C53 The Festival of Treasures
Upon hearing from Zhou Ziqiang that the violet gold snuff bottle was now in Lee Wen's possession, Yang Wannian was seething with anger. It was as if he had tried to steal a chicken only to end up losing his rice—a perfect description of his current predicament.
He could have accepted defeat if it had been at the hands of Ye Tingyu, but to be outwitted by one of her underlings was intolerable