Welcoming the New Year

Haoyuan took three steps in two, quickly arriving at Torifu's side: "I heard it, Aunt Liufeng is pregnant! She's going to have Crane Babies!"

Haoyuan's voice was quite loud, startling Torifu into covering his mouth directly: "Shh! This is a secret, you can't tell anyone! Otherwise, I won't buy you any more delicious treats!"

Hearing this, alarm bells rang in Haoyuan's heart! He immediately covered his own mouth, while also making muffled sounds.

This was to signal that he wouldn't tell, and to beg Torifu not to stop buying him treats.

Torifu smiled knowingly; this was the benefit of children, they were very easy to fool.

"Alright, go find Yahiko and the others to play, and don't tell anyone about this, do you hear me?"

Haoyuan nodded his little head, promising he absolutely wouldn't let it slip, before running off to find Yahiko.

As he started running, Torifu noticed that the embroidery on Haoyuan's clothes had changed to a pattern of a little lion.

This must be the clothes Hongnu had made for him at Uchiha Chirori's request a while ago; they looked quite nice.

The little golden lion was especially eye-catching once he started running.

Amado also laughed from the side: "What kind of secret is this? Half the clan already knows."

Torifu smiled helplessly: "It's just to make sure Qingyun and the others don't feel like we're being buzzkills, just playing along."

Amado gave an OK gesture, then went back to continue researching things.

He had far too much on his plate right now; the Range Hood hadn't been out for long and hadn't finished formal testing, and now the Bicycle was starting its own tests.

He was truly kept busy.

Now that the Electrical Appliances in Konoha were basically finalized, Torifu had tried to persuade him to