# WebtoonLib — A Lovely Meal #1 ## Series - title: A Lovely Meal - slug: a-lovely-meal-5nnpgnf1 ## Chapter - number: 1 - chapter_key: 1-c2yw77 - release_date: 2026-10-19 ### Summary A Lovely Meal Chapter 1 opens with Chang-Deok encountering a young man waiting in front of the closed sprout soup shop on a snowy day, and the turning point is him taking him into his home with the promise of soup. They do expensive shopping at the market, the cashier questions their relationship. At home, the young man cooks soup but it doesn't taste like the shop's. As Chang-Deok tries to kick him out, the young man begs, saying he is the restaurant owner's son, his parents died in an accident, and he has nowhere to stay. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Student offers to cook same-tasting sprout soup at the man's house and they go grocery shopping together. - Student cooks homemade sprout soup with bean sprouts, meat broth, salted shrimp, soy sauce, and egg. - Man finds his favorite sprout soup shop suddenly closed with a for-rent sign and sees a student crouching there. - Student locks himself in bathroom, reveals he is the shop owner's son whose parents died in accident with nowhere to go. - Man tries to call police but number is out of service and continues trying to force student out. - TV news reports a pile-up on Jungbu Expressway with many dead and injured from snow and ice. - Man says soup looks and smells same but tastes different, accuses student of lying and tries to kick him out. - Restaurant owner brings short rent and asks for deferral to next month, which is granted. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser A Lovely Meal Chapter 1 opens with Chang-Deok encountering a young man waiting in front of the closed sprout soup shop on a snowy day, and the turning point is him taking him into his home with the promise of soup. ### Spoiler summary A Lovely Meal Chapter 1 opens with Chang-Deok encountering a young man waiting in front of the closed sprout soup shop on a snowy day, and the turning point is him taking him into his home with the promise of soup. They do expensive shopping at the market, the cashier questions their relationship. At home, the young man cooks soup but it doesn't taste like the shop's. As Chang-Deok tries to kick him out, the young man begs, saying he is the restaurant owner's son, his parents died in an accident, and he has nowhere to stay. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 169 ### Content AS WE WELCOME THE NEW YEAR, WE REGRET TO REPORT THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT. ON THE 19TH, A MULTI-VEHICLE COLLISION ON THE JUNGBU EXPRESSWAY RESULTED IN MULTIPLE CASUALTIES. