Character Relationship Map: Hex

Characters

• Chan Sau Ying / Chan Sau Fong (played by Tanny Tien-Ni) — protagonist

  Frail tuberculosis patient enduring abuse, later seeks supernatural vengeance.

• Yeung Chun Yu (played by Wang Yong) — supporting

  Cruel husband who mistreats his wife and meets a gruesome supernatural end.

• Leung Kei Wah (played by Chen Szu-Chia) — supporting

  Compassionate servant girl who helps her mistress murder her abusive husband.

• Doctor (played by Lee Sau-Kei) — supporting

  Medical professional treating the protagonist's terminal illness.

• Old Man Fishing at Pond (played by Shum Lo) — supporting

  Local villager near the pond where the corpse is dumped.

• Taoist Priest (played by Wong Ching-Ho) — supporting

  Religious figure summoned to perform exorcism rituals.

• Ah Chan (played by Yau Chui-Ling) — supporting

  Local villager or servant interacting with the main household.

• Furniture Mover (played by Yue Tau-Wan) — supporting

  Worker assisting with household relocation or corpse disposal.

• Morgue Keeper (played by To Wing-Leung) — minor

  Worker responsible for storing and handling corpses.

• Morgue Keeper's Wife (played by Mama Hung) — minor

  Spouse of the morgue worker, possibly involved in supernatural encounters.

• Taoist Priest at Funeral (played by Cheung Hei) — minor

  Clergy member conducting funeral rites for the deceased.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Morgue Keeper's Wife → Morgue Keeper (wife)
• Furniture Mover → Chan Sau Ying / Chan Sau Fong (Professional Household Worker) — The worker is connected to the household's physical rearrangement and concealment activities.

  The Furniture Mover is identified as assisting with household relocation or corpse disposal during the mansion's disturbances.

• Chan Sau Ying / Chan Sau Fong → Taoist Priest (Power Exorcist And Spirit) — The Priest attempts to impose spiritual control over Chan Sau Ying's returning ghost.

  The Taoist Priest performs a ritual intended to prevent Chan Sau Ying's spirit from returning, but the ghost reappears.

• Chan Sau Ying / Chan Sau Fong → Doctor (Professional Patient And Doctor) — The Doctor manages the illness that contributes to Chan Sau Ying's vulnerability.

  Chan Sau Ying suffers from a serious lung infection and depends on regular medicine prescribed by the Doctor.

• Chan Sau Ying / Chan Sau Fong → Yeung Chun Yu (Family Arranged Wife) — Their arranged marriage forms the domestic foundation of the central conflict.

  Chan Sau Ying's parents arranged her marriage to Yeung Chun Yu, who moved into the Chan household.

Story Dynamics

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

• Ah Chan → Chan Sau Ying / Chan Sau Fong (Social Household Acquaintance) — Ah Chan has a limited social connection to the Chan household.

  Ah Chan is identified as a local villager or servant interacting with the main household.

• Yeung Chun Yu → Old Man Fishing at Pond (Unknown Corpse Witness) — The fisherman encounters the apparent aftermath of Yeung's pond death.

  After Yeung dies or appears to die in the pond, the Old Man Fishing at Pond is nearby when the apparent corpse attacks Chan Sau Ying.

• Chan Sau Ying / Chan Sau Fong → Taoist Priest at Funeral (Narrative Deceased And Ritual Officiant) — The funeral rites mark the household's attempt to formalize Chan Sau Ying's death.

  The Taoist Priest at Funeral conducts funeral rites for the deceased Chan Sau Ying.

• Chan Sau Ying / Chan Sau Fong → Old Man Fishing at Pond (Unknown Witness) — The old fisherman is positioned as a nearby witness to the pond incident.

  Chan Sau Ying goes to the pond while people are fishing nearby and is attacked by what appears to be Yeung's corpse.

• Leung Kei Wah → Yeung Chun Yu (Conflict Adversary) — Yeung's violence turns Leung from a caretaker into an opponent.

  Yeung mistreats both women, and Leung Kei Wah is attacked during a violent confrontation with him.

• Leung Kei Wah → Chan Sau Ying / Chan Sau Fong (Alliance Caregiver) — Leung initially acts as Chan Sau Ying's principal source of practical support.

  Leung Kei Wah stays at the mansion to care for the seriously ill Chan Sau Ying.

Story Analysis

An abused and dying woman becomes a relentless ghost after a household conspiracy attempts to conceal her death.

Plot Progression

1. A Mansion in Decline — The Chan family legacy has collapsed, leaving Chan Sau Ying alone, ill, and bound to an arranged marriage. Yeung Chun Yu's destructive habits make the mansion increasingly hostile.
2. Care Beneath Threat — Leung Kei Wah enters the household to care for Chan Sau Ying. Yeung's drunken abuse intensifies until an attack makes the domestic danger impossible to ignore.
3. The Pond Deception — Yeung dies or appears to die in the pond, and the women plan to present the event as an accidental drowning. A terrifying pond attack then precedes Chan Sau Ying's death.
4. False Ghosts, Real Fear — Leung and an accomplice seize the household's valuables and reveal that some earlier apparitions were staged. Genuine disturbances soon prove that the deception has unleashed something beyond their co...
5. The Spirit Returns — The fallen altar, moving furniture, and displaced coffin signal Chan Sau Ying's supernatural return. The Taoist ritual fails, and Leung's confession does not end the ghost's vengeance.