Character Relationship Map: Time

Characters

• Chau (played by Patrick Tse Yin) — protagonist

  A retired contract killer who now works in a noodle shop until his employer replaces him with a robot. Reunited with Fung and Chung, he turns their skills toward helping elderly people seeking euthana...

• Fung (played by Petrina Fung Bo-Bo) — supporting

  A former contract killer who has become a successful lounge singer and cabaret operator. She invites Chau and Chung to reunite, helps establish their elderly-focused service, and is institutionalized...

• Chung (played by Lam Suet) — supporting

  A retired contract killer who is unemployed and works as a deliveryman. He reunites with Chau and Fung and joins their new work helping elderly clients. He falls for Ching Ching, whose rejection leads...

• Fung's Daughter-in-Law (played by JJ Jia) — supporting
• Fung's Son (played by Sam Lee) — supporting

  Fung's son demands that she sell her home and business to help finance a mansion and his child's schooling. He forges her signature on documents selling her property, leading to her forced institution...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Fung's Daughter-in-Law → Fung (daughter)
• Fung's Son → Fung (son)

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Fung → Chung (Alliance Teammate) — Fung and Chung reconnect as members of the same revived team.

  Fung invites Chung and Chau to reunite, and the three agree to come out of retirement together.

• Chau → Chung (Alliance Former Teammate) — Chau and Chung share a deep professional history and renewed partnership.

  Chau, Fung, and Chung are described as a formidable team that eliminated a rival gang. Chau later agrees to resume work with Chung.

• Chau → Fung (Alliance Former Teammate) — They are longtime teammates whose shared past leads them back into cooperation.

  The plot identifies Chau and Fung as members of the same triad contract-killing team in the 1950s. Fung later asks Chau to meet and return to work.

Story Analysis

A retired team of killers transforms its violent skills into a fragile form of mercy while searching for companionship, dignity, and family.

Plot Progression

1. The Retired Killers — Chau, Fung, and Chung are introduced as former contract killers whose lives have become unstable after retirement. Chau loses his noodle-shop job when a robot replaces him, creating pressure to find a...
2. Mercy Reimagined — The reunited team accepts a morally difficult contract involving an elderly couple. Chau's refusal and the tragic news that follows inspire the trio to create Elderly's Angels.
3. Loneliness Finds Company — A young client disrupts the team's elderly-focused mission and begins following Chau. At the same time, Fung loses control of her property and Chung suffers emotional and physical shock after rejectio...
4. Promises And Betrayal — Chau leads the team in confronting the person who abandoned the young client's pregnancy. The promise of responsibility fails, while each member makes a personal sacrifice in response to loss and unce...
5. The Cost Of Rescue — Chau and Fung rescue the young client from an underground clinic, but the escape brings them into conflict with the police. Chung sacrifices his freedom and future so Chau can reunite with her.