He said this because he wasn't too confident. Zuo Si wasn't Jin botian's trusted aide, but after Lin Yi took care of Fengqi Dazhou and went to Sangzi Dazhou to repair his relationship with Lin Yi, he started to get close to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi's position as Vice Dean was secretly promoted by Jin botian, and it wasn't made public yet, so Zuo Si tacitly agreed that Lin Yi was on Jin botian's side, and that was why he'd been subconsciously leaning towards Jin botian after returning to the starsource continent.
Jin botian had been promoted to the director of the inspection department, but he didn't have many capable subordinates to help him. He naturally welcomed Zuo SI's approach, which was why he had given him the task of hosting the competition and the task of tracking down the badge.
Now that he thought about it, it was a little inappropriate!
