Marked the Protagonist A (Translated)

Chapter 50: The Desire to Win

Chapter 50: The Desire to Win

Chi Zhuo remained unfazed, even leaning in to kiss Ji Chenxi again. "Your Highness really knows how to say teasing things."

Ji Chenxi laughed heartily. "I didn't mean to; wasn't it you, Chi Zhuo-ge, who wanted to show me what moral decline looks like?"

Chi Zhuo felt somewhat helpless but showed no sign of anger. He raised his hand and lightly tapped Ji Chenxi's nose. "So, Your Highness means it's my fault?"

Ji Chenxi raised his eyebrows slightly, his tone lively and innocent. "It's definitely not my fault."

Chi Zhuo looked at Ji Chenxi, who gazed back without flinching, not a hint of guilt on his face.

Facing Ji Chenxi, Chi Zhuo lowered his gaze and conceded, "Alright, it's my fault."

"Aren't you going to struggle a bit?"

"I can't compare to Your Highness's silver tongue; struggling is pointless."

"You make it sound like I'm a bad person." Ji Chenxi pretended to frown in dissatisfaction.

"It's not just a pretense; Your Highness really is."

"... I misjudged you."

Chi Zhuo finally couldn't help but let out a faint laugh. "It's no use regretting it now."

Having sensed the approaching recording device with his mental energy, Chi Zhuo warned, "The monitor is coming."

"Hmm, we can still chat for half a minute."

"Should we break it again?"

Hearing the usually rational Chi Zhuo say this, Ji Chenxi was slightly taken aback. He hadn't expected such words to come from him. He smiled and said, "Does Chi Zhuo-gege want to walk with me that much?"

"I only asked because you seem to want it. If you don't want to, there's no need to break it."

"Are you really that contradictory, Chi Zhuo-gege?"

The seemingly inquiring tone was full of teasing; it could be rephrased as, "Are you that clingy?" It clearly caught Chi Zhuo off guard, as he couldn't fully deny it.

Ji Chenxi didn't delve deeper into the matter. He straightforwardly said, "I don't mind playing with Chi Zhuo-gege, but breaking it again might draw the school's attention, and I don't want to attract the school's leaders before I even start."

Although Ji Chenxi had already destroyed several devices, it was all due to the circumstances. Each recording device was broken because those guys dodged too quickly, causing him to "accidentally" smash them.

"I'll be leaving soon. If you have something to say, say it quickly."

Chi Zhuo pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you need me to let you win in the upcoming assessment?"

Under normal circumstances, Chi Zhuo wouldn't ask such a question. Not taking it seriously would be a form of disrespect towards a competitor. But with numerous recording devices flying around, recording the candidates' performances, if Ji Chenxi exposed too much of his strength, it would easily draw attention from his older brother and sister again. So he would definitely hide his abilities, and this concealment had to be nuanced; being too outstanding was bad, but being too mediocre wasn't good either.

Ji Chenxi needed to match that S+ student equally or even outperform them a little while still keeping his true strength hidden. Thus, this task, which initially didn't seem difficult, became quite challenging.