This drama got me hooked from episode 1, the moment seemingly cold and ruthless CEO Zhan Nanxian (Hans Zhang) told himself, "you'll get Wen Nuan back". Seven years ago, Wen Nuan (Janine Chang) broke up with Nanxian for unexplained reasons and left for UK. Now she is back in Shanghai and somehow gets a job in sales in Nanxian's company. Against her judgement, even after she lied that her boyfriend is Zhu Linlu (Jing Chao), her most supportive friend who happens to be the general manager of a competitor company, she gets promoted to be Nanxian's assistant.
I would normally avoid this kind of drama, full of angst with a female lead whose instinctive response to problems is to clam up and flee. And Nanxian is not blameless either. Why have such a high-profile actress, Bo Yixin (Jenny Zhang), for a girlfriend if he intended to get Nuan back? And Yixin used to be Wen Nuan's best friend too, so the betrayal was doubly painful for Nuan. But I couldn't stop watching even though it gets draggy sometimes. There is just something compelling about Nanxian's formidable yet haunted and lonely CEO character that makes you want him to get the girl.
And I'm so glad I stuck it out. The ending is worth the angst.
