Hae-Il Jung

**Hae-Il Jung** is a side character who is the older brother to Katy.

portrayed by Ji Chang-Wook

## Biography

### Early life

Hae-Il was born in South Korea as the first son in the Jung family line. His parents had provided everything to him as he grew up and graced him a brother when he was 5 years old and a sister when he was 11 years old. Hae-Il looked after his siblings as an older brother would the older they got. He was a model student, a model son, and a model brother whereas his younger brother struggled to keep up in his footsteps. School was a breeze for Hae-Il without having to spend much time studying at all. There had been an arranged marriage for him by the time he was 16 but she had died in an accident only a few weeks before they graduated. He attended her funeral and played the role of mourning boyfriend as he was supposed to and thanked all who had came. He apologized to her family and stated how excited he had been to married to her.

When he graduated, he applied for the University of Oxford in the UK. It had taken some time for him to research where the top school for medical training would be and once he learned it was when he set his sights on it. Practicing English on top of his other studies in depth so that he could learn better there. During the night was when he would study for his entrance exams while listening to a CD player repeat English phrases that he would learn under his breath. Minjae nor Katy quite understood why he was so determined nor did he care for them to understand. They didn't need to as he would still speak Korean when he was home or over the phone to them. He didn't slack in his duties as the eldest to his parents or his siblings though. Looking after them when his parents worked, making sure they did their homework, helping them with it when they needed, and everything else that came with it.

It was the letter of his acceptance that would change his life. Unable to quite convey his emotions as he held it in his hand. Standing at the entrance door before he felt it swept out of his hands by Minjae. Attempting to read it aloud in a mocking tone as if it would have been a love letter before he realized that it was not in Korean but instead in English. Kai Dee had come running at the commotion and found herself questioning as well what it meant. They had known some English at that point but not enough to decipher the letter. Snatching it out of his hands was when he told them that he'd explain over dinner followed by yelling at them to go finish homework before their parents got home. That night, after they had set the table and sat down for dinner, was when he broke the news to everyone. Explaining that he had gotten accepted to the University of Oxford. In the Fall was when he would be leaving for the UK; hundreds of miles away from his family. His parents were overjoyed whereas his siblings were not. They stared at him like he had just told them that he hated them.

Neither of them had spoken to him for the rest of the night. Kai Dee had been easy enough to get to speak to him again as she was as obedient as a women should be but it was Minjae who refused to speak to him. In fact, he didn't utter a single word towards Hae-Il until it was the day that he was supposed to leave. Early in the morning was when he had awoken to double check all of his bags. Making sure that everything was there that he needed while he moved silently through the house. Bringing all of his bags down the stairs to leave them by the front door as his father prepared two cups of coffee before they left for the airport. Heading up the stairs to grab one more bag was when Minjae blocked the way. A small hushed argument pursued before his younger brother had begun crying. All he could do was assure him that he would return before ruffling his hair and leaving down the stairs.

Once the coffee was finished was when the two left. Leaving behind the home that he had grown up in and shortly after he boarded a plane to leave the country that he grew up in. Taking a deep breath before he would be beginning his University experience. Something that he had never pictured would be so far from where he knew. Over the years, his education was just as it had been where he managed to slide into it easily. During the summer when he was 20 years old, he got an offer to intern at a hospital that had just been built in Saudi Arabia. It was a new place for him to visit and do some good in which he could get some real hands on experience. It was during that time in which he met a young woman by the name of Nadia.

Nadia was two years older then him and already widowed from a husband who was twice her age that died due to a heart attack. She had come in when she had gotten badly injured to which the two had gotten to speaking albeit it was under the watchful eye of her father. Hae-Il had found himself enjoying her company as he tried to figure out what the proper etiquette would be to ask to see her again or if that was allowed. Once she was taken care of was when he took the chance to ask her father if he could see her again. He had taken it as the young doctor was asking to discuss the possibility of marriage since dating had been illegal. Her father had said that he could meet her family over dinner where they could discuss the possibility. It wasn't until after he had gotten the information that one of his co workers had laughed. Informing him what he had just gotten himself into with that as well as the fact that he was impressed as it was rare they would let someone from outside the Kingdom be considered even.

It wasn't until the night that the dinner happened that he realized just how serious it all was. Malik Abadi, Nadia's father, had gone into a long speech about how things worked around here. Malik had explained that if Hae-Il wanted Nadia's hand in marriage then he would need to learn her language further then the little bits he knew, would need to meet her entire family beyond what was here, would need to give an in depth history of his family, and would need to convert to Muslim. From there, Malik also wanted to see a five year plan including where Hae-Il was planning on living and what work he would be doing. This had been more then Hae-Il had expected for a sit down that would simply be getting to know someone. One glance at Nadia combined with the memory how at this point he had supposed to have married a young girl he had been arranged to marry had been enough for him to press further. This included questions of what exactly entailed being a Muslim and how one would convert followed by a loose plan of a five year plan.

