Heart full of Flowers~ A Xiaoyu AU

but my heart aches for you.

"Zhongliii~"

"Hm?"

The tall man turned around and sighed

"Did you need something Master Hu...?"

"Mmm~ Nothin', I'm just checking up on my favourite consultant~"

Zhongli crossed his arms and sighed once more

"Master Hu, I'm sure you could be doing many other things then checking up on me..."

"Aiya, no need to be more formal. Now, I heard that there's an adeptus hanging around Wangshu Inn... why don't you go check on him~"

Her voice made it seem like she was hinting at something

"Mm, why do you say that Hu Tao? Is there a link between us...?"

She quickly averted her eyes and a cheeky smile appeared on her face

"Why would I know, hm? I'm just suggesting~"

Zhongli just shook his head

"I'll go see to it later, I have a few more pressing matters to attend to"

"Okeeee!! Make sure you don't forget about it~"

She bounced off into another room without letting him say another word

"That girl... who knows what goes on in her mind."

He checked his schedule that was propped onto the wall. Searching for a gap of time, he smiled when you saw a slot straight after the appointment at 2-3pm.

"Alright, I'll go then"

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"Yahoo~ Hey old man!!"

"Ugh, what did you want"

The small boy with bright green braids bounced into the room in a similar fashion as Hu Tao.

"Come on old man!! Don't be like that~ Can't a person visit an old friend?"

"Venti, if you are here to drink then I will politely decline"

He plopped himself in front of the consultant and let his head rest on his hand

"You know that adeptus boy? Mm... what was his name... Alatus?"

The mention of that name made Zhongli perk up

"He goes by Xiao nowadays, what about him...?"

"Oh you know... I just wanted to see how he was doing. Do you know where he is?"

Zhongli shook his head and Venti looked down in disappointment

"Mm... alright then, thanks anyways."

He was about to leave when Zhongli stopped him

"Actually, he might be the adeptus at Wangshu Inn... Master Hu told me about a certain adeptus boy who resides there"

"You sure you aren't too busy?"

"I don't think my client is coming, they're already 45 minutes late."

Venti smiled and jumped on the spot a few times as Zhongli slowly got out of his seat

"Come on hurry up old man!! Did you break your back or something??"

The taller shot a glare at the other and quickly retorted back

"Then what about you? You're always drinking so much I can smell the alcohol from 100 meters away"