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.

what we did back in the war. But once we stepped inside,

a haunted

room had been filled with intricate traps and mechanisms. A skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall, and if Harold

hold a knife to your throat and force you to

“Shut up! Go buy me some

you go to another escape

after he woke up. Stepping in between

for me.”

figure, Joseph handed the peeled apple to Harold.

bills.”

so Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated across the street

the main lobby. His well-fitted suit

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 hand, and he

a small eatery that serves home-style dishes. I bought some poached eggs, steamed fish, and some soft-cooked grains.

nodded, striding forward in long strides

Just before reaching the ward, she took a deep breath and asked the question that had been lingering in

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

voice brushed past her ear. “Yes. After all, you have a tendency to run away when you’re unhappy.”

turn out this way. I

softly retorted.

would have thought that she had gone for the wrong

he clearly knew it was something unpleasant. He

it was not the appropriate moment to argue with Joseph,

from retorting and let him pinch her cheek which left behind a faint

head submissively appeased Joseph greatly. His anger abated, and he released his fingers from her cheek.

the food to Grandpa and then come

“But why?”

have something to tell you.”

She followed Joseph’s order to bring the food

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