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.

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

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

knife to your throat and force you to go?”

Go buy me some food. I

and he chuckled. “If you go to another escape room, you won’t have to eat for the rest of

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

for me.”

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

bills.”

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

His well-fitted suit accentuated his tall and slender physique. His eyebrows

of coldness.

gaze. His gaze shifted

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

striding forward in long strides and taking the

reaching the ward, she took a deep breath and asked the question that had been lingering in her mind, “Were you waiting for me

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

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

not… I didn’t intend for things to turn out this way.

Chloe softly retorted.

that she had gone for the wrong person from the

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

appropriate

retorting and let him pinch her cheek which

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

Grandpa and then

“But why?”

something to

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

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