Qin Lu called Liu Chen and said that the company had organized a camping and mountain climbing competition and hoped Liu Chen could join her.
Liu Chen agreed.
The mountain climbing competition was part of the department activities led by Qin Lu, involving about a dozen people. Family members were allowed to participate, so Qin Lu brought Liu Chen.
What Qin Lu hadn't expected was that a male colleague of the company, a director with the last name Deng, had always taken a liking to her, and this time, he had even invited Qin Lu to be his female partner.
Qin Lu flatly refused, saying she had a boyfriend.
Director Deng didn't believe it. He thought Qin Lu was testing him, so he declared that his female partner could be no one but Qin Lu, and if she didn't agree, he wouldn't look for another partner.