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,

haunted house

from the wall,

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

grabbed the tissue box from the bedside table and threw it at him. “Shut up! Go buy me some food. I haven’t eaten all day, and I’m about to starve to

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

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

for me.”

retreating figure, Joseph handed the peeled

bills.”

a restaurant situated across the street and ordered a few light dishes and a

Chloe encountered Joseph in the main lobby. His well-fitted suit accentuated his tall

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,

eggs, steamed fish, and some soft-cooked grains. Is that okay?” Chloe replied.

in long strides and taking

deep breath and asked the question that had been lingering in her mind, “Were you

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

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

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

softly

that she

was something

was not the appropriate moment to argue with Joseph, so she

from retorting and let him pinch her cheek

greatly. His

food to Grandpa and

“But why?”

something to tell you.”

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

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