| Li Shin | |||||||||||||||
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| Days of Our Lives | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Remington Hoffman | ||||||||||||||
| Current status | Former; Recurring | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2019–24 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | October 31, 2019 (DTDS) April 22, 2020 (DOOL) | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | October 31, 2019 (DTDS) September 22, 2024 (DOOL) | ||||||||||||||
| Cause/reason | Appeared to Connie | ||||||||||||||
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| Namesake(s) | Li Jun | ||||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||||
| Cause of death | Complications from being stabbed in the back by Connie Viniski | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Businessman DiMera Enterprises Board Member (formerly) | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Salem, Illinois oh Hong Kong, China (formerly) | ||||||||||||||
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Li Shin is a character from the soap opera Days of Our Lives, portrayed by Remington Hoffman on the new Days of Our Lives: The Digital Series in the 8-part "Chad & Abby in Paris" Chapter Two digital series.
He is the son of the DiMera board member and current chairman, Wei Shin. Li appeared on the series itself on April 22, 2020 and has made recurring appearances on the show since then, finally becoming a more regular character in 2021, and getting his own storyline.
History
Li is the oldest child only son of Wei Shin and his wife. Though he has a younger sister named Jing-Wen, Li was out under a lot of pressure by Wei as the oldest and only male in the family. The Shin's were a traditional family, which meant that Wei had high expectations of Li.
When Li was young, he fell in love with a girl around his age named Xaio Xing. Wei did not approve of it and after Li refused to stop seeing Xaio, Wei bribed Xaio's father with a well paying job if they would move away. Xao's father accepted the offer and the family moved which devastated Li and planted the seed for a darker impulse that he would act on years later.
Storylines
Setting on following in his father's foot steps, in late 2019, Li became the newest board member of DiMera Enterprises. He was manipulated by Juliet into firing Chad after she and her assistant Sylvie accuse him of assault. Though Chad and Abigail deny it, Li produces evidence that doesn’t look good for Chad, this results in him removing Chad from the board and his job. But this all changed, a day later, when new evidence was delivered to the DiMera board that proves Chad's innocence. Chad got his job back and used it to fire Juliet with the full approval of the board.
Li showed up in Salem in April 2020 to choose whether Chad or Gabi Hernandez will be the CEO of DiMera Enterprises. Li sat in the CEO's chair with his back turned, and Gabi mistook him for her deceased husband Stefan DiMera. Once Chad and Abigail got there, they started vying with Gabi for the CEO position. Without hesitation, Li made the new CEO.
Gabi was furious and refused to work under Chad. She wanted to get her company, GabiChic, away from the DiMera's. Li said he anticipated that would be her reaction, so the board preemptively removed Gabi as the head of GabiChic. This left Gabi flustered and furious and she decided to sue DiMera Enterprises. Chad was in the process of telling this to Li over the phone when he mysteriously hung up on Chad.
Li returned to Salem in August where Gabi helped him close a deal while Chad was in Florida visiting Abigail. Chad returned and was shocked to see Li there. Li noted that Chad didn't inform him that he would be gone. A couple of weeks later, Chad was gone again, and Li needed a DiMera with him to close a business deal with an investor named Collins. Gabi offered to help him, but Li said it had to be a blood DiMera. Stefan DiMera's twin brother Jake Lambert came down the stairs and went to dinner with Gabi, Li, and Collins.
Jake later closed the deal with Collins, who liked Jake and found him a breath fresh of air. Li came over to celebrate the good news and they shared it with Gabi. Li was thrilled and impressed with Jake. Li enthusiastically said that Collins wanted to take Jake to his favorite steakhouse.
Li continued to gravitate more towards Jake and Gabi, and even flirted with Gabi a bit. After Chad was publicly out for cheating on Abigail with their children's nanny Gwen Rizczech, Li replaced Chad with Jake as DiMera's CEO.
When EJ DiMera returned to town, he took back power by having the majority of the votes, and Li was forced to remove Jake. EJ and Chad decided to share the CEO spot, which Li accepted. When EJ was accused of kidnapping his ex-wife Sami Brady, Li had him step down, and Chad was the sole CEO, but then Gabi was reinstated as DiMera's CEO with help from EJ's son Johnny DiMera.
