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

haunted house instead.

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

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

me some food. I haven’t eaten all day, and I’m about to starve to

“If you go to another escape room, you won’t have to eat for the rest

why Joseph felt the need to argue with Harold immediately after he woke up. Stepping in between them, she offered, “I’ll go buy some food. Grandpa, please wait

for me.”

at her retreating figure, Joseph handed the peeled apple to Harold. “I’ll go settle

bills.”

way to a restaurant situated across

in the main lobby. His well-fitted suit accentuated his tall and slender physique. His

of coldness.

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?”

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

Joseph nodded, striding forward in long

deep breath and asked the question that had been

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 the lobby.

her ear. “Yes. After all, you have a tendency to run

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

Chloe softly

hell would have thought that she

said, but he clearly knew it was something

the appropriate moment to argue with

from retorting and let him pinch her cheek which left behind a

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

to Grandpa and then come

“But why?”

to

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

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