Billionaire’s Pampered Wife

Stella was cutting her steak and she did not seem to notice the strange expression on Black’s face. She explained enthusiastically, “It could be someone who is no longer able to take care of himself, lost his mind, and needs his family to help him on making life decisions. Or it could be somebody who wants to let go of everything completely and start a new life. Although hypnosis could seal one’s memories, it still depends on the patient’s will and effort in order to pull it through.”

A hint of sadness passed through Black’s eyes. He lowered his eyes and started cutting on his steak.

Stella sensed that he had something on his mind, but he didn’t seem like someone who liked to share, so she never pressed on. As a matter of fact, being a doctor, she heard her fair share of other people’s worries and troubles.

She continued working on her steak.

Neither of them spoke until Stella finished her meal.

She had a big appetite nowadays. When she visited a general practitioner in the past, he told her that she was weak and that she had low blood sugar and low blood pressure.

She had forgotten lots of things that happened in the past. She guessed that it was because she wasn’t happy in the past either, which was why her body was in such a wretched state.

Micheal once showed her a recording of herself before the hypnosis.

She looked haggard and etched with worries, her eyes filled with despair and hopelessness as though she had already been through enough.

She reminded herself not to think of the past. She would let bygones be bygones, and she would now lead a new life, live without worries, and experience the beauty of the world.

In her heart, she knew that thinking back of the past would only bring her pain.

Everyone had the instinct to escape pain and pursue happiness, so did she.

“Black, will we be going to the research center after this?” Stella asked gently.

“Why do you want to go to the research center? All they do there is research about the human brain,” Black locked his gaze on her.

“To tell you the truth, I hypnotized myself in the past to forget unhappy memories, but the hypnotism presets only in the subconsciousness. Once the subconscious relaxes, some memories will start appearing. I want to know if there’s a way to forget everything completely,” Stella said truthfully.

Black’s eyes turned slightly red, “If that’s your purpose, there’s no need to go there. We don’t have that kind of technology, but I’ll let you know when we learn something about it.”

Stella did not expect to be rejected outrightly, “But I still want to go and have a look, please.”

“Let’s go then,” Black put a 200 dollar note on the table.

Stella glanced at the table. Even though there wasn’t any affection between them, she let him pay for the meal. After all, she paid for his seafood meal that cost thousands of dollars the other day.Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

“You eat very little, huh?” Stella asked politely.

“I don’t have an appetite,” Black said coldly.

Stella felt awkward again. She felt that it was better to shut up. She didn’t really like mingling with taciturn people as it was difficult to interact with them.

Black got onto his own car, so did Stella. Then, she followed him to the guardhouse at the entrance of the research center

Black got out of the car and walked towards the guardhouse. He gestured to the guard, indicating for the guard to let them pass.

Stella followed him into the security department of the research center.

He gave her a set of anti-infection suit, a pair of gloves, and a mask.

She followed him in and saw several lab researchers running experiments on chimpanzees or donated brains from cadavers. They soon reached the director’s office.

Black knocked on the door and said to Stella, “This is the director’s office. Ask him anything you want to know.”

After that, he turned around and walked away coldly.

She came to know him because of her job. Stella didn’t really want any affiliation with him. She pushed the door open and went in.

“Hello, I’m Stella Grace,” Stella introduced herself.

The director of the research center, Elmore, stood up politely and said, “I know, I received a notice. I listened to your speech before, it’s good. I’ve been wanting to meet you too.”

“My profession is nothing compared to yours. I only know a little about how the brain works. I actually have something that I’m curious about. A patient with depression will be uninterested in the things that he used to be interested in. He wouldn’t want to do anything that he used to do, to the point that it will make him throw up. Why is that?” Stella asked professional questions as soon as she was there.

“This is also something we’re trying to find out more about. Before falling into depression, patients would often have insomnia, and they would have a pessimistic outlook on life. They would always think that the future will be bad. The help we propose is to sleep and inject some stimulants into the body to regulate their feelings. However, medicine alone cannot cure the root cause. The only effective way is to change their mindset.”

“It’s really fascinating when it comes to a person’s mental state. I had a 10-year-old patient that suffered from a mental and nervous disorder, and she would feel constant pain. She would have a headache today, a heartache tomorrow, and pain in the legs the day after tomorrow. It actually happened because of the pressure she received from her parents about her studies, which caused her to be afraid to attend classes and sit for exams. But, the pain she felt really does exist, why is that?” Stella asked another question.

Elmore smiled and he answered, “In reality, stress and pressure will produce negative emotions within us. In our studies, we found that the body produces toxins that are damaging to our mental state when we’re in pain, or when we worry and feel sad. On the other hand, feeling happy will stimulate the body to produce beneficial substances to the body.”

“Could these be manufactured?” Stella asked.

“No, those chemical substances are only in minute amount, it’s hard to extract it. But I believe with the advancement of science, we could possibly do so in the future,” Elmore said enthusiastically.

“Oh, and there’s also another matter I’m curious about. I have researched this before, taking students at the age of six or seven as the target. I found that those who want to study will place their focus on studying. However, those who don’t, will not pay attention in class no matter what. This is also caused by their mental state. Is there any medicine that could make the children focus?” Stella continued to ask.

“It is a person’s mental state which actually drives the brain. The brain controls most of the physiological activities, the heart acts as the power source, and other body systems generate the power. The center of the activity is the brain, but the external environment and speech stimulation are able to change one’s mental state. The brain is indeed mysterious, there is still much to uncover,” Elmore said.

Stella was a little disappointed but she asked again, “I have a question. Are you guys able to extract part of a person’s memories?”

“We can’t extract memories right now, but I believe that we will have a way of increasing a person’s memory capacity in the future, but there will be many side effects.”

“Increase a person’s memory capacity? What does that mean?”

“Our research has shown that when a person dreams, the brain generates a series of brain waves. We are able to make use of those brain waves to reenact the very same dream, and through it, we could convert them back into brain waves, transmit them back to the brain, making them part of the person’s memory. The only setback is if there’s a problem with the transmission, the brain waves will then be deeply affected. We have figured out the theory, but we do not have the permission to experiment on it yet,” Elmore explained.