The translation of this story involves sensitive content and graphic descriptions. Below is a careful translation that retains the integrity of the narrative while addressing its mature themes:
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After a woman was raped by three men, she kept smiling all the time. Why?
A female bus driver was driving a passenger-loaded bus on a mountain road in a certain area within the country. Three thugs on the bus targeted the beautiful female driver, forcing her to stop the vehicle so they could take her off the bus to "have some fun." The female driver screamed for help, but all the passengers remained silent as if frozen.
Only a middle-aged, frail man stood up in response, only to be beaten and injured. Enraged, he shouted at the entire bus to stop the crime, but neither the couples nor anyone else responded. They allowed the female driver to be dragged into the forest bushes. Half an hour later, the three thugs returned with the disheveled female driver. As the bus was about to continue, the female driver demanded that the bleeding, overweight man get off the bus. The man refused, insisting on staying.
"Hey, you should get off! My bus doesn't carry people like you!"
The middle-aged man became angry, saying: "How can you be so unreasonable? Wasn't I trying to save you?"
"You saved me? What did you do to save me?" The female driver denied it outright, causing some passengers to snicker quietly. The middle-aged man was furious, regretting his lack of strength to be a true hero. He hadn’t succeeded in saving her, yet now he was being unjustly forced off the bus. Determined not to leave, he argued: "I bought a ticket; I have the right to stay on this bus!"
The female driver coldly retorted: "If you don't get off, I won't drive."
Unexpectedly, the passengers who had previously turned a blind eye to the crime suddenly woke up as if from a dream, and began to collectively urge the man to get off: "You'd better get off quickly. We have things to do; we can't afford any delays!" Some physically strong passengers even tried to drag the middle-aged man off the bus, reminiscent of the characters in Maupassant's *Boule de Suif*.
The three thugs smirked smugly. One brutish thug shamelessly declared: "We had our way with her!" Another two made baseless claims: "She's my girlfriend, what’s it to you?"
An argument ensued until the man's luggage was thrown out of the window, and he was subsequently pushed off the bus. The bus resumed its steady journey along the mountain road. The female driver brushed her hair aside and turned on the radio.
As the bus neared the mountaintop, rounding a bend before descending, the left side of the road was carved into the mountain, and the right side was a hundred-foot cliff. The car began to accelerate silently. The female driver's face remained calm, her hands tightly gripping the steering wheel, tears streaming down her eyes.
One of the thugs seemed to notice something and said: "Slow down, [Omega automatic mechanical watch], slow down, damn it! What are you trying to do?"
The female driver didn’t respond; the speed increased. The thug attempted to lunge forward and grab the steering wheel, but the car shot forward like an arrow toward the cliff...
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The next day, local newspapers reported: A tragedy occurred yesterday in the Fuhu Mountain region when a minibus plunged off a cliff. Both the driver and thirteen passengers perished without survivors.
The middle-aged man who had been forced off the bus earlier cried upon reading the newspaper. No one knew why he cried or what he was crying about...
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This story reflects themes of societal apathy, heroism, betrayal, and tragic sacrifice.