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.

it’d be like playing hide-and-seek, like what we did back in the war. But once we stepped

a haunted

intricate traps and mechanisms. A skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall,

hold a knife to your throat and force you to go?” Joseph asked as he peeled

it at him. “Shut up! Go buy me some food. I haven’t eaten all

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

Harold immediately after he woke up. Stepping in between them, she

for me.”

peeled apple to Harold.

bills.”

her way to a restaurant situated across

His well-fitted suit accentuated his tall and slender physique. His eyebrows

of coldness.

glanced at Chloe, a subtle warmth could be detected in his gaze. His

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

long strides and taking the lead.

and asked the question that had been

no need to wait in line at the payment counter, and it usually took no more than

his stride without pausing, Joseph’s magnetic voice brushed past her ear. “Yes. After all, you have a tendency to run away

turn out

softly

she had gone for the wrong person

catch what she said, but he clearly knew it was something unpleasant.

appropriate moment to argue with Joseph,

let him pinch her cheek which left

His anger abated, and he

Grandpa

“But why?”

have something to tell

Joseph’s order to bring the

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