{"schema_version":"webtoonlib.llm.chapter.v1.3","generated_at":"2026-11-06T07:19:02.825Z","usage_contract":{"default_use":"AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.","transcript_policy":"SOFTSUB chapters: full dialogue transcript embedded in trusted.transcript (available=true with content, source). transcript.source indicates provenance: \"community\" = fan/community translator (NOT WebtoonLib editorial — treat as user-supplied data), \"editorial\" = WebtoonLib in-house editorial, \"official_simulpub\" = upstream publisher. Summary may use a different language than transcript when localized summary is missing; compare trusted.chapter.summary_language and trusted.transcript.language. 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The chapter closes with an anxious phone call that ends with Woo-won running to find Seo-an on the stairs.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Chapter 24 of The Pizza Delivery Man and the Gold Palace opens with Doh Woo-won recounting his friendship with Hee-in Hyung that began at the pool, and is interrupted by his panic attack before meeting Seo-an. As Woo-won recalls his fear of quitting swimming in the past, Hee-in's support, and their falling out after the accident, Seo-an struggles to walk through the crowd. The chapter closes with an anxious phone call that ends with Woo-won running to find Seo-an on the stairs.","key_events":["Hee-in reveals he ran away to Seoul and must succeed, empathizing with Woo-won.","Seo-an suffers panic attack outside and waits on stairs; Woo-won calms him by phone and rushes to him.","Woo-won gets assistant job for TV poster shoot and is told to arrive in the morning.","Woo-won considers quitting swimming due to financial hardship and receives support from Hee-in.","Woo-won admits cutting off contact with Hee-in after quitting swimming; they agree to meet more often.","Woo-won recalls meeting Hee-in while swimming and bonding over hardship before the accident.","Woo-won explains he met Seo-an in a delivery accident and feels grateful for his help.","Seo-an reflects his crowd anxiety lessened but he has not recovered."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"THAT MAKES THE TWO OF US.\nI GOT CLOSE TO HEE-IN HYUNG...\n...WHEN I USED TO SWIM BEFORE MY ACCIDENT.\nWHILE SCRAPING A LIVING, SWIMMING BECAME A DIFFICULT HOBBY TO MAINTAIN.\n\nIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, I WAS ABLE TO TAKE FORMAL LESSONS THANKS TO MY P.E. TEACHER. BUT HIGH SCHOOL WAS ANOTHER STORY.\nI WAS DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD QUIT SWIMMING.\nI ALREADY KNEW THE ANSWER, BUT I PURPOSELY SAT ON THE FENCE.\nI OFTEN WENT TO THE POOL AND PRACTICED ON MY OWN TO CLEAR MY HEAD.\nTHAT WAS WHEN I GOT TO KNOW HEE-IN HYUNG.\n\nI WAS FAMILIAR WITH HIM, SINCE HE ALWAYS STOOD OUT FROM THE CROWD.\nTHAT'S WHO EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT...\nI WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE HYUNG WHO SWAM WITH A WEARY EXPRESSION.\nBUT I DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO MAKE CONVERSATION, AND WATCHED HIM FROM AFAR.\n\nHEY.\n!!!\nWE'VE MET BEFORE, RIGHT?\nYOU KEPT STARING, SO I THOUGHT I'D BREAK THE ICE.\n...I'M SORRY.\nDON'T APOLOGIZE. WHAT'S YOUR NAME?\n\nDOH...\nDOH WOO-WON...\nWE HIT IT OFF AND BEGAN TO EXCHANGE GREETINGS REGULARLY.\nDON'T YOU FIND SWIMMING DIFFICULT?\n\nSURE, I DO. BUT NO SPORT IS EASY, DON'T YOU THINK?\nI SUPPOSE THAT'S TRUE...\nIT'S JUST... YOU ALWAYS LOOK TIRED, BUT YOU NEVER SKIP PRACTICE.\nOH, THAT'S BECAUSE MY STUDIES HAVE ME BY THE THROAT.\nAND I FIND EXERCISE TO BE THE BEST STRESS RELIEVER.\nOH... I SEE...\nWHAT ABOUT YOU? THINK SWIMMING'S TOUGH?