In "Forbidden Fruit", Liu revisits the metaphor of Eve, the apple, and original sin. In this rendition, the apple is black and free-falling from a hand in the top right corner. The main subject, possibly Eve, does not surrender to a higher power. Instead she reclaims agency by engaging with a book. Here, learning is no longer a divinely bestowed gift but something the protagonist actively pursues. Liu transforms the biblical narrative of transgression into one of self-determined enlightenment. The falling apple becomes not a symbol of sin but a rejection of dependence, while the book emerges as an emblem of knowledge sought rather than forbidden.