Character Relationship Map: Black Lizard

Characters

• Long Fei (played by Derek Yee) — protagonist

  Long Fei is preparing to leave on a two-year assignment escorting a prisoner when strange messages and apparitions draw him into events at the Xiao residence. He investigates the supposed supernatural...

• Constable Tieh Fu (played by Sun Chien) — supporting

  Constable Tieh Fu attends the engagement celebration for Long Fei and Ding Zi Zhu. When strange messages and apparitions lead to a series of events at the Xiao residence, he is drawn into the unfoldin...

• Ding Zi Zhu (played by Helen Poon Bing-Seung) — supporting

  Ding Zi Zhu is celebrating her engagement to Long Fei when stories of the Black Lizard and later supernatural-seeming events begin to threaten those around her. Xiao Lik claims that a wooden corpse ea...

• Security Chief Xiao Lik (played by Elliot Ngok Wah) — supporting

  Xiao Lik presents himself as the source of the story about the old tragedy, claiming that his wife and Xiao Ruo Yu died after encountering the Black Lizard. Long Fei’s investigation exposes him as ali...

• Mrs Xiao Xian Jun (played by Mannor Chan Man-Na) — supporting

  Mrs Xiao Xian Jun is Xiao Lik’s wife and a central figure in the tragedy he tries to conceal with the Black Lizard story. Xiao Lik confesses that he discovered her with Ding Zi Zhu’s father through a...

• Butler Zhou (played by Yang Chi-Ching) — supporting

  Butler Zhou is sought out by Long Fei and He San during the investigation. He recalls seeing Xiao Lik chase his wife and son on the night of the old tragedy, providing a witness account that helps cha...

• Xiao Ruo Yu (played by Ng Yuen-Jun) — supporting

  Xiao Ruo Yu is Ding Zi Zhu’s cousin, absent from the engagement celebration because he is ill. Xiao Lik claims he died in an encounter with the Black Lizard, but later confesses that he struck him wit...

• Black Lizard (played by Yuen Wah) — supporting

  The Black Lizard is the legendary monster said to appear at Lizard Lake every three years and bring death. Xiao Lik invokes the legend to explain the supposed deaths of his wife and Xiao Ruo Yu and us...

• He San (played by Wang Sha) — supporting

  He San helps Long Fei pursue the truth about the strange events at the Xiao residence. He accompanies Long Fei in seeking Butler Zhou, whose recollection of Xiao Lik chasing his wife and son on the ni...

• Coffin Delivery Man (played by Fung Ging-Man) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Mrs Xiao Xian Jun → Xiao Ruo Yu (Family Mother And Son) — They are mother and son, and both are central to the tragedy Xiao Lik describes.

  Xiao Lik's account identifies Mrs Xiao Xian Jun as Xiao Ruo Yu's mother and says that both died after the earlier tragedy.

• Security Chief Xiao Lik → Mrs Xiao Xian Jun (Family Husband And Murderer) — Their marriage ends in murder after Xiao Lik discovers the affair and kills her.

  Xiao Lik confesses that he killed his wife, Mrs Xiao Xian Jun, after discovering her with Ding Zi Zhu's father.

Story Dynamics

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

• Coffin Delivery Man → Long Fei (Narrative Witness To An Ominous Delivery) — The coffin delivery is one of the ominous events surrounding Long Fei's investigation.

  A pale woman delivers a coffin during the strange events that draw Long Fei into investigating the Xiao residence.

• Long Fei → Ding Zi Zhu (Narrative Investigator And Threatened Associate) — The investigation concerns a deception that appears to threaten Ding Zi Zhu, though the reference does not specify a direct conversation between them.

  Xiao Lik says the wooden corpse eaten by the monster resembles Ding Zi Zhu, and Long Fei investigates the staged appearances surrounding the Xiao resi...

• Security Chief Xiao Lik → Ding Zi Zhu (Conflict Target Of A Frame-Up) — Ding Zi Zhu is made a target of the staged supernatural deception through the resemblance of the wooden corpse.

