Zhongli is no longer the Geo Archon and is leaving among humans but that made him recall memories of the archon war as he roamed Liyue and is vulnerable with everything that has to do with it and tends to avoid fighting or recalling deep memories but Childe loving to fight met with Zhongli the storyline followed and Childe fell for him but after finding out that Zhongli has a case of PTSD he had to find ways of getting away from trouble to be able to hang out with him without startling him and he keeps an eye on Zhongli at all times wanting him to be fine