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.

like playing hide-and-seek, like what we did back in the war. But once we stepped inside, darkness engulfed us, and the path ahead became indiscernible. It should

a haunted house

the room 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,

and force you to go?” Joseph asked

me some food.

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

woke up.

for me.”

handed the peeled apple to

bills.”

at this hour, so Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated across the street and ordered a few light dishes

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

of coldness.

detected in his gaze. His gaze shifted to the food container in her hand, and he asked, What did you buy?”

I bought some poached eggs, steamed

in long strides

she took a deep breath and asked the

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

“Yes. After all, you have a tendency

turn

softly retorted.

hell would have thought that she

did not catch what she said, but he clearly knew it was something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek and asked,

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

pinch her cheek which left behind a faint red welt.

Joseph greatly. His

food to Grandpa and

“But why?”

something to

to

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