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HARDSUB chapters: image-only, transcript_unavailable.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"Melting Point","slug":"melting-point-4klyubx0","original_title":"해빙곡선 / Haebinggokseon / Briser la Glace / Melting Point (PIBI) / Melting Point แมตช์เปลี่ยนหัวใจ / Punto de Fusión / Schmelzpunkt / The Melting Season / แมตช์เปลี่ยนหัวใจ / 融冰曲線 / 融冰曲线 /…"},"chapter":{"number":9,"chapter_key":"9-xanrks","release_date":"2026-10-25","last_updated":"2026-10-25T14:15:11.191Z","summary":"Melting Point Chapter 9 opens with Mr. Baek becoming a target because of Ian at the team dinner, turning into a drunken phone call that changes the course of the night. During the Hanwoo beef celebration, Mr. Oh questions Ian's loyalty and blames Mr. Baek. Shaken, Mr. Baek wonders why Ian signed while being startled by a call from an unknown number. The tension evolves into an emotional closeness with Ian's insistence and then coming to the dinner to take the drunk Mr. Baek home.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Melting Point Chapter 9 opens with Mr. Baek becoming a target because of Ian at the team dinner, turning into a drunken phone call that changes the course of the night. During the Hanwoo beef celebration, Mr. Oh questions Ian's loyalty and blames Mr. Baek. Shaken, Mr. Baek wonders why Ian signed while being startled by a call from an unknown number. The tension evolves into an emotional closeness with Ian's insistence and then coming to the dinner to take the drunk Mr. Baek home.","key_events":["Revealed Ian gave up part of his share to sign, forced by Mr. Baek","Mr. Oh accuses actors of fleeing to rivals, claims Ian is waiting his turn","Drunk Mr. Baek asks Ian not to leave him, Ian vows never to give up","Team holds surprise Hanwoo beef dinner funded by Ian's t-shirt and magazine sellouts","Mr. Baek admits avoiding Ian for a week and drinks to forget sexual memories","Mr. Baek doubts Ian's hidden reason for signing and fears losing him","Ian shows wound from carrying Mr. Baek and asks him to heal it by licking","Ian calls from unknown number asking to come over, Mr. Baek hangs up","Ian arrives at dinner venue with hangover drinks and takes drunk Mr. Baek home"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"YUM, I HAVEN'T HAD BEEF IN AGES!\nHANWOO BEEF, NO LESS! I HAVEN'T HAD THAT SINCE OUR NEW YEAR'S PARTY!\nTHANK YOU, MR. BAEK.\nWHO, ME?\n\nWE ALL KNOW THAT THE DIRECTOR DIDN'T SINGLE OUT ANY TEAM IN PARTICULAR...\nBUT WE ALL KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS IMPROMPTU DINNER.\nTHIS GUY RIGHT HERE!\nTHIS PLAIN T-SHIRT THAT IAN'S WEARING... THEY'RE SAYING THEY CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND!\nTHE MAGAZINE THAT RAN THE SHOOT IS SOLD OUT, TOO.\nPEOPLE ARE PAYING DOUBLE TO GET THEIR HANDS ON IT.\nEH, YOU SHOULDN'T BE THANKING ME FOR THAT.\nIT WAS ALL IAN.\n\nAT LEAST YOU ADMIT IT.\nTHANKS FOR SADDLING US WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL, BY THE WAY.\n\nMR. OH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S...\nI'M JUST SAYING, I WOULDN'T GET TOO COCKY IF I WERE YOU.\nALL THESE PLAYERS, THEY DON'T MAKE 'EM LIKE THEY USED TO.\nIT'S ALWAYS THE SAME STORY. THEY TAKE OFF THE MINUTE THEY GET A BETTER DEAL WITH ONE OF OUR COMPETITORS.\nGUESS WHO GETS CHEWED OUT FOR SHODDY TREATMENT OF THE TALENT, THEN?\nOF COURSE RYU IAN'S JUST BIDING HIS TIME HERE.\nYOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IAN, DO YOU?\nHE GAVE UP HIS SHARE TO SIGN WITH US.\nAND IT'S MR. BAEK WHO MADE HIM DO THAT.\nHYESU, WAIT...\nWELL, DUH.\nTHAT'S JUST SO HE WON'T LOOK BAD LATER.\n\nYOU POOR, INNOCENTS LITTLE THINGS.\nOOPS, DID I JUST RAIN ON YOUR PARADE?\nI WAS JUST GIVING YOU SOME FRIENDLY ADVICE, YOU KNOW. ALWAYS BE PREPARED, HAHA!\nJEEZ, TALK ABOUT A POISON TONGUE! CAN YOU BELIEVE HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A COPYWRITER?\nSHH, HE CAN HEAR YOU.