Top Panel: Charged particle NSC$(3,2)$ as a function of centrality in Xe--Xe and Pb--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\mathrm{NN}}}} = 5.44$ TeV and $\sqrt{s_{_{\mathrm{NN}}}} = 5.02$ TeV, respectively. Bottom Panel: Ratio between Xe--Xe and Pb--Pb NSC$(3,2)$. Statistical and systematical uncertainties are shown as vertical lines and gray boxes, respectively. The measurements are compared with IP-Glasma+MUSIC+UrQMD calculations to constrain the $\beta_2$ and $a_0$ parameters of $^{129}$Xe nuclei.