Is It Okay if I Ask Lucy Out on a Date?

There's no such thing as asking someone out on a date in Chinese culture. You only date after you become boyfriend and girlfriend together. So like, for example, if I'm just going to have dinner with my coworker, then we're just having dinner withMy coworker. Unless my coworker is like, Hey, do you want to go watch a movie? Then you're like, Oh, wait, that's a little bit, you know, suggestive. And then after the movie, they'll be like, Oh,. would you like to be my girlfriend? Would youlike to be my boyfriend? There's like a long period before you established that you are boyfriend and girlfriend