The custom ContractResolver setting overrides the PreserveReferencesHandling setting.
In your implementation of DefaultContractResolver/IContractResolver, add this;
public override JsonContract ResolveContract(Type type) {
var contract = base.ResolveContract(type);
contract.IsReference = false;
return contract;
}
This behaves similarly to the PreserveReferencesHandling.None setting without a custom ContractResolver
http://www.cnblogs.com/yanweidie/p/4605212.html