Fred woke up to the sound of laughter and yelling outside the crate he was in. Fred was traveling to liyue to visit an old friend. He peeked through a hole in the crate blinded by the bright light he rubbed his eye's groaning. He sat back a little and looked back though the hole seeing people walking around and children running and laughing. Fred moved around the crate trying to find an opening, he pushed up on the roof of the crate hoping it will open. Until he felt the crate he was in start moving someone must've picked him up. He felt terrified what if someone found him? What would they do with him? He heart was pounding he tried to look through the hole again to see where he was going. Whoever picked him up was being him to a funeral parlor? He was confused and scared why we're they sending him to a funeral parlor!? He tried to cover himself up with the blankets he had, he hoped who ever opened the box wouldn't see him under the blankets. After a couple more minutes the box stopped moving fred sighed still under the blankets he was gonna get up and try to escape the box until he heard a foot steps coming toward him
"We finally got the flowers we wanted for the coffins!" a young girls voice came from outside the box anothe voice came from outside
"boss please be careful those flowers are very important make sure not the break them!" a deep voice explained.
Fred was nervous he hoped they wouldn't open the box there was a couple minutes of silence until the girl opened the box yelling "BOO" fred jumped as the girl picked him up
"Now what are you doing in my box of flowers!" she smiled laughing looking at fred
Fred looked at the girl not wanting to speak "don't be scared Im not gonna hurt you!!" the girl Excaiames placing Fred down. Fred looked up at her "Fred." the girl looked back at Fred confused "is that your name?" she kneeled down looking at Fred. Fred nodded looking at the door waiting for the right moment to make a Run for it. "Well I'm hutao! Pleased to meet you Fred!" the girl called hutao. Held out her hand to Fred. He looked at the girls hand and shook it looking back up at her.
"So how did you get here!" hutao asked getting up taking the flowers out
"Fred." he replied
Hutao looked at fred really confused "I know your name silly! I'm asking how you got here"
He sighed and signed "I got here on a boat. Ofc"
hutao looked over at Fred "can you not talk?"
"Fred. Fred Fred."
Hutao sighed and went over to Fred "you are very strange" she flicked his nose giggling
Fred huffed bitting her finger not letting go
"LET GO PLEASE I'M SORRY" hutao yelled
A tall old man with brown gold-ish walked in "boss are you ok?" the man asked pulling fred off of hutaos finger
"HE BIT ME!" hutao yelled again
The man looked looked at fred picking him up "please do not bite her." he spoke softly
Fred looked up at the man staring at him he looked familiar like he met him before.
"Fred." fred spoke looking at the man
The man set fred down sighing
"Thank you zhongli!" hutao smiled putting a thumbs up
Fred's look up at this so called zhongli
