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The narrator catches Jongwu trying to sneak into the bathroom to drink it, sits him down at the table, and while they talk about the medicine-like taste of the facility blood, the fading bruise, and his vampire appearance, Jongwu admits that his blood might be especially delicious to vampires.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"A Lovely Meal Chapter 9 opens with the narrator admiring Jongwu's cooking as he eats the bibimbap Jongwu prepared, and the real turning point comes because of the blood bag. The narrator catches Jongwu trying to sneak into the bathroom to drink it, sits him down at the table, and while they talk about the medicine-like taste of the facility blood, the fading bruise, and his vampire appearance, Jongwu admits that his blood might be especially delicious to vampires.","key_events":["Kid explains facility blood has preservatives, tastes like medicine, drunk only to restore taste","Host notices fading bruise and pale handsome looks, confirming kid is a vampire","Kid reveals host's blood may be especially tasty and caused intense thirst at first restaurant meeting","Kid states desire to live like normal human, graduate high school and get normal job","Host and kid share bibimbap made from near-expiry vegetables; host realizes kid genuinely loves cooking","Kid is caught trying to sneak into bathroom with blood bag and is invited to drink at table","They joke about vampire blood-drinking needing a license and nursing school","Kid says government monitors vampires and avoiding black markets keeps them safe","They watch TV news about medical negligence scandal at OO Hospital"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"TONIGHT'S DINNER...\nBIBIMBAP MADE USING VEGETABLES NEARING THEIR EXPIRATION DATE\nWOAH...\nLOOK AT THOSE COLORS...\n\nI'M GLAD I DIDN'T WASTE MONEY EATING OUT.\nTHIS KID DOESN'T NEED CAREER COUNSELING...\nHE WAS BORN TO BE A CHEF...\nHAS THAT EVER CROSSED HIS MIND?\nHONESTLY...\n\n...AT FIRST, WHEN HE INSISTED ON COOKING FOR ME...\nI THOUGHT HE WAS TRYING TO USE HIS CHARM OR WHATEVER TO MANIPULATE ME.\nBUT NOW I KNOW FOR SURE...\n...HE JUST GENUINELY ENJOYS COOKING FOR PEOPLE.\nHEHE\n\nBUT... WHY?\nIT'S NOT LIKE I'VE BEEN ESPECIALLY NICE TO HIM OR ANYTHING...\nIS HE REALLY GOING THIS FAR JUST BECAUSE I LET HIM CRASH HERE FOR A BIT?\nHE'S BEING SO KIND THAT I CAN'T HELP BUT BE SUSPICIOUS...\nEVEN SO...\nTHE FOOD IS WAY TOO GOOD TO SAY NO.\nCATS\nREST\nSLEEP\nFOOD\n\nANGER: 0.0000% CONTEMPT: 0.0000% FEAR: 0.0001% HAPPINESS: 0.9998% NEUTRALITY: 0.0001%\nUGH, WHATEVER. WE'RE NOT GONNA LIVE TOGETHER FOR MUCH LONGER ANYWAY.\nI MIGHT AS WELL TURN MY BRAIN OFF AND JUST ENJOY THE FOOD.\nHEY, WHY ARE YOU JUST CASUALLY WALKING INTO THE BATHROOM...\n\n...WITH A BLOOD BAG?\nDIDN'T YOU TAKE IT OUT TO DRINK IT?\nOH... UMM... YES...\nTHAT'S RIGHT... BUT...\nI FIGURED SEEING ME DRINK BLOOD MIGHT KILL YOUR APPETITE...\n...SO I WAS JUST GOING TO SLIP INTO THE BATHROOM, DRINK IT QUICKLY, THEN COME BACK OUT-\n\nHUUUUH?\nI COULDN'T CARE LESS WHAT YOU EAT.\nDON'T BE SO DRAMATIC.\nDRINKING BLOOD IS HOW YOU SURVIVE, IT'S NOT WEIRD.\nHONESTLY, IT WAS MORE AWKWARD WATCHING YOU SIT OFF TO THE SIDE WHILE I ATE ALONE.