Looking for a drama with competitions, underdog mc, cheating villains, and romance. I'm thinking maybe designer competitions, or cooking, or similar. Not looking for sports drama. I saw one drama, don't remember its name, but I really liked the format of it. Basically the drama was split into arcs of 3-4 episodes and the underdog mc almost always somehow managed to win after every arc by coming up with some last minute genius idea, even though the villains cheated and played dirty. 

I strongly prefer korean, chinese or japanese drama.

Not quite sure, but perhaps these can work:

- The Princess' Man

- Time between Dog & Wolf

- The Three Musketeers

- King's Daughter, Soo Bæk Hyang
I'll recommend:
- Dream High 1 and 2
- King of Baking Kim Tak Goo
- God of Study