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.

did back in the war. But once we stepped inside, darkness engulfed us,

a haunted house instead.

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

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

some food.

go to another escape room, you won’t

to argue with Harold immediately after he woke up. Stepping in between them, she offered, “I’ll go buy some food. Grandpa,

for me.”

peeled apple to Harold.

bills.”

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

of coldness.

detected in his gaze. His gaze shifted to the

eatery that serves home-style dishes. I bought some poached eggs, steamed fish, and

forward in long

followed closely behind him. Just before reaching the ward, she took a deep breath and asked the question that had been lingering in her mind, “Were

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 the lobby.

“Yes. After all, you have a tendency to run away when you’re

to turn out this way.

Chloe softly retorted.

she had gone for

did not catch what she said, but he clearly knew it was something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek and

was not the appropriate moment

her cheek which left behind a faint red

way she lowered her head submissively appeased Joseph greatly. His anger abated, and he released his fingers

Grandpa and then come out.”

“But why?”

something to tell

followed Joseph’s order to bring the food to Harold. She

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