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Originally, according to Ben's plan, he should have waited for the whole family to gather before calling Jasmine. However, due to his biological mother's questioning, he couldn't hold back. 

Jasmine had previously mentioned that she couldn't repeatedly contact the same person within a day. The result was that when Ben's father and grandfather returned, they only saw his wife/daughter-in-law packing dried pork and beef jerky into bags and putting them in a storage box on the altar. 

"It was Benny before, and now it's your turn to go crazy? Just put some apples and sugar on the altar. What's all this mess?" 

Yuan Hong didn't respond immediately. After making a gesture of respect, she told her husband that it was for her mother and that there would be lamb chops later. 

Ben's father listened with a mouth-watering sensation, "You haven't cooked in a long time. You're in a good mood today, cooking yourself." 

"Mom wants to eat." 

"Did Mom send you a dream?" 

Yuan Hong was still thinking about where to start, but her husband asked her, making it much easier. She told her husband the whole story she had heard earlier, thinking that her husband wouldn't easily believe it. But he did ask a few questions and said he didn't expect such a thing to be true. 

"Honey, have you heard of it?" 

"I heard it when I dined with other big bosses. I thought it was just a story, quite appetizing. Is it really true?" 

"I think so. She used her son's phone, dialed the number my mother used before, and I also secretly dialed it. It was an empty number, but she did get connected. I talked to her for a while." 

"Did you really hear Mom's voice, was it Mom speaking?" 

"Yes, definitely. Could I mistake our mom?" 

The old man sat on the sofa watching TV, seeing his son and daughter-in-law whispering, and asked them what they were talking about? Where's Ben? 

Yuan Hong told her father-in-law about the events of the day. 

The old man was shocked and turned off the TV, asking what was said and what his wife said. 

...

...

"emmmm....."

"Ben's Mom, what are you hesitating about?"

"Mom is very worried about you, caring for your health."

The old man listened and felt happy, then asked his daughter-in-law, "What else?"

"She also asked when you can go down to accompany her."

"...."

After a moment of confusion, Ben's grandfather's facial expression gradually stiffened. Yuan Hong quickly intervened and said, "Ben explained to his grandmother, saying it's too early, and you should at least hold a great-grandchild." 

When the old lady left, Ben's grandfather was indeed very sad, but time heals all wounds. He had already moved on, reminiscing about his wife while embarking on a colorful new life. 

You can't imagine how happy the life of a wealthy old man can be. 

In short, as long as one hasn't lived enough, who wants to go down? 

Ben's grandfather raised his purple sand cup, took a sip of strong tea to calm himself down, "Benny, my good grandson." 

Meanwhile, the wife of Ben's uncle's wife from the neighboring villa, Kate, knocked on the door. 

The two brothers living close by often visited each other, so this was nothing out of the ordinary. However, today was different. Kate, brimming with joy, said to Lu's grandfather, "I have good news to tell you, Dad. Jack's girlfriend wasn't feeling well, went for a checkup, and it turns out she's pregnant. The two of them might get married soon." 

"What did you say???!!!" 

The excitement of her father in law caught Kate off guard. She thought maybe all the children in this family were taking too long, so suddenly receiving good news made it hard to believe. 

She repeated, "Dad, you heard me right. Jack's girlfriend is pregnant. In nine months, you'll be holding a great-grandson or great-granddaughter." 

Ben's grandfather: ... 

Is this fate? 

Or the blessing of the old lady? 

Seeing his father's reaction not quite right, Kate glanced at the brothers and sisters, who also seemed a bit strange. She asked, "Dad, didn't you ask him a while ago? Now that there's news, aren't you happy?" 

The old man looked solemn, "I'm happy, I'm very happy."

*

A little earlier, Jasmine said she was ready to go home. Ben drove out to drop someone off. When he returned Jasmine home, before even entering the house, he heard the song "Borrowing Five Hundred Years Again" playing in the living room.

Upon entering, he saw Grandpa sitting with his back turned, facing him was Ms Yuan, who was cutting fruit.  

"Who played this song? Why did you want to listen to it?"  

Ms Yuan frantically signaled her son to look at Grandpa.  

Ben bypassed the sofa and sat down next to Grandpa, jokingly asking, "Grandpa, what's wrong?"  

Grandpa asked in a pitiful tone, "Did you tell Grandma that I wanted to hold my great-grandson and that's why she left?"  

"Yes."  

"Don't you know that Jack's girlfriend has pregnant?"  

...  

...

Ben wiped his face, never expecting that Grandpa would be so close to passing away right after he had gone out for a bit.  

"This is really..."  

"Next time, you can make a call by yourself, you can talk with her directly."  

"My grandma, she's always stubborn but soft-hearted. Just sweet talk her and it's done."  

The Ben's family hoped and prayed, but Jasmine didn't return as quickly as they had hoped. As a new actress about to star in a TV series, she had her own things to take care of.  

