"Ah.... Zhongli.. is awake.."
Zhongli opened his eyes, sitting up straight on the unfamiliar, creaking bed. In front of him stood the apprentice and herb gatherer of Bubu Pharmacy. Zhongli looked out of the window to the bustling city of Liyue Harbor below. The moon reflected flawlessly off the waters surrounding the joyous city, the happy people communicating and moving on with their everyday lives. The accounts of the previous night then started to come back to him. Drinking, headaches, work, clients... Childe..
Childe?
Zhongli recollected meeting the young man from Snezhnaya who immediately seemed as if he was hiding a precious artifact somewhere in his mind. Did that man, Childe bring him here? Zhongli briefly snapped back to reality. He then acknowledged the presence of Qiqi, who was still in the room. Zhongli stood up, still groggy.
"Zhongli must pay bill." Came the quiet, monotone voice of the little zombie girl.
Ah. Mora. Zhongli always held the belief that if one had to consider Mora before acting, then in all things, one is bound by Mora. The mere currency unanimously agreed upon by all of 7 nations of Teyvat was regarded with minimal importance in Zhongli's eyes, so when he opened his mouth to logically claw his way out of this one, he was pleasantly surprised to be saved from the situation once again, except this time, it was not Hu Tao or Xingqiu who had come to his rescue through the double doors of the Bubu Pharmacy's patient ward.
"Don't worry about the payment, I'll handle it!"
Childe.
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"I must thank you for today, I realise it was terribly informal of me to pass out in the middle of a conversation. You have my apologies."
The pair walked along the dock of the harbour, which was bustling with merchants trying to scrape sales at the end of the day, with young children and chaperones crowding the Xiao Lantern stalls, and countless construction workers moving left and right in the rush of the construction of the Mingxiao Lantern.
"It's no problem! I couldn't have just left you there, it would've been very rude of me."
"Is there any way I can make it up to you, Childe?"
The handsome, orange haired male stopped walking, a clever grin creeping up his face. He turned his head up against the clear moon, the wind blowing through his soft, ginger hair, as he looked down to Zhongli, before saying the words:
"Well, Liyue is the city of contracts, right?"
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word count: 405
a/n
ah here it is, my shortest chapter yet, and hopefully the shortest in the whole story 😳
tysm for reading the story so far, the 11 views I saw this morning totally made my day and i'm extremely grateful for the wonderful people reading my crappy story 🙏
edit: lol yes i accidentally had the title as '4. bubu pharmacy' instead of '3. bubu pharmacy'
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