Character Relationship Map: Twisted Love

Characters

• Tina (played by Hsu Shu-Yuan) — protagonist

  Tina is a model who resists being treated as a companion for wealthy men rather than as a professional. She rejects Simon Ma's invitations before later marrying him, but feels neglected while he focus...

• Simon Ma (played by Chang Kuo-Chu) — supporting

  Simon Ma is a powerful businessman who presses for deadlines on an oil-company communications project and handles major business matters, including a land tender. He takes an interest in Tina, later b...

• Boss Ho (played by Charlie Cho Cha-Lee) — supporting

  Boss Ho is involved when Tina's agency is approached about providing models for a show. While Tina objects to sending models merely to entertain a businessman and insists the agency is not an escort s...

• Ho Zhi-Chao (played by Hung San-Nam) — supporting

  Ho Zhi-Chao is given an assignment by Simon Ma involving Tina. Simon tells him to handle it without revealing that Simon is the boss, explaining that he does not want Tina to become dependent on him....

Canonical Relationships

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

• Tina → Boss Ho (Professional Negotiation) — Tina insists on professional boundaries for her agency, while Boss Ho proposes a business opportunity involving connections and income.

  When an agency seeks models for a show, Tina rejects sending models merely to entertain a businessman. Boss Ho offers to help make connections and ear...

• Simon Ma → Ho Zhi-Chao (Professional Employer And Assignment Manager) — Simon delegates the assignment concerning Tina to Ho Zhi-Chao and says he does not want Tina to depend on him.

  Simon asks Ho Zhi-Chao to manage an assignment involving Tina without revealing that Simon is the boss.

• Simon Ma → Tina (Romantic Married Couple In Strained Relationship) — Their marriage is marked by Tina's loneliness and Simon's frequent absence; Tina nevertheless tells a man that her husband loves her.

  The plot states that Tina is married to Simon Ma. She complains that he neglects her at night, and he is often occupied with business and entertaining...

Story Analysis

The plot contrasts Simon's business-driven life with Tina's professional independence and uncertainty about the emotional security of her marriage.

Plot Progression

1. Business Pressure and First Refusal — Simon manages a deadline-sensitive communications project while maintaining a packed business and social schedule. At a fashion show, he takes an interest in Tina, who refuses his invitations and resi...
2. Marriage Under Strain — The story later presents Tina as Simon's wife, but their relationship appears lonely. Simon remains absorbed in business and entertaining guests, while Tina voices her sense of neglect and a friend qu...
3. Business Decisions and Agency Boundaries — Simon handles a major land tender and assigns Ho Zhi-Chao work involving Tina without revealing that he is the boss. Tina continues modelling and objects to sending models merely to entertain a busine...
4. A Challenge to Tina’s Confidence — At another fashion show, a man declares his love and asks to be near Tina. She rejects him and affirms her belief in her family and marriage, but his reminder of Simon's holiday absence leaves the ten...