Chen Chia-hao: Marry My Dead Body character explained

In Marry My Dead Body, Chen Chia-hao is Mao-mao’s ex-boyfriend who quickly moves on after Mao-mao’s death. Aaron Yan plays Chen Chia-hao.

Before dying and meeting Chen Chia-hao, Mao-mao only used to date guys to get intimate with them. Meeting Chia-hao changed everything. He was in love.

The legalization of gay marriage allowed Mao-mao to dream of the life he could have with his partner, much like everyone else. He planned to grow old with Chia-hao.

He fought his father, Mr. Mao, who was against Mao-mao marrying a boy, for Chia-hao. However, Mr. Mao was adamant. That night, Mao-mao felt alone and tried to contact Chia-hao, seeking some comfort. Chia-hao didn’t pick up his phone, and Mao-mao died in a hit-and-run.

Chia-hao’s take on his relationship with Mao-mao

After having a ghost marriage with Ming-han, Mao-mao requests his husband take him to his ex-boyfriend. Ming-han and Mao-mao go to Chia-hao’s apartment and learn that Chia-hao has already moved on and is in a relationship with someone else.

Initially, Mao-mao is glad that Chia-hao has moved on. Later, when Ming-han and Mao-mao fight, Ming-han visits Chia-hao again to hand Mao-mao to him.

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Ming-han confronts Chia-hao

It’s then that Ming-han confronts Chia-hao, asking how he quickly moved on because, from the looks of it, it seems like Chia-hao doesn’t care about Mao-mao’s death.

Chia-hao then confesses that he never planned to marry anyone, but Mao-mao was obsessed with getting married. Instead of being honest with Mao-mao, Chia-hao decided to keep his distance from him.

The night Mao-mao died, he longed for Chia-hao’s support, but Chia-hao wasn’t there. Mao-mao continues to question if he wasn’t good enough. It’s Ming-han who tells Mao-mao that Chia-hao doesn’t deserve his love.

Chia-hao’s secret

Chia-hao doesn’t tell his full story to Ming-han. When Mr. Mao visits Ming-han in the hospital at the end of Marry My Dead Body, he reveals that he had made up his mind to allow Mao-mao to marry a boy.

To surprise his son, Mr. Mao went to Mao-mao and Chia-hao’s apartment and saw Chia-hao cheating on Mao-mao with the boy Chia-hao is dating now. That’s the reason Mr. Mao fought Mao-mao the night he died.

Mr. Mao didn’t want Mao-mao to marry a man like that, and he didn’t tell Mao-mao the truth about his boyfriend because he knew he will be hurt.

When Mao-mao died, Mr. Mao visited Chia-hao and punched him. Days later, he regretted that as well. He visited Chia-hao again to apologize and ask for his son’s mobile password. Chia-hao brushed Mr. Mao off, claiming that Mr. Mao is doing all of this because he is guilty.

Mao-mao hears Mr. Mao telling all of this to Ming-han and just thanks his father for giving him unconditional love as he fades away to get reincarnated.


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Rahul Shinde
Rahul Shinde
Rahul is an editor on The Envoy Web who is working from Mumbai. You will find him obsessing over the genres of horror, thriller, sitcoms, and musicals—a weird combination right there. It's either something spooky or a comfort watch.

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