For several days in a row, Huang De Han remained silent, neither cold nor warm in his attitude towards Li Man. Life seemed to return to its original calm state, as if nothing had ever happened.
However, Li Man knew that this apparent calm was just on the surface. Huang De Han was definitely plotting something big to deal with her.
On Friday evening, Huang Duoduo returned home from school, and to Li Man's surprise, Huang De Han came home unusually early.
In the living room, the father and daughter were chatting about something, their laughter and joy filling the air.
Li Man was in the kitchen, cooking, but she couldn't help but feel restless listening to their laughter.
Suddenly, Huang Duoduo ran in excitedly, "Mom, Dad said that when I have a break, he'll take us to Thailand for a vacation."
"Crash!"
Li Man's hand trembled, and the porcelain bowl slipped from her grasp, shattering on the floor.
"Mom, what's wrong? Don't you want to go to Thailand?" Huang Duoduo looked at Li Man strangely and asked.
Looking at her daughter's innocent eyes, Li Man forced a smile and squatted down to clean up the broken pieces.
"Mom, don't pick it up with your hands. You might hurt yourself. Wait a moment, I'll go get a broom and dustpan."
Huang Duoduo brought the dustpan and broom, sweeping away the broken pieces from the floor.
"Do you really want to go to Thailand?" Li Man asked her daughter.
"Yes!" Huang Duoduo grinned excitedly. "I've never been abroad before. I heard Thailand has a lot of ladyboys, and they are beautiful. I want to see for myself what makes them different from us."
"Did you suggest going to Thailand, or was it your dad?" Li Man asked again.
"It was Dad," Huang Duoduo frowned. "Mom, you seem unhappy. Don't you want to go to Thailand?"
It wasn't that she didn't want to go to Thailand, but she didn't want to go with Huang De Han. Going abroad with him seemed dangerous, as if he could easily do something to her, even kill her.
At the thought of this, Li Man couldn't help but shudder.
"You and Dad can go, Mom has to go to work, so I won't go," Li Man said, turning on the gas stove and starting to stir-fry.
Upon hearing this, Huang Duoduo's face drooped. "Mom, just take a day off. It's rare for our whole family to go out together. Don't be so gloomy, okay?"
"Mom won't go, but you and Dad can still have a great time," Li Man said while cooking.
"No, Mom, please come with us. I'm begging you," Huang Duoduo clasped her hands together, pleading.
"Mom really doesn't want to go."
"Why don't you want to go? Have you been to Thailand before?"
Li Man shook her head. "No."
"You haven't been there, so why don't you want to go?" Huang Duoduo said sadly. "Do you not want to go with us, Mom? Do you really want to divorce Dad?"
Seeing her daughter on the verge of tears, Li Man's heart softened, and she gently coaxed, "No, don't think like that. Mom just has to go to work."
"We rarely go out, can't you take a day off?" Huang Duoduo's tears welled up in her eyes, on the verge of crying.
Li Man felt a headache coming on. "Can't we have fun within the country? Why do we have to go abroad? Thailand is too far away."
"But I have never been abroad before. It's rare for Dad to be willing to take us on a trip together. Mom, our family of three has never gone on a vacation before. I really want to go to Thailand."
In the past, Li Man had to take care of her bedridden mother-in-law, so they had never gone on a trip.
But she also knew that there could be dangers when traveling to Thailand.
However, as long as they were careful, nothing should go wrong.
Li Man didn't want to disappoint her daughter, so in the end, she agreed to her request.
