Character Relationship Map: The Cursed

Characters

• Mui Cheung Kah-Yee (played by Annie Liu Xin-You) — protagonist

  Mui is a doctor who believes she has no family until a lawyer tells her that Madam Cheung named her granddaughter and sole legal heir. She travels to Malaysia with friends, where memories of her child...

• Soh Man (played by Wilfred Lau Ho-Lung) — protagonist

  Soh Man is connected to Madam Cheung’s funeral and is Mui’s childhood friend. He tells Mui about her parents’ deaths, her grandmother’s care, and her time in an orphanage after memory loss. As the hau...

• Madam Cheung (played by Nina Paw Hei-Ching) — supporting

  Madam Cheung is Mui’s grandmother, who raised her after Mui’s parents died. Before her death, she named Mui as her granddaughter and sole legal heir, but had also planned for the mansion to be sold an...

• Ling (played by Zhang Yang) — supporting

  Ling is a character whose death occurs in the lift at the law firm under unusual circumstances. Her death intensifies the danger surrounding Mui, who later fears that Ko Cheng-Sam may have been involv...

• Jessica (played by Wiyona Yeung Lau-Ching) — supporting

  Jessica is one of Mui’s friends and travels with her to Malaysia after Mui learns of her inheritance. The account later reveals that Jessica is dead, adding to Mui’s fear and the danger surrounding th...

• Amy (played by Nicola Tsang) — supporting

  Amy is one of Mui’s friends and accompanies her to Malaysia after the news of Madam Cheung’s death and inheritance. Mui later learns that Amy is dead as the danger around her grows. The account provid...

• Ko Cheng-Sam (played by Ng Wai-San) — supporting

  Ko Cheng-Sam is a lawyer who tells Mui that Madam Cheung has died and named her as the sole legal heir. He is involved in the dispute over the will; a real copy later states that Mui was not meant to...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Ko Cheng-Sam → Mui Cheung Kah-Yee (Professional Lawyer And Heir) — Ko delivers the inheritance news, while a dispute over the will and Mui's later suspicions complicate their relationship.

  Ko Cheng-Sam arrives as a lawyer with news that Madam Cheung named Mui her sole legal heir.

• Madam Cheung → Mui Cheung Kah-Yee (Family Grandmother And Granddaughter) — Madam Cheung raised Mui and remained central to her memories; she later arranged for Mui to receive money for her education.

  Madam Cheung named Mui her granddaughter and sole legal heir. Soh Man explains that Madam Cheung raised Mui after her parents died.

Story Dynamics

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

• Ling → Ko Cheng-Sam (Conflict Unresolved Suspicion) — Mui suspects Ko may have been involved in Ling's death, but the account does not confirm this suspicion.

  After Ling dies in the law firm's lift under unusual circumstances, Mui fears that Ko was involved in Ling's death.

• Ling → Mui Cheung Kah-Yee (Social Acquaintance) — Ling's unusual death at the law firm's lift adds to the danger surrounding Mui, though the account does not establish the exact nature of their relationship.

  The account reports Ling's death and later says Mui learns that Ling, Jessica, Amy, and Ko Cheng-Sam are dead.

• Amy → Mui Cheung Kah-Yee (Social Friend) — Amy accompanies Mui on the journey to Malaysia; Mui later learns that Amy has died.

  Mui travels to Malaysia with her friends Jessica and Amy.

• Jessica → Mui Cheung Kah-Yee (Social Friend) — Jessica accompanies Mui on the journey to Malaysia; Mui later learns that Jessica has died.

  Mui travels to Malaysia with her friends Jessica and Amy.

• Soh Man → Madam Cheung (Social Funeral Connection) — Soh Man's connection to the funeral brings him into Mui's account of her grandmother's death and inheritance.

  Mui meets Soh Man, who is connected to Madam Cheung's funeral.

• Mui Cheung Kah-Yee → Soh Man (Social Childhood Friends) — Their childhood bond resurfaces as Mui returns to Malaysia, but supernatural encounters and Soh Man's later attack leave their present connection uncertain.

  Mui's memories include her childhood friendship with Soh Man.

Story Analysis

Mui's return to Malaysia reconnects her with a fragmented childhood as inheritance disputes, deaths, and supernatural encounters deepen an unresolved mystery.

Plot Progression

1. An Unexpected Inheritance — After failing to save a man, Mui receives news that Madam Cheung has died and named her sole heir. She travels to Malaysia with Jessica and Amy, meets Soh Man, and learns she inherited the family mans...
2. The House Remembers — Mui initially rejects the inheritance, but returning to the mansion stirs fragments of her childhood. Soh Man explains her family history and memory loss, while Mui recalls her promise to protect her...
3. A Will and a Death — Supernatural encounters disturb Mui as she grows attached to her past. A real copy of the will contradicts the apparent inheritance, and Ling dies in the law firm's lift under unusual circumstances.
4. Unresolved Haunting — Mui learns that Jessica, Amy, and Ko Cheng-Sam are dead and wonders whether Ko was involved in Ling's death. A flashback reveals Madam Cheung's reasons for sending Mui away; the account ends with Soh...