diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReader.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReader.java
index 8efc62b18f..7afbee496d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReader.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReader.java
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ public boolean nextIfObjectStart() {
         return true;
     }
 
-    public abstract boolean nextIfEmptyString();
+    public abstract boolean nextIfNullOrEmptyString();
 
     public boolean nextIfObjectEnd() {
         if (this.ch != '}') {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderASCII.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderASCII.java
index e8e780144b..95eb376f9e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderASCII.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderASCII.java
@@ -72,8 +72,13 @@ public boolean nextIfMatch(char ch) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean nextIfEmptyString() {
+    public boolean nextIfNullOrEmptyString() {
         final char first = this.ch;
+        if (first == 'n' && offset + 2 < end && bytes[offset] == 'u') {
+            this.readNull();
+            return true;
+        }
+
         if ((first != '"' && first != '\'') || offset >= end || bytes[offset] != first) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderJSONB.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderJSONB.java
index 73057a2c0d..48f1ea8c70 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderJSONB.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderJSONB.java
@@ -190,7 +190,12 @@ public final boolean nextIfObjectEnd() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public final boolean nextIfEmptyString() {
+    public final boolean nextIfNullOrEmptyString() {
+        if (bytes[offset] == BC_NULL) {
+            offset++;
+            return true;
+        }
+
         if (bytes[offset] != BC_STR_ASCII_FIX_MIN) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderUTF16.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderUTF16.java
index 48d4362e71..8800d4c51b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderUTF16.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderUTF16.java
@@ -499,8 +499,13 @@ public boolean nextIfMatch(char ch) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean nextIfEmptyString() {
+    public boolean nextIfNullOrEmptyString() {
         final char first = this.ch;
+        if (first == 'n' && offset + 2 < end && chars[offset] == 'u') {
+            this.readNull();
+            return true;
+        }
+
         if ((first != '"' && first != '\'') || offset >= end || chars[offset] != first) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderUTF8.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderUTF8.java
index 9237dc15d1..0a08b71c87 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderUTF8.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderUTF8.java
@@ -7159,8 +7159,13 @@ public String readPattern() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean nextIfEmptyString() {
+    public boolean nextIfNullOrEmptyString() {
         final char first = this.ch;
+        if (first == 'n' && offset + 2 < end && bytes[offset] == 'u') {
+            this.readNull();
+            return true;
+        }
+
         if ((first != '"' && first != '\'') || offset >= end || this.bytes[offset] != first) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/FieldReaderImplDate.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/FieldReaderImplDate.java
index 80acfc1711..e838528aa1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/FieldReaderImplDate.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/FieldReaderImplDate.java
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ public void readFieldValue(JSONReader jsonReader, T object) {
                         }
                         fieldValue = new java.util.Date(millis);
                     }
-                } else if (jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString()) {
+                } else if (jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString()) {
                     fieldValue = null;
                 } else {
                     long millis = jsonReader.readMillisFromString();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectArrayReaderMultiType.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectArrayReaderMultiType.java
index 99c8672cfb..48dc05816a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectArrayReaderMultiType.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectArrayReaderMultiType.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public Object readObject(JSONReader jsonReader, Type fieldType, Object fieldName
             return readJSONBObject(jsonReader, fieldType, fieldName, 0);
         }
 
-        if (jsonReader.readIfNull() || jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString()) {
+        if (jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString()) {
             return null;
         }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReader1.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReader1.java
index ae4dfb87ae..c065e0c2fa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReader1.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReader1.java
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public T readObject(JSONReader jsonReader, Type fieldType, Object fieldName, lon
             return readJSONBObject(jsonReader, fieldType, fieldName, 0);
         }
 
-        if (jsonReader.nextIfNull() || jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString()) {
+        if (jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString()) {
             return null;
         }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderBean.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderBean.java
index 2458a0c9d2..1b820ad486 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderBean.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderBean.java
@@ -159,19 +159,11 @@ protected void initDefaultValue(T object) {
     }
 
     public void readObject(JSONReader jsonReader, Object object, long features) {
-        if (jsonReader.isJSONB()) {
-//            return readJSONBObject(jsonReader, features);
-        }
-
         if (jsonReader.nextIfNull()) {
             jsonReader.nextIfMatch(',');
             return;
         }
 
-        if (jsonReader.isArray() && jsonReader.isSupportBeanArray(getFeatures() | features)) {
-//            return readArrayMappingObject(jsonReader);
-        }
-
         boolean objectStart = jsonReader.nextIfMatch('{');
         if (!objectStart) {
             throw new JSONException(jsonReader.info());
@@ -210,7 +202,7 @@ public T readObject(JSONReader jsonReader, Type fieldType, Object fieldName, lon
             return readJSONBObject(jsonReader, fieldType, fieldName, features);
         }
 
