Chapter 305: 305: The Champion's Trophy_1
As this was a parent-child sports day, although parents and children shared one medal, there were two trophies, one large and one small.
Xu Fan, seeing that the organizers had already written his and Tongtong’s names on the medal and the certificate, immediately hugged Tongtong and affectionately planted a kiss on her delicate little cheek.
“Daddy, are we champions now?” Tongtong, shaking her adorable little head, asked Xu Fan in her baby voice.
“Yes, Tongtong is really amazing. Today, Tongtong is the number one of the entire field, the most impressive little champion!” Xu Fan said to Tongtong with a smile.
“Wow, we won! Daddy is so awesome, Daddy is Tongtong’s Superman. With Daddy, Tongtong is so happy…” Tongtong excitedly buried herself in Xu Fan’s embrace, wiggling happily.
“Haha, silly girl, are you happy today?” Xu Fan gently rubbed Tongtong’s little head, feeling a wave of happiness inside.
“Tongtong is super happy today! Thank you, Daddy!” Tongtong looked up with a beaming smile, her face full of unabashed admiration for Xu Fan.
Xu Fan smiled faintly and walked to the side of the field with Tongtong in his arms to watch the other participants continue with the third activity.
The staff’s trust in Xu Fan was indeed not unfounded; although the event continued, no other contestant could instantly choose their child without hesitation like Xu Fan did.
The event was now halfway through, and while the first-place time was still Xu Fan’s 9 seconds, the second-place contestant was far behind, taking more than 40 seconds to recognize, nowhere near Xu Fan’s performance.
“Daddy, they are so silly. When it was Tongtong’s turn, even though I was blindfolded, I could almost instantly feel that the person in front of me was Daddy. When other uncles were in front of me, Tongtong didn’t have that feeling at all,” Tongtong chattered in Xu Fan’s arms with a giggle.
“Haha, because you are my little treasure with whom I share a blood bond, of course, you can recognize Daddy instantly.” Xu Fan rubbed Tongtong’s head and felt delighted.
To Xu Fan’s surprise, not only did he have that connected-by-blood sensation, but Tongtong seemed able to feel it too. Xu Fan thought it over and guessed that his cultivation might have changed Tongtong, making her somewhat different from ordinary people.
After watching for another half-hour or so, the rest of the contestants finally completed the competition. Xu Fan remained at the top of the scoreboard, securely holding onto his lead.
Xu Fan was now the consecutive champion in three events—a solid champion.
The sports day finally reached its most exciting stage, with everyone gathering in front of the podium on the sports field. The loudspeakers of the organizers began to play stirring music.
“Sir, please come with us; the award ceremony is about to start,” the same staff member came over and said to Xu Fan.
“Okay!” Xu Fan, carrying the excited Tongtong, immediately followed the staff member.
It wasn’t long before Xu Fan and the other prize-winning contestants were seated in the front rows of chairs near the podium. Clearly, this was to facilitate the award ceremony later on.
“Daddy, Tongtong is so excited, Tongtong has never been a champion before.” Tongtong’s little face was flushed red, and she spoke to Xu Fan with great excitement.
“Haha, don’t worry my dear daughter, with Daddy here, you’ll grow tired of the championship title. Wherever you go, you’ll always be the champion,” Xu Fan said with a confident smile, speaking slowly to Tongtong.
With Xu Fan’s strength, making such a statement wasn’t an overstatement at all.
Although Xu Fan was still in the Qi Practicing Realm, his speed of advancement was many times faster than in his previous life. As long as Xu Fan was by Tongtong’s side, finding the right resources for her and gradually transforming her body, he would surely make Tongtong into a powerful cultivator just like himself one day.
At this time, the leader who had given the opening speech on the stage appeared once more and delivered an inspiring speech before starting to announce the results.
“Now I announce the winning team of this competition is the Xu Yixue-Xu Fan family from Kowloon New City neighborhood. Parents, please bring your children to the stage to receive the award.”
Hearing the voice over the loudspeaker, Xu Fan picked up Tongtong and slowly walked onto the stage.
Although he was accustomed to grand events in the Cultivation World, the parent-child sports meet award he was receiving with Tongtong still gave Xu Fan a sense of excitement.
After getting up on the stage, the portly leader handed Xu Fan the thick medal and the award certificate, then picked up the small trophy and handed it over to Tongtong’s little hands.
“Thank you, Uncle!” Tongtong said with a happy smile to the leader then cradled the gold-plated trophy in her hands.
The neighborhood of this sports meet was one of the top communities in Zhonghai City, with annual property management fees amounting to hundreds of thousands of yuan. Therefore, two gold-plated trophies were definitely within the organizer’s budget.
Although the champion trophies were only gold-plated, they still used up almost 100 grams of gold. Including manufacturing, they were worth several tens of thousands of yuan, even more than the cash prize of the average citywide sports competition. No wonder Li Niu had been looking at Xu Fan with such enmity all this time.
He clearly had his eye on the gold-plated trophies for a long time, considering them as good as his own. However, Xu Fan, an unexpected challenger, had knocked him down in the first round and utterly destroyed him in the second, nearly forcing him to kneel and call Xu Fan “grandpa” in front of everyone.
Seeing Xu Fan and Tongtong each get a gold-plated trophy, many in the audience showed envious, jealous, and resentful looks. In this competition, the champion got the most valuable prize by far, with the silver and bronze trophies for second and third place not even remotely worth as much as Xu Fan’s.
The silver trophy was worth a few thousand yuan at most, while the bronze trophy barely a few hundred.
However, gold, silver, and bronze winners would also receive a tablet computer as a reward, which the top ten winners would get. Only those in other positions wouldn’t receive a trophy; they would just receive an award certificate.
Xu Fan and Tongtong faced many envious glances, then picked up their heavy trophies and walked down from the podium.
Although in Xu Fan’s eyes, the value of the trophy was of little importance, it was worth the trip if it made Tongtong happy.