Chen Nan's only comfort was that he was Ning Xuan's first Contractor—the one who had stepped up when she needed help the most. Ning Xuan had already established a spiritual connection with him, and her attitude toward him had once been incredibly gentle and considerate.
If he hadn't made such a huge mistake a while back, which made Ning Xuan's current attitude toward him so harsh, he would have been confident in his ability to come out on top, even if the new Contractor who had just appeared was Lin Mo.
'No, that's not right. Even though Ning Xuan is giving me the cold shoulder right now, Lin Mo was flat-out rejected. And then there was that incident with the Slaughter Pavilion assassin a while ago—Lin Mo was a suspect. The fact that he managed to track her to Extreme Cold City so quickly probably means he's been having people watch her this whole time!'
