Popular K-drama The Midnight Romance in Hagwon aired episode 7 on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at 9:20 p.m. KST on tvN, which can also be streamed on Viki. The episode saw instructor Seo Hye-Jin boldly decide to stay with her current academy, Daechi Chase, and reject the job offer from a rival academy, Choiseon Korean. Meanwhile, she also began to have growing feelings towards Lee Joon-Ho and took a step forward in loving herself.
The Midnight Romance in Hagwon follows the story of popular instructor Seo Hye-Jin (Jung Ryeo-Won), who meets her former student and now instructor Lee Joon-Ho (Wi Ha-Joon). The latter leaves his high-paying job to become an instructor in the same academy as hers. He looks for a career change and wishes to pursue Hye-Jin, his first love. The two develop feelings for each other, albeit slowly.
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The latest episode 7 of The Midnight Romance in Hagwon began with Lee Joon-Ho’s confession to Seo Hye-Jin. The latter avoided her feelings, confessing that it was all a misunderstanding. However, Joon-Ho expressed his commitment to staying loyal to Hye-Jin and waiting for her until she decides. As the two navigated their conversation privately, Nam Cheong-Mi returned to the academy, suspicious of the two.
Hye-Jin convinced Cheong-Mi that nothing was going on between her and Joon-Ho. She also offered Cheong-Mi her place to stay for the night. Before the two ladies went to sleep, Cheong-Mi assured to keep Hye-Jin and Joon-Ho’s meeting a secret. Meanwhile, Joon-Ho texted Hye-Jin, expressing his intentions to wait for her, irrespective of her decision to leave Daechi Chase and move to Choiseon Korean.
The following day, Daechi Chase assistant director Woo Seung-Hee called Hye-Jin and revealed that director Kim Hyun-Tak remained unavailable. The latter fell sick after getting drunk the previous night while apologizing to Hye-Jin. Later, Hye-Jin and fellow team leader Yoon Ji-Seok went to check on the director and found that he was very unwell. Hyun-Tak apologized to Hye-Jin again and confessed to respecting her decision if she chose to switch academies.
Meanwhile, Choiseon Korean director Choi Hyeong-Seon grew concerned over losing her students to Daechi Chase and Hye-Jin. The latter expressed her decision to move from Choiseon Korean to Ji-Seok, who congratulated her. However, Ji-Seok expressed that Joon-Ho would be disappointed, given how much he liked her. Back at Daechi Chase, an employee flirted with Joon-Ho, but he confessed to having feelings for someone else.
After Hye-Jin arrived at Daechi Chase, she called her team for a meeting. Later, she spoke to Joon-Ho privately, expressing her interest in returning to how the two were before Joon-Ho’s confession. This surprised the latter as he continued showing his sincere interest. However, Hye-Jin worried that this might affect Joon-Ho’s career. Their conversation was interrupted when student Lee Shi-Woo came to meet them.
When Hye-Jin met Shi-Woo, he expressed how the joint lecture by her and Joon-Ho was his favorite Korean lecture to date. Shi-Woo further noted that he would remember the class for a long time. This struck Hye-Jin like a bolt of lightning. At night, while speaking with Joon-Ho, she expressed her desire to teach Shi-Woo at Daechi Chase after the student’s honest confession. Hye-Jin wished to help Shi-Wo just like she did with Joon-Ho.
Joon-Ho continued to confess his feelings irrespective of Hye-Jin’s decision. Before dropping her home, he brought her some items from the convenience store and revealed that he’d bought the house above the store to stay close to Hye-Jin. Joon-Ho told his parents he’d move to a new house the following day. Meanwhile, Hye-Jin met director Hyeong-Seon at Choiseon Korean and confessed to not taking the job and staying at Daechi Chase.
After Hye-Jin left, Hyeong-Seon grew more concerned. Meanwhile, Hye-Jin met Shi-Woo at Choiseon Korean and wondered why he still visited the academy after getting admission at Daechi Chase. Shi-Woo expressed that he’d come to return a few textbooks that were part of the scholarship fees. Hye-Jin asked if she could buy him some juice, but Shi-Woo had to head to his classes. On her way to Daechi Chase, Hye-Jin asked Joon-Ho to meet her.
At the end of the episode, Hye-Jin decided to not only stay at Daechi Chase but also realized that she began to love herself more.
To see what happens next, remember to tune in to The Midnight Romance in Hagwon Episode 8 on Sunday, June 2, 2024, at 9:20 p.m. KST on tvN and later on Viki.