The truth was that Hae-Il hadn't given much thought of the after school portion; he had intended to move back to South Korea. There was still six years of University in which he had to get through so that covered up almost five year plan. When he was question about after, all he could say was that he intended to move to South Korea where he would be a doctor that would be well liked and well off. Malik had insisted they would have further discussions of this while he was here and an arrangement to not only meet the rest of Nadia's family but a conversion would be made. Hae-Il was already in too deep to really turn away from everything that happened or warn his parents. It was like a snowball tumbling down a hill collecting more speed and snow to a point that it was unstoppable so he continued rolling with it. By the end of this summer internship, he had obtained a ton of evidence. On top of that he had also obtained a religion and a wife which hadn't fully been apart of the plan. It was given the okay for Nadia to go back to the UK with him as she was his wife.

It was awkward while they were in his dorm as he did his best to talk to her and get to know her. This had not been what he had expected as even with his arranged marriage was less awkward as they had gotten to know each other while they were in school. After some time though, the two adjusted to the life and were able to get each other. Hae-Il had expressed that there was no need to be as rigid as was required when it was just the two of them. He had no intentions of being an overly strict husband or mean or cause her any harm at all. It was there that the two found a way to work as Hae-Il continued his way through University. Working seamlessly and tirelessly towards the degree that he had wanted came naturally. It didn't take too long for a wife to become natural too as he at least came home to warm cooked meals after classes with a friendly conversation. The next year of school passed by easily and half way into the final year of his first portion of schooling was when he got a phone call from his father. The phone call informed him that his family was moving to America because of a job offer that opened for his father. It had meant better pay so they were taking Katy to move to California in America. This meant that Hae-Il would move there in the long run because he had promised to stay close to his family.

Finishing the last half had been stressful as he had to figure out what to do from there. Malik would want an update in where he would be going with Nadia after he finished school which he would have to provide but it could be worried about later. Focusing on school was more important so he got through the last half to the best of his ability. Beginning his second stretch of schooling would be another four years but he had amassed a decent chunk amount of money through tutoring jobs, essay writing, and the occasional dorm cleaning after a party. Instead of keeping his wife cramped up in a dorm where they only had crowded halls with no easily accessible kitchen, he bought an apartment for them to live in instead of the dorms. Something that wasn't too big but bigger then the dorms with a proper kitchen instead of the make shift plug in cooking top that they made due with. Towards the end of the four years was when he finally had a long phone call with Malik where he explained the plan but Malik seemed a lot less interested. Moving to California with Nadia for his residency hadn't been a difficult change.

Nadia was fluent in whatever he told her the plan was without any complaints. When he said that he wanted to wait until after his residency for them to have kids, she agreed with him. It had been odd because he was used to some discussion which hadn't really come just her acceptance. Two years into his residency though was when they were caught by a surprise pregnancy which had force Hae-Il into house shopping. It would not be an apartment in which he raised his son in but an actual home. Finding a home that was in town of his parents hadn't been too hard as they set up. Life as a father had taught him a lot as he navigated through this new challenge with his son and his wife. Opting to name his first son an Arabic name out of respect for his father-in-law.

### Season 1

After graduating from his residency program, the news of what had happened came tumbling out. It was all over the news with his younger sisters name being involved in it. There was a ping of failure that settled in him as a older brother. Someone who was supposed to be vigilante over but could not do it to the fullest extent. He had just gotten a full time job at the hospital and was at a loss of words for the factor that he wasn't what he believed a big brother should be. During the time of everything being revealed had a lot of shame for him as he avoided going to speak to his family. Facing his sister when he hadn't been there to talk to had been difficult.

### Season 2

During the Mason trial, he was another one who avoided it like a plague. All he had wanted was to not hear another word of it as it was the talk of the hospital. It didn't help with any of his feelings and he didn't want his son to have to hear any of it. All he could do was focus on work until the trial was over. Once it was over, he spent the next year working as he avoided his family. Avoiding them so that he could straighten out his own emotions for it. After a year was when he finally visited his family again including his younger sister, seeing her as she came home. It was an important thing for him to face her with a level head so he could treat things as normal to which he did. Pretended that nothing between them had changed at all as he brought his son over to talk to everyone.