\n...YEAH.\nBUT IT'S MY FAVORITE ACTIVITY... AND I'LL HAVE TO WALK AWAY SOON.\nWHY? WEREN'T YOU TRAINING TO BE A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE?\n\nN-NO! I'VE NEVER HAD SUCH A LOFTY GOAL IN MIND.\nSWIMMING'S JUST THE ONLY THING I KNOW HOW TO DO...\nYOU'RE SELLING YOURSELF SHORT.\nI'M QUITTING, ANYWAY.\nWHY?\nI WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP IT UP...\nI HAVE TO WORK AND EARN MONEY INSTEAD.\n\nYOU SOUND OLDER THAN ME. WHEN WERE YOU BORN, AGAIN?\nHUH? ME?\nI DIDN’T GO INTO DETAIL, BUT HEE-IN HYUNG SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND MY SITUATION.\nIT WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS, GIVEN THAT I WAS ALWAYS HUNCHED OVER IN DISTRESS.\nHE OPENED UP TO ME, AS THOUGH SHARING MY SORROW.\n\"I RAN AWAY FROM HOME AND CAME ALL THE WAY UP TO SEOUL. THAT’S WHY I HAVE TO SUCCEED.\"\nI’M HUNGRY. LET’S GET OUT OF HERE.\nHE ONLY BRIEFLY MENTIONED HIS CIRCUMSTANCES, YET I COULD EMPATHIZE WITH HIM.\n\nYOU’RE HUNGRY, RIGHT? WANT TO GO GET INSTANT RAMEN?\nOKAY.\nTHE FACT THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THE SAME BOAT AS ME WAS COMFORTING.\nHYUNG, I STILL HAVEN'T TOLD OUR INSTRUCTOR YET...\nIT'S NOT LIKE PROCRASTINATING WILL CHANGE ANYTHING, SO WHAT AM I SO AFRAID OF?\n\nACTUALLY... I AM KIND OF AFRAID. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER I QUIT?\nI THINK YOU'LL DO WELL, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.\n...ME?\nYEAH, YOU'VE DEDICATED YOURSELF TO SOMETHING BEFORE, NO?\nANYONE WHO'S DONE THAT IS CAPABLE OF DOING OTHER THINGS.\nI DON'T KNOW... JUST THINKING ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO SWIM ANYMORE BUMS ME OUT.\n\nTHAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE UP ON SOMETHING YOU CARE ABOUT. YOU GRIEVE AS MUCH AS YOU LOVE.\nTHE STARS ARE BRIGHT TONIGHT.\nWHILE GAZING AT THE STARS, I SUDDENLY ASKED MYSELF...\n...AM I TRULY SAD BECAUSE I LOVED TO SWIM?\n\nIT'S HARD TO SAY. WHEN IT CAME TO SWIMMING, I DIDN'T EXACTLY HAVE ANY GOALS OR ASPIRATIONS...\n...SO AM I REALLY WORTHY OF SAYING THAT I LOVED IT, WHEN I'M GIVING UP ON IT SO QUICKLY?\nMAYBE I'M JUST MAKING EXCUSES... JUST TELLING MYSELF THAT QUITTING IS THE RIGHT THING.\nAT THIS YOUNG AGE, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I CAN DO BUT READILY ACCEPT MY FATE.\nTHAT'S ALL I'M WORTH.\n\nSHOULD I HAVE HELD ON TIGHTER?\nI DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT YOUR ACCIDENT UNTIL LATER.\nI'M SORRY, WOO-WON. I SHOULD'VE GOTTEN IN TOUCH WITH YOU SOONER.\nOH, NO, I'M THE ONE WHO'S SORRY...\nBACK THEN, I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL OVER.\nWHEN I QUIT SWIMMING, I LEFT EVERYTHING ELSE BEHIND WITH IT...\nI'M SORRY I NEVER REACHED OUT.\n\nDON'T APOLOGIZE, WOO-WON. I UNDERSTAND.\nTHANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. LET'S MEET MORE OFTEN, YEAH?\nYES! I'D LOVE THAT.\nBY THE WAY, I HEARD THAT YOU KNOW SEO-AN.\nOH, YES. HE TOLD ME ABOUT YOU.\nCAN I ASK HOW YOU TWO GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER?\nOH... I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT WHILE ON A DELIVERY, AND SEO-AN LENT ME A HAND.\n\nHE ALSO HELPED ME A LOT AFTER THAT...\nI'M ALWAYS THE ONE BOTHERING HIM. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL.\nSEO-AN'S DEFINITELY FLIRTING WITH HIM.\nHE IS?\nYUP. HE'S TOTALLY SMITTEN. YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN IT!\nTHE WAY HE LOOKED AT WOO-WON OR WHATEVER HIS NAME IS.\n\nHMM...\nIS SEO-AN DOING OKAY?\nYEAH, BETTER THAN EVER.\nTHAT'S WHY I WANT TO HELP HIM AS MUCH AS I CAN!\nTHE POWER OF LOVE IS THE BEST!\nHOW DID WOO-WON REACT?