Chapter 112 Heart Attack

“Grandpa just had a heart attack. Come to the hospital now.”

Chloe’s pupils instantly constricted. Without thinking about anything else, she immediately agreed, “Okay.”

Forty minutes later, she arrived at the hospital. Through the glass window, she could see

Harold lying in the emergency room with an oxygen tube inserted into his nose and a pale face.

devoid of color.

This sight made Chloe’s heart tighten. “Why did Grandpa suddenly have a heart attack?”

Joseph remained expressionless and said, “He went to play an escape room with some friends, and he got frightened.”

“That’s it?”

“Mm-hm.”

“Sigh…” Chloe touched her nose and replied, “Grandpa still has the heart of a child.”

“Where are the family members of the patient? The patient has awakened,” a nurse said as she emerged from the ward.

Joseph glanced at Chloe. “Let’s go in.”

“Okay.”

The two of them entered the ward one after the other. When Harold saw them, a gentle smile graced his aging face. “I’m fine. Patrick was just being paranoid in calling you two here.”

Chloe pursed her lips and coaxed him like a child, “Grandpa, you shouldn’t go to escape rooms

anymore.”

Flushed with embarrassment, Harold shot an annoyed glare at Joseph before clearing his

throat. “Fine, fine. I won’t go anymore. This is the fault of those old comrades of mine. They wanted to keep up with the latest trends, so they suggested we give an escape room a try for

some fun.

back in the war. But once we stepped inside, darkness engulfed us, and the path ahead

a haunted house

had been filled with intricate traps and mechanisms. A skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall, and if Harold had been aware that it was merely a prop, he would

you to go?” Joseph asked as he

and threw it at him. “Shut up! Go buy me some food. I haven’t eaten all day, and I’m

harmlessly, and he chuckled. “If you go to another escape room,

after he woke up. Stepping in between them, she offered, “I’ll go buy some

for me.”

retreating figure, Joseph handed the peeled apple to Harold. “I’ll

bills.”

way to a restaurant situated across the street and ordered

the main lobby. His well-fitted suit accentuated his tall and slender physique.

of coldness.

as he glanced at Chloe, a subtle warmth could be detected in his gaze. His gaze shifted to the food container in her

eatery that serves home-style dishes. I bought some poached eggs, steamed fish, and some soft-cooked grains. Is that okay?” Chloe

Joseph nodded, striding forward in long strides and taking the

she took a deep breath and asked the question that had been lingering in her mind, “Were

need to wait in line at the payment counter, and it usually took no more than five minutes to settle the bill. He had no

his stride without pausing, Joseph’s magnetic voice brushed past her ear. “Yes. After all, you have a tendency to run

didn’t intend for things to turn out this

softly

who the hell would have thought that she had gone for the wrong person from

it was something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek and asked,

not the appropriate moment to argue with Joseph, so she

her cheek which left behind a faint red welt.

His anger abated, and

food to Grandpa and then come out.”

“But why?”

have something to tell you.”

She followed Joseph’s order to bring the food

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