Love Scout

Both shows have the office romance genre. Both shows have competent main leads. Both leads in these shows have a higher ranking role in the office than the male lead.

office romance with in sync leads..
secretary and boss component is there, ML is taking care of a child, his brother in HWMA, and his daughter in love scout

All in reverse. A kind of what if. The clash of traumas and fatigue under capitalism with waves of nostalgia. Traditional care, family and love as the salve for the acculturated pain.

Even in modern-day Taipei, women feel the societal pressure to get married and have children before the period to have them.
Thankfully, there is a solution: freeze your ovum and prolong your fertility.
Zeng Mei Bao freezes her ovum and looks for the right man to start a family. In the pursuit of this man, she ends up in a wintry Swedish Province, where ice and snow becomes a metaphor for the unborn child who is waiting to be born

We find a quality cast and an almost similar context. The lead has a strong personality and asserts herself in her work and the lead has a quality of assistant with her as in LOVE SCOUT. A romantic office not to be missed!

Nam Jeong Gi is a single father living with his son, brother and father. He is calm, kind and helpful. His colleagues take the opportunity to give him back work. He works for a small company called Lovely Cosmetics. On the day of his presentation to the company Gold Chemical Cosmetics to launch their moisturizer, he meets Ok Da Jeong, a woman who does not mince her words and who gets angry very easily without thinking about the consequences. Their interview goes badly and he chains the blunders, which leads to the cancellation of the contract. He then feels obliged to give his resignation. After a hard day of chess, he discovers with amazement that his new neighbor is none other than Da Jeong.

Zheng Xiao Xiang first met the American born Chinese photographer when she was in a quarantine. When she met him again seven years later, she is a slovenly woman with a child. But this time around, she would undergo a dramatic change with him entering her life.

In TFF there's a part with an office romance (in both dramas the CEO is deemed "cold" by others, and fall in love with a disliked coworker); in both dramas the male lead is a good person that cares about his cherished people, prioritising them over a career.

They are similar only on the fire trauma thing...in Love Scout, both of them were in the same fire in the same building as children.

Then in Just Between Lovers, both leads are in an earthquake tragedy in the mall and both got buried and rescued and it was traumatic for them.

Then both dramas are about healing too.

A successful and confident woman, Kang Ji Yun, is the CEO of a headhunting company. To survive in the fiercely competitive headhunting field, she puts everything she has into her work. Outside of her job, she doesn't know how to do anything. She has a secretary named Yoo Eun Ho who takes care of pretty much everything for her. Unlike his boss, the secretary is friendly, well-mannered, and considerate of other people. He is a single father, who is also good at parenting and housework.

Saionji, a housework-application employee who doesn't do housework, is enjoying the freedom of single life she's finally obtained after 38 years! However, she meets Kusumi, a genius engineer from Silicon Valley.

The strange younger man has a big "secret"!

This is a story of love and family, where Saionji-san, who has no housekeeping skills, takes on the challenge

A successful and confident woman, Kang Ji Yun, is the CEO of a headhunting company. To survive in the fiercely competitive headhunting field, she puts everything she has into her work. Outside of her job, she doesn't know how to do anything. She has a secretary named Yoo Eun Ho who takes care of pretty much everything for her. Unlike his boss, the secretary is friendly, well-mannered, and considerate of other people. He is a single father, who is also good at parenting and housework.

In both dramas, its about the boss and the secretary falling in love.

In Love Scout, the FL is the boss and the ML is the secretary.

In WWWSK, its the ML who is the boss and the FL is the secretary.

But totally different plots. But both are enjoyable and will make you happy and smile.

Love Scout and Dinner Mate share a mature romance theme centered on emotionally open, empathetic adult characters who communicate honestly without silly misunderstandings. Both dramas use the comforting act of sharing food as a meaningful backdrop, creating a warm atmosphere that enhances their romantic connection. Dinner Mate uniquely explores moving on from past relationships through shared dinners, while Love Scout emphasizes healing through love and human connection. Their leads are career-focused yet caring, making the stories relatable for viewers who appreciate heartfelt, realistic romance combined with the soothing pleasure of food scenes. This blend makes both dramas deeply enjoyable and comforting to watch.

A successful and confident woman, Kang Ji Yun, is the CEO of a headhunting company. To survive in the fiercely competitive headhunting field, she puts everything she has into her work. Outside of her job, she doesn't know how to do anything. She has a secretary named Yoo Eun Ho who takes care of pretty much everything for her. Unlike his boss, the secretary is friendly, well-mannered, and considerate of other people. He is a single father, who is also good at parenting and housework.