Overview
- Sun Meihua has left her grocery store lights on every night since 2012 to help women feel secure walking home after dark
- She extended her closing time to 2 a.m. and occasionally escorts frightened neighbors along the narrow streets
- A free landline phone in her shop provides calls for elderly residents and children without mobile devices
- Trust in her reliability runs deep, with some locals leaving their only house keys in her care
- Her steadfast generosity has earned her the affectionate nickname “street light auntie” and widespread praise on social media