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL FOLLOWED BY SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAUSED THE ROADWAY TO ICE OVER... PROMPTING ONE VEHICLE TO SKID UNCONTROLLABLY AND INITIATE A CHAIN OF SUBSEQUENT COLLISIONS. ACCIDENT CLEANUP AND CONTINUED SNOWFALL HAVE KEPT TRAFFIC AT A STANDSTILL IN THE AFFECTED SECTION. OUR FIELD REPORTER IS ON SITE TO BRING FURTHER UPDATES. Multi-Vehicle Pile-Up on Jungbu Expressway Kills Two Daily News BOSS... YOU'RE SHORT THIS TIME. YOU NEVER DO THIS. WHAT HAPPENED? CHANGDEOK- I MEAN, MR. BAE! I'M REAL SORRY... WHEN YA COME BY NEXT MONTH, I RECKON I CAN PAY YA FOR THIS MONTH AND NEXT! I KNOW YA ALREADY CUT ME A LOTTA SLACK, BUT... THINK WE COULD LET IT SLIDE JUST THIS ONCE? BUSINESS'S BEEN SLOW LATELY... I'M REAL SORRY. IT'S OKAY... OTHER SHOP OWNERS HAVE BEEN SAYING THE SAME. BUSINESS MUST BE SLOW FOR EVERYONE RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN ROLL IT OVER INTO NEXT MONTH'S PAYMENT. OKAY! THANK YA SO MUCH, MR. BAE! IT'S ALRIGHT, WE'RE ALL JUST TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING... I HAVE SOMEWHERE TO BE, SO MAYBE NEXT TIME. THEY'RE SAYIN' THERE'S HEAVY SNOW TODAY, SO BE CAREFUL GETTIN' HOME!! YES, SIR. TAKE CARE AND I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. AIN'T YA HUNGRY? LEMME AT LEAST FIX YA SOMETHIN' TO EAT... UGH... IT'S SO COLD. IT'S ANNOYING TO LUG AROUND, BUT I SHOULD'VE BROUGHT AN UMBRELLA ANYWAY. DAMN... GETTING SNOWED ON... ...IS MAKING ME CRAVE SOME BEAN SPROUT SOUP. I'LL GRAB A BOWL TO WARM UP... THEN HEAD HOME. For Lease 010 - XXXX - XXXX THIS PLACE... ...WAS DOING JUST FINE LAST WEEK... THEY HAD THE BEST SOUP AROUND... WHY'D THEY SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN? AND ON TOP OF THAT... WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? IS HE WAITING FOR SOMEONE? HIS SHOULDERS ARE MOVING, SO I GUESS HE'S ALIVE... SHOULD I JUST LEAVE HIM BE? (PRETENDING NOT TO NOTICE) I'D BETTER NOT GET INVOLVED. I'LL JUST DROP BY THE CONVENIENCE STORE. EXCUSE ME! YOU CAME HERE... ...FOR BEAN SPROUT SOUP... RIGHT? IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN MAKE YOU SOME AT YOUR HOUSE. IT'LL TASTE EXACTLY LIKE THIS SHOP'S. ...AT MY PLACE...? WE ENDED UP COMING SHOPPING TOGETHER... ...AND WHEN WE'RE DONE, I GUESS HE'S GONNA COOK AT MY HOUSE. WELL... I MEAN...I AM REALLY CRAVING THAT SOUP... WHAT THE HELL...? THAT PERSON LOOKS KIND OF SCARY. LET'S GO AROUND THAT WAY. WHY... I'LL WORRY ABOUT IT AFTER I EAT. HEY, DO YOU KNOW ME? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT KIND OF PERSON I AM? YOU COME TO THE RESTAURANT AT LEAST THREE TIMES A WEEK... AND ALWAYS AROUND THE TIME SCHOOL LETS OUT. I'D SEE YOU ON MY WAY HOME ALL THE TIME. HUH...? HOW COME I NEVER NOTICED HIM? DO YOU KNOW WHY THE RESTAURANT CLOSED? JUST...PERSONAL REASONS. WHAT KIND OF REASON MAKES A PERSON SHUT DOWN THEIR STORE IN THE SPAN A WEEK? HE DOESN'T WANT TO ANSWER? HEY, WHY ARE YOU BUYING SO MUCH?! YOU SAID YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE BASIC SEASONINGS AT HOME. I HAD TO GET EVERYTHING I NEED. THIS IS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE... TAKE OUT EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT 100 PERCENT NECESSARY. NO! THEY'RE ALL NECESSARY. EXCUSE ME... ...I'M JUST ASKING OUT OF CONCERN... BUT WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS STUDENT? YOU DON'T REALLY LOOK LIKE FATHER AND SON... THE WORLD IS SO DANGEROUS THESE DAYS... SO PLEASE GIVE ME A STRAIGHT ANSWER. I'M STARVING, SO MAKE IT FAST. AND DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE