diff --git a/common/serial/serial.go b/common/serial/serial.go
index 3c196af1e..c964db974 100644
--- a/common/serial/serial.go
+++ b/common/serial/serial.go
@@ -3,34 +3,42 @@ package serial
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"io"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"v2ray.com/core/common/stack"
 )
 
 // ReadUint16 reads first two bytes from the reader, and then coverts them to an uint16 value.
 func ReadUint16(reader io.Reader) (uint16, error) {
-	var b [2]byte
-	if _, err := io.ReadFull(reader, b[:]); err != nil {
+	var b stack.TwoBytes
+	s := b[:]
+	p := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&s))
+	v := (*[]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(p))
+
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(reader, *v); err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	return binary.BigEndian.Uint16(b[:]), nil
+	return binary.BigEndian.Uint16(*v), nil
 }
 
 // WriteUint16 writes an uint16 value into writer.
 func WriteUint16(writer io.Writer, value uint16) (int, error) {
-	var b [2]byte
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(b[:], value)
-	return writer.Write(b[:])
-}
+	var b stack.TwoBytes
+	s := b[:]
+	p := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&s))
+	v := (*[]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(p))
 
-// WriteUint32 writes an uint32 value into writer.
-func WriteUint32(writer io.Writer, value uint32) (int, error) {
-	var b [4]byte
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(b[:], value)
-	return writer.Write(b[:])
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(*v, value)
+	return writer.Write(*v)
 }
 
 // WriteUint64 writes an uint64 value into writer.
 func WriteUint64(writer io.Writer, value uint64) (int, error) {
-	var b [8]byte
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(b[:], value)
-	return writer.Write(b[:])
+	var b stack.EightBytes
+	s := b[:]
+	p := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&s))
+	v := (*[]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(p))
+
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(*v, value)
+	return writer.Write(*v)
 }
diff --git a/common/serial/serial_test.go b/common/serial/serial_test.go
index 1988c59ef..f74f96af5 100644
--- a/common/serial/serial_test.go
+++ b/common/serial/serial_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package serial_test
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
@@ -10,16 +11,78 @@ import (
 	"v2ray.com/core/common/serial"
 )
 
-func TestUint32Serial(t *testing.T) {
+func TestUint16Serial(t *testing.T) {
 	b := buf.New()
 	defer b.Release()
 
-	n, err := serial.WriteUint32(b, 10)
+	n, err := serial.WriteUint16(b, 10)
 	common.Must(err)
-	if n != 4 {
-		t.Error("expect 4 bytes writtng, but actually ", n)
+	if n != 2 {
+		t.Error("expect 2 bytes writtng, but actually ", n)
 	}
-	if diff := cmp.Diff(b.Bytes(), []byte{0, 0, 0, 10}); diff != "" {
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(b.Bytes(), []byte{0, 10}); diff != "" {
 		t.Error(diff)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestUint64Serial(t *testing.T) {
+	b := buf.New()
+	defer b.Release()
+
+	n, err := serial.WriteUint64(b, 10)
+	common.Must(err)
+	if n != 8 {
+		t.Error("expect 8 bytes writtng, but actually ", n)
+	}
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(b.Bytes(), []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 10}); diff != "" {
+		t.Error(diff)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestReadUint16(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		Input  []byte
+		Output uint16
+	}{
+		{
+			Input:  []byte{0, 1},
+			Output: 1,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		v, err := serial.ReadUint16(bytes.NewReader(testCase.Input))
+		common.Must(err)
+		if v != testCase.Output {
+			t.Error("for input ", testCase.Input, " expect output ", testCase.Output, " but got ", v)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkReadUint16(b *testing.B) {
+	reader := buf.New()
+	defer reader.Release()
+
+	common.Must2(reader.Write([]byte{0, 1}))
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_, err := serial.ReadUint16(reader)
+		common.Must(err)
+		reader.Clear()
+		reader.Extend(2)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkWriteUint64(b *testing.B) {
+	writer := buf.New()
+	defer writer.Release()
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_, err := serial.WriteUint64(writer, 8)
+		common.Must(err)
+		writer.Clear()
+	}
+}