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.

like what we did back in the war. But once we stepped inside, darkness engulfed us, and the path ahead became indiscernible. It should

a haunted

mechanisms. A skeleton abruptly emerged from the wall, and if Harold had been aware that

throat and force you to go?” Joseph asked as he peeled an apple.

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 death because of

go to another escape room, you won’t have

he woke up. Stepping in between them,

for me.”

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

bills.”

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

suit accentuated

of coldness.

he glanced at Chloe, a subtle warmth could be detected in his gaze. His

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

in long strides and

deep breath and asked the question that had

no more than five minutes to settle the bill. He had no reason

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

things to turn out this way.

softly retorted.

that she had gone for

something unpleasant. He pinched her cheek

Chloe realized it was not the appropriate moment to argue with Joseph, so

pinch her cheek which

she lowered her head submissively appeased Joseph greatly. His anger abated, and

to Grandpa

“But why?”

to tell you.”

order to bring the food to Harold. She

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