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.

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

haunted

with intricate traps and mechanisms. A skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall, and if Harold had been aware that it

force you to go?” Joseph

table and threw it at him. “Shut up! Go buy me some food.

to another escape room, you won’t

need to argue with Harold immediately after he woke up. Stepping in between them, she

for me.”

peeled apple to Harold. “I’ll go settle the

bills.”

Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated across the

Joseph in the main lobby. His well-fitted suit accentuated his tall and slender physique. His eyebrows arched

of coldness.

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

bought some poached eggs, steamed fish, and some soft-cooked grains. Is that okay?”

striding forward in long strides and taking the lead.

before reaching the ward, she took a deep breath and asked the question that

it usually took no more than five minutes to settle the bill. He had no

ear. “Yes. After all, you have a

to turn out this way. I just couldn’t control

softly

she had gone for the wrong person

said, but he clearly knew it was something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek and asked,

Chloe realized it was not the appropriate moment to argue with Joseph, so

cheek which left behind

Joseph greatly. His

to Grandpa and then

“But why?”

have something to tell

followed Joseph’s order to bring the food to Harold. She even

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