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.

But once we stepped inside, darkness engulfed us, and the path

haunted house

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, he would not be lying here.

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

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

harmlessly, and he chuckled. “If you go to another escape room, you won’t have to eat for the rest of your

could not fathom why Joseph felt the need to argue with Harold immediately after he woke up.

for me.”

handed the peeled apple

bills.”

made her way to a restaurant situated across the street and ordered a few light dishes and a

returning to the hospital, Chloe encountered Joseph in the main lobby. His well-fitted suit accentuated his tall and slender physique. His eyebrows arched slightly, giving off a hint

of coldness.

Joseph’s 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 hand, and he asked, What did you buy?”

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

nodded, striding forward in long strides

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

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

without pausing, Joseph’s magnetic voice brushed past her ear. “Yes.

turn out this way. I just

softly

the hell would have thought that she had

said, but he clearly knew it was something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek and asked, “What are

not the appropriate

from retorting and let him pinch her cheek

greatly. His anger abated, and he released his fingers from her

Grandpa and

“But why?”

have something to

order to bring

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