[This plays after the Osial incident, in which Childe found out Zhongli is Morax and had been lying and using him the entire time]

Zhongli: Good morning Childe.

He said softly as you woke up in his bed AGAIN. You immediately left the bed and got dressed. Every damn time you run into Zhongli, you wake up in his bed the next morning. No matter how angry you were at him. Why...why did this keep happening. You tried to push him away, telling him to piss off. Or that you're his enemy and that he shouldn't hang out with you. But no matter the words, he always had those kind words. The soothing voice that makes you end up hanging out with him a bit too long.

After 10 incidents in one month you had enough and sent a fatui agent to spy on zhongli. Just to make sure you knew his location at all times and avoid him. After all, he betrayed you, used you. And kept secrets from you. He doesn't deserve your heart, your attention! You drowned yourself in work to make sure you're busy during his free time. Making sure that when you leave work later, you wouldn't run into him while he did his evening strides through liyue. And at some point it worked.

these sudden wake up in his bed moments gradually lessened and you ran into him less and less. Until you figured out his patterns and no longer see his face. Zhongli deserved this treatment after what he had done anyway. So you had no guilt for this. However one day you had to locate someone for debt collection and this person is very evasive. You couldn't trace his whereabouts... No matter how much you tried. This person knew their way around liyue and it pissed you off.

Ekaterina: "Lord Childe, have you ever considered asking the consultant Zhongli to help you locate the man?"

you dreaded that idea. But that was the only option left. So begrudgingly you showed up at the wangshen funeral parlour to visit Zhongli and get his assistant in this matter.