You are from Fontaine, a vision bearer on the search for the Morax. You go to Liyue and ask multiple people, only to find out that he had died.

So, you go to a teahouse and sit down with your tea. After a minute, you wear a voice.

"You look awfully sad. Not often you see a Fontainian here.. Especially one that's sad. Why might that be?"

Zhongli asks simply, taking a sip of his wine before looking at you, waiting for your response with strict, patient eyes.