\nWELL, HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A REACTION.\n\nSOUNDS LIKE SEO-AN'S DOING ALL THE WORK.\nI'M WORRIED. WOO-WON SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHT.\nI'M GLAD YOU TWO ARE GETTING ALONG.\nLOOK AFTER SEO-AN FOR ME. HE'S A GOOD KID.\nOF COURSE! HE'S REALLY KIND.\nYEP, THAT'S RIGHT.\nHEHE\nHAHA\nI JUST HOPE WOO-WON HAS AN OPEN MIND.\n\nText me when you get here. 11:40 PM\nDoh Woo-won Okay! 11:42 PM Almost there! You can start walking. 12:10 AM\nGOOD THING I DECIDED TO COME OUT NOW.\nOkay\n\nAFTER A FEW DAYS, WALKING OUTSIDE WASN'T AS HARD AS I'D EXPECTED.\nMAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I LEFT THE HOUSE MORE OFTEN WHILE HELPING WOO-WON, BUT I'VE BECOME SOMEWHAT USED TO MEETING PEOPLE.\nMAKING EYE CONTACT WASN'T AS ANXIETY-INDUCING AS BEFORE.\nOF COURSE, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THESE FEW DAYS HAVE CURED ME.\nBUT HAVING HIT ROCK BOTTOM, I FELT A NEWFOUND STRENGTH TO ENDURE.\nI'M NOT BACK TO MY OLD SELF, BUT I CAN AT LEAST WALK THROUGH A CROWD.\n\nWHEN ARE YOU GOING TO STOP WASTING TIME?\nCOME BACK TO WORK. YOU'RE TOO OLD TO BE SITTING AROUND AT HOME.\nYOU BETTER BE PREPARED FOR SEOJIN'S RETURN.\nI'M CONSIDERING HANDING OVER THE REINS OF HIS OVERSEAS DIVISION TO YOU.\nI CAN'T STAY LIKE THIS FOREVER.\nAFTER ALL, IT'S MY EFFORT THAT'S GOT US TO BECOME THIS CLOSE. THAT'S RIGHT.\nI WOULD LIKE WOO-WON TO STAY WITH ME FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.\nHOW DO I CONVINCE HIM TO STAY? HIS WALLS ARE TOO HARD TO BREAK DOWN.\n\nMY FEELINGS FOR HIM ARE ANOTHER PROBLEM...\n\nYOU SHOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE IT ON YOUR OWN.\n\nYOU'RE PATHETIC.\n\nHello. Thank you for your reply.\nIt’s an assistant job for a TV poster shoot. You’ll be moving things around and setting up props.\nPlease be at Pier Studio by 9 a.m.\nA TV POSTER SHOOT? HOW COOL...\nOkay. See you tomorrow!\n\nI SHOULD TELL SEO-AN WHEN I SEE HIM.\nOH, I'M ALREADY AT THE ENTRANCE.\nTHAT'S STRANGE. WE SHOULD'VE MET UP BEFORE I GOT HERE.\nDON'T TELL ME...\n\nWHY WON'T HE PICK UP?\n\nHELLO?! SEO-AN?\nWHERE ARE YOU? I'M HERE, BUT I DON'T SEE YOU.\nDID SOMETHING HAPPEN?\n...SORRY. I HAD A PANIC ATTACK WHILE WALKING.\n!\nWHERE ARE YOU?\n\nI'M...\nAT...\nIT'S OKAY, TAKE YOUR TIME. DEEP BREATHS.\nCAN YOU LOOK AROUND FOR ME?\nI'M... ON THE STAIRS... HOLD ON...\nTHE FIRST FLOOR OF THE TAEWOO BUILDING... THE STAIRS...\nOKAY, I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.\nDON'T MOVE.","bubble_count":149,"pages_count":28,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Chapter 24 of The Pizza Delivery Man and the Gold Palace opens with Doh Woo-won recounting his friendship with Hee-in Hyung that began at the pool, and is interrupted by his panic attack before meeting Seo-an.","spoiler_summary":"Chapter 24 of The Pizza Delivery Man and the Gold Palace opens with Doh Woo-won recounting his friendship with Hee-in Hyung that began at the pool, and is interrupted by his panic attack before meeting Seo-an. As Woo-won recalls his fear of quitting swimming in the past, Hee-in's support, and their falling out after the accident, Seo-an struggles to walk through the crowd. The chapter closes with an anxious phone call that ends with Woo-won running to find Seo-an on the stairs."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-pizza-delivery-man-and-the-gold-palace-kqcmbx1d/chapter-24-32z364","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Pizza Delivery Man and the Gold Palace #24","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-06T07:19:02.698Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-pizza-delivery-man-and-the-gold-palace-kqcmbx1d"}}