Li Yi returns to play Hong Zhihao in the 8 o'clock show "Stitch". The character suffers from leukemia and makes the audience reluctant to leave.

[Reporter Li Shaoling/Report from Taipei] Li Yixi returned to the eight o'clock slot after more than ten years, playing the role of the Hong eldest son "Hong Zhihao" in Sanli's "Thread of Needle". Recently, the character is suffering from leukemia, and may face a "lucky lunch" crisis. The audience shouted "Please don't write to death" and "I hope it is just to go abroad for treatment", and even sparked a discussion about whether it is just a guest appearance. Now that Li Yi is about to wrap up filming, the audience even called out that "there are too few scenes" and there are constant shouts of farewell.

Li Yi (right) suffers from leukemia and is bedridden in "Needle and Thread", while Yin Fu (left) stays with her affectionately beside the bed. (Provided by Sanli)

"Hong Zhihao" played by Li Yi in the drama is responsible and emotional, and protects love despite family pressure. His lovable character has been well received, and the audience has supported "Come on Zhihao". The CP line between him and Yinfu also unexpectedly attracted attention, and received praises such as "This couple is surprisingly good-looking" and "I hope this couple will not break up." Unexpectedly, the sweet relationship had just started to pick up, but the character suffered from leukemia, causing the plot to take a turn for the worse. In addition to being reluctant to part with the role, Li Yi's good condition was also praised by netizens as "he is very handsome in this movie". They went from looking forward to his return to feeling that there were too few scenes.

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Li Yi (middle) lies weakly on the hospital bed in "A Needle and a Thread", while his girlfriend Yin Fu (left) and mother Zhang Jingyi (right) wait beside him sadly. (Provided by Sanli)

Zhang Jingyi (middle) and Yinfu (right) cried bitterly outside the ward in "Needle and Thread". (Provided by Sanli)

Faced with the impending completion of the filming, Li Yi admitted that this time he was "extremely addictive", but he couldn't hide it. During the filming of the final scene, Zhang Jingyi, who plays the mother, cried until she was called out. Li Yi also cried several times when reading the script. Even in a dream sequence where there was no crying scene, he couldn't help crying.

Off-screen, Li Yi also devoted himself to his long-lost crew life. He not only cooked braised pork to comfort everyone, but also said with a smile: "If I leave, the saddest thing for everyone is that they won't be able to eat the bento I prepared." Returning to the crew after many years also allowed him to reunite with many old comrades. His wife June and children were also very concerned about the filming situation.

Li Yi was dying of leukemia in "A Needle and a Thread" and was dying wearing an oxygen mask. (Provided by Sanli)

Faced with the audience's reluctance this time, Li Yi confessed that he likes "Hung Chi-ho" very much, "He is not just a good guy, he is really affectionate and righteous, and he will fight for it when he has to fight for it." It is considered one of his masterpieces since the filming of Eight O'clock.

Li Yi fell ill and was hospitalized in "Needle and Thread". Huo Zhengqi, Zhang Jingyi, and Hong Ruixia gathered around the bed with heavy faces and expressed concern. (Provided by Sanli)

Li Yi, whose main focus was originally in the field of food, has also regained his enthusiasm for acting this time, saying "I am ready". He will not exclude drama and food in the future. He also thanked Huo Zhengqi and Zhang Jingyi, who played his parents, and his rival actress Yin Fu. The seniors loved to joke in private and had a good understanding of the scenes, which made him feel particularly relaxed when acting.

Li Yi filmed the dream farewell scene in "A Thread of Needle" and said goodbye to the loved ones he misses most with a gentle expression. (Provided by Sanli)

There was an episode during the filming. Li Yi was caught by sharp-eyed netizens for holding his mobile phone backwards, so he has been paying special attention to it since then. When filming a few days ago, he held the bag upside down again. This time he discovered it first and immediately called a timeout to surrender: "I'm sorry, you didn't notice this, but I found that I held it upside down again." He joked that after being caught once, even the direction of the phone became his key inspection item.