Beauty care, fitness, maintaining vitality, preparing to promote the TV series on variety shows, scripts kept coming her way. At this time, naturally, these were not big-budget productions, Jasmine understood that much.  

In addition, she took the time to catch up on some dramas recommended by directors for newcomers before the show aired.  

During this period, Blue Platform and Yuzhou Satellite TV also released trailers for their upcoming shows. Netizens were aware that the drama "My All-Round Girlfriend" was scheduled to premiere on 18th August. The previous waves had stirred up a lot of emotions, making many genuinely curious about the outcome - whether the show was as bad as rumored or if industry insiders were just jealous and trying to bring it down.  

In the WeChat group, members of the production team were very nervous.  

"I've already asked my relatives and friends to tune in on time and turn on the TV, even if they don't watch."  

"Who hasn't? My mom and her card buddies have been told that our show is really good, they must watch. We've done everything we could, hoping for a great start tonight. As long as the ratings don't drop compared to the previous show, we can shut that blogger up."  

"This isn't my first show, but I'm still nervous."  

"At times like this, we need @Jasmine to say a few words."  

"Has Boss Jasmine promoted it to her family and friends?"  

Jasmine's mother passed away early, her father just like nobody, so she just called her grandmother and asked her to watch the show on TV at the scheduled time. She didn't expect her colleagues to be so dedicated.  

Alright, at 7:30 PM, she posted her first Facebook since registering, with a photo attached. The photo showed a large wall-mounted TV tuned to Blue Platform, with the show's title displayed.  

Jasmine V:  

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As long as you watch this show, you're my step-sisters from different Mom and Dad.  

After posting the Facebook, she refreshed the page and saw that there were already many hot comments.  

Top comment: "I am a bit addictive recently, sisters."  

While silly netizens watched the show and chatted with her, joy was joy. After all, not many people were paying attention to Jasmine at first, with comments initially staying at around a thousand. Until Ben and others reposted her post, the rich kids started to join in, and many people remembered to turn on their TVs.  

On Facebook and forums, people were asking: "What are the ratings now? Are they going up or down?"  

- Going up, they are going up very fast.  

- Blue Platform is close to 1.0, Yuzhou Satellite TV is over 0.7.  

- Combined, is it 1.7??? Didn't that show only reach half of this on the first day? This show seems promising.  

- It's better than I thought, but right now, many are just watching for the excitement. Let's see after a couple of episodes.  

The group in the production team's WeChat was more excited than the netizens, none of them were watching the show seriously, all eyes were on the ratings. When Blue Platform hit 1, many of them got so excited that they started giving out red envelopes.

"[Rise up, rise up quickly!]

[Yuzhou Satellite TV, put in some effort too, let's aim to break 1 rating for both channels tonight, promote it tomorrow to attract more viewers.]

[We must believe in the storyline we started with, no problem.]

Idol dramas, many of them start with the female lead being ordinary while the male lead is wealthy and charismatic, then they encounter an unexpected event that brings these two completely different people together.

But 'My All-Round Girlfriend' is different. Perhaps because the second female lead has a prestigious status and cannot be neglected, the writer set up her character in the first episode. At the beginning, they are at the company, the female lead and the second female lead are friends, both new probationary employees.

Newbies always face workplace challenges.

The female lead is cautious, she just wants to smoothly pass the probation period, but trouble finds her anyway.

Maybe it was because she glanced at a young and promising executive who had just returned to the company after vacation, and several colleagues in the same department noticed, followed by a wave of sarcasm and disdain, implying she's not even worthy of looking at him.

The female lead endures it, and the second female lead rolls her eyes and says, "Jiajia is not worthy of you all?" 

The cannon fodders A, B, and C are enraged and about to trip her up with their eyes, but our "Sub girl" took the initiative, had a refreshing encounter with this executive guy, exchanged WeChat contacts in less than five minutes, leaving the cannon fodders A, B, and C to envy.

In this episode, although the male lead appears, he doesn't even notice our "Sub girl".

When the episode ends and the advertisements play, Facebook goes crazy, everyone feels like Panpan is the female lead.

Although she's a vase with no work skills, her face is really pretty, and she has a very refreshing personality.

- Why not switch the roles of the female lead and the second female lead???? I don't like dough, Panpan is the woman who hits my sweet spot!

- I'm loving this storyline. The handsome boss that the sour B****s dare not flirt with is now in my WeChat list, hahahaha.

- It seems like seeing a cat protect its owner, hold grudges, and act noble online.

- Hey, sis, you forgot, there's also a cat raising fish.

- See, the high-ranking executive you all want as a husband is just an ordinary fish in my pond, jealous much?

- I was just watching for fun, but now I'm hooked.

- The way Panpan stands up for Jiajia is true love. I declare they will get married on the spot and let the useless male lead go away. (•̤̀ᵕ•̤́๑)ᵒᵏᵎᵎᵎᵎ

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