Stanley said, "Have a seat. What do you want to drink?"
"Nothing, let's get right to it." After she finished speaking, Summer realized that she was too anxious.
She added, "Rosie is taking a nap at home. I have to go back early."
"OK," Stanley nodded.
He sat upright on the sofa with a serious expression. "Why did you suddenly ask about hypnosis? What
happened?"
Summer hesitated for a moment.
Noticing her hesitation, Stanley said gently, his lips curling "Just ask the question."
"Can hypnosis block a person's memory?"
"Hypnosis is used to treat patients with mental disorders. It will hypnotize the patients according to their
needs. It is also a psychological hint."
Suddenly, Stanley paused.
Noticing that Summer listened carefully, he continued, "I don't know how to give patients the
psychological hint, but people's mind is very complex and it's difficult to control, so it may block their
memory as you said."
So, Stanley also thought hypnosis was powerful.
Summer asked with a serious expression, "If their memory is blocked, can it be restored? Or can it
cause memory to be in disorders?"
Stanley suddenly laughed. His gaze fell on her face. And then they looked at each other. "Anything is
possible, just like you miraculously woke up after being unconscious for three years."
Summer said, "You mean they may remember again?"
"Well, look at it in this way." Stanley thought for a moment and said, "Hypnosis is not that magic. After
all, it is just a hint. If the one who is hypnotized gets rid of the hint, the hypnosis may fail."
"Just like what you said, the one who is hypnotized has repeatedly received psychological hints from
the hypnotist. The hypnotist tells him he should forget those things. However, if someone around him
repeatedly mentions those things, or if there are people and things that can touch him, he will recover
his memories eventually."
"Then apart from recovering his memories, what else may happen?" She understood what Stanley
said, but Leonardo was not recovering his memories but had memory disorders.
"There may be mistakes and confusion in their memories." Stanley leaned back slightly and changed
into a more comfortable posture. "Just like when you woke up, you lost your memory. There are always
uncertainties. However, if the one who is hypnotized can't remember correctly, the hypnosis may have
affected him deeply. Going too far is as bad as not going far enough. If he is too anxious to recover his
memory, he may have memory disorders."
Leonardo was exactly like that.
Thinking of this, Summer frowned, "Then what should he do if his memory is in disorder?"
"I'm not a hypnotist. I can't answer this question. Perhaps you should find the doctor who hypnotized
him, and then you can find a solution."
Stanley's words appeared to be directed at someone.
Summer realize that she was so eager that Stanley had guessed something.
Noticing Stanley gazing at her, Summer didn't know what to say.
Stanley asked calmly, "Is it Leonardo?"
Stanley explained so much to her, so she had no reason to hide it from him. "Yes."
Suddenly, she seemed to think of something and said to Stanley, "You must keep it a secret. Do not tell
anyone else."
"You don't believe me?" Stanley tilted his head and pretended to be disappointed.
Summer heaved a sigh of relief. She said earnestly, "Of course, I trust you since you have saved me
from death. By the way, do you know any hypnotist that can make people lose memory?"
"Is it really Leonardo?" Stanley looked a little surprised. "Your and Leonardo's lives are truly exciting."
Summer said helplessly, "Are you being sarcastic?"
"Of course not," Stanley put on a serious expression and continued, "I will pay attention to the
hypnotist. Although hypnosis and psychology seem to be alike, they are not in the same field. Besides,
your question is so sudden that I can't make it clear."
"Sorry to trouble you." Summer felt somewhat guilty.
She was always bothering him.
Stanley smiled, "No problem."
Summer did not say anything else but only smiled at her.
Words were not enough to thank him. She'd better pay him back with real returns.
Summer left Stanley's clinic and took a taxi to Jessica's place.
Not long after she got in the car, she received a phone call from Jessica.
Jessica asked, "Have you finished? Rosie woke up and said that she wanted to eat cake. She will tell
you herself."
Hearing this, Summer laughed, "I'm on the way back. Give Rosie the phone."
"Mom," It was not long after Rosie woke up, so her voice was sweet and soft like the fresh cake.
"Rosie, you want the cake that your dad bought for you last time, right? I'll be back soon with the cake."
Leonardo bought a cake for Rosie before. It was delicate, beautiful, and quite sweet, which was to
children's taste.
Rosie had a sweet tooth. Summer was afraid that she would have cavities, so she rarely allowed her to
eat it.
After hanging up the phone, Summer asked the driver to divert to the nearby shopping mall.
The shopping mall wasn't very big. It seemed to be newly built, and there weren't many people.
In a bakery on the second floor, Summer found the cake Rosie liked.
She smiled happily at the salesgirl, "I want this cake."
However, the salesgirl was a little cold. She forced a smile at Summer, absent-mindedly packed the
cake, and then handed it to her.
As she took out the money, Summer asked, "How much is it?"
The salesgirl did not seem to hear her. She turned to look at her and asked, "What?"
Looking at the cake in Summer's hand, the salesgirl said, "It's free. Just leave."
It was free?
Summer felt this salesgirl was not normal, and she didn't even look like a real salesperson.
With a slight frown, Summer gave her one hundred yuan. "Please give me the change."
The salesgirl looked a little anxious, but she still bent down to check out for Summer.
Summer counted the change, only to find that the salesgirl gave her sixty yuan.
She took out ten yuan and handed it to the salesgirl. "The cake is forty-five yuan. Just give me
five."
As she took out the money, Summer asked, "How much is it?"
The salesgirl did not seem to hear her. She turned to look at her and asked, "What?"
Looking at the cake in Summer's hand, the salesgirl said, "It's free. Just leave."
It was free?
Summer felt this salesgirl was not normal, and she didn't even look like a real salesperson.
With a slight frown, Summer gave her one hundred yuan. "Please give me the change."
The salesgirl looked a little anxious, but she still bent down to check out for Summer.
Summer counted the change, only to find that the salesgirl gave her sixty yuan.
She took out ten yuan and handed it to the salesgirl. "The cake is forty-five yuan. Just give me
five."
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