Outside the window, there was nothing.

Listen to the strange "hissing" sound, which seems to be coming from the water pipe next to the window. And this water pipe leads from the eaves to the manhole cover in the alley downstairs, and the function is naturally to pour rainwater on rainy days.

Of course, little Kevin didn't understand any of this - he was too short to even poke his head out of the window, let alone look at the pipes that clinged to the exterior wall.

After pondering for a while, he finally gave up looking for the source of the sound, yawned and went to sleep.

So, there was no word all night.

Until the next morning, when the window slowly changed from dark to name, and then it was bright again. Little Kevin's mother, who had been busy all morning, finally pushed the door in and shoved him to wake him up.

Yesterday was Sunday, and today is another Monday—and she has to find time to send her children to prep school.

No way, after all, she is a mother, and she always hopes that the child can sleep a little longer. But going to school obviously can't be delayed, and in two years, this child should go to a private middle school like little Demi next door.

After helping her son wash up and eat breakfast peacefully, she picked up the schoolbag she had prepared a long time ago and took the child to the independent preparatory school not far away.

"Hey, Kevin! Hurry up! ”

As soon as he walked across the street from the school, Kevin Jr. heard a familiar voice calling his name across the street.

As he was about to cross the road with his mother, he looked at it, and sure enough, it was his best friend at school, Candace, who was also waiting for him at the school gate today!

"Mom, I'll go first!"

"Wait, cross the street and look at it...... Oops, really, what if something happens to the furry? ”

Little Kevin's mother didn't catch any of them, but she saw the child snatch the schoolbag in her hand and quickly cross the street, and went straight to the little girl standing next to the school gate.

"Tsk," but his mother smashed his tongue, "this kid, just like his father back then, ran away like a pug when he saw the girl, and he couldn't hold it!" ”

But after muttering like this, she suddenly couldn't help laughing again. After watching her son walk into the school gate with the girl, she turned around and left with confidence.

However, just as she turned the other corner, the little girl in the front yard of the school reached out and grabbed little Kevin's clothes.

"Wait a minute!"

The girl named Candace turned her head and carefully checked it again, before she came to Kevin, who had an unknown face, and whispered:

"Come with me!"

After that, she didn't give little Kevin time to think at all, so she dragged his clothes and ran in the direction of the playground on the right side of the school yard.

"Hey! How-"

"Tap!"

Kevin wanted to ask a question, but Candace immediately lowered her voice and interrupted him.

"Don't let the teachers at the school gate hear...... Of course, she can't be seen! Quietly, just come with me......"

As she spoke, Candace ran and took Kevin all the way through the playground to the grove at the edge of the playground. Although her little hands had not been able to grasp Kevin's clothes on the way, the latter still subconsciously continued to run with her, until they came to the innermost wall of the woods.

It was only then that the two children finally stopped running and held on to the trunk of the tree for a long time.

When he was able to speak, little Kevin said intermittently:

"Candace, you...... What are you bringing me here for? In a few moments, the teacher should be in the classroom, do you want us all to be late? ”

But soon, he saw a smug smile on the face of his best friend opposite.

"Late?" Candace straightened up and said, "Not really!" 'Truancy', to be exact! ”

"W-what-"

When little Kevin heard this, his mouth opened wide at that time, and then he shook his head busily.

"No, no, no, why would you suddenly want to skip school...... I can't go with you, if my mother finds out, she'll hang me on the street lamp outside my house! ”

"Oh, what a horrible mom!" Candace pursed her lips disapprovingly, and then said in a resounding voice, "I'll tell you, one of my older brothers told me that everyone would skip school in middle school - because such students are the coolest, understand?" ”

"What does that have to do with me?" Little Kevin stood up straight and gestured above his head, and then said depressedly, "I'm the shortest in the class, and I definitely have nothing to do with the word 'cool' in middle school!" You see, it's not a problem that can be solved by skipping school. ”

"Kevin!"

Seeing that her good friend did not agree to skip school, Candace bit her lip and seemed to be a little angry.

"Didn't you promise me? You can accompany me to do whatever I want, why do you regret it now? Okay, if you don't go, forget it, I'll see if I ignore you in the future! ”

With that, Candace turned around and walked along the wall, not wanting to pay any more attention to Kevin.

