If you're lonesome tonight, guys, read on

I read in the news not long ago about a woman in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, who had set up an e-business selling "good-night" text messages. For 1 yuan, a mere 16 US cents, she would metaphorically speaking tuck her customers in.

Weng Biyang kept the business going for three and a half years, but judging from her modest sales, about 3,000 messages, she didn't do it for the money. Her service was as an act of humanity.

Some of her customers were students or businesspeople too wrapped up in their work and studies to find time for anything else. Some were senior citizens left alone in the world. Some were jilted lovers, and some felt that life had passed them by without their ever having had the chance to become a lover.