Seeing Kiyomi's stance, both sisters were very surprised.
They found it unbelievable that their mother, who had traditional thoughts and strict family upbringing, would actually accept living in a house with a male
A hint of surprise flashed in Tenya's eyes.
He thought that Kiyomi was indeed worthy of being the head of a prestigious family.
She remained calm and composed during the family's great upheaval.
At the critical moment, she didn't hesitate to abandon the traditional notion of separating men and women, focusing on being adaptable.
Thinking of this, Tenya looked at Kiyomi with a bit more admiration and fondness.
On the other side, Kiyomi met his slightly heated gaze without averting her eyes. A faint smile always hung on her lips, exuding the unique charm of a mature woman.
"Hey!"
"You, what are you doing staring at someone's mother without blinking?"
An alarm instantly went off in Yukino's heart.
"Ara~"
"Does Tenya-kun prefer women older than himself?"
"Yukino~ Big crisis~"
Haruno said with a teasing smile.
"Hehe."
Kiyomi covered her mouth with a folding fan and chuckled, but there was no hint of rejection in her brows. With her discernment, she could naturally see Tenya's little thoughts.
This was very normal!
At least it proved that her charm hadn't diminished.
Just then—
A Ford SUV arrived, and an old man and a young man got out of the car, it was the Hayama father and son.
"Kiyomi!"
"Are you guys okay?"
Kosuke stepped forward with a look of concern to greet them.
"Haruno!"
"I heard someone was causing you trouble..."
Hayato also looked at Haruno with a caring gaze.
The chance to save his beloved had arrived.
"Hayama-san, thank you for your concern."
Kiyomi still kept a smile on her face, but her eyes turned cold.
"Kiyomi..."
Kosuke's expression froze, and his eyes held a hint of evasion.
At the critical moment when the Yukinoshita company collapsed, Kosuke, in order to protect himself, decisively resigned from his position in the company's legal department.
In a sense, he had backstabbed the Yukinoshita family.
"This doesn't seem to concern you, Hayato, does it?"
Haruno narrowed her eyes and looked at the other party expressionlessly.
The reason she maintained a superficial friendly relationship with Hayato was merely for the sake of cooperation for the family business's interests.
Now that Hayama had betrayed the Yukinoshita family, there was naturally no reason for the two sides to maintain a relationship.
"Regarding the company matter, I am very sorry..."
"As compensation, I will do my best to help you through this difficult time."
Kosuke offered to lend a helping hand.
At the same time, he also had his own little plan in his heart.
Before, the other party was the head of the Yukinoshita family, but now that their family fortunes had declined, he might have a chance to take over.
"That's right, Haruno."
"You don't have anywhere to live now, do you?"
"We have an empty house near the suburbs, how about..."
Hayato enthusiastically suggested.
"I'm sorry, Hayama-san."
"I have already invited Yukino and the others to come live at my house."
"So you don't need to trouble yourselves."
Tenya interrupted the other party's speech in one go.
"What?!"
Hayato's face instantly changed, and he anxiously looked at Haruno for confirmation.
"That's right."
"Tenya-kun kindly took us in."
Haruno's eyes rolled, and then she intimately hugged Tenya's arm.
"..."
Yukino, who was by the side, raised an eyebrow when she saw this, but since they were united against outsiders at this moment, she couldn't flare up.
"You kid...?!"
"What a joke!"
Kosuke was first stunned, then he became extremely angry.
He had waited bitterly for Kiyomi for many years, and finally got this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, only to have it snatched away by some inexplicable kid?
"Since Hayama has already left the Yukinoshita company, why bother looking for trouble?"
Kiyomi closed her folding fan, the sense of distance in her words was very obvious.
With her intelligence, she could naturally see the wishful thinking in Kosuke's heart.
It was impossible for a simp to want to become the master.
The reason Kiyomi chose to accept Tenya's invitation was not just to solve the problem of food and lodging.
The key was that the trouble they encountered involved the bizarre, and only Tenya's power could protect the three of them, mother and daughters.
Kiyomi's words, both explicitly and implicitly, revealed her sense of distance from Kosuke, yet the latter was still persistent.
"Kiyomi, after all these years, don't you still understand my feelings?"
Kosuke was agitated, looking at Kiyomi with what he thought was affectionate gaze.
"..."
Kiyomi felt nothing in her heart, and even wanted to laugh.
However, her good upbringing prevented her from opening her mouth to mock the other party.
But Haruno, who was on the side, couldn't hold back and said sarcastically, "Ara! Uncle Hayama is really joking, auntie will be very angry when she hears this."
"Uh..."
Upon hearing about his tigress wife, Kosuke's face couldn't help but stiffen.
Even Hayato, who was beside him, looked troubled.
He knew very well that once his fierce mother found out that he and his father were helping the Yukinoshita mother and daughter, she would definitely fly into a rage.
"Hehe!"
A hint of disdain flashed in Kiyomi's eyes. She had long seen through the cowardice of the man before her, so even if she was down and out, she would never seek refuge with him.
"Let's go, mom, sister."
Yukino also wasn't fond of the Hayama duo and didn't want to say a single unnecessary word.
"No need to worry, Hayama-san."
"I will take good care of Haruno and the others."
Before leaving, Tenya dealt Hayato a critical blow.
"You!"
Hayato clenched his fist, and then there was no "then".
Just like that, the Hayama father and son quietly watched as the women they each loved left with the same man. The expressions on their faces were spectacular.
"Sister, that's enough. No need to keep acting."
After walking away, Yukino saw that Haruno was still holding onto Tenya's arm and wouldn't let go, and she instantly felt extremely annoyed.
"Ara~ Could it be that Yukino is jealous? How can you be so sure I was acting?" Haruno started causing trouble again.
"Yukino, my other arm can be lent to you."
Tenya seriously extended his right arm, as if saying: Come here for a hug.
"Take it away!"
"Unless you want to become an eunuch." Yukino glared at him coldly.
Kiyomi quietly observed the conversation between her two daughters and Tenya.
As a mother, she could feel that both her daughters had a good impression of Tenya.