-        if (jsonReader.nextIfNull()) {
+        if (jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString()) {
             jsonReader.nextIfMatch(',');
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderCreatorASM.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderCreatorASM.java
index 6f99d7f369..f554a823a7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderCreatorASM.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderCreatorASM.java
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ private <T> void genMethodReadObject(
         mw.visitJumpInsn(Opcodes.IFNE, notNull_);
 
         mw.visitVarInsn(Opcodes.ALOAD, JSON_READER);
-        mw.visitMethodInsn(Opcodes.INVOKEVIRTUAL, TYPE_JSON_READER, "nextIfNull", "()Z", false);
+        mw.visitMethodInsn(Opcodes.INVOKEVIRTUAL, TYPE_JSON_READER, "nextIfNullOrEmptyString", "()Z", false);
         mw.visitJumpInsn(Opcodes.IFEQ, notNull_);
 
         mw.visitInsn(Opcodes.ACONST_NULL);
@@ -2151,10 +2151,10 @@ private <T> int genReadFieldValue(
                         mw.visitJumpInsn(Opcodes.GOTO, loadList_);
                     } else if (itemType instanceof Class) {
                         mw.visitVarInsn(Opcodes.ALOAD, JSON_READER);
-                        mw.visitMethodInsn(Opcodes.INVOKEVIRTUAL, TYPE_JSON_READER, "nextIfEmptyString", "()Z", false);
+                        mw.visitMethodInsn(Opcodes.INVOKEVIRTUAL, TYPE_JSON_READER, "nextIfNullOrEmptyString", "()Z", false);
                         mw.visitJumpInsn(Opcodes.IFNE, loadNull_);
 
-                        // nextIfEmptyString
+                        // nextIfNullOrEmptyString
                         mw.visitTypeInsn(Opcodes.NEW, LIST_TYPE);
                         mw.visitInsn(Opcodes.DUP);
                         if (initCapacity) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderException.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderException.java
index ad9a650e07..3df3b53aef 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderException.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ protected ObjectReaderException(
     public T readObject(JSONReader jsonReader, Type fieldType, Object fieldName, long features) {
         boolean objectStart = jsonReader.nextIfObjectStart();
         if (!objectStart) {
-            if (jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString()) {
+            if (jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString()) {
                 return null;
             }
         }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderImplDate.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderImplDate.java
index 248f0d1d41..60d5414cfa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderImplDate.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderImplDate.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ private Object readDate(JSONReader jsonReader) {
             }
         }
 
-        if (jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString()) {
+        if (jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString()) {
             return null;
         }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderNoneDefaultConstructor.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderNoneDefaultConstructor.java
index 6db397dcf1..5f54aea1b2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderNoneDefaultConstructor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/reader/ObjectReaderNoneDefaultConstructor.java
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public T readObject(JSONReader jsonReader, Type fieldType, Object fieldName, lon
 
         boolean objectStart = jsonReader.nextIfObjectStart();
         if (!objectStart && !jsonReader.isTypeRedirect()) {
-            if (jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString()) {
+            if (jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString()) {
                 return null;
             }
         }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONBTest5.java b/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONBTest5.java
index a14bb049e9..149ed2ee40 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONBTest5.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONBTest5.java
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ public void nextIfEmptyString() {
                 JSONReader.ofJSONB(
                             JSONB.toBytes("")
                         )
-                        .nextIfEmptyString()
+                        .nextIfNullOrEmptyString()
         );
-        assertFalse(JSONReader.ofJSONB(JSONB.toBytes("1")).nextIfEmptyString());
+        assertFalse(JSONReader.ofJSONB(JSONB.toBytes("1")).nextIfNullOrEmptyString());
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderStr.java b/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderStr.java
index f81756da23..ba2d51307a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderStr.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderStr.java
@@ -110,8 +110,12 @@ public boolean nextIfMatch(char ch) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean nextIfEmptyString() {
+    public boolean nextIfNullOrEmptyString() {
         final char first = this.ch;
+        if (first == 'n' && offset + 2 < end && str.charAt(offset) == 'u') {
+            this.readNull();
+            return true;
+        }
         if ((first != '"' && first != '\'') || offset >= end || str.charAt(offset) != first) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderTest1.java b/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderTest1.java
index 34782064fa..bacaa8fc20 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderTest1.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/JSONReaderTest1.java
@@ -293,58 +293,58 @@ public void testNextIfSet() {
     @Test
     public void testNextIfEmptyString() {
         for (JSONReader jsonReader : TestUtils.createJSONReaders4("\'\',1")) {
-            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString());
+            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString());
             assertEquals('1', jsonReader.ch);
             assertTrue(jsonReader.comma);
         }
 
         for (JSONReader jsonReader : TestUtils.createJSONReaders4("\'\' , 1")) {
-            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString());
+            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString());
             assertEquals('1', jsonReader.ch);
             assertTrue(jsonReader.comma);
         }
 
