India, Aug. 4 -- In the old town of Changsha, in central China's Hunan province, a small grocery shop has become a quiet symbol of care and safety. Run by 60-year-old Sun Meihua, the shop has kept its lights on every night for the past 13 years, not for business, but to help women feel safe walking home in the dark.

Sun opened the shop in 2012. In her first month, a few young women told her that the light outside made them feel secure after finishing work late. From that moment, she never turned it off. Local people now call her the "street light auntie", South China Morning Post reported.

Her kindness goes far beyond the light. She changed her shop's closing time to 2 am and sometimes walks home with girls who are afraid.

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