Park Eun Bin Faces an Unexpected Family Test in ‘Spooky in Love’

Park Eun Bin’s Cheon Yeo Ri is about to discover that a made-up engagement can create very real complications. In the next episode of Spooky in Love, the hotel heiress finds herself facing the grandmother of Ma Gang Wook, played by Yang Se Jong, after an unexpected late-night encounter brings their supposed relationship into a far more personal setting.

The tvN series is an occult romance built around an unlikely partnership. Yeo Ri can see ghosts, while prosecutor Gang Wook is deeply frightened by them, placing the two characters on opposite sides of the supernatural situations that pull them together. Their working relationship has become increasingly tangled with family expectations and the pressure surrounding Yeo Ri’s future.

An Engagement That Was Meant to Solve a Problem

Yeo Ri’s latest predicament follows a decisive move at a family gathering. Under pressure from her grandmother to become engaged to Kang Min Hwan, she abruptly introduced Gang Wook as her fiancé. The announcement changed the atmosphere around the group immediately, giving Yeo Ri a temporary answer to the demands being placed on her while also making Gang Wook part of a story much bigger than the two had planned.

That choice now has consequences beyond the original gathering. A relationship presented in front of relatives cannot remain a simple private arrangement, especially when the people around it are eager to understand who Gang Wook is and what he means to Yeo Ri. The new preview shifts the attention from Yeo Ri’s family to Gang Wook’s home, where she becomes the one asked to explain herself.

A Late-Night Visit Takes a New Turn

The situation begins when Yeo Ri accompanies a drunken Gang Wook home. What might have been a straightforward act of concern becomes a surprise introduction when his grandmother, Paeng Myo Soon, sees her bringing him back. Go Pil Dong, Gang Wook’s colleague, is also present, adding another witness to a moment neither lead seems prepared to manage.

Yeo Ri initially expects to leave after making sure Gang Wook is safely home. Instead, she is drawn into an impromptu visit with Paeng Myo Soon, who has long been curious about her grandson’s love life. The grandmother’s interest is not presented as casual small talk: the preview frames her attention as both watchful and openly inquisitive, leaving Yeo Ri visibly uncomfortable as she tries to navigate the encounter.

Why the Scene Matters for the Pair

The family meeting gives Spooky in Love a chance to test the chemistry between its central characters in a setting where neither ghostly mysteries nor professional responsibilities can offer an easy escape. Yeo Ri has shown she can make a bold choice when her own family closes in, but Gang Wook’s grandmother introduces a different kind of challenge. She is meeting Yeo Ri not as a colleague or a convenient public answer, but as someone who may become important in Gang Wook’s everyday life.

For Gang Wook, the scene may also reveal how much of the arrangement he is willing to accept once it affects the people closest to him. He is not in a position to guide the conversation while intoxicated, which places Yeo Ri alone at the center of the exchange. Her ability to respond under pressure could shape how Paeng Myo Soon interprets the unexpected fiancé announcement—and how the audience sees the pair’s changing dynamic.

The preview’s lighter domestic tension sits alongside the show’s supernatural premise, a combination that has allowed the drama to move between eerie situations and character-focused comedy. Rather than treating the family encounter as a detour, the episode appears set to use it to deepen the uncertainty around the two leads’ connection. Their engagement may have started as a strategic declaration, but the questions waiting at Gang Wook’s home make it harder to separate performance from genuine feeling.

Spooky in Love airs its next episode on August 8 at 9:10 p.m. KST. The upcoming chapter will show whether Yeo Ri can withstand Paeng Myo Soon’s direct questions—and whether the fictional engagement becomes more convincing than either lead intended.