diff --git a/connection_unix.go b/connection_unix.go
index dc568ad80..7babbeeac 100644
--- a/connection_unix.go
+++ b/connection_unix.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ type conn struct {
 	pollAttachment netpoll.PollAttachment // connection attachment for poller
 	inboundBuffer  elastic.RingBuffer     // buffer for leftover data from the remote
 	buffer         []byte                 // buffer for the latest bytes
+	cache          []byte                 // temporary cache for the inbound data
 	isDatagram     bool                   // UDP protocol
 	opened         bool                   // connection opened event fired
 	isEOF          bool                   // whether the connection has reached EOF
@@ -290,6 +291,7 @@ func (c *conn) sendTo(buf []byte) error {
 func (c *conn) resetBuffer() {
 	c.buffer = c.buffer[:0]
 	c.inboundBuffer.Reset()
+	c.inboundBuffer.Done()
 }
 
 func (c *conn) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
@@ -325,22 +327,9 @@ func (c *conn) Next(n int) (buf []byte, err error) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	head, tail := c.inboundBuffer.Peek(n)
-	defer c.inboundBuffer.Discard(n) //nolint:errcheck
-	c.loop.cache.Reset()
-	c.loop.cache.Write(head)
-	if len(head) == n {
-		return c.loop.cache.Bytes(), err
-	}
-	c.loop.cache.Write(tail)
-	if inBufferLen >= n {
-		return c.loop.cache.Bytes(), err
-	}
-
-	remaining := n - inBufferLen
-	c.loop.cache.Write(c.buffer[:remaining])
-	c.buffer = c.buffer[remaining:]
-	return c.loop.cache.Bytes(), err
+	buf = bsPool.Get(n)
+	_, err = c.Read(buf)
+	return
 }
 
 func (c *conn) Peek(n int) (buf []byte, err error) {
@@ -359,25 +348,31 @@ func (c *conn) Peek(n int) (buf []byte, err error) {
 	if len(head) == n {
 		return head, err
 	}
-	c.loop.cache.Reset()
-	c.loop.cache.Write(head)
-	c.loop.cache.Write(tail)
+	buf = bsPool.Get(n)[:0]
+	buf = append(buf, head...)
+	buf = append(buf, tail...)
 	if inBufferLen >= n {
-		return c.loop.cache.Bytes(), err
+		return
 	}
 
 	remaining := n - inBufferLen
-	c.loop.cache.Write(c.buffer[:remaining])
-	return c.loop.cache.Bytes(), err
+	buf = append(buf, c.buffer[:remaining]...)
+	c.cache = buf
+	return
 }
 
 func (c *conn) Discard(n int) (int, error) {
+	if len(c.cache) > 0 {
+		bsPool.Put(c.cache)
+		c.cache = nil
+	}
+
 	inBufferLen := c.inboundBuffer.Buffered()
-	tempBufferLen := len(c.buffer)
-	if inBufferLen+tempBufferLen < n || n <= 0 {
+	if totalLen := inBufferLen + len(c.buffer); n >= totalLen || n <= 0 {
 		c.resetBuffer()
-		return inBufferLen + tempBufferLen, nil
+		return totalLen, nil
 	}
+
 	if c.inboundBuffer.IsEmpty() {
 		c.buffer = c.buffer[n:]
 		return n, nil
diff --git a/connection_windows.go b/connection_windows.go
index 443404c4a..fe8ccb187 100644
--- a/connection_windows.go
+++ b/connection_windows.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/panjf2000/gnet/v2/pkg/buffer/elastic"
 	errorx "github.com/panjf2000/gnet/v2/pkg/errors"
 	bbPool "github.com/panjf2000/gnet/v2/pkg/pool/bytebuffer"
+	bsPool "github.com/panjf2000/gnet/v2/pkg/pool/byteslice"
 	goPool "github.com/panjf2000/gnet/v2/pkg/pool/goroutine"
 )
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ type conn struct {
 	ctx           any                // user-defined context
 	loop          *eventloop         // owner event-loop
 	buffer        *bbPool.ByteBuffer // reuse memory of inbound data as a temporary buffer
+	cache         []byte             // temporary cache for the inbound data
 	rawConn       net.Conn           // original connection
 	localAddr     net.Addr           // local server addr
 	remoteAddr    net.Addr           // remote addr
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ func newUDPConn(el *eventloop, pc net.PacketConn, localAddr, remoteAddr net.Addr
 func (c *conn) resetBuffer() {
 	c.buffer.Reset()
 	c.inboundBuffer.Reset()
+	c.inboundBuffer.Done()
 }
 
 func (c *conn) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
@@ -149,22 +152,10 @@ func (c *conn) Next(n int) (buf []byte, err error) {
 		c.buffer.B = c.buffer.B[n:]
 		return
 	}
-	head, tail := c.inboundBuffer.Peek(n)
-	defer c.inboundBuffer.Discard(n) //nolint:errcheck
-	c.loop.cache.Reset()
-	c.loop.cache.Write(head)
-	if len(head) == n {
-		return c.loop.cache.Bytes(), err
-	}
-	c.loop.cache.Write(tail)
-	if inBufferLen >= n {
-		return c.loop.cache.Bytes(), err
-	}
 
