After chatting with "Uncle Tang" to get to know him better and finishing breakfast along the way, Xia Xu did not linger at Fangyuan Bun Shop or exchange more than a couple of words with Tang Youxin. He merely gave her a discreet wink before taking his leave for the moment and setting off on a jog around Luogu Alley with A Tuo.
He still had to keep up his morning training. Once a good habit like that was broken, who knew how hard it would be to pick it up again? Without Uncle Luo supervising him every day, he genuinely did not know whether he could get back into it.
And so, starting that day, the mornings in Luogu Alley gained a running man and dog.
Every time they passed the bun shop, a girl in a white dress would steal a glance between serving customers, her little face flushed red.
"Not bad, kid. You've got some stamina."
Tang Zhan personally took over selling buns from Tang Youxin and dealt with the breakfast rush brought by the neighbors. Seeing Xia Xu pass him yet again afterward, he could not help offering a word of praise.
Although he had not counted carefully, Xia Xu had run at least a dozen laps around Luogu Alley. The alley was not particularly long, but managing that many laps still showed considerable stamina.
At the very least, one glance told him the boy had been doing high-intensity exercise for a long time. Otherwise, most young people these days would probably struggle even to run there and back.
Focused on his morning run, Xia Xu did not notice Tang Zhan speaking. He ran another two laps without stopping, then found an open space to catch his breath before practicing the bodyweight exercises Uncle Luo had