Hearing this, Maliu looked as though he had been struck by lightning. He pushed the door open, entered the room, and knelt on the floor right in front of Jiang Chi, kowtowing three loud times. "Your eyes are truly sharp, Master Jiang. It really is little Ma. I've missed you terribly, but I just didn't dare show my face."
"What is there not to dare? You've been following my lead for so long—how did you get more and more cowardly? Tell me, are you living comfortably here?" As Maliu kowtowed, Jiang Chi merely smiled faintly, accepting the gesture as his due.
*Comfortably.*
Chapter 563