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.

be like playing hide-and-seek, like what we did back in the war. But once we stepped inside, darkness engulfed us, and the

a haunted house instead.

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

and force you to go?” Joseph asked as he

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

another escape room, you won’t have to eat for the rest of your life.”

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

for me.”

handed the peeled apple

bills.”

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

encountered Joseph in the main lobby. His well-fitted suit

of coldness.

he glanced at Chloe, a subtle warmth could be detected in his gaze. His gaze shifted to the food container in her hand,

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

forward in long strides and taking the lead.

before reaching the ward, she took a deep breath and asked the question that had been

took no more than five minutes to settle the bill. He had no reason to stay in the lobby.

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

intend for things to turn out this

Chloe softly retorted.

that she

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

the appropriate moment to argue with

from retorting and let him pinch her cheek which left behind

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

Grandpa

“But why?”

to tell

She followed Joseph’s order to bring the

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