After a failed attempt by EJ and Chad to take back the CEO spot from Gabi, Li and Gabi became romantically involved since her relationship with Jake had come to an end. Li and Gabi left town to attend a party where Gabi met Li's sister Wendy. At the party, Li unveiled that DiMera Enterprises has acquired one of the three prisms.
The party was busted up by John Black and Steve Johnson. E grabbed Wendy and threatened her if Li didn't hand over the prism. Li gave them the prison, but Steve's sons Tripp and Joey Johnson realized their father was brainwashed and helped turn the tables as Wendy got a hold of the gun and used it to keep Steve pinned down while John got away.
In the aftermath, Li gave Wendy the promotion she craved. Li and Gabi returned to Salem and resumed their usual business and relationship. but Li had a secret: He knew the whole time that Stefan DiMera was alive in the DiMera basement, and was the one keeping alive.
Li had teamed up with Dr. Wilhelm Rolf, who was a long time associate of the DiMera family. Li's funding kept Stefan stable while Rolf was in prison, and now that Rolf was an awake, he could personally tend to Stefan. When Jake was shot and killed by a mugger, Rolf and Kristen DiMera donated his heart to Stefan.
While Li had plans to use Stefan to his advantage, he realized Gabi still was having trouble letting Stefan go, so he wanted to slow down Stefan's recovery by unplugging Stefan's life support. He was caught by Kristen, who accused Li of trying to kill her brother.
Li and Kristen soon became allies when he opted to brainwash Stefan into hating Gabi, and Kristen decided to have Stefan fall for Chloe Lane to get her way from Brady. Rolf confronted Li for sabotaging Stefan's recovery, and agreed to brainwash him for Li and Kristen
Unfortunately, Stefan woke up before Rolf could start the brainwashing, and left the lab to find Gabi. Li found Stefan just in time and drugged him, but not before Stefan was seen by Ava Vitali, who thought he was Jake.
The brainwashing worked, and Stefan made his public return where he broke Gabi's heart, causing her to finally let him go, and commit fully to Li. Li proposed to Gabi, and she happily accepted. EJ got Stefan onto his side, and they plotted against Gabi and Li to seize control of DiMera.
Shin came to Salem and interrupted Gabi and Li as they were about to have office sex. Shin was appalled by his son's behaviour and demanded they at least lock the door if they decide to be inappropriate. Shin announced he was in town to personally oversee the latest vote for DiMera CEO.
Gabi had Ava as an ally after they teamed up by forging marriage criticisms, saying Ava had married Jake before his death when the truth was that they had just gotten engaged. EJ managed to discredit Ava by accusing her of having hallucinations of Jake, and as such, he and Stefan had the numbers, and successfully voted Gabi out as CEO.
Li then revealed to EJ what he, Kristen, and Rolf had done to Stefan. He threatened to have the brainwashing undone. EJ tried to call Li's bluff since he would lose Gabi in the process, but eventually backed down, and he and Li became CO-CEOs while Li would plot to get Gabi her seat back, and EJ would plot to fulfill his promise to Stefan.
Gabi forced Rolf into confessing what he did to Stefan and that Li was behind it, but Rolf injected her with a drug that made her forget. Li decided to set Rolf up with a new lab somewhere else not wanting him to remain in Salem for fear someone else may find out.
Wendy came to town and got a job working at DiMera, but she and Johnny were suspicious of EJ and Li and believed they had brainwashed Stefan into hating Gabi. They tracked down Rolf, and he informed them what had happened before drugging them. Rolf phoned Li and asked for permission to use the memory erasing drug on Johnny and Wendy. Li was worried it would harm them, but Rolf assured them it wouldn't so he gave him the go ahead.
At Gabi and Li's wedding, a certain noise caused Gabi to remmemebr everything and she exposed Li and Kristen in front of everyone, resulting in their arrests, but because Rolf wouldn't testify against them, Li and Kristen were released.
Li hired Sloan Petersen to finalize his divorce from Gabi, but decided to leverage his DiMera shares that Gabi wanted and have her live with him for six months. Li and Gabi moved on with Wendy and her boyfriend Tripp Johnson.
Eventually Gabi had Rolf force Stefan to remember that he lived with Gabi, but she couldn't officially be with Stefan because of her agreement with Li. Gabi and Stefan tried to sneak around but they were caught by EJ, who took a photo and sent it to Li.
