senxiang standing not far away, watching him.

He felt that Gu Senxiang must have something to tell him, so he pushed his bicycle over and asked, "Gu, what's wrong?"

"That's about the training camp and competition in a few days. The teacher is currently compiling the statistics."

Zhao Shucheng asked, "Really? Is there a fee? How much?"

"It's not about the money, it's about the team leader tallying how many people want to stay in the dorms and how many are going home," Zhao Shucheng said with a smile. "Oh, I see. Then I'll stay in the dorms. After all, staying in the dorms means more time to study and discuss things with my classmates."

Gu Senxiang's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said, "Great!"

Zhao Shucheng said with a smile, "Gu, it seems there are things you're not good at too."

"Yeah, I'm not good at joking."

Zhao Shucheng said, "That's normal. After all, no one says that you have to be humorous to be a good person. Besides, I also have things I'm not good at."

"No way, you're so smart, you'll definitely improve if you practice more."

Zhao Shucheng pushed his bicycle and walked with Gu Senxiang toward the school gate. He said, "You're the same. You don't interact with people much. If you chat with people often, joking will become a habit, and you'll be able to get straight to the point when you speak."

The classmates around them were surprised to see Zhao Shucheng and Gu Senxiang chatting together again, and immediately felt that the two were getting too close, wondering if there was something going on between them.

Zhao Shucheng had no idea what others were thinking; they were just having a normal chat. Of course, Gu Senxiang was indeed very beautiful and fit his aesthetic standards perfectly.

Meanwhile, on her way home, Yi Yao seemed preoccupied, unaware that she was being followed.

Tang Xiaomi followed Yi Yao, seemingly wanting to know Yi Yao's secret, but at an intersection she almost ran into the student who had bullied her before. She could only awkwardly push her bicycle and run away, seemingly forgetting that riding a bicycle would have been faster.

A few days later, Yi Yao ran out of the medicine she got from the hospital, so after class she rode her bike to the hospital to get more.

But she had no idea that Tang Xiaomi was still watching him, so when she arrived at the hospital and came out of the pharmacy, she saw Tang Xiaomi taking pictures with her phone.

"Yi Yao, what a coincidence! This seems to be the gynecology department. There are so many uncommon characters for the diseases listed here."

Yi Yao was surprised to encounter Tang Xiaomi here, and it seemed that Tang Xiaomi had even discovered her secret, causing her expression to change drastically.

"What on earth do you want to do?"

Tang Xiaomi smiled and said, "I didn't mean anything by it. I just happened to be passing by. See you at our school, Yi Yao!"

After saying that, Tang Xiaomi left triumphantly. She never expected that Yi Yao would have such a big secret, and that she would actually know it. Then Yi Yao was not worthy of Qi Ming at all. She would definitely teach this woman who made her look bad a lesson.

As Yi Yao watched Tang Xiaomi's retreating figure, she had a bad feeling, and things indeed took the worst possible turn.

The next day, after Tang Xiaomi arrived at school, she wrote a character on her hand and asked her classmates how to pronounce it and what it meant.

The students were naturally curious as to why Tang Xiaomi asked this question. Upon asking, they learned that Tang Xiaomi had actually run into Yi Yao at the hospital, and that Yi Yao seemed to have contracted this disease.

Soon, rumors about Yi Yao's illness spread throughout the school. At first, it was just a suspicion, but later some classmates claimed that their relatives told them that Yi Yao had this disease, and that they had even seen her medical records.

When Zhao Shucheng overheard this while passing by, he glanced at the other person and said, "Really? You really saw someone else's medical record?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just feel sorry for your relative. After all, according to the law, doctors must strictly protect patient privacy in their practice. Unauthorized disclosure of a patient's joy will face legal sanctions, and they will have to bear tort liability and make compensation."

"If discussing a patient's condition in violation of regulations isn't serious enough, then allowing others to see the patient's medical records without authorization is a serious offense. It could lead to a meeting with the relevant authorities, suspension of practice, or even revocation of the license. Your relative is so unprofessional; perhaps revocation of the license would be the most appropriate course of action."

