Because of how preoccupied and consumed he'd been by his own thoughts and fears, Yang Qing missed the entire introduction Li Gang did on the silver ice tear guavas, which only sank his mood further; he felt Li Gang had done a half hearted job explaining them, given how short a time he'd taken.
After all, when he was explaining the Six Sepal Dawn Lotus, the man had practically run out of saliva before he was even halfway through the sepals, and when it came to Yang Qing's own, it didn't even seem like he'd used a sliver of his glib tongue. Where's my saliva, Li Gang? Yang Qing thought indignantly, filling with regret for not following through on his earlier plan of knocking Li Gang out and taking over the auction.
