In a modern!AU I think Lianhua and Enki would have a very cute relationship.
I don't know how they could meet, maybe Enki, being a senior medical student, will start tutoring and become fond of the little first-year girl who isn't even sure if she wants to continue studying medicine.
Enki would help her find her passion and even her area of specialization. Over time, their friendship would intensify until they saw each other as siblings. Enki would be the first person to whom Lianhua would tell that she had a little crush on her friend (Pipaji). In turn, Enki would try with all his might to keep the little girl he had taken under his wing away from the Cike, because he is not Altan; he does not want to corrupt the pure and adorable soul of his girl.
(Technically, she pulls her away, until Pipaji meets Rin, who pulls them both into the Cike. Enki hates her for that.)