Seeing this, little Kevin behind him suddenly struggled in place with a face full of embarrassment. He looked at Candace as she faded away, and then looked back at the school on the other side of the woods, and his heart was full of hesitation.

However, he also knew that Candace was a very boyish girl, and her personality was even more direct than most boys. She said that if she ignores herself in the future, she will definitely not be friends with her again.

After weighing the reprimands of his friends and his mother several times, little Kevin finally gritted his teeth and chased after Candace's back.

"I don't care!"

……

A moment later, under the root of a broken wall behind the school, two small figures drilled into the small hole in the wall.

"Look! From here, you can get outside! ”

As soon as Kevin came out, before he could get up, he looked up and saw Candace smugly on her waist again.

He nodded helplessly, and after carefully glancing left and right a few times, he said with a bitter face:

"Well, you're amazing...... Candace, you see I've been out of school with you, you should forgive me, right? ”

"Huh?"

When Candace heard this, she looked him up and down, and after a while she reluctantly said:

"Okay! For the sake of you not running back, we're still good friends. ”

However, when children are enthusiastic about something, they are always very forgetful. No, as soon as she finished speaking, Candace immediately waved her hand, and a bright smile resurfaced on her face.

"Don't stop, it's just the beginning! Come with me! ”

With that, she immediately grabbed Kevin's clothes again, dragged her and walked to the opposite side - there was a river behind the school, and it seemed that she wanted to go to the river with Kevin to play.

And just as little Kevin was shutting his mouth and dragging his way to another forest on the other side of the path, he heard Candace in front of him say with great interest:

"Kevin, you know what? Yesterday my dad took me to visit an uncle near the school. I came here to see when my dad was talking to my uncle...... Guess what I found? ”

"What?" Kevin wondered.

"Guess what!" Candace deliberately pushed him hard, and then dragged him down, "If I tell him directly, it won't be interesting...... It's easy to guess, do you remember what you said last week, what do you want? ”

"Last week?" Kevin tilted his head and thought as he walked, and after walking a few more steps, suddenly there was a light in front of him, "Is it possible...... Have you found a treehouse here? ”

I still remember last week, a classmate talked about his older brother at the end of class, saying that his brother had built a tree house in his backyard.

Having a secret base like that is obviously pretty "cool" for every kid - at least much cooler than skipping school or anything like that!

At that time, Kevin Jr. said that he also wished to have his own treehouse, and said that he was willing to invite Candace to be the first guest of his treehouse.

Unfortunately, he could only think about it, after all, there were no such stout trees near his house - besides, he wouldn't build a treehouse?

However, just as little Kevin looked expectantly at the long brown hair behind Candace's head, he shook his head when he saw the other person following closely.

"It's not a treehouse."

The full expectation was suddenly disappointed, and Kevin immediately became listless - sure enough, it was not right to skip school, and it would be better to find a way to persuade Candace to go back for a while!

But just as he was pondering again what reason he should use to explain his tardiness to the teacher when he turned around, he heard Candace turn around and say:

"But...... It's not a treehouse, but it's a much more interesting place than a treehouse, and it can be used as a secret base for just the two of us! ”

As Candace spoke, she suddenly saw a sudden brightness in front of her—the two of them had finally walked out of the woods on the side of the road!

And the moment they came out of the woods, at the bottom of a downwardly sloping slope, the wide river suddenly came into view.

"There it is! See? ”

Candace looked at the calm river for a moment before she pointed to a spot below the slope near the river. Little Kevin on the side heard the sound and couldn't help but look at her finger.

"Oh! What is that? It looks dirty—"

What Candace was pointing to was not hard to find, and soon he saw a sewer drain of no small diameter. It's just that the drain seems to have not discharged sewage for a long time, and although it looks dirty, there is no trace of water.

After a while, the two children walked slowly down the slope to the side of the drain.

"I went in yesterday and looked inside—"

"Shh Little Kevin covered her mouth suddenly, tilted his head sideways and said, "I see, what did you hear...... Yes! It's that voice again! ”

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