Then he finally revealed his true purpose. "And Haruno even began doubting her own existence, wondering whether she was really your child."
"..."
!!
Yukinoshita Mother finally understood.
Yukinoshita Mother finally understood why Oreki had appeared here.
Why someone so outstanding had come to act out a scenario about a broken family and a gay father.
He had been using one thing to imply another.
He had been trying to draw her out.
Yukinoshita Mother was quite clever and understood immediately.
She understood that this was most likely what Haruno had wanted to do.
"So Haruno knows."
"She just wasn't sure whether I knew about this."
"So she arranged for someone to test me."
"Haruno must have considered this matter extremely important, so she was thinking about how to resolve it in the most reasonable way."
Yukinoshita Mother said this, and an unexpected smile appeared on her face.
"Haruno has actually become so mature. I'm very pleased. It seems she truly is suited to take over the Yukinoshita family," Yukinoshita Mother said.
"..." Oreki felt that it was better not to tell her the cruel truth that Miss Haruno had absolutely no desire to inherit her family.
"I'll have a proper talk with Haruno about this," Yukinoshita Mother said. "Just as you thought, I did know about this a long time ago."
"You could say I knew from the very beginning."
"But my family ran into trouble back then, so I could only accept those terms," she said.
So it had been an exchange of interests.
In other words, Yukinoshita Mother had known Yukinoshita Father was gay ever since university. Back then, he had agreed to marry her on the condition that he would help her family.
So she had agreed.
There had been no deception involved.
Then...
Did that