Character Relationship Map: Daisy

Characters

• Hye-young (played by Gianna Jun) — protagonist

  Hye-young is an artist who earns a living sketching portraits in the Netherlands. After Park Yi secretly builds a bridge and returns her lost art bag, she begins receiving daisies and develops feeling...

• Park Yi (played by Jung Woo-sung) — protagonist

  Park Yi is a professional hit man who falls in love with Hye-young after watching her paint. He secretly helps her and sends daisies while keeping his distance because of his violent profession. After...

• Jeong Woo (played by Lee Sung-jae) — supporting

  Jeong Woo is an Interpol detective investigating a drug ring. He repeatedly visits Hye-young while surveying suspects, causing her to believe he sends the daisies, though he hides the truth to protect...

• Cho (played by David Chiang Da-Wei) — supporting

  Cho, identified as President Cho, is Park Yi’s boss and the leader of the group connected to the contract killings. Park Yi eventually turns against the entire group after Hye-young’s death and confro...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Park Yi → Cho (Professional Contract Killer And Boss) — Cho is positioned as Park Yi's superior within the assassination organization.

  Park Yi is identified as a professional hit man, belongs to Cho's group, and later confronts President Cho.

• Hye-young → Jeong Woo (Romantic Interest) — Hye-young develops a deep but mistaken romantic attachment to Jeong Woo.

  Hye-young believes Jeong Woo is sending the daisies and instantly falls in love with him. She remains unable to forget him after he returns to Korea.

• Park Yi → Hye-young (Romantic Secret Admirer) — Park Yi loves Hye-young from afar and expresses his feelings anonymously.

  Park Yi sees Hye-young painting in the mountains and instantly falls in love with her. He sends her daily daisies while keeping his distance.

Story Dynamics

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

• Cho → Jeong Woo (Conflict Organizational Adversary) — Cho's criminal organization stands on the opposing side of Jeong Woo's investigation.

  Jeong Woo investigates a drug ring connected to the criminal network, and Park Yi's group becomes involved in the events surrounding his death.

• Park Yi → Jeong Woo (Conflict Protective Rival) — Park Yi sees Jeong Woo as a romantic rival but temporarily protects him from the gangsters.

  Park Yi watches Hye-young and Jeong Woo, then shoots Jeong Woo in the shoulder to save him from a gangster's anticipated bullet.

Story Analysis

A tragic love triangle unfolds through anonymous devotion, mistaken identity, criminal violence, and a final symbolic reunion.

Plot Progression

1. Bridges and Hidden Flowers — Hye-young meets Park Yi indirectly through a lost art bag, a replacement bridge, and a painting left as thanks. Daily daisies create an intimate connection whose sender remains unknown.
2. The Mistaken Romance — Jeong Woo uses Hye-young's portrait stand while investigating a drug ring. Hye-young mistakes him for the flower sender, while Park Yi watches their growing closeness from a distance.
3. Bullets and Silence — The criminal investigation exposes Jeong Woo's hideout and brings armed attackers to Hye-young. Park Yi intervenes, but the shooting leaves Hye-young mute and separates her from Jeong Woo.
4. The Assassin's Trap — Jeong Woo returns to apologize while investigators uncover Park Yi's identity. A trap fails when Park Yi refuses to kill Jeong Woo, but another assassin kills him.
5. Daisies Before the Rain — Hye-young learns that Park Yi sent the flowers and tries to stop his next assassination. She dies protecting him, sending Park Yi against Cho and ending in a symbolic reunion under the rain.