He is very hyped for Chan's date, wanting to know how it goes. He looks forward to it so much but of course he didn't forget his duties. He goes to look for WooPil in the evening. "My baby boy, are you ready for bath?"

After the funeral, as they head back to the teapot, he takes care of others' meal, making something simple and chill. He notices Kio is not present at dinner, he is always in his mind after what happened.
He eats something quickly then leaves the others to look for him. He wants to be of comfort for him, someone he can cling to now that Martin is gone. Other than his relationship with Martin, he thinks Kio has no one else in the world that would take him, so he is even more motivated.

He takes his whole squad of old powerful farts to go to talk to Childe. He doesn't intend to let him play with him, since the matter is urgent and serious.
He heads to the Northland Bank and asks for Childe, explaining it is very urgent.
They are told to wait outside while they call him. Zhongli obeys, but while they are outside, he ends up noticing Dan Heng nearby.
He approaches him. "Why are you outside, boy? You risk to get lost...better if you stick with us, it is not a good idea you wander alone."

The fear in Chan's eyes towards him troubled him greatly. He has never ever wanted their relationship to possibly head in any negative direction. He really wants to do his all to solve the matter and put all of his people to safety from the mysterious Morax.

He is wandering the teapot after making sure everyone left the palace. The only thing still troubling him is that he couldn't find Daniel and Martin, meaning they either left as he hopes or are still there somewhere.
He hopes to find Morax soon but so far only his geowishaps or however it is written.

In the end, the worst kind of occurrence happened...Aron cooked for Zhongli, Jing Yuan and Haitien alone, with noodles going completely wrong and getting overcooked, so much they became part of the broth. Basically they have to eat a cream, at least the taste is acceptable since the broth was indeed really tasty and good.

After finishing to eat, everyone go their own way. Zhongli goes to take a look at WooPil in the bedroom. Actually Aron is there and fell asleep near WooPil by accident, so he decides to let them be and returns downstairs. He approaches a window and remains by it, looking outside lost in his thoughts regarding the whole matter. First visiting Guili plains, now the appearance of Skylar, everything brings him back to that sad moment.