Chen Xi knew it very clearly.
Anyone could see the purpose behind Yan Nan's arrangement: Yan Nan was giving him this period to repair their relationship! And apparently afraid that one or two days would not be enough, she had directly made it five days.
With his experience, intelligence, cultivation, bearing, and ability... to have ended up in such a sorry state was something Chen Xi found both strange and humiliating.
Chen Xi adjusted his breathing while also adjusting his thoughts, sorting through the matter from beginning to end, repeatedly reviewing it and constantly reflecting on himself.
He had to adjust this state of mind, because he knew very well that Yan Nan was giving him a chance. If he failed to seize it, offending Lord of the Night Demon would only be a minor matter. But disobeying Yan Nan's order would be a major one.
He was calculating inwardly.
He had thought that once he came in, since there were only the two of them, a few words would be enough to break the ice, right? Instead, the wretched little bastard had pretended to be dead the moment he entered.
He had chosen to fight him.
But the two of them still had to endure five long, awkward, humiliating days together! Neither of them had relieved himself before coming in, and then they had been stuffed with so much food and water. Without spiritual energy to control their bodies, lasting until five days later... was completely impossible! It was impossible for him, and impossible for the Night Demon too.
Yet that fellow had chosen to sulk at him now.
What was most maddening was that... after thinking it over, Chen Xi actually understood why the other man was sulking.
*I was properly carrying out my mission and merely apprehended