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,

haunted house

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

a knife to your throat and force you to go?”

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

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

woke up. Stepping in

for me.”

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

bills.”

hospital cafeteria was already closed at this hour, so Chloe made her way to a restaurant situated across the street and ordered a few light dishes and a nutritious soup.

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

of coldness.

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

eggs,

Joseph nodded, striding forward in long strides and taking the lead.

and asked the question

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

ear. “Yes.

intend for things to turn out this

Chloe softly retorted.

that she had gone for the wrong person from

was something

not the appropriate moment to argue with Joseph, so

pinch her cheek which left

greatly. His anger abated, and he released his fingers

the food to Grandpa and then come out.”

“But why?”

have something to

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

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