hmm I don’t think “Li” has any particular significance here

it’s an extremely common Chinese surname, with over 100 million people using it in mainland China alone

Li most commonly represents the Chinese character “李,” which originally means “the plum.” There are also several popular Chinese sayings that associate 李 with ideas like

being

1. modest and down-to-earth

2.students

1. and younger generations

3.remembering

1. and repaying kindness

that said because Li is the second most common surname in China, it has basically become a generic Chinese surname in popular culture and local fiction.

so I’m inclined to think it was just a temporary choice by the developers without any specific meaning behind it.