KITCHEN. WE JUST ENDED UP BLUFFING AT THE STORE. I KINDA FEEL BAD... AH, HE'S MY UNCLE. HE CAN'T FIND WORK SO HE'S UNEMPLOYED. AH...YES... RIGHT... OH DEAR... I DON'T TURN ON THE HEAT, SO THE PLACE IS PRETTY CHILLY. IT'LL WARM UP ONCE YOU START COOKING, SO JUST HOLD IN THERE FOR A BIT. I'LL LEAVE THE GROCERIES IN THE KITCHEN. YOU REALLY DON'T COOK AT HOME, HUH...? I CAN'T COOK. I'D RATHER BUY FOOD. USE THE KITCHEN HOWEVER YOU WANT. I'M GONNA TAKE A SHOWER. OKAY... FIRST, WASH AND TRIM THE BEAN SPROUTS. THERE'S NOTHING HERE... BLANCH THEM IN BROTH, THEN PULL THEM OUT. SEASON TO TASTE WITH SALTED SHRIMP OR SOY SAUCE. CHOP SOME SCALLIONS AND PEPPERS. THEN, ADD THEM IN WITH THE BEAN SPROUTS. OH...? THAT SMELLS PRETTY GOOD... PHEW... HE'S LEGIT... NOW, ADD THE REMAINING INGREDIENTS AND BRING IT BACK TO A BOIL. FINALLY, CRACK AN EGG ON TOP. HOMEMADE BEAN SPROUT SOUP IS READY. HOW MUCH LONGER WILL IT BE? OH! IT'S DONE. TAKE A SEAT. YOU CAN EAT IT RIGHT AWAY. YOU CAN SPRINKLE IN AS MUCH ROASTED SEAWEED AS YOU LIKE. OR JUST HAVE IT ON THE SIDE, I GUESS. IT LOOKS AND SMELLS JUST LIKE THE RESTAURANT'S SOUP... WHY DIDN'T YOU MAKE ANY FOR YOURSELF? I'M NOT THAT HUNGRY. DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME, JUST HURRY AND EAT. ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. HOW IS IT? IS IT GOOD? IS IT SIMILAR TO THE RESTAURANT'S? HEY, GET OUT. ACK. W-WHY?! IS IT BAD?! YOU SAID YOU'D MAKE IT EXACTLY LIKE THE RESTAURANT'S. IT LOOKS THE SAME... BUT TASTES NOTHING LIKE IT. BE HONEST. YOU JUST SAID ALL THAT TO GET INTO MY HOUSE, DIDN'T YOU? THAT CAN'T BE. I WAITED TO SEE WHAT YOUR GAME WAS, BUT I JUST ENDED UP WASTING MONEY. I'M SORRY... I DIDN'T MEAN TO LIE... IT'S JUST... SAVE IT. GET OUT OF MY HOUSE RIGHT- ??? HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I TOLD YOU TO GET OUT. HEY!!!! I'M SORRY!! ????? PLEASE, JUST LET ME STAY HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, I WON'T I WON'T BE A BOTHER. I SWEAR I'LL BE QUIET! WHAT?! GO HOME!! WHY ARE YOU SCREWIN' AROUND IN MY HOUSE?!?! THERE'S A GOOD REASON!!! I'M ACTUALLY THE RESTAURANT OWNER'S SON... BUT...MY PARENTS DIED IN AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO... PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU... I DON'T CARE. OPEN THE DOOR WHILE I'M STILL BEING NICE, ALRIGHT? I WON'T LEAVE THIS BATHROOM UNTIL YOU SAY IT'S OKAY! EITHER LET ME STAY HERE, OR GIVE UP YOUR BATHROOM FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!! WHAT DID YOU SAY, PUNK?! YOU'RE OUTTA YOUR MIND! YOU MUST BE STARTLED BY A STRANGER BARGING INTO YOUR HOME LIKE THIS, I GET IT. BUT I'M CLUTCHING AT STRAWS HERE, I'M BEGGING YOU. PLEASE LET ME STAY HERE...! I'LL EAT AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE AND BE AS QUIET AS A MOUSE. DID I CONVINCE HIM? HELLO? IS THIS THE POLICE? I, UH, I'D LIKE TO REPORT A STRAY KID OR SOMETHING... WAIT!!! PLEASE WAIT, SIR! I GET IT, JUST DON'T CALL THE POLICE...! THE NUMBER YOU HAVE DIALED DOES NOT EXIST. PLEASE CHECK THE NUMBER AND CALL AGAIN... AH- GET OUT. NO...! PLEASE! HELP ME!! SIR? 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