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Still, it happened twice in a row.
"Has it affected you?" Su Qing immediately asked.
Gu Ran was startled for a moment; he hadn't expected Su Qing to be concerned about him first.
"I'm okay, just feeling a bit guilty," he said softly.
The other end of the line was silent for a moment, with only the quiet sound of rain between them.
"Fallen asleep?" After a while, Gu Ran asked with a light chuckle.
"Gu Ran."
"Hmm?"
"If you could have surgery to remove your [Black Dragon Dream] like a [Psychological Shadow], would you want to?" Su Qing asked.
"Is that possible?" Gu Ran said with a laugh.
"Would you want to?" Su Qing asked again.
"Hmm..." Su Qing heard Gu Ran pondering on the other end of the phone.
Then, Gu Ran said, "If it were before noon today, I would be very willing, because I want to rely entirely on myself, not 'luck' like the [Black Dragon Dream]."
"Before noon today? What about after?"
