Book Synopsis – Bad Girl Catalog
Chen Yanxi doesn’t date. She deploys.
Gifted with a merciless AI system known only as 044, she “collects” hearts for profit: three-month contracts, seven-figure payouts, zero attachments. Each conquest is archived, rated, and monetized—until the algorithm throws her a five-star target no spreadsheet can calculate.
Enter Shen Yan—billionaire philanthropist, rumored predator, actual enigma. One black Maybach, a diamond earring “deposit,” and an invitation to a charity auction later, Yanxi finds herself the merchandise instead of the bidder.
Now every completed mission spawns a darker side quest:
• Qi Si, the glacial French professor who grades her like an exam and wants overtime after class.
• Fei Ye, the ex who shredded the contract but not the feelings, now crashing lectures with regret on his sleeve.
• A faceless informant texting warnings from inside the game.
As the countdown to the auction drops below forty hours, Yanxi must decide: cash out and vanish—or let the ledger rewrite itself and risk becoming someone’s permanent acquisition.
Bad Girl Catalog is a razor-sharp reverse-harem where the hunter becomes the hunted, every heartbeat is a transaction, and the only currency more dangerous than money is the one you can’t price—your own.

The basement is dimly lit, the air thick with dust and the scent of old paper.


The computer screen, after Lin Yi's video ends, displays a countdown:


Shen Yan looks at the screen, his voice low:


"Time's running out. We need to move faster."


Qi Si picks up a yellowed letter, which reads:


"The price of truth is choice, and every choice has consequences."


I look at them, a sense of unease rising in my chest.


"Are we really ready to face the truth?"


We begin to search the basement for clues.


Shen Yan examines the files on the computer, Qi Si flips through the old books on the shelves, and I find a sealed safe in the corner.


The safe has a numeric lock with four digits.


I try Lin Yi's birthday, but there's no response.


Shen Yan walks over, looking at the safe:


"This password might be related to the experiment."


Shen Yan suddenly stops, his gaze fixed on a photo.


The photo shows Lin Yi and me at the orphanage, with a line written on the back:


"The real choice isn't on paper, but in the heart."


I look at the photo and suddenly understand something.


The safe opens, revealing a thick journal and a plane ticket.


"Truth is not the end, but a new beginning."


Shen Yan picks up the journal, his voice tinged with shock:


Qi Si looks at the ticket, his eyes filled with anticipation:


We step out of the basement, the lighthouse beam rotating in the night sky.


Shen Yan pockets the journal, and Qi Si hands over Lin Yi's copper key.


"The price of truth is endless choices."


We stand on the rocks, waves crashing against the stones, deafening.


The three of us, like three nails polished by seawater, are nailed at the junction of night and dawn.


Chapter 20 - Chapter 20 – The Price of Truth