Li was furious and ready to confront Gabi about it, Gabi ate biscuits from Sweet Bits unaware that they were drugged. This caused Gabi to mistaken Li for Stefan and tried to sleep with him. Li refused to take advantage of Gabi in this state, and took her to the hospital. Li realized Gabi would never love her and let her out of the contact, but still refused to give her the shares. Megan Hathaway approached Li with an offer to team up and kill Stefan, so he could have Gabi all to him. Li agreed unable to let Gabi go.
Li helped Megan subdue Harris Michaels and they had Rolf return to Salem and set him up with a lab to brainwash Harris. Unbeknownst to Li, Rolf and Megan were programming Harris to believe that Li was the sole person behind his brainwashing. Li was noticeable unsettled when Wendy and Tripp said they were going to attend Stefan and Gabi's wedding.
Li thought for sure the plan would go off without a hitch and prepared a romantic dinner for him and Gabi, but I'm he was instead greeted with a furious Gabi, who revealed that Harris had fingered Li as the one who brainwashed him to kill Stefan. Lo was arrested and Wendy was furious with Li, who proclaimed his innocence.
Harris eventually remembered it was Megan after the brainwashing wore off, and Li was released from custody. Wendy forgave Li and he continued living with Tripp. Li tried to move on from Gabi and formed an unexpected connection with D.A. Melinda Trask, who has tried to lock him up while he was in custody.
Li and Melinda had their own agenda's though. Melinda was looking to trip Li up and get him to confess to being apart of the plot to kill Stefan while Li was hoping to woo Melinda into not wanting to prosecute him. Wendy was weary of Li dating Melinda suspecting what hs was up to.
Li and Melinda slept together, and while Li was out of the room, Melinda searched his room, but Li knew what Melinda was up to and eventually called her out on it ending their relationship. Li sought psychiatric help from Dr. Marlena Evans cause he couldn't sleep and get over Gabi. He confessed to her he was involved in the plot to kill Stefan and wants to make sure he never goes down that road.
During their first session, Li told Marlena a story about his first love Xaio Xing when he was younger. His father had bribed her father with a job that moved their family away from him. Li admitted he thinks losing Xaio Xing broke him to the point where he was determined not to lose another woman he loved. Marlena complimented Li for being so open.
As Li was leaving Marlena's office, he got a call from Gabi, who said she needed his help. Gabi said she had been kidnapped and not to get the cops involved. Rolf showed up at Li's door, and said Megan had kidnapped Gabi to get Stefan's shares. Rolf got Li to admit that he was involved in the plot to kill Stefan, then revealed a recording device in his jacket.
Gabi and Stefan walk in, and Rolf left. Gabi reveals to Li that it was all a setup to get his shares. She tells Li he can give them the shares or go to Statesville. Li had no choice so surrendered his shares to them.
Marlena called Li to check on him and Li assured her he was fine, saying Gabi was as good as dead to him. Wendy came in and could tell some tbh f was upsetting Li. Li confided in Wendy what Gabi had done and said he knows their father will be furious with him.
Li told Wendy about his first session with Marlena and what happened with Xaio Xing. Wendy was shocked Li never told her what had happened, and Li said Wendy was just a child and he didn't want to burden her. Wendy assured Li he would find someone who would love him someday and they embraced.
Wendy went out with Tripp and phoned Li to check in. She left a message as Li lay unconscious after having been stabbed in the back. Gabi stood over him holding the knife as Stefan entered the apartment was shocked by what he saw. Gabi explained that she found Li like this after he called her and told her the shares he gave her were fraudulent. Stefan confirmed they were authentic as he just used them to fire EJ.
As Stefan and Gabi wondered what to do, Wendy and Tripp came home and Wendy screamed as soon as she saw Li lying on the floor. Wendy demanded to know why Gabi killed her brother, but Tripp confirmed Li was still alive.
Li was rushed to the hospital where Tripp worked on him. Li begged Wendy not to leave him and she promised she wouldn't. Wendy asked Li who did this to him and as Li went to speak, he flatlined. Tripp told Wendy he did all he could as a heartbroken Wendy stared at Li's lifeless body.
Harris Michaels showed up at the apartment and told Gabi and Stefan about Li's death. Gabi felt sure Li would clear her even after learning Li had managed to say who had attacked him, but Harris said Li had identified Gabi as his killer and arrested her.