  Xiao Lik's staged apparitions are suspected of being used to manipulate witnesses and frame Ding Zi Zhu's uncle; he also says the wooden corpse resemb...

• He San → Butler Zhou (Alliance Investigation Contact) — He San assists in reaching Zhou so Long Fei can hear his recollection.

  He San helps Long Fei seek out Butler Zhou.

• Long Fei → Butler Zhou (Narrative Investigator And Witness) — Long Fei seeks Zhou's account, which contributes to the investigation of the past tragedy.

  Long Fei seeks out Butler Zhou, who recalls seeing Xiao Lik chase his wife and son on the night of the old tragedy.

• Butler Zhou → Security Chief Xiao Lik (Narrative Witness To Suspicious Conduct) — Zhou's recollection provides Long Fei with testimony connecting Xiao Lik to the earlier events.

  Butler Zhou recalls seeing Xiao Lik chase his wife and son on the night of the old tragedy.

• Security Chief Xiao Lik → Black Lizard (Narrative Impersonator Behind The Legend) — The apparent supernatural threat is part of the deception Xiao Lik uses to conceal real crimes.

  The investigation exposes disguises, masks, and colored capes used to impersonate supernatural figures, and reveals Xiao Lik as the person behind the...

• Security Chief Xiao Lik → Xiao Ruo Yu (Conflict Captor And Abuser) — After learning Xiao Ruo Yu was not his biological son, Xiao Lik injured and imprisoned him.

  Xiao Lik says Xiao Ruo Yu was the biological son of Ding Zi Zhu's father; Xiao Lik struck him with the Black Sand Palm, leaving him insane, and impris...

• Constable Tieh Fu → Security Chief Xiao Lik (Conflict Investigator And Suspect) — Tieh Fu is involved in the investigation that reveals Xiao Lik's criminal scheme.

  Constable Tieh Fu is drawn into the events at the Xiao residence, where the investigation eventually exposes Xiao Lik as the source of the killings an...

• Long Fei → Security Chief Xiao Lik (Conflict Investigator And Suspect) — Long Fei investigates the apparent supernatural events and uncovers Xiao Lik's role in fabricating them and concealing his crimes.

  Long Fei suspects that the ghostly appearances have been staged, and the investigation ultimately exposes Xiao Lik as the person behind the killings a...

• Long Fei → He San (Alliance Investigation Ally) — He San provides practical assistance as Long Fei pursues a witness to the earlier tragedy.

  He San helps Long Fei seek out Butler Zhou during Long Fei's investigation.

• Long Fei → Constable Tieh Fu (Alliance Investigation Partners) — They are both drawn into the investigation of the apparent hauntings and killings.

  The strange messages and supernatural sightings draw Long Fei and Constable Tieh Fu into investigating events at the Xiao residence.

Story Analysis

An investigation into apparent supernatural events uncovers a staged deception concealing Xiao Lik's past crimes.

Plot Progression

1. An Ominous Engagement — At Long Fei and Ding Zi Zhu's engagement celebration, guests recall the deadly Lizard Lake legend. Long Fei's impending assignment and Xiao Ruo Yu's absence establish the gathering's personal context.
2. Apparitions at the Xiao Residence — Strange messages, sightings, a coffin delivery, and an apparent transformation of the house draw Long Fei and Constable Tieh Fu into the mystery. Xiao Lik presents the events as connected to an earlie...
3. A Witness to the Past — Long Fei suspects the supernatural appearances are staged and seeks out Butler Zhou with He San's help. Zhou recalls seeing Xiao Lik chase his wife and son on the night of the old tragedy.
4. The Scheme Unmasked — Xiao Lik's accomplices expect gold, but he reveals a plan involving explosives and intends to kill them as well. Long Fei and the others expose the costumes and masks used to create the supernatural a...
5. Confession Without an Outcome — Xiao Lik is exposed as alive and behind the killings and deceptions. His confession explains the secret passage, his wife's murder, and Xiao Ruo Yu's injury and imprisonment, but the account ends befo...