Chapter 1025: The Rear Strength Is Quite Big

Yang Fan had just returned when the Yang family members came one after another.

Zhao Man Ting's periods of wakefulness were getting shorter and shorter.

But as soon as she woke up, she could see a crowd of great-grandchildren, making her extremely happy.

Gradually, over a thousand Yang family members gathered in Linshui.

These were all descendants of Yang Qing.

This was also the fruitful result of Zhao Man Ting's seed‑scattering plan.

Yang Tianyou also came, although he had no particular feelings for Zhao Man Ting.

But he was still a member of the Yang family.

After all, it was Yang Rong who raised him to adulthood.

After arriving at the Yang family, he felt the atmosphere was quite good.

Everyone was free of sorrow, each one joyful and lively.

Especially when Zhao Man Ting was awake, the house was filled with the strongest sense of joy.

People came in shifts, and it was bustling every day.

During this period, the people of Linshui opened their eyes.

These over a thousand Yang family members were a riot of colors, every hue present.

Everyone felt the Yang family truly observed no dietary taboos.

Although the colors varied, one could still see at a glance the Daxia bloodline.

After these descendants dyed their hair, they also emphasized reuniting with the Daxia people.

Consequently, the characteristics of the Daxia people were evident.

The white wasn't very white, the black wasn't very black, and the brown wasn't very brown.

The skin was also mostly fine and smooth, lacking any roughness.

This shows that these Yang family members valued their bloodline and did not let themselves completely change color.

This also indicates that their hearts yearned for the main line and they felt a sense of belonging to Daxia.

Moreover, their children had received orthodox Daxia education; upon arriving in Linshui, they all spoke Daxia.

Although they had various regional accents, all were pure and authentic.

Yang Qing did not know many people, even though Yang Rong had brought many people up the mountain last time.

But that occasion had been rather rushed.

This time everyone was joyful and lively, and they stayed for a long period.

Naturally, they needed to get to know each other properly.

After they arrived, they first met Zhao Man Ting and her group, then came household by household to kowtow to Yang Qing.

Yang Qihang stood beside him and made the introductions.

Yang Qing was not stingy, giving each household a set of Daxia‑style houses.

Each was chosen according to personal preference, freely from anywhere in the country.

This kowtowing went on for several days.

With so many Yang family members returning, it naturally stirred up many people.

The places where they now live were mostly arranged by Qiongzhou.

Chen Feng had also been in Linshui all this time.

Great Wall Security also deployed twenty thousand personnel.

During this period in Linshui, along the streets, someone would be stationed at intervals—not on patrol, but as Great Wall Security guards in suits.

Everyone knew something was going on here, but no one knew what it was.

Even those who lived together with the Yang family, knowing they were Yang family members, did not imagine what had happened.

The Yang family members were joyful every day—who could have imagined?

It was not until someone came to fetch Zhao Man Ting that they learned she had gone up the mountain.

In the end, Zhao Man Ting laughed so hard she could not close her mouth.

Moreover, every day her grandsons and great‑grandsons came up with new ways to amuse her—how could she not be happy?

Even Yang Qing envied her.

The Yang family handled matters discreetly; only after over a thousand people had mostly left did the media expose it.

Those who came to Linshui to play during this period, besides seeing many Yang family members of various kinds and many inspectors and burly men in suits, felt nothing unusual at all.

Had it not been for this period, with the Yang family lacking so much laughter, they would truly have believed the Yang family's habits differed from those of ordinary people.

Since Yang Qing returned, his mood has remained low.

Often he would stare at the chair Zhao Man Ting had sat in, remaining silent for a long time.

Several of Yang Qing's children also never left; on the way back they sensed that their parents' emotions were off.

They would occasionally notice that, while talking, tears would suddenly fall.

Many times they did not even realize they were crying.

Seeing their state, the daughters‑in‑law would often make an excuse to leave and then burst into tears.

Yang Fan and the other big men would also avoid Yang Qing and his group, then break down in loud sobs.

Yang Ou kept thinking of ways to make Chen Hong and her friends happy.

Jia Ling and Jia Xiao Fei circled around Qin Huairu.

Chen Xueru had not given birth to a daughter, so at this point a difference appeared—she could only rely on others'.

Xu Huizhen did not let her sisters feel embarrassed; Xu Manager, this daughter‑in‑law, filled the vacancy of a missing daughter.

Hou Kui is the most embarrassed; Zhao Man Ting has nothing to do with him, and he was basically raised by Xu Huizhen as well.

He hasn't changed his surname either; now he's practically a live-in son-in-law.

He really doesn't feel anything about the Yang family's affairs.

So he never thought of letting his wife do this.

Hou Kui's appearance made Xu Huizhen slap him.

"That's your mother; at this moment, I'm counting on you."

"Although she didn't give you anything directly, do you think all those Pizza Hut ventures cooperating with the Yang family came for free?"

"That's all thanks to your mother's reputation."

"When you add it all up, it's not any less than what your several brothers get."

"We've also benefited from the Yang family's influence; otherwise, at most we'd just run a company and be small-time rich."

"Back then, it was also you who didn't go to the Yang family; you can't blame your mother for that."

"Alright, don't take your blessings for granted."

"If you don't fulfill your filial duties, you can only rely on reason."

Hou Kui pursed his lips, feeling speechless.

I didn't say anything either.

Sigh, forget it.

Zhao Man Ting's influence is quite strong.

For a long time, Yang Qing still couldn't recover.

After Yang Tianyou came again, he didn't plan to come any more.

Yang Fan also had no right to let Yang Tianyou leave all those matters unattended, coming back again and again.

"If you don't want to come, then don't come."

"The happier your grandfather laughed earlier, the greater his influence now."

"Let him recover on his own."

"If he can't recover, there's nothing we can do."

"However, there's something I want to talk to you about."

Saying that, he took Yang Tianyou to the study; upon arriving, Yang Fan opened the secret room again.

Yang Tianyou was a little surprised, then followed him inside.

After Yang Fan closed the door, he then explained to him.

"These days have been a bit chaotic; one must always be on guard against people."

Yang Tianyou nodded in agreement.

Afterward, the two sat down facing each other.

Only then did Yang Fan begin to talk about the main matter.

"What I want to say today is just a suggestion, with no other meaning."

Yang Tianyou nodded slightly; although he sensed something unusual, it was likely another thing that would put him in a difficult spot.

Although he harbored hatred for the Yang family in his heart, he couldn't bring himself to hate Yang Rong and Yang Qing.

He even felt a bit of admiration.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Yang Rong and his son were truly impressive.

One had plotted for decades to get him into his current position, even treating himself as a pawn.

As for Yang Rong's later years, it could be said that he had absolutely no quality of life.

But he never complained, nor did he give up.

He just stubbornly held on.

Even now, he still doesn't understand what his great-grandfather was doing it for.

Was it worth it?

He had long since realized that, as Daxia grew stronger, all the problems Yang Rong worried about were fundamentally not problems.

At most, they'd just be a little nauseating.