"LATE AT NIGHT?!" Three members of the family screamed in unison.
"Why were you together late at night?!"
"What were you doing late at night?"
"Where were the both of you?"
Her three family members began yelling at the same time. Xue Ning winced as the volume of their collective voices increased.
"Guys, please don't worry! Nothing untoward happened!" Jingwei said placatingly, holding up his hands to appease Xue Ning's family members, who were glaring at him with barely concealed hostility. He felt like he was going to be ripped apart by three ravenous wolves, and gulped in nervousness.
"Then explain yourself," Yue Niang said, smiling with too many teeth.
"Mom, you already knew I stayed over at his mansion!" Xue Ning replied, thinking quickly on her feet. "He cooked for me back then, and I slept over in one of the mansion's guest rooms! Nothing else happened!"