In The Name Of Contracts《 ZhongChi 》

A Day in Liyue Harbor

          The sun shone brightly over the vast plains of Liyue. Ningguang looked down upon the Liyue harbor under her newly built Jade Chamber. It was the Qixi festival and the harbor was bustling with people and loving couples.

"Hey Ningguang! Whats up? Ooo~ I see, All alone again on Qixi festival? Feeling lonely?"

Beidou spoke leisurely as she stood next to Ningguang.

Ningguang, " What about you? Ain't you the one feeling lonely being alone? Hmph, if you are done idling why not give me a hand in sorting things out. How can I ever be lonely under this busy schedule and workload of mine? Of course I am not like you drinking and sailing around freely!"

She sternly said and strode back inside the Jade chamber.

Beidou,  " tsk- What's with her all of a sudden? Never mind..."

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Down below in the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, Zhongli sat in a daze with Hu Tao blabbering out all her different ways of catching hold of Qiqi.

Hu Tao, " Yo, Old Man! Are you listening?"

Zhongli closed his eyes and slowly nodded, " Mn...Well why run around a harmless Zombie? No work in hand? Then why not go and bring down those Cryo abyss mages causing trouble in Lisha?"

Hu Tao, " Ahhh! But I want to find Qiqi. I have a special surprise for her today!!!"

Zhongli, " Hmm...just go get some Coco Goat milk..."

Hu Tao asked in confusion, " Coco -    What?"

Zhongli," - goat... An Adepti Beast that produces the best quality milk according to Qiqi, go find it and Qiqi will follow you instantly instead of you running behind her and disrupting the peace of the harbor and setting everything on fire..."

Hu Tao, "..."

Coco goat? The hell is that? Ughh!!! Zhongli never takes me seriously, Hmph!

Hu Tao, " Fine, I will go take a look at those Abyss mages and I promise I won't harm Qiqi...I just want to ensure her talisman is well bound and then leave her be...Help me get the so called Coco goat!...You are idle anyways...Bleh~!"

Zhongli, "..."

As if you really would stop bothering  Qiqi even if I found it for you—

Zhongli," Alright...I will go look for Childe. He had promised and made a contract to send Coconu- Coco goat milk for her..."

Even before he finished speaking, Hu Tao had left behind trails of red butterflies as she spirited out of the Wangsheng Funeral .

Zhongli leisurely went around and with the help of his connections, he soon found out the location of the 11th fatui harbinger, Childe.

At that moment, he was at the peak of Mount Tianheng. 

Childe lazily sat there thinking about Snezhnaya, Teucer and his other siblings and family. The ones he missed on this day of love was his family and a certain person. He felt too lonely seeing the happy couples at Liyue harbor and just thought of spending his time looking for nearby monsters. 

He was daydreaming when he heard the rustling of footsteps from behind him. He looked back only to see Zhongli walking towards him.

Childe," Zhongli— .... You? What are you doing here?"

Zhongli sat next to him as he laughed, " Haha, long time no see Ajax! Why, is it not normal for friends to meet each other? Hmmm...still angry on me?"