         for (JSONReader jsonReader : TestUtils.createJSONReaders("\'\' , 中")) {
-            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString());
+            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString());
             assertEquals('中', jsonReader.ch);
             assertTrue(jsonReader.comma);
         }
         for (JSONReader jsonReader : TestUtils.createJSONReaders("\'\' , ®")) {
-            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString());
+            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString());
             assertEquals('®', jsonReader.ch);
             assertTrue(jsonReader.comma);
         }
 
         for (JSONReader jsonReader : TestUtils.createJSONReaders4("\"\"")) {
-            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString());
+            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString());
             assertEquals(JSONReader.EOI, jsonReader.ch);
             assertFalse(jsonReader.comma);
         }
         for (JSONReader jsonReader : TestUtils.createJSONReaders4("\"\",")) {
-            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString());
+            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString());
             assertEquals(JSONReader.EOI, jsonReader.ch);
             assertTrue(jsonReader.comma);
         }
         for (JSONReader jsonReader : TestUtils.createJSONReaders4("\"\" ,")) {
-            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString());
+            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString());
             assertEquals(JSONReader.EOI, jsonReader.ch);
             assertTrue(jsonReader.comma);
         }
         for (JSONReader jsonReader : TestUtils.createJSONReaders4("\"\" , ")) {
-            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString());
+            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString());
             assertEquals(JSONReader.EOI, jsonReader.ch);
             assertTrue(jsonReader.comma);
         }
         for (JSONReader jsonReader : TestUtils.createJSONReaders4("\"\"  ")) {
-            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString());
+            assertTrue(jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString());
             assertEquals(JSONReader.EOI, jsonReader.ch);
             assertFalse(jsonReader.comma);
         }
         for (JSONReader jsonReader : TestUtils.createJSONReaders4("\"")) {
-            assertFalse(jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString());
+            assertFalse(jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString());
         }
         for (JSONReader jsonReader : TestUtils.createJSONReaders4("\"a\"")) {
-            assertFalse(jsonReader.nextIfEmptyString());
+            assertFalse(jsonReader.nextIfNullOrEmptyString());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/issues/Issue998.java b/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/issues/Issue998.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04511b849a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/alibaba/fastjson2/issues/Issue998.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package com.alibaba.fastjson2.issues;
+
+import com.alibaba.fastjson2.JSON;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+
+public class Issue998 {
+    @Test
+    public void test() {
+        String str = "{\"cloudServiceName\":\"xxx\",\"enterpriseCode\":\"xxx\",\"enterpriseName\":\"xxx\",\"serviceCode\":\"IT_MONITOR_MANAGER_SYSTEM\",\"cloudStyle\":\"\"}";
+        EnterpriseCloudServiceVO enterpriseCloudServiceVO = JSON.parseObject(str, EnterpriseCloudServiceVO.class);
+        assertNull(enterpriseCloudServiceVO.cloudStyle);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test1() {
+        String str = "{\"cloudServiceName\":\"xxx\",\"enterpriseCode\":\"xxx\",\"enterpriseName\":\"xxx\",\"serviceCode\":\"IT_MONITOR_MANAGER_SYSTEM\",\"cloudStyle\":\"\"}";
+        EnterpriseCloudServiceVO1 enterpriseCloudServiceVO = JSON.parseObject(str, EnterpriseCloudServiceVO1.class);
+        assertNull(enterpriseCloudServiceVO.cloudStyle);
+    }
+
+    public static class EnterpriseCloudServiceVO {
+        private String enterpriseCode;
+        private String enterpriseName;
+        private String serviceCode;
+        private String cloudServiceName;
+        private CloudStyle cloudStyle;
+
+        public String getEnterpriseCode() {
+            return enterpriseCode;
+        }
+
+        public void setEnterpriseCode(String enterpriseCode) {
+            this.enterpriseCode = enterpriseCode;
+        }
+
+        public String getEnterpriseName() {
+            return enterpriseName;
+        }
+
+        public void setEnterpriseName(String enterpriseName) {
+            this.enterpriseName = enterpriseName;
+        }
+
+        public String getServiceCode() {
+            return serviceCode;
+        }
+
+        public void setServiceCode(String serviceCode) {
+            this.serviceCode = serviceCode;
+        }
+
+        public String getCloudServiceName() {
+            return cloudServiceName;
+        }
+
+        public void setCloudServiceName(String cloudServiceName) {
+            this.cloudServiceName = cloudServiceName;
+        }
+
+        public CloudStyle getCloudStyle() {
+            return cloudStyle;
+        }
+
+        public void setCloudStyle(CloudStyle cloudStyle) {
+            this.cloudStyle = cloudStyle;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class EnterpriseCloudServiceVO1 {
+        public String enterpriseCode;
+        public String enterpriseName;
+        public String serviceCode;
+        public String cloudServiceName;
+        public CloudStyle cloudStyle;
+    }
+
+    public static class CloudStyle
+            implements Serializable {
+        private Integer modelId;
+
+        public Integer getModelId() {
+            return modelId;
+        }
+
+        public void setModelId(Integer modelId) {
+            this.modelId = modelId;
+        }
+    }
+}