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

a haunted

the room had been filled with intricate traps and mechanisms. A skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall, and if Harold had been aware that it was merely a

you to

and threw it at him. “Shut up! Go buy me some

tissue box bounced off Joseph harmlessly, and he chuckled. “If you go to another escape room, you won’t have to eat for the rest of your life.”

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

for me.”

her retreating figure, Joseph handed the peeled

bills.”

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

lobby. His well-fitted suit accentuated his tall

of coldness.

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

bought some poached eggs, steamed fish,

nodded, striding forward in long strides 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

brushed past her ear. “Yes. After all, you have a tendency to run away when

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

softly retorted.

hell would have thought that she had gone for the wrong person from the get-go?

said, but he clearly knew it was something unpleasant. He

Chloe realized it was not the appropriate moment to argue with

her cheek which left behind a faint red

appeased Joseph greatly. His

Grandpa and then come out.”

“But why?”

something to tell you.”

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

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