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You are welcome. Another realistic drama is “Fake It Till You Make It”. It’s Chinese but has more of a Western feel (also quite short). It’s probably my favorite realistic adult romance drama. K-dramas usually have some sort of a twist (like here) or a bit unrealistic (like Queen of Tears).

First four episodes were pretty good. It seems this will be a cozy and wholesome drama without angst and tropes. Even the parents of the leads seem nice so far. I also like the fact that the leads are kind of rubbing off on each other. It’s not an instant love-at-first-sight young love, but more adult drama where people slowly get to like each other and change for the better.

It doesn’t feel rushed because of the circumstances. Saying more might be spoiler-ish :)

It’s possible she borrowed her mom’s stamp (used to stamp/sign official documents) or — like another person mentioned — she could’ve gotten her mom to sign the documents by claiming it was something else.

You raise a great point and it’s something I also openly wondered about in the comments. I really, really hope the writers give us a plausible explanation for why she can’t just come out and tell him the truth. From the outside, he seems like a good guy and would keep her secret. So I think a lot hinges on upcoming episodes 3 & 4.

The “hook” of the drama is the based on FL faking a marriage & child to get employed. So this inevitably lead to misunderstandings before our heroes are reunited & fight for the company against bad people. So the authors wanted to do an old-school romcom full of tropes & cliches (like just-completed Would You Marry Me).

Totally understand if that’s not your preference. If you want a more realistic & grounded romance, “Love Scout” is a great recent example.
There’s also an ongoing C-drama that just started airing called “Why Is He Still Single?”. It looks to be less trope-y (and only 16 episodes which is rare for C-dramas).

If she didn’t mention the shower, this could’ve been like “Safe Skies, Archer” 😳❤️‍🔥🤣

Yes, check out Would You Marry Me. it’s a similar old-school romcom filled with tropes. If you are in the U.S., Disney+/Hulu has that drama but episodes come out Wednesday, so last two episodes (11 & 12) aren’t there yet.

The leads only have eyes for each other. The two people who kind of like them probably won’t be too much of an issue because they are going to be the second couple.

OST song “Say You Love Me” by Wendy (from Red Velvet) is available. This is the official video with clips from the drama (mostly, ep. 1) and of Wendy singing — https://youtu.be/d7rdFgjsGvE

Yes, for now we just need the poor 2ML to get a raise 😁

Ah, yes, Love to Hate You was also great

First 4 episodes are very nice :)

First 4 episodes were very nice and wholesome. This might be one of the rare C-dramas where we wish it had more episodes:)

By drama standards, he’s not super over-the-top bad. And as we see in ep. 1-4, both leads are rubbing off on each other :)

This is a very cozy and wholesome story so far. In addition to main leads, ML’s neighbor is very nice too ☺️

Yes, I agree. It’s very wholesome so far. There wasn’t even drama between 2ML (ML’s assistant), his girlfriend and 2FL (ML’s neighbor). 2ML+2FL look cute together but his girlfriend is not super evil, so I don’t know what the screenwriters will do (GF 1 & GF2? 🤣).

Through 4 episodes, this is a pretty nice and wholesome show. Don’t think we will encounter any crazy over-the-top trope-y drama. Even ML’s mom is pretty nice.

Available now on WeTV/Tencent Video — Episode 1 (free), 2 & 3 (VIP), and 4 (VVIP).

MDL tags can be unreliable. I remember one recent drama where it took weeks of efforts for us (commenters) to remove a clearly erroneous tag which was confusing people. The tag said “Romance” even through it was NOT a romance drama and romance was just a tiny portion of the story.