After the post-war arrangements were settled, Li Yunlong was finally able to attend to his personal affairs.
Assuming as a matter of course that Yang Xiuqin could not possibly have survived such intense shelling, he silently gathered a few of her belongings to build a cenotaph. On the tombstone, he wrote: "Tomb of Yang Xiuqin, Beloved Wife of Li Yunlong."
He went to the grave alone, overwhelmed by sorrow, pouring out his inner pain and self-reproach to Yang Xiuqin.
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