After the Lantern Festival, the school announced that the winter vacation would be extended and the start of the school year delayed.
Originally scheduled for early March, the Yangjin retake exam was also preemptively canceled via email by officials.
The ensuing pandemic situation plunged the senior high students into anxiety and confusion.
It was uncertain whether this year's college entrance exam would be affected, yet their time was already running short.
Yunzhong is a private school, facing even greater pressure in the upcoming teaching arrangements.
Gradually, different departments started advocating for online live-streaming classes; under the severe circumstances, many traditional teachers had no choice but to keep up with the trend of the internet era, officially launching the live-stream teaching model.
Fifteen days after her mother's departure, Jiang Shuyao finally mustered the courage to open the long-abandoned studio.