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They bicker when Jongwu drinks the offering drink bought for the morning memorial, then Jongwu recounts the day he scattered his family's ashes into the ocean, that he couldn't cry at the funeral, and that he felt like a monster for being mixed-race. Changdeok comforts him, shares his own orphanage past, and Jongwu tells him he wants to trust him like family.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In A Lovely Meal Chapter 17, Changdeok Hyung drives a long way through pouring rain to go to the beach with Jongwu, and the real confrontation happens at the moment of remembering his family. Jongwu confesses that he plans to spend the night at the beach and return by bus in the morning, and Changdeok accompanies him. Their hunger talk turns into a dream of Gangneung-style spicy noodles. They bicker when Jongwu drinks the offering drink bought for the morning memorial, then Jongwu recounts the day he scattered his family's ashes into the ocean, that he couldn't cry at the funeral, and that he felt like a monster for being mixed-race. Changdeok comforts him, shares his own orphanage past, and Jongwu tells him he wants to trust him like family.","key_events":["Jongwu says he is hungry after skipping dinner and they discuss local noodle soup and rest-stop food.","Changdeok comforts Jongwu by sharing he was abandoned as a baby and that not crying is biological.","Changdeok drives a long way through heavy rain with Jongwu to Gangneung beach.","Jongwu tells Changdeok he wants to be someone he can trust and be like family with.","Jongwu recounts scattering his parents' ashes into the ocean and not crying at the funeral.","Jongwu drinks the offering drink brought for his parents and Changdeok scolds him."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"UH... CHANGDEOK HYUNG... ARE YOU OKAY?\nNO...\nI'M NOT...\nI'VE ONLY EVER DRIVEN AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD A FEW TIMES, YEARS AGO.\nNOW HERE I AM, DRIVING LONG DISTANCE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOWNPOUR...\n\nHONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING.\nGOODNESS... YOU REALLY WENT THROUGH A LOT...\nYOU CAME ALL THE WAY OUT HERE TO THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.\nHOW EXACTLY WERE YOU PLANNING TO GET HOME TONIGHT?\nUMM...\nI FIGURED IF I COULDN'T MAKE IT BACK, I'D JUST STAY ON THE BEACH...\n...AND CATCH THE FIRST BUS BACK IN THE MORNING...?\nHA...\nYOU COULD'VE JUST ASKED ME TO COME WITH YOU.\n\nWHY GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO MAKE THINGS HARDER ON YOURSELF...?\nHONESTLY... I DID THINK ABOUT IT.\nBUT I FIGURED YOU'D BE BUSY.\nYOU PROBABLY WANT TO VISIT YOUR OWN PARENTS.\nI DIDN'T WANT TO DRAG YOU AROUND AND WEAR YOU OUT.\nMY PARENTS...\n\nHYUNG...\nTHANK YOU.\nFOR WHAT?\nI WAS JUST THINKING TO MYSELF THAT I REGRETTED NOT ASKING YOU TO COME.\nTHEN YOUR CALL CAME RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT. IT REALLY SURPRISED ME.\n\nI FEEL BAD THAT YOU TOOK TIME OFF WORK TO COME...\nBUT AT THE SAME TIME, BEING HERE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY...\nJEEZ...\nYOU SAY STUFF LIKE THAT SO CASUALLY...\n\nWOAH... WAS THAT YOUR STOMACH JUST NOW?\nWHY ASK WHEN YOU CLEARLY HEARD IT...?\nI RUSHED OUT WITHOUT EVEN EATING DINNER. I'M STARVING.\nSINCE WE'RE IN GANGNEUNG, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE REGIONAL SPECIALTY.\nAND WHAT IS THAT?\nIT'S HAND-CUT NOODLE SOUP, BUT MADE SPICY WITH GOCHUJANG.\nSOUNDS DELICIOUS, I WANNA TRY IT...\nI KIND OF WANT SOME UDON AND WALNUT BREAD FROM THE REST STOP TOO.\nNOW THAT SOUNDS GOOD... REST STOP FOOD...\n\nCHANGDEOK HYUNG...\nYOU MUST'VE BEEN EXHAUSTED.\nI CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FELL ASLEEP LIKE THAT.\n\nMMM...\n\nI'M GLAD THE RAIN STOPPED LAST NIGHT.\nIT WAS POURING SO HARD, I THOUGHT MONSOON SEASON STARTED EARLY...\nRIGHT? I THOUGHT WE'D BE STUCK IN THE CAR ALL NIGHT.\nWHAT'S IN THE BAG? SNACKS?\nWE CAME ALL THIS WAY TO PAY OUR RESPECTS TO YOUR PARENTS.\nWE SHOULD AT LEAST DO IT PROPERLY, EVEN IF IT'S SIMPLE.\n\nHERE, TAKE THIS.\nI WANTED TO BRING SOME FRUIT TOO...\nBUT THE CONVENIENCE STORE DIDN'T HAVE ANY...\nHEY HEY HEY HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!