\nSO SIT DOWN AND EAT.\nOKAY...\n\nWAIT...\n...YOU WERE JUST WHINING ABOUT WANTING BLOOD.\nSO WHAT'S WITH THE SOUR FACE?\nIS IT POISON OR SOMETHING?\nWu Jongwu\nIT'S JUST...\nTHE BLOOD THE FACILITY SENDS IS TREATED WITH PRESERVATIVES...\n\n...SO IT JUST TASTES LIKE MEDICINE. IT'S HONESTLY AWFUL.\nTHE ONLY REASON I'M DRINKING IT IS 'CAUSE IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET MY SENSE OF TASTE BACK.\nIF I DIDN'T HAVE TO, I'D NEVER TOUCH THIS STUFF...\nIS HE A PICKY EATER...?\nANYWAY...\nTHAT BRUISE WAS PRETTY GNARLY, BUT SEEING HOW IT'S ALREADY FADING...\nWu Jongwu\n...REALLY DRIVES HOME THAT HE'S A VAMPIRE.\n\nUP UNTIL NOW, THE ONLY VAMPIRE-LIKE THING ABOUT HIM WAS...\n...THE BLOOD DRINKING...\nAND HIS LOOKS.\nPFFT\nWAIT, WHAT...\nWHAT ABOUT MY LOOKS...?!\n\nHUH?\nNO... IT'S JUST...\nWHAT'S WITH YOU...?\n...YOU REALLY HAVE THAT VAMPIRE LOOK TO YOU, Y'KNOW?\nPALE SKIN...\nAND KINDA PRETTY.\nWu Jongwu\nLIKE ONE OF THOSE RICH VAMPIRE HEIRS IN THE MOVIES.\nTHE BRUISE KILLS THE VIBE A LITTLE, THOUGH...\nHYUNG...\n\nYOU...THINK I'M PRETTY?\nWHAT...?\nWHY DOES IT EVEN MATTER?\nBECAUSE, I LIKE...\n...?\n\nYOU WHAT?\nWHY'D YOU STOP MID-SENTENCE?\nNO... I JUST...\n...I THOUGHT IF YOU THINK I'M PRETTY...\n...YOU MIGHT LET ME STAY HERE A LITTLE LONGER.\n...OH REALLY NOW...?\nHE ALREADY ACTS LIKE THIS PLACE IS HIS OWN.\nHOW MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IS HE TRYING TO GET, EXACTLY?\n\nTHIS KID'S GOT GUTS...\n\nAND NOW FOR OUR NEXT STORY...\nANOTHER CASE OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE HAS BEEN REPORTED, FOLLOWING THE PREVIOUS INCIDENT.\nMBT News Another Medical Malpractice Scandal Erupts\nOFFICIALS AT OO HOSPITAL ARE REFUSING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY...\nBUT PATIENT COMPLAINTS ARE GROWING DUE TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE CLEAR MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE.\nLET'S GO TO OUR FIELD REPORTER, PARK JUNG-SIK, ON THE SCENE.\nHEY, JONGWU...\n\nI'M CURIOUS...\nYES?\nCAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING ABOUT VAMPIRES?\nSURE, WHAT IS IT?\nSO...WHEN VAMPIRES DRINK BLOOD...\nTHEY'RE BASICALLY TAKING BLOOD FROM A PERSON'S BODY, RIGHT?\nI GUESS...?\nISN'T THAT TECHNICALLY THE SAME AS DRAWING BLOOD?\nSHOULDN'T THEY HAVE LIKE... A LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION FOR THAT OR SOMETHING?\nLicense\nHMM...\n\nI'VE NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT THAT WAY...\nWAIT...!\nIF I GO TO NURSING SCHOOL...\nWILL YOU LET ME DRINK YOUR BLOOD?\nWHAT THE HELL...?\nTHAT'S YOUR WEIRD FANTASY, NOT MINE.\nI GUESS NOT...\n\nFORGET IT... BACK TO THE BOOKS FOR YOU.\nI'M NOT CURIOUS ANYMORE.\nAW...\nGEEZ, THIS KID...\nOH... NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT...\nTALKING ABOUT DRINKING BLOOD REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING.\n\nWELL...\n...UMM...\nNEVER MIND...\nIT'S PROBABLY BETTER IF I DON'T SAY IT.\nHEY.\nWHY DO YOU KEEP STOPPING MID-SENTENCE?\nIT'S GETTING ANNOYING.\n\nMMPH?!\nHEY...! I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE CONSIDERATE...!\nI FELT LIKE IF I SAID IT, IT MIGHT END UP UPSETTING YOU...