"Why is the door locked?" Harriman frowned and looked at Eva.

"When you left, I found the door and locked it." Eva showed off the key in her hand.

"And where did you just go?" Harriman continued.

"Bathroom, dear," Eva replied lightly.

Suspiciously, Harriman pulled out the key to open the door and walked into his office.

The office didn't seem to be turned over, but Harriman always felt that something was not right.

"Do you want to eat together in the evening?" He turned around and said to Eva, who was standing behind him, "After eating, move by the way." ”

"Yes." Eva smiled and said, "I made an appointment with Serena at half past seven to do her hair, watch a show, and buy clothes." ”

"But don't delay, it won't take long for you." She added.

Harriman, who had been exposed, was suddenly like a deflated ball, and he was no longer interested.

"Let's go then, another day."

Eva walked over to the bookcase and nudged the wall.

A secret door appeared in the wall.

This secret door connects the vice president's office and Eva's office, which is convenient for the two to have a private meeting.

Although after the relationship between the two was made public, this door was a little suspicious of taking off his pants and farting.

But in Harriman's words, it was not interesting, so the door was kept.

Eva walked through the secret door and into her office.

She picked up the microphone of the phone:

"Help me pick up 86 Fifth Avenue, the 'Urban Beauty' clothing store."

"Hello? Hello, I'm Eva Carly, I'm going up to your purple velvet evening dress tonight, please get ready. ”

Harriman sat in his large chair, listening to the movement in his ears as his eyes fell on the door.

He didn't speak.

For American workers in the early 20th century, there was no concept of 9-to-5, but white-collar workers basically did not have to work overtime.

These are the new middle class born with the growth of productivity.

Most of the staff in the Flatiron Building fall into this category.

After work, they poured out of the building, walking, hopping on the tram, heading home, or enjoying the nightlife of the metropolis of New York.

Eva was among them.

She changed her clothes and got into her car with her female companion, Serena, who was also in the building.

The two had dinner at a French restaurant, got their hair done, and headed to a theater on Broadway.

In the theater, a play called Ben-Hur tells the story of the love-hate relationship between Ben-Hur, a Jew, and the Roman commander Marcella, and his resistance to the oppression of the Roman Empire.

There was chaos on the stage, and the two women in the box watched it with relish.

The musical was about 10 o'clock, and the two of them followed the crowd to the gate of the theater.

"Serena, I'll send you back." Eva said.

Who knew that the female companion opposite her did not answer her question, but leaned into her ear mysteriously:

"Eva, you're amazingly attractive!"

"Why do you say that? Serena? Eva didn't quite understand what her companion meant.

Serena smiled and whispered:

"The man behind you at two o'clock has been following us since dinner, and he's been secretly watching you."

Eva turned her head and looked in the direction Selena had said.

There stood a mustachioed man in a tuxedo and a top hat, looking in his direction.

Seeing Eva looking over, she immediately looked away.

"You see, this young man is still a little shy." Serena pursed her lips, "Actually, he looks quite handsome, at least much better than Harriman." ”

"I haven't seen him." Eva shook her head.

She didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, as a amorous heartthrob, she is used to being watched by men.

After dropping Serena home, Eva drove to Fifth Avenue.

She pulled over to the side of the road, then got out of the car and walked down the alley.

At this time, there were not many pedestrians on the road, and even if there were, most of them did not notice Eva hurrying by.

The woman came to the door of a clothing store called "Urban Beauty".

Eva is no stranger to this clothing store.

It's different from when she first came.

Today, the clothing store is not closed, but is brightly lit, and it is the only store in this alley that is lit.

Eva pushed open the door and stepped inside.

"I'm here to pick up my purple evening gown, man." She said to the young man standing at the counter, "I called during the day. ”

"It's a simple, solid-colored evening dress." The young man raised his head and looked at the woman in front of him.

"Simplicity doesn't mean simplicity." Eva continued.

The young man nodded, he glanced meaningfully behind Eva, and then hooked his hand slightly at Eva:

"Please come over here, the boss is already waiting for you in the back."

Eva walked into the counter and then from the counter into the back yard.

