A Chinese man who was embroiled in a three-way tug of love between his current and ex girlfriends was forced to choose between the two women when they both jumped in a river and demand he save them . Wu Hsia , 21 , had broken up with long-term girlfriend Jun Tang , 20 , after meeting new love Rong Tsao , 22 , in the city of Ningbo in eastern China 's Zhejiang province . But Jun had taken the split badly and , over the following three months , engaged in a campaign of harassment in an effort to make her beau leave his new girlfriend . Saved : Jun Tang - the ex-girlfriend - emerges from the river covered in mud alongside Wu Hsia 's brother . Fed up with the grief he was getting from both sides , People 's Daily Online reports that Wu arranged to meet both women at a local beauty spot to clear the air and make it clear where his loyalties lie . But Jun forced the issue by throwing herself into the river - and Rong quickly followed suit . The incident echoed a common Chinese custom that revolves around men being asked who they would rescue if their mother and their lover both jumped in a river . Wu said : ' I was sick of being nagged from both sides . 'Rong was moaning about Jun and Jun was moaning about her and it all go too much . ' Ultimatum : Jun had jumped in the river in the hope her ex-boyfriend would save her . Muddy : But he chose his current girlfriend , leaving Jun to be rescued by his brother and fire services . But when they got to the river , the situation went from bad to worse . A police spokesman said : 'The girls began arguing and the man 's ex-girlfriend felt insulted by a comment made by the new girlfriend , and so she jumped into the river calling for her former lover to save her . 'The new girlfriend , fearing that he might indeed jump in to save his ex-lover , then jumped in as well and both of them within calling for him to rescue them from drowning . ' Wu settled the matter by jumping in the water to save his current girlfriend , ringing his brother to ask for help in pulling out the ex . According to a firefighter who attended the incident , Jun - stuck up to her waist in mud - calmly rang a friend at this point to tell her she was stuck in the river . The friend then rang emergency services . The fireman said : 'We found a woman mired to her chest in mud - about 20 meters away from the riverbank . ' Rescuers were forced to tie a rope round Jun to haul her out of the mud . Judging by the brief conversation Wu and his ex had after the rescue , his problems may not be over . According to the fireman , Wu said to her : 'We broke up 4 months ago . Why you still bother me ? ' She replied : ' I want to bother you . ' Current girlfriend Rong required hospital treatment for minor injuries after hitting a boat as she jumped into the river . The story quickly went viral in China , where there is a chronic shortage of single women because the country 's one-child policy meant parents preferred male babies . As a result there is a surplus of millions of single men who will never marry as , normally , they can not find partners .
Wu Hsia Hsia had left long-term girlfriend Jun Tang just three months before . But she took it badly and wanted to win back her man . During row near river she threw herself in and demanded he save her . But current girlfriend Rong Tsao also jumped in so she could be saved . Wu Hsia chose current love and his ex had to phone emergency services .