It had started when she unexpectedly ran into Ying and Paimon in the wilderness. After the four of them discussed things together, Annie, Yunjin, Ying, and Paimon all decided to teleport to Wangshu Inn and spend a few days resting there.
Meanwhile, Ying and Paimon also took the opportunity to complete the final "A New Star Approaches" task at Wangshu Inn: they told the last of the adepti, the Three-Eyed and Five-Manifested Adeptus, about what had happened in Liyue—that is, the related facts surrounding the "fall" of the Geo Archon, Rex Lapis—and asked the adeptus to decide what should be done.
Although Annie already knew that a certain Geo Archon had faked his death to escape, for reasons of her own, she didn't tell Ying and Paimon. Instead, she let them run around making a fuss.
For the next two days, she spent her time shamelessly fooling around with Yunjin at Wangshu Inn. Every day, she ate all kinds of delicious food, drank all sorts of refreshing freshly squeezed fruit drinks, and listened to Miss Yunjin sing little tunes. Life couldn't have been more comfortable and pleasant.
But...
While Wangshu Inn was peaceful and harmonious, and Mona was leading a carefree, innocent little girl through Stone Gate toward Dihua Marsh, high above Liyue Harbor, Ningguang—Tianquan of the Liyue Qixing, who had quietly returned to the Jade Chamber two days earlier—was busily preparing a major plan!
Well?
"..."
At that moment, in her office aboard the Jade Chamber, Ningguang stood with her arms crossed, her ample chest pressed together. She gazed at the board before her with a faint, knowing smile, seemingly lost in thought.
Without a doubt, it was the famous "wall" spoken of in the rumors about Liyue Harbor. It was plastered with dense rows of information: ship schedules,