Show this property of primitive quadratic forms

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Let $f(x,y),g(x,y)$ be two primitive quadratic forms of discriminant $D < 0$. Then the following statements are equivalent:

(i) $f(x,y)$ and $g(x,y)$ are in the same genus i.e. they represent the same values in $(\Bbb Z/D \Bbb Z)^*$.

(ii) $f(x,y)$ and $g(x,y)$ are equivalent modulo $m$ for all nonzero integers $m$.

$(ii) \implies (i)$ is trivial, however I cannot do the other part. A hint given in this problem is to use the complete character of the genera. I cannot make any progress. Please help.