\nNOT FINISHING YOUR SENTENCE IS MORE UPSETTING.\nIF YOU'RE GONNA SAY SOMETHING, SAY IT.\nOKAY...\nSO... THIS IS JUST SOMETHING I HEARD, SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ACTUALLY TRUE, BUT...\nTHEY SAY SOME HUMANS HAVE ESPECIALLY TASTY BLOOD.\nHONESTLY...\n...I THINK YOU MIGHT BE ONE OF THEM.\n\nWHEN I FIRST SAW YOU AT THE RESTAURANT...\nI GOT THIS WEIRD FEELING.\nIT WAS LIKE EVERY NERVE IN MY BODY SUDDENLY LOCKED ONTO YOU.\nAND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I FELT THIS INTENSE THIRST.\nI DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT AT THE TIME, SINCE I'D NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE...\nBUT THINKING BACK NOW, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT YOU.\nSO WHAT HE'S SAYING IS...\n\n...TO VAMPIRES...\n...I'M BASICALLY A WALKING, TALKING DELICACY?!\nHEY...\nWHY THE HELL ARE YOU ONLY TELLING ME THIS NOW?!\nI SHOULDN'T BE WALKING AROUND ALL WILLY-NILLY IF THAT'S THE CASE!\n\nWHAT IF SOME VAMPIRE SUDDENLY SNAPS WHILE WALKING DOWN THE STREET...\nAND LUNGES AT ME WITH GLOWING EYES, LIKE YOU DID?!\nWHAT?!\nWHEN DID I LUNGE AT YOU?!\nANYWAY...\nTHE GOVERNMENT ALREADY REGULATES VAMPIRE ACTIVITY.\nSO AS LONG AS YOU STAY AWAY FROM SHADY BLACK MARKETS, YOU'LL BE FINE.\nWAIT, HAVE YOU SERIOUSLY BEEN THINKING OF ME AS SOME RECKLESS, OUT-OF-CONTROL VAMPIRE THIS WHOLE TIME?\nI TOLD YOU OVER AND OVER, I JUST WANT TO LIVE LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING.\nI'M JUST GOING TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, GET A NORMAL JOB, AND LIVE A QUIET LIFE.\nTHESE DAYS, YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO GO TO COLLEGE. AS LONG AS YOU PUT EFFORT INTO SOMETHING YOU CARE ABOUT, YOU CAN MAKE A LIVING.\n\nI'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO A FEW JOBS I'M INTERESTED IN, BUT I'M STILL THINKING IT OVER. I GUESS IT'S ABOUT TIME I MADE A DECISION, THOUGH...\nHONESTLY, I WANT TO TRY THEM ALL. SO EVEN IF IT TAKES A WHILE, I'M PLANNING TO DO THEM ALL ONE BY ONE.\nTHE FIRST THING I'M GONNA TRY IS...\nHELLO...?\nHYUNG...? ARE YOU ASLEEP????\nEVEN VAMPIRES ARE JUST TRYING TO GET BY, HUH...?","bubble_count":163,"pages_count":24,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"A Lovely Meal Chapter 9 opens with the narrator admiring Jongwu's cooking as he eats the bibimbap Jongwu prepared, and the real turning point comes because of the blood bag.","spoiler_summary":"A Lovely Meal Chapter 9 opens with the narrator admiring Jongwu's cooking as he eats the bibimbap Jongwu prepared, and the real turning point comes because of the blood bag. The narrator catches Jongwu trying to sneak into the bathroom to drink it, sits him down at the table, and while they talk about the medicine-like taste of the facility blood, the fading bruise, and his vampire appearance, Jongwu admits that his blood might be especially delicious to vampires."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/a-lovely-meal-5nnpgnf1/chapter-9-vdgj8q","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — A Lovely Meal #9","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-05T08:04:42.810Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/a-lovely-meal-5nnpgnf1"}}