Wang Aijue just wanted to show off her good connections to her classmates, but when Zhao Shucheng said that her relative might lose their job because of it, she suddenly became nervous.

"Qi Ming, don't scare me. I know you and Yi Yao are close, but it's true that she's sick, isn't it?"

Zhao Shucheng said, "Everyone eats grains and other foods; it's inevitable to get sick. Do you think you never get sick? But it's wrong for a doctor to lack professional ethics and leak patient privacy. You wouldn't want everyone to know you went to the doctor one day, would you?"

Wang Aijue glared angrily at Zhao Shucheng and said, "Qi Ming, what exactly do you want?"

"I want to know, did your relative really let you see Yi Yao's medical records?"

Wang Aijue said guiltily, "Even if we don't, so what?"

"If not, then what you said before constitutes spreading rumors. Don't think that spreading rumors and defamation is not a crime; the crime of defamation is waiting for you. According to the Civil Code, the person who is being defamed can demand that the person spreading the rumors stop the infringement, eliminate the impact, restore their reputation, and compensate for the losses. The court can even require the infringer to issue a public apology and pay compensation. In serious cases, if someone fabricates facts to defame others, they can be detained for five to ten days and fined five hundred to one thousand yuan."

"Of course, you can continue if you don't believe me, but if the circumstances are serious enough to constitute defamation, you could face up to three years in prison, or be convicted of affray and face up to ten years in solitary confinement."

Upon hearing this, the others glanced at Wang Aijue and dispersed, seemingly worried that Zhao Shucheng would consider them as those who spread rumors.

Wang Aijue glared angrily at Zhao Shucheng and said, "Qi Ming, did I do anything wrong? Yi Yao's situation is unclear, and her mother is not respectable. I just feel that this person is incapable of doing anything else."

Zhao Shucheng looked at Wang Aijue and said, "Classmate, can you take responsibility for what you said? I can record it, and it can be used as evidence if Yi Yao files a lawsuit later."

Wang Aijue was surprised that Zhao Shucheng wanted to record the conversation, and she immediately became nervous and ran away.

Zhao Shucheng glanced at the students around him who were still gossiping and said, "Students, as the successors of the new era, we must have our own ability to distinguish right from wrong. We cannot blindly follow others, nor can we believe whatever others say. Without investigation, there is no right to speak. We live in a society governed by the rule of law. Do not believe or spread rumors."

Upon hearing Zhao Shucheng's words, the others could only quickly leave the scene, seemingly worried about becoming Zhao Shucheng's next target.

However, Zhao Shucheng was also well aware that although he was able to stop this rumor, if he could not clarify it as soon as possible, Yi Yao would still become the focus of the rumor.

However, clarifying this is not a simple matter. After all, Yi Yao's condition is quite special and not suitable for public disclosure. Otherwise, people will suspect the cause of her illness even more.

Tang Xiaomi originally thought she could ruin Yi Yao's reputation and make her a hated figure in the school, but unexpectedly Zhao Shucheng stepped in to stop the rumors from spreading further.

However, she didn't think Zhao Shucheng could really do it. After all, she wasn't just spreading rumors; she also had photos of Yi Yao going to the gynecologist to get medicine. When those photos were released, they would become irrefutable evidence.

Seeing how much Zhao Shucheng protected Yi Yao made her even more determined to destroy Yi Yao completely. Only in this way would the person she liked stop paying attention to Yi Yao, and only then would he see her and like her.

Zhao Shucheng naturally knew where the rumors came from, but he didn't go to Tang Xiaomi to tell her to stop targeting Yi Yao.

Although he hadn't had much contact with Tang Xiaomi, Zhao Shucheng had already seen through her and knew that she was a bully who preyed on the weak. Therefore, the best solution was for Yi Yao to be able to stand on her own two feet.

As long as Yi Yao confronts Tang Xiaomi directly, Tang Xiaomi will know that Yi Yao is not someone to be trifled with and will stop targeting her. After all, at this moment, they actually hold each other's weaknesses; it's just a matter of who's not afraid to expose them. (End of Chapter)