\n\nARE YOU CRAZY?!?!?!\nWHY ARE YOU DRINKING THE OFFERING WE BROUGHT FOR YOUR PARENTS?!\nARE YOU THAT STRESSED FROM STUDYING THAT YOU'VE GONE COMPLETELY NUTS?!\nTHEN SAY SOMETHING!! TALK TO ME!!!!!!\nOH! I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DRINK IT? MY BAD!\nIF YOU WEREN'T SURE, YOU COULD'VE ASKED... WHY WOULD YOU JUST DRINK IT?!\nBUT IT WAS FROM YOU, HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO SAY NO...? HEHE.\n\nGOOD GRIEF... HOW DID I END UP BRINGING SOMEONE LIKE YOU HOME...?\nWHAT A DISASTER... UNBELIEVABLE.\nHYUNG, DO YOU REMEMBER THE DAY WE MET IN FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT?\nTHAT WAS ACTUALLY THE SAME DAY I SCATTERED MY PARENTS' ASHES IN THE OCEAN.\nIT WAS SUCH A SUDDEN ACCIDENT, THEY DIDN'T EVEN LEAVE A PROPER WILL.\n\nBUT I REMEMBERED HOW THEY USED TO SAY THEY WANTED TO LIVE BY THE OCEAN SOMEDAY...\nSO I DECIDED TO LAY THEM TO REST THERE.\nEVEN IN THE MOMENT I WAS SPREADING THEIR ASHES...\n...I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE THEY WERE REALLY GONE.\nMAYBE THAT'S WHY...\n...I DIDN'T SHED A SINGLE TEAR DURING THE FUNERAL.\nLOOKING BACK NOW...\n\n...I THINK WHAT REALLY SCARED ME WAS HOW STRANGE IT WAS...\n...THAT I DIDN'T CRY EVEN AFTER I HAD JUST LOST MY ENTIRE FAMILY.\nI WAS DEFINITELY SAD...\nBUT MY EYES WERE SO DRY THEY ACTUALLY HURT.\nI STARED AT THE OCEAN FOR SO LONG...\n...I COULDN'T EVEN TELL IF I WAS REALLY SAD ANYMORE.\n\nAND THEN I STARTED TO WONDER...\n...MAYBE IT HAPPENED BECAUSE I'M A HALF-BLOOD...\nMAYBE WHAT MY RELATIVES USED TO WHISPER ABOUT ME WAS TRUE.\nMAYBE THESE THINGS HAPPEN... BECAUSE I'M A MONSTER...\nJONGWU.\nSHEDDING TEARS...\n\nISN'T THE ONLY WAY TO MOURN SOMEONE.\nYOU HONORED THEM WITH SINCERITY, AND THAT'S ENOUGH.\nIF YOU VISIT FROM TIME TO TIME AND TALK TO THEM LIKE THIS, THAT'S EVEN BETTER.\nACK.\nYOU'VE BEEN CARRYING THIS BY YOURSELF ALL THIS TIME.\nTHAT MUST HAVE BEEN HARD.\n\nNGH...\nHNGH...\nHIC...\n\nBY THE WAY...\n...SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF PARENTS...\n...I DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO VISIT ON PARENTS' DAY...\nSO YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL SORRY.\nI WAS ABANDONED IN FRONT OF AN ORPHANAGE WHEN I WAS A BABY.\nI DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER RELATIVES EITHER.\nTHINKING BACK...\nI ALMOST NEVER CRIED AS A CHILD.\n\nAT SOME POINT, PEOPLE STARTED WHISPERING THAT I WAS COLD, OR HEARTLESS.\nBUT CRYING IS JUST A BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE.\nWHY ARE PEOPLE SO OBSESSED WITH IT...?\nANYWAY... WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS-\nACK.\n\nUGH... SAND...\nCHANGDEOK HYUNG...\nTHANK YOU, FOR COMFORTING ME.\nAFTER HEARING YOUR STORY...\n...I'M STARTING TO FEEL A LITTLE GREEDY.\n\nMAYBE IT'S OUT OF LINE, BUT...\n...I WANT TO BE SOMEONE YOU CAN TRUST AND RELY ON.\nJUST LIKE FAMILY.\nHE'S HEAVY...\nDID HE GET TALLER...?","bubble_count":115,"pages_count":21,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In A Lovely Meal Chapter 17, Changdeok Hyung drives a long way through pouring rain to go to the beach with Jongwu, and the real confrontation happens at the moment of remembering his family.","spoiler_summary":"In A Lovely Meal Chapter 17, Changdeok Hyung drives a long way through pouring rain to go to the beach with Jongwu, and the real confrontation happens at the moment of remembering his family. Jongwu confesses that he plans to spend the night at the beach and return by bus in the morning, and Changdeok accompanies him. Their hunger talk turns into a dream of Gangneung-style spicy noodles. They bicker when Jongwu drinks the offering drink bought for the morning memorial, then Jongwu recounts the day he scattered his family's ashes into the ocean, that he couldn't cry at the funeral, and that he felt like a monster for being mixed-race. Changdeok comforts him, shares his own orphanage past, and Jongwu tells him he wants to trust him like family."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/a-lovely-meal-5nnpgnf1/chapter-17-zjbmxz","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — A Lovely Meal #17","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-05T08:04:57.843Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/a-lovely-meal-5nnpgnf1"}}