C1375
If his past actions and his present deception had made Xu Huanxi so angry and desperate. Then, the only way out would probably be for them to be bound together by something — that would be, a 'no'.
Norrell was the crystallization of both of them, the child they had given birth to.
Therefore, he tried to use this point to move Xu Huanxi.
However, he had no idea that he had made a mistake