The silence continued, even after the minute was over. Mayor Zhou thanked everyone for their time and closed off the PA. However...with the announcement of this news, I doubted anyone could just go back to what they were doing without a care in the world. The girls before me were a prime example of exactly that.
They stood still, too stunned to say anything.
I sighed. "Well...now you know why I've been pretty off lately."
"...Right..." Feng Mian murmured. "Principal Song..."
"I was never really close to him, but...he was still our principal..." Yu An Yan added. "I never thought he would just..."
Seeing her trail off, I averted my gaze. "Yeah...from this, I learnt that...we should treasure what we have. Because...you never know when they might just disappear one day, out of the blue."
"Yeah..." Qing Yue agreed. "Principal Song was a nice person."