Luo Fan clearly noticed Ding Wanning swallow and could not help chuckling inwardly.
It seemed this City Lord had also had a sweet tooth in the past.
But that made sense when he thought about it. She only looked twenty-seven or twenty-eight, so before the Apocalypse, she would have been at an age when she enjoyed snacks.
"City Lord, would you like one?" Luo Fan asked.
Ding Wanning hesitated, seemingly trying to maintain her dignity as City Lord.
As the ruler of a city, asking someone for ice cream seemed far too inappropriate.
That was what she thought, but her mouth had already opened against her will. The refusal on the tip of her tongue turned into...
"Sure!"
The moment the words left her mouth, she herself froze, wishing she could slap her own mouth.
Why would this mouth of hers not listen?
Luo Fan did not stop moving, buying a few more ice creams directly from the Mall page.
He handed one to Ding Wanning first, then another to the stern-faced Zhi Zhou beside her.
"Thanks!"
Zhi Zhou glanced at Luo Fan and accepted without ceremony, opening his mouth wide and taking a bite.
Crunch. Half the ice cream was gone.
He chewed twice and swallowed expressionlessly.
Ding Wanning glanced at him and silently grumbled to herself, What a waste of a delicacy.
She took small bites herself, eating quietly and carefully.
The ice cream melted in her mouth, cold and silky, sweet without being cloying.
She had not eaten anything like this in so long that she had almost forgotten what it tasted like.
Luo Fan bought one for himself too and asked as he ate, "City Lord, where are you headed?"
Ding Wanning licked the cream from the corner of her mouth and said, "Out to take