After talking for a long time and seeing that Xu Changsheng was still silent, Shang Jin didn't insist on getting an answer and said goodbye—strictly speaking, he was encouraging someone to cover up a misdeed. Whether it happened or not, he could only watch, and it wasn't just him—even the people from the village could only watch.
He left promptly, but this left Xu Changsheng even more conflicted.
If it weren't for young people being too proud and eager to make a difference, Xu Changsheng could easily have found a job in the Provincial capital or the city—after all, being an official in front of a prime minister's residence was better than working in the boonies regarding promotion speed, which everyone knew.
An educated young man like him with an unusual family background could have simply sat in any office without being overly busy, and people would naturally be concerned about creating opportunities for him.