Iro still hadn't returned for the next two evenings, and neither Li Xianglu nor Anna had paid much attention to this, as both were student representatives designated to sit in the front row to ask questions, so they were focused on memorizing their parts in advance.
Li Xianglu had taken out the clothes she planned to wear and ironed them early on; it was a water-green long dress. Anna's attire was a short-sleeve blouse paired with blue trousers, chosen by the headteacher. The two were somewhat perplexed, but the headteacher explained that photographers from the press would be there, and the matching outfits would provide a different effect in the photos, which might all be used.
Early on the fourth day, just past six o'clock, everyone in the dormitory was up. Everyone quickly got dressed, grabbed their meal boxes, ate breakfast in the canteen, then quietly waited back in the dormitory.
