147: Chapter 147 If you need anything, just ask Uncle Sha!

At first, Sha Ruijin was a bit puzzled. This old military flag... although it looked ancient, it seemed to be just an ordinary old item from the Japanese Army?

Although it was a historical artifact, compared to the weight of the previous three pieces of calligraphy, it seemed...

His gaze inadvertently swept over the embroidered words— "Infantry 225th regimental banner".

Regiment... Regiment?!

Wait!

What is this?

Sha Ruijin's breathing suddenly stopped!

He leaned down abruptly, almost bringing his face to the surface of the flag, staring fixedly at that line of words, then suddenly looked up at Shen Wang, his eyes filled with extreme shock and disbelief.

"This... this is... a Japanese Army regimental banner? The 225th Infantry Regiment?"

"I suppose so, it looks like it." Shen Wang nodded.

Sha Ruijin felt his mind go blank, his ears buzzing as if a thunderclap had exploded beside him!

A Japanese Army regimental banner!

What kind of concept was that?

It was the symbol of the military soul of a basic tactical unit of the Japanese Army! It was the supreme honor that would rather be shattered than lost!

Throughout the entire War of Resistance, it seemed there was no record of even a single one being captured!

And now, an authentic, relatively well-preserved Japanese Army regimental banner was spread out so casually on the coffee table in his Provincial Party Secretary office!

Sha Ruijin slowly straightened up, looking at the young man before him who remained calm and composed, and then looked at the three pieces of calligraphy on the coffee table that could stir up a storm in political and historical circles, as well as this regimental banner that could drive any military historian crazy...

He suddenly felt that all his previous judgments and expectations regarding Shen Wang and the Shen family seemed so ridiculous and shallow.

How could the ancestors of the Shen family be just some "old revolutionaries who might have made a small contribution"?

This was, damn it, simply a giant dragon hidden in the mists of history!

A mysterious family with deep ties to the highest level, having made "unprecedented contributions" to the country and the military, and perhaps even personally participated in legendary battles like capturing a Japanese Army regimental banner!

All resistance and doubts, in the face of these few "relics," would melt away without a trace like snow under the sun!

"Xiao Wang..."

Sha Ruijin's voice was a bit dry. He cleared his throat forcefully, and a smile bloomed on his face—an unprecedented one that even carried a hint of "fawning."

Since coming to Handong, he had never shown such a smile to anyone.

"Your Shen family... is truly hiding its light, with achievements that will endure for ages!"

"In the future, in Handong, if you have any needs, just look for Uncle Sha!"

Shen Wang smiled all over his face: "Then I will have to trouble Uncle Sha!"

"No trouble, no trouble..."

Half an hour later.

The heavy mahogany door of Sha Ruijin's office opened again.

What Shen Wang and Sha Ruijin talked about during this time, no one knew.

However, what made the pupils of all the staff who were "coincidentally" passing by or working near the corridor dilate in shock was that the first person to walk out of the office was not Secretary Bai, but Secretary Sha himself!

The usually stern Secretary Sha now had a rare, almost gentle smile on his face, turning sideways to lead the young man carrying the canvas bag out.

As they walked, he spoke in a low voice, his attitude so intimate and his demeanor so humble, it was unprecedented!

This scene, like a silent thunderclap, exploded in the quiet corridor of the Provincial Party Committee building.

Everyone who saw this, whether it was the division chiefs or section chiefs passing by in a hurry, or the clerks holding documents and deliberately slowing their pace, could not help but hold their breath.

My God!

Secretary Sha is personally seeing a guest off?

Judging by the direction, is he going to see him downstairs?

Everyone's gaze focused back on the handsome, calm-looking young man.

This young man... what exactly is his background?

From the capital?

But he looks too young!

Even if he were the third generation of some prominent family, he might not be able to make Secretary Sha act with such a demeanor!

Even Zhao Ruilong, the son of the old Secretary Zhao Lichun, would not deserve such an attitude from Secretary Sha!

Countless questions and shocks churned in everyone's hearts, yet no one dared to show the slightest bit.

They just lowered their eyes or turned away, pretending to be busy, but the corners of their eyes were fixed on those figures, and their ears were pricked up high.

However, the voices of Sha Ruijin and Shen Wang were kept very low, and one could only hear some vague polite phrases like "Xiao Wang," "Uncle Sha," and "Come visit often," but the specific content could not be heard clearly at all.

What was even more jaw-dropping was yet to come.

Sha Ruijin actually accompanied Shen Wang all the way to the elevator, and even entered the elevator together!

Secretary Bai followed closely, and the elevator doors slowly closed, cutting off the countless uncertain and shocked gazes outside.

The elevator descended.

In the lobby on the first floor, when the elevator doors opened again and Sha Ruijin walked out with Shen Wang, the entire lobby seemed to go quiet for a moment.

All the staff who were working or walking paused involuntarily, their gazes focusing uniformly.

Secretary Sha... really saw him off to the first floor?

And that wasn't all.

Sha Ruijin accompanied Shen Wang all the way to the parking lot outside the building, walking straight to the white G-Wagon.

Just as Shen Wang was about to open the car door himself, Secretary Bai, standing to the side, stepped forward first and naturally and quickly opened the driver's side door for Shen Wang!

His face wore an impeccable, respectful smile: "Mr. Shen, please."

Boom!

This scene was even more shocking than Secretary Sha personally seeing him off!

Who was Secretary Bai?

Secretary Sha's most trusted confidential secretary, the person countless people in the Handong political scene wanted to curry favor with!

His attitude was, to some extent, an extension and amplification of Secretary Sha's attitude!

In Handong, there was only one person who could make Secretary Bai take the initiative to open a car door, and that was Sha Ruijin!

Even other provincial-level leaders rarely received such treatment!

And now, Secretary Bai was serving a handsome young man driving a luxury car so respectfully!

Who exactly was this young man?

Some young female clerks, in their shock, found their gazes involuntarily drawn to Shen Wang's appearance and temperament.

That height, that upright posture, that skin that appeared exceptionally fair and healthy in the sunlight, that temperament that carried a faint, elusive sense of detachment in its calmness...

He was simply more dazzling than the stars on TV!

Many female staff members, even the older ones in their thirties or forties, couldn't help but cross their legs tightly.

The Provincial Party Secretary accompanying him, the chief secretary opening the door!

This... this is too much like a CEO in a romance novel!

Even the CEOs in TV dramas wouldn't dare to write it like this, damn it!

However, as the protagonist, Shen Wang remained calm and composed.

"Uncle Sha, Secretary Bai, please stay."

Shen Wang sat in the driver's seat, fastened his seatbelt, and smiled and nodded at the two people outside the car.

"Alright, drive slowly on the road, be careful!" Sha Ruijin stood by the car, waving with a smile.

Secretary Bai also bowed slightly: "Take care, Mr. Shen."

Before the words faded, the G-Wagon's engine let out a low, powerful roar, slowly pulled away from the parking space, turned, and drove out of the Provincial Party Committee Compound.

Not until the white car's silhouette completely disappeared at the end of the tree-lined path did the smile on Sha Ruijin's face gradually fade, returning to his usual calmness.

But deep in his eyes, a complex light that was hard to describe flickered.

He did not turn around immediately, but stood there, watching the direction in which Shen Wang had left.