Maurizia

In the main plot we watch two people revealing their personalities little by little. And the assumptions we got at the beginning turn to be false.
It starts with a nice, gentle, sweet girl, who grew with loving parents supporting her dreams. She comes to Beijing in pursuit of a professional success. And it starts with her boss - an arrogant male, harsh and rigid, never caring about other people feelings.
But as the story goes on we slowly discover that the girl can also be quite bold and resourceful, while the guy can be really caring and responsible.
And then the romance starts and in the romance she shows more and more of her insecurities and her egoism, while he is able to go all the way to do things as she wants them and to build their relationship.
She lies to him, keep him out of her life, doesn't allow him near her friends who are like a family to her. And she wants to eat the cookie and to keep it. She doesn't want their relationship to be know at work, she want to achieve success by herself. But at the same time she is mad, when he does exactly what she wants, treating her as an employee at work without any special concessions.
And then comes the dog. He somehow illustrates their relationship. She just whimsically got him, and then dumped him at her boyfriend without any warning. And she gives the dog her BF's name!!! So, she reveals herself as an irresponsible, egocentric person who in fact doesn't care about other people feelings at all. Her nice sweet side turns out to be only some external coat of paint. Deep inside she is just a very, very selfish girl. She didn't notice at all that her roommate had feelings for her - something that was crystal clear to others, including their other roommate. The reason is - she is so selfcentred.
And all her insecurities come from her egoism. There is nothing in her previous life to justify it, as her family gave her only love and support.
At the same time we see the guy changing for her, learning to be nicer, accepting all her conditions, and working hard to build their relationship. But he struggles, of course he struggles, as he has to do it by himself. He has to go all the way to her, while she is not advancing an inch.
And then they break up over a misunderstanding and she disappears. And he cries for her and he is sorry and he says he doesn't deserve love!!! It is clearly the other way round! Even the dog knew who was the good people there.
So the last two episodes are about him pursuing her again and finally winning her over. For me they were the weakest episodes, just to give us, watchers, some satisfaction with a happy ending. But she absolutely didn't deserve him. And for him it would be better to move on and forget this ungrateful selfish woman.
So the main story is about sweeping flags: what seemed to be the red flag turned green and what seemed to be the green turned red.
It is a good story and masterfully played. Especially by Jing Boran who is absolutely incredible in this role.
However, as the drama goes I give it only 8,5 because of the background stories and subplots. For me it was just too much. When we have such a messed up relationship as a main plot and all the office dealings in the background, the secondary narrative about heroine's roommates was unnecessary and adding too much darkness to already heavy drama.
I loved the OST though :)