-	remaining := n - inBufferLen
-	c.loop.cache.Write(c.buffer.B[:remaining])
-	c.buffer.B = c.buffer.B[remaining:]
-	return c.loop.cache.Bytes(), err
+	buf = bsPool.Get(n)
+	_, err = c.Read(buf)
+	return
 }
 
 func (c *conn) Peek(n int) (buf []byte, err error) {
@@ -181,25 +172,31 @@ func (c *conn) Peek(n int) (buf []byte, err error) {
 	if len(head) == n {
 		return head, err
 	}
-	c.loop.cache.Reset()
-	c.loop.cache.Write(head)
-	c.loop.cache.Write(tail)
+	buf = bsPool.Get(n)[:0]
+	buf = append(buf, head...)
+	buf = append(buf, tail...)
 	if inBufferLen >= n {
-		return c.loop.cache.Bytes(), err
+		return
 	}
 
 	remaining := n - inBufferLen
-	c.loop.cache.Write(c.buffer.B[:remaining])
-	return c.loop.cache.Bytes(), err
+	buf = append(buf, c.buffer.B[:remaining]...)
+	c.cache = buf
+	return
 }
 
 func (c *conn) Discard(n int) (int, error) {
+	if len(c.cache) > 0 {
+		bsPool.Put(c.cache)
+		c.cache = nil
+	}
+
 	inBufferLen := c.inboundBuffer.Buffered()
-	tempBufferLen := c.buffer.Len()
-	if inBufferLen+tempBufferLen < n || n <= 0 {
+	if totalLen := inBufferLen + c.buffer.Len(); n >= totalLen || n <= 0 {
 		c.resetBuffer()
-		return inBufferLen + tempBufferLen, nil
+		return totalLen, nil
 	}
+
 	if c.inboundBuffer.IsEmpty() {
 		c.buffer.B = c.buffer.B[n:]
 		return n, nil
diff --git a/eventloop_unix.go b/eventloop_unix.go
index ff73ef18b..dd43bc172 100644
--- a/eventloop_unix.go
+++ b/eventloop_unix.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package gnet
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ import (
 type eventloop struct {
 	listeners    map[int]*listener // listeners
 	idx          int               // loop index in the engine loops list
-	cache        bytes.Buffer      // temporary buffer for scattered bytes
 	engine       *engine           // engine in loop
 	poller       *netpoll.Poller   // epoll or kqueue
 	buffer       []byte            // read packet buffer whose capacity is set by user, default value is 64KB
diff --git a/eventloop_windows.go b/eventloop_windows.go
index 460652981..95da083af 100644
--- a/eventloop_windows.go
+++ b/eventloop_windows.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package gnet
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ type eventloop struct {
 	ch           chan any           // channel for event-loop
 	idx          int                // index of event-loop in event-loops
 	eng          *engine            // engine in loop
-	cache        bytes.Buffer       // temporary buffer for scattered bytes
 	connCount    int32              // number of active connections in event-loop
 	connections  map[*conn]struct{} // TCP connection map: fd -> conn
 	eventHandler EventHandler       // user eventHandler
diff --git a/pkg/buffer/linkedlist/linked_list_buffer.go b/pkg/buffer/linkedlist/linked_list_buffer.go
index 0095422ae..8916e9182 100644
--- a/pkg/buffer/linkedlist/linked_list_buffer.go
+++ b/pkg/buffer/linkedlist/linked_list_buffer.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ func (b *node) len() int {
 
 // Buffer is a linked list of node.
 type Buffer struct {
-	bs    [][]byte
 	head  *node
 	tail  *node
 	size  int
@@ -123,19 +122,19 @@ func (llb *Buffer) Peek(maxBytes int) ([][]byte, error) {
 	} else if maxBytes > llb.Buffered() {
 		return nil, io.ErrShortBuffer
 	}
-	llb.bs = llb.bs[:0]
+	var bs [][]byte
 	var cum int
 	for iter := llb.head; iter != nil; iter = iter.next {
 		offset := iter.len()
 		if cum+offset > maxBytes {
 			offset = maxBytes - cum
 		}
-		llb.bs = append(llb.bs, iter.buf[:offset])
+		bs = append(bs, iter.buf[:offset])
 		if cum += offset; cum == maxBytes {
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	return llb.bs, nil
+	return bs, nil
 }
 
 // PeekWithBytes is like Peek but accepts [][]byte and puts them onto head.
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ func (llb *Buffer) PeekWithBytes(maxBytes int, bs ...[]byte) ([][]byte, error) {
 	} else if maxBytes > llb.Buffered() {
 		return nil, io.ErrShortBuffer
 	}
-	llb.bs = llb.bs[:0]
+	var bss [][]byte
 	var cum int
 	for _, b := range bs {
 		if n := len(b); n > 0 {
@@ -153,9 +152,9 @@ func (llb *Buffer) PeekWithBytes(maxBytes int, bs ...[]byte) ([][]byte, error) {
 			if cum+offset > maxBytes {
 				offset = maxBytes - cum
 			}
-			llb.bs = append(llb.bs, b[:offset])
+			bss = append(bss, b[:offset])
 			if cum += offset; cum == maxBytes {
-				return llb.bs, nil
+				return bss, nil
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -164,12 +163,12 @@ func (llb *Buffer) PeekWithBytes(maxBytes int, bs ...[]byte) ([][]byte, error) {
 		if cum+offset > maxBytes {
 			offset = maxBytes - cum
 		}
-		llb.bs = append(llb.bs, iter.buf[:offset])
+		bss = append(bss, iter.buf[:offset])
 		if cum += offset; cum == maxBytes {
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	return llb.bs, nil
+	return bss, nil
 }
 
 // Discard removes some nodes based on n bytes.
@@ -266,7 +265,6 @@ func (llb *Buffer) Reset() {
 	llb.tail = nil
 	llb.size = 0
 	llb.bytes = 0
-	llb.bs = nil
 }
 
 // pop returns and removes the head of l. If l is empty, it returns nil.