"Bang, bang, bang."
Xuan Xiao groggily opened his eyes, his throat so dry it felt like it was smoking.
"Who is it?"
Snow Empress turned over and pulled the blanket over her head.
"Go see who it is. Bing'er and I need to sleep a little longer."
They had been at it until the middle of the night. Xuan Xiao had enjoyed himself, but the two of them felt as if they were about to fall apart.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The knocking grew increasingly urgent, with enough force to nearly smash the door down.
"Open up, open up, hurry and open the door! I know you're home!"
Xuan Xiao helplessly sat up, put on his pajamas, walked barefoot to the door, and twisted the handle.
"Smack!"
A stack of reports was slapped directly onto his face.
Xuan Xiao reeled back from the blow, rubbing his nose with an irritated expression.
"What are you doing? Trying to rebel?"
Zhi An stood at the door, looking at his utterly drained appearance with blatant disdain.
"Electrolux has figured out True Body Armor. These are the detailed materials."
Xuan Xiao raised an eyebrow.
"That fast?"
Zhi An nodded.
"Electrolux cranked the flow of time to the limit and spent fourteen hours..."
He carefully calculated it.
"About sixteen years."
The corner of Xuan Xiao's mouth twitched. That old man was truly ruthless.
"Where is he, then?"
Zhi An rolled his eyes.
"He went to sleep. Even in his current soul state, he still gets tired. He researched this nonstop for a full sixteen years."
Xuan Xiao nodded and continued flipping through the report. When he reached the final page, his face instantly darkened.
"Smack!"
Xuan Xiao flung that page straight back into Zhi An's face.
"A vacation? What vacation are you taking? Huh? Before I