Manager Shen with Her True Love

Sweet, slow burn romance with He Cong Rui as mild-mannered ML

I was in the mood to watch more Han Jia Hui's drama after completing "Utterly Submit". Found this drama on Youtube and since I also liked He Cong Rui, I gave it a go. Such a sweet romance!

What I liked:
1. FL characterisation - She was hardworking, smart & self-sufficient. She solved her own problems. I liked that she never forced herself to work in a toxic environment. Han Jia Hui was great in this role.
2. ML characterisation - It's wonderful that he is not a CEO. He is a heart disease researcher. Yes he came from an influential family but he never used his connections for FL's employment. I've always watched He Cong Rui playing a domineering character so it's great to see him as a mild mannered man.
3. Romance - Their first meeting was a literal meet cute! Him in shorts & hair wrap made me chuckled! Sweet, slow burn romance. Longing glances. Quite believable because of the challenges they had gone through. There were some kisses and a brief intimate scene though I wish for more.
4. Supporting characters - I really liked FL's best friend. She shared great observations and advice. ML's friend was great too. I liked how he handled the antagonist. I found FL's admirer was a good love rival to ML.

What I disliked:
1. Antagonist - The antagonist, FL's business rival, is a well-developed character. It's refreshing in that sense however I disliked her for putting FL in a dangerous situation. For a hotel manager, I don't understand how she could spend a lot of time at a rival hotel.
2. Aesthetics - The colour gradient was dull making this drama to be seen as having a low production value. FL's clothes were ordinary but her work uniform was pretty.

Favourite scene
ML's love confession

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