"Registered Letter?"
The newly inaugurated President was somewhat curious. "Shouldn't your people have processed these letters before handing them over to me?"
He glanced at the intact envelope in the secretary's hand. This did not conform to the Presidential Palace's usual procedures.
Generally speaking, any letter mailed to the Presidential Palace would be opened and inspected to prevent dangerous items that might threaten the recipient's life from being concealed inside.
Viruses, for example, or poison.
Many synthetic poisons could cause poisoning through nothing more than skin contact, to say nothing of some terrifying viruses.
But this Registered Letter was clearly different.
It had not been opened.
The secretary seemed to know something. "This letter is special. You'd better take a look."
After the two exchanged glances for a while, the President finally nodded. "All right. Leave it here. I'll read it when I have time."
The secretary casually placed the Registered Letter on the President's desk. After she left, he temporarily forgot about it and continued working.
It was not until he was leaving work that evening that he remembered he still had a Registered Letter to read.
He picked up the letter and turned it over to the front. He was somewhat surprised.
The difference between a Registered Letter and an ordinary letter was that a Registered Letter had to be mailed at a post office, whose counter would not inspect the letter's contents.
However, the post office would check whether it contained any extra attachments, inspect the sender's and recipient's addresses, and record the names of both parties.
The more expensive postage guaranteed these letters' delivery. If one failed to reach its destination, it could be returned to the sender, and the post office would also keep a record of it.
Thus, apart from the additional stamps, a