Vanx

With Oat providing evidence of Gale’s shady takeover plan and Nene helping expose the truth online, Noey finally had enough to build a case against Gale. Quest’s business slowly recovered and Cheese’s bakery was cleared of the accusations, but after spending so much time tgt working on the case Cheese and Noey somehow got closer and eventually became girlfriends. And one day Noey finally asked Cheese if she wanted to go to the aquarium together Meanwhile Nene had kept Oat waiting for so long but seeing Oat reject Mar again and again despite them not even dating made her realize Oat had been choosing her all along. So when Oat jokingly asked if she needed to wait another 4 years, Nene finally told her she could be her girlfriend now As for Quest, she’d already fallen hard for Mar but was too proud to admit it. She wanted to give Mar her family house back, but she was terrified that once Mar got her house back and her debt was gone, she’d have no reason to stay with her anymore. And Mar was slowly realizing that the woman she’d spent so long trying to hate was also the one she couldn’t bring herself to leave. One night Quest finally worked up the courage to ask Mar, who was lying in her arms, “If your debt was paid off and you got your house back, will you still want to stay here with me?”

After Mar found out she lost her family house to this rich landowner Quest, she hired lawyer Noey to see if there were any loopholes in the legal docs her dad signed. After tons of meetings, Noey had basically heard Mar’s entire life story, including how she ended up becoming Quest’s woman to pay off her father’s debt. But in the end Noey found out the docs were airtight and there was nothing she could do legally. Mar started crying and Noey panicked, reaching for her handkerchief to comfort her, but then Whale’s face suddenly popped into her head and she hesitated. Meanwhile Mar had already given up on legal options and started thinking of more direct ways to get back at Quest and her father. E.g. working with Gale Gale had her own plan tho. She wanted to ruin Quest’s family business by spreading rumors and secretly contaminating some of the farm’s products with toxins. Unfortunately one batch of those ingredients had already been bought by this heartwarming bakery. Mar found out about Gale’s plan and didn’t want innocent ppl getting hurt, so she spent almost all her remaining money buying up the bread and any remaining ingredients from the affected batches. But she couldn’t tell which batch was contaminated, so she ended up trying some herself and nearly died. She was rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile Cheese’s bakery was in deep trouble because some customers had already bought the affected products and were suing her, so she had to hire a lawyer (yes noey again). Quest’s reputation was also completely ruined, but despite everything she still arranged for a private doctor to take care of Mar With Quest’s farm and business falling apart, Gale saw the perfect chance to launch a hostile takeover of Quest’s land. Except she didn’t have enough money, so she approached Oat, a rich second gen real estate heiress who had just taken over her family business, and hyped up the land’s investment potential to get her involved After Mar recovered, she realized her family land might end up in someone else’s hands, so she decided to get close to Oat and seduce her into backing out of the deal. She figured she’d already given herself to Quest to pay off her debt, so maybe she could do the same thing with Oat. Except when she actually tried, she realized she couldn’t bring herself to do it with someone else, which made her even more confused about her feelings for Quest. Still, she kept showing up at Oat’s bar almost every day, hoping she could somehow change Oat’s mind. But it was going nowhere anyway because apparently Oat had been in love with the same girl for almost 4 years and was ridiculously loyal to her despite them not even officially dating Meanwhile Quest was busy trying to save her business when she noticed Mar acting suspiciously close to Oat, who was now her business rival. Quest had already been falling for Mar for a while, partly because she was fascinated by Mar’s stubbornness and pride, and partly because Mar kept showing her a kind of care she’d never expected from someone who supposedly hated her. So seeing Mar with Oat made her insanely jealous. She followed Mar to the bar and things got heated REAL fast. Quest and Oat almost started fighting until Nene walked in After hearing both sides, Nene realized something was off about Mar and confronted her. Mar finally confessed everything, including the real reason she ended up in the hospital. Turns out Quest had known Gale was behind everything all along, she just never had any concrete evidence. Quest was furious that Mar had risked her life without telling her, but also realized how much she cared about her. Now that everyone had finally connected the dots, they started gathering proof. Noey stepped in to help them build a case against Gale, while Nene helped turn public opinion thru social media and press #fic #ViewMimUniverse