\nAND WHAT'S ALL THAT ABOUT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL?\nWHO SAYS THAT ABOUT SOCCER, FOR CHRISSAKE? ALL OF OUR STAR PLAYERS ARE STILL THERE, TOO.\n\nIT'S HIS FAULT HIS CAMPAIGN TANKED THIS SEASON.\nSHHH!!\nNEVER MIND WHAT HE SAYS, MR. BAEK.\nOH, I'M FINE. DON'T LET HIM GET TO YOU, EITHER.\nACTUALLY, HIS SNIPING...\n...HIT PRETTY CLOSE TO HOME.\nTHERE'S THIS TINY VOICE INSIDE MY HEAD THAT KEEPS ASKING...\nWHY IAN WON'T SAY WHAT REALLY MADE HIM SIGN WITH US.\n\nNOT THAT I THINK HE'S THAT DEVIOUS...\nOH, WELL.\nIF HE GOES OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE AFTER HIS CONTRACT'S OVER, I CAN'T STOP HIM.\nGOTTA FOLLOW THAT SWEET, SWEET MONEY...\nAN UNKNOWN NUMBER?\nHELLO?\n\nWHEN CAN I COME OVER?\nWHO-\nYOU...!\nHOW DID YOU GET MY NUMBER?\nI ASKED MY MANAGER.\nOH.\n\nYOU TOLD ME TO COME OVER AND THEN YOU JUST TOOK OFF WITHOUT EVEN GIVING ME YOUR NUMBER, LAST TIME.\nOH...LOOK, I WASN'T GHOSTING YOU OR ANYTHING. YOU KNOW IT WAS CHAOS THAT DAY.\nIT'S BEEN A WEEK. HASN'T THE DUST SETTLED YET?\nCHUG! CHUG! CHUG!\nYOU'RE NOT AT WORK RIGHT NOW?\nWE'RE HAVING A TEAM DINNER. I'LL INVITE YOU OVER SOME OTHER TIME. I'LL CALL YOU.\nHEY, LET ME FILL THAT UP FOR YOU!\n\nWAIT, WHERE ARE YOU NOW? ARE YOU DRINKING, TOO?\nTHANKS!\nTALK LATER, OKAY? BYE.\n\nUGH... AFTER I FINALLY GOT THE FEELING OF THAT...\n...THAT THING OUT OF MY MIND!\nI'VE BEEN AVOIDING HIM ALL WEEK BECAUSE I COULDN'T BEAR TO FACE HIM... A LOT OF GOOD THAT DID...\nJUST HEARING HIS VOICE BRINGS IT ALL BACK.\nAND HE WASN'T EVEN HARD.\nIF THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE FLACCID, THEN HOW BIG DOES IT GET WHEN HE-\n\nARGH! STOP IT!!\nWHY THE HELL AM I IMAGINING HOW BIG IAN'S JUNK GETS?!\nOH, LOOK! MR. BAEK'S DRUNK ALREADY!\nSTOP DRINKING, YOU LIGHTWEIGHT!\nNO, BRING IT ON!\nI NEED TO DRINK AND FORGET.\nOOH, TOUGH GUY!\nCHUG, CHUG!\n\nHEY.\nWAKE UP, WILL YOU?\nIAN'S HERE.\nN'WAY... HE'S NOT HERE...\n\nHE'S REALLY WASTED.\nHERE, TAKE THIS.\nI GOT SOME HANGOVER DRINKS FOR ALL OF YOU.\nTHANKS FOR TELLING ME WHERE TO COME.\nWOW, WHAT'S ALL THIS?\nTHANK YOU!\nCAN I...?\nOH, SURE, GO AHEAD! WE'RE ABOUT DONE HERE, I THINK.\n\nSUNBAE, TIME TO GO HOME.\nSLEEPY...\nYOU WANT ME TO CALL AN UVER?\n\nNO, THANKS.\nCAN YOU JUST GIVE ME SUNBAE'S ADDRESS?\nBEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP\n\nWHERE'S THE BED...?\nWHEW... SO YOU'RE A SMOKER AND A DRUNK?\nYOU REALLY ARE A JADED ADULT NOW.\n\nTHAT STINGS...\nMUST'VE HAPPENED WHILE I WAS TRYING TO GET HIM THROUGH THE DOOR.\nWHAT'S YOUR CODE?!\nWHERE'S THE BATHROOM-\nHEY.\n\nOH, YOU WOKE UP-\nYOU'RE NOT GOING TO DITCH US, ARE YOU?\nWHAT?\n\nYOU’RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON ME, WILL YOU...?\nI NEVER GAVE UP ON YOU, EVER.\nAND I NEVER WILL.\n\nTHAT’S MY BOY...\nHMMMMPH\nSHEESH...\nDO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU JUST SAID?\nHMMM...\n\nI GOT THIS BECAUSE OF YOU...\nZZZ\n\n...SO YOU SHOULD LICK IT BETTER.\n\nWHAT ARE YOU DOING?","bubble_count":118,"pages_count":24,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Melting Point Chapter 9 opens with Mr.","spoiler_summary":"Melting Point Chapter 9 opens with Mr. Baek becoming a target because of Ian at the team dinner, turning into a drunken phone call that changes the course of the night. During the Hanwoo beef celebration, Mr. Oh questions Ian's loyalty and blames Mr. Baek. Shaken, Mr. Baek wonders why Ian signed while being startled by a call from an unknown number. The tension evolves into an emotional closeness with Ian's insistence and then coming to the dinner to take the drunk Mr. Baek home."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/melting-point-4klyubx0/chapter-9-xanrks","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Melting Point #9","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-05T05:05:00.079Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/melting-point-4klyubx0"}}