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.

the war. But once we stepped inside, darkness engulfed us, and the path ahead became indiscernible. It should

haunted house instead.

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

force you to go?” Joseph

the tissue box from the bedside table and threw it at him. “Shut up! Go buy me some food. I haven’t eaten

Joseph harmlessly, and he chuckled. “If you go to another escape room, you won’t have

he woke

for me.”

the peeled apple to Harold. “I’ll go

bills.”

closed at this hour, so Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated across the street

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

of coldness.

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

dishes. I bought some poached eggs, steamed fish, and some soft-cooked grains. Is

nodded, striding forward in long

deep breath and asked the question that had been lingering in her mind, “Were you waiting for

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

pausing, Joseph’s magnetic voice brushed past her ear. “Yes. After all, you have a tendency

turn

Chloe softly retorted.

the hell would have thought that she had

knew it was something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek and asked, “What are you mumbling

was not the appropriate

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

greatly. His anger abated,

the food to Grandpa and

“But why?”

to tell you.”

obediently complied. She followed Joseph’s order to bring the food to

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