The courtyard is not large, and an incandescent lamp hangs in mid-air.

On a chair below the incandescent side sat a man.

His shadow was long, and on the small round table on his right, there was an ashtray.

Chen Jianqiu was already sitting in the courtyard waiting for Eva.

"Mr. Chen, you don't have to come in person every time." Eva said.

"There happened to be nothing else going on these two days." Chen Jianqiu said with a smile.

Half of his face was illuminated by incandescent light, and the other was submerged in shadow.

"This is the latest individual shareholding ratio of Northern Securities obtained today, as well as the list of several Minnesota congressmen that Harriman has bought."

Eva took out a handwritten piece of paper from her clothes and handed it to Chen Jianqiu.

She pulled out the Rockefeller family's Masonic medal from her bosom.

"It's a medal."

Chen Jianqiu took those things and put them into a brown paper bag.

"You're being followed." He said to Eva.

"What?" The woman was a little surprised, "How do you know?" ”

"From the moment you left the iron building, someone was following you." Chen Jianqiu said slowly, "My advice to you is to get rid of Harriman as soon as possible, he should already be suspicious. ”

"You sent someone to follow me?" Eva's focus doesn't seem to be the same as Chen's.

"They're just keeping an eye on Harriman and keeping you safe." Chen Jianqiu replied.

"I don't need to!" Eva was a little angry, "Plus, I know when to do something!" Please take down those who are following me! ”

"No problem. You can get any cooperation from our personnel. ”

Chen Jianqiu's answer was very simple.

He took another bag from behind the desk and handed it to Eva.

Eva took it and found it heavy.

She opened the bag and looked inside through the light of the incandescent lamp.

In addition to a purple evening gown and a few gold bars, there was a small pistol, and a few bullets.

"Are you asking me to kill someone?" Eva's pupils shook.

"No, protect yourself for you." Chen Jianqiu said, "This pistol is a new product from Browning, which can be put in a handbag and can be used in case of emergency. ”

Eva thought for a moment, said "thank you", and turned back to walk back into the house.

"Go through the back door." Chen Jianqiu's voice came from behind.

Eva turned her head to see him pointing to the shadow of the courtyard.

She hesitated for a moment, but left the "City Beauty" clothing store from the courtyard door according to Chen Jianqiu's instructions.

At the same time, a man walks into the clothing store.

He looked left and right.

"Sir, are you choosing clothes for your wife?" The guy's head sticks out of the counter.

"Uh, well, yes, I want to pick out a beautiful dress for my wife." The man replied as he watched.

The guy walked up to him and began to introduce him to the styles in the store.

"Uh, by the way, did a lady come over to buy clothes just now?" The man asked, "Where did she go?" ”

"Who are you talking about? It's all women who come to us. The guy scratched his head.

The man didn't know how to describe Eva's image.

He hesitated for a long time, and he didn't ask why.

After a round trip, the man left the clothing store.

He crouched a short distance from the door, staring at the door of the clothing store.

But until the clothes store turned off the lights and closed, the man didn't see the second person except the guy come out.

The man's mind was full of question marks.

He circled out the alley, only to find that Eva's car was gone.

"It's strange, I saw her go in, where did she go?"

There is no other way to deal with the man who lost his target, but to go back and regain his life.

Chen Jianqiu also left through the back door.

He drove back to his lodgings.

Camila was playing chess with Xiaopeng Kun in the living room, and the person standing next to them watching the game turned out to be an acquaintance.

Two-bearded Hanif.

"Eh, eldest nephew, you can't do it at this level, you think of Queen Yu like this, and you give it away in vain!" He was dancing on the sidelines, eager to go up and down himself.

"Don't interrupt! My dad said, 'Watching chess and not talking is a true gentleman', don't make trouble if you're fine! "Xiaopeng Kun clearly did not accept Hanif's suggestion.

"I'm not a gentleman!" Hanif pouted.

"Hanif!" Chen Jianqiu interrupted their argument.

Several heads turned.

"Boss!" Hanif "abandoned" the game over there and rubbed his hands together.

Chen Jianqiu tilted his head:

"Come on, let's go to the study."

(End of chapter)