After Li Niu's heart-wrenching scream subsided, Xu Fan left with Tongtong, moving away from Li Niu. Since the purpose of the punishment had been achieved, Xu Fan didn't linger at the scene of the incident.
Xu Fan sat with Tongtong in the tent for a while, and in less than five minutes, the community staff had finished preparing for the sports day. Then someone from the community leadership ascended the stage and began to make a speech.
The speech lasted ten minutes, mostly filled with clichés and platitudes, which Xu Fan didn't really listen to until the very end, when the leader on the stage announced, "The Mercedes-Benz Sports Day now officially begins," that Xu Fan slowly came back to his senses.
"Families of the athletes, please get ready to enter by your numbers. We have now divided all participants into four groups. Those in Group A, please prepare to enter now."
On the stage, a staff member with a microphone called out to the crowd below.