After I Was Exposed as a Fraud, Three Thousand Soldiers Came to Protect Me

Xingchun Road, the busiest pedestrian street in town. Chen Feng stands amid the crowds, a mop in his left hand and a big red bucket in his right.

"Next up, I'm Chen Feng, the Impressionist landscape painting master. I'll perform a mop-painted landscape for everyone!"

With that, Chen Feng waves the mop over the canvas with tremendous gusto.

The onlookers jeer: "What the hell is this supposed to be?!"

Chen Feng's outrageous performance goes viral online, drawing scorn and ridicule from countless people.

The Calligraphy and Painting Association issues a statement debunking him: "This is a fake master. His painting skills are complete crap, and the work itself is worthless!"

Yet a certain research institute says: "If you turn the ripples on the lake in this painting upside down, they look like a formula? And the ink strokes on the green mountains look like... Good heavens, he's a master, no doubt about it! Report this to our superiors immediately!"

A few days later, Chen Feng stares in bafflement at the three thousand soldiers assigned to protect him. He never imagined that his lousy painting could be hiding classified research secrets!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.