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.

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

haunted house instead.

and mechanisms. A skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall, and if Harold had been aware that it was

throat and force you to go?” Joseph asked as he peeled an apple.

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

you go to another escape room, you won’t have to eat

fathom why Joseph felt the need to argue with Harold immediately after he woke up. Stepping in between them, she offered, “I’ll

for me.”

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

bills.”

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

main lobby. His well-fitted suit

of coldness.

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

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

long strides and taking

and asked the question that had been lingering in

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

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

intend for things to turn out this way. I just couldn’t control

softly

all, who the hell would have thought that she

knew it was something unpleasant. He pinched her

it was not the appropriate moment to argue

and let him pinch her cheek

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

to Grandpa

“But why?